Author Topic: Laptop wanted (Read 5520 times)

Rocky · « **Reply #25 on:** December 12, 2008, 12:53:33 pm »

Yeah slightly higher spec on Dell website but more expensive and dont know if i really need all that as i will still have my mac desktop tried to look for the serial ports but cant find any

ianjpage · « **Reply #26 on:** December 12, 2008, 01:17:57 pm »

yeah not surprising the serial ports are really hard to find on any laptops now...if you need one then could be real fun trying to find a New one with it...

Although......will the software you use cope with using a USB -> Serial port convertor ??

Rocky · « **Reply #27 on:** December 12, 2008, 07:33:45 pm »

Quoting: ianjpage

Although......will the software you use cope with using a USB -> Serial port convertor ??

Cant see why not if it converts it to serial port

EDGE · « **Reply #28 on:** December 12, 2008, 07:45:02 pm »

i know my SCT pro racer package wont work though that serial adapter... all lot of things dont....

i know we had problems at work with some network stuff wouldn't work unless we bought a certain brand...

Fieldy · « **Reply #29 on:** December 13, 2008, 10:54:44 am »

I don't know how much mine is worth Rocky, but i will find it hard to sell.

If you see anything on PCworld or Dixons tax free, i can get it for tax free price for you from Heathrow

Alternatively, We at Sony are selling a 4g Ram, 250gb memory Sony Vaio for £512.... Have a look on this site and type in VGNNS into the box in the top right hand corner...

https://www.sonystyle.co.uk/SonyStyle/b2c/start/(xcm=PCM_b2ccrmstandard)/.do

HardRockCamaro · « **Reply #30 on:** December 13, 2008, 11:39:34 am »

The only brand of Serial -> USB adapter that we found to work at all under OSX (also works om Windows) was the Keyspan brand one.

Rocky · « **Reply #31 on:** December 14, 2008, 05:51:55 pm »

got the dell today, seems ok, bit weird going from a mac to a pc but so far so good.

HardRockCamaro · « **Reply #32 on:** December 14, 2008, 06:40:49 pm »

Quoting: Rocky

were told to put on Norton

Friends don't let friends use Norton...

ianjpage · « **Reply #33 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:18:51 pm »

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Friends don't let friends use Norton...

quite - i REALLY don't like norton and they way it simply takes over the whole machine.... AVG, McAfee and ESET are all much much better products IMO!

Rocky · « **Reply #34 on:** December 15, 2008, 12:07:31 pm »

Damn I have uploaded Norton 360 and taken off Mcafee as it kept being a pain, What is the best one to use for internet, I have a bit of security with the BT stuff im using but the Norton said i wasnt protected