Comments on: Help the Geek Girl get a new laptop! http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Geek Girl’s Got a New Laptop! » thepinkc http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Geek Girl’s Got a New Laptop! » thepinkc Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:23 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1759 [...] Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions in my previous post, Help the Geek Girl get a new laptop! [...] [...] Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions in my previous post, Help the Geek Girl get a new laptop! [...]

]]> By: Ellie http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Ellie Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:51:04 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1757 Yes, the Mac Air looks so beautiful. I want one! :lol: Yes, the Mac Air looks so beautiful. I want one! :lol:

]]> By: Ellie http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1754 Ellie Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:49:15 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1754 I'm definitely installing Opera on my cell phone; but for some reason Opera will not load Gmail and Google Calendar for me. I’m definitely installing Opera on my cell phone; but for some reason Opera will not load Gmail and Google Calendar for me.

]]> By: Loretta http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Loretta Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1749 Well, should you win the lottery anytime soon the new Mac Air thing looks super sexy!! :mrgreen: I've got an HP Pavilion laptop and I do love it. It wasn't a pricy model either, mine is about a year old though so I'm sure my model number is out of date. Well, should you win the lottery anytime soon the new Mac Air thing looks super sexy!! :mrgreen:

I’ve got an HP Pavilion laptop and I do love it. It wasn’t a pricy model either, mine is about a year old though so I’m sure my model number is out of date.

]]> By: Jay http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Jay Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:01:42 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1746 Now I am learning.... I use opera on my 'phone since you mention it, works a heck of a lot better than the standard phone browser - it's called opera Mini and allows you top see the whole page and zoom in on the bits you want to look at.... Opera was not installed onto the phone direct, but I found it while browsing the memory card (looking for games...) I use a Nokia 6300 but other 6300 users I have spoken to had no extra software on their memory card... Now I am learning…. I use opera on my ‘phone since you mention it, works a heck of a lot better than the standard phone browser - it’s called opera Mini and allows you top see the whole page and zoom in on the bits you want to look at….
Opera was not installed onto the phone direct, but I found it while browsing the memory card (looking for games…) I use a Nokia 6300 but other 6300 users I have spoken to had no extra software on their memory card…

]]> By: Ellie http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Ellie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:00:34 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1744 My site looks slightly different in IE vs Firefox, but not enough to make me try to make it compatible with everything. Opera is a nice browser, but it doesn't work with a LOT of sites - so I don't use it very often. Ebay has great deals on most everything - I'm looking for a cell phone there now. Yes, there's a way to use Firefox on a thumb (flash) drive. You can download/install at <a href="http://www.portableapps.com" rel="nofollow">www.portableapps.com</a> - they have lots of different programs, including Toucan, which is a file syncing program and Pidgin Portable. My site looks slightly different in IE vs Firefox, but not enough to make me try to make it compatible with everything. Opera is a nice browser, but it doesn’t work with a LOT of sites - so I don’t use it very often.

Ebay has great deals on most everything - I’m looking for a cell phone there now.

Yes, there’s a way to use Firefox on a thumb (flash) drive. You can download/install at http://www.portableapps.com - they have lots of different programs, including Toucan, which is a file syncing program and Pidgin Portable.

]]> By: Jay http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Jay Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:01:58 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1741 The occasional site requires IE, but I guess that's down to ignorance on the part of the webmaster...let's not say anything about those visiting any of my sites that get glitches because they use IE?? - In fact I think 'submit' forms (even on my own site) don't do quite what they should in FF... Yeah most motherboards will accept any combination of acceptable RAM, mine is happy with different speeds too, some motherboards required matched RAM... I used Crucial.COM to determine exactly what configuration of RAM I could use - needless to say I didn't then go on to buy their relatively expensive RAM suggestions, but went for an ebay-tastic alternative... There is a suggestion of using Linux as a portable OS (ie on a thumb-drive) is that what you mean by portable?? The occasional site requires IE, but I guess that’s down to ignorance on the part of the webmaster…let’s not say anything about those visiting any of my sites that get glitches because they use IE?? - In fact I think ’submit’ forms (even on my own site) don’t do quite what they should in FF…
Yeah most motherboards will accept any combination of acceptable RAM, mine is happy with different speeds too, some motherboards required matched RAM… I used Crucial.COM to determine exactly what configuration of RAM I could use - needless to say I didn’t then go on to buy their relatively expensive RAM suggestions, but went for an ebay-tastic alternative…
There is a suggestion of using Linux as a portable OS (ie on a thumb-drive) is that what you mean by portable??

]]> By: Ellie http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Ellie Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:05:43 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1740 That sounds good. I didn't know that you could put uneven amounts of RAM into a computer! Learn something new every day! I use Firefox Portable, but it is running REALLY slow --- not sure why. :( Unfortunately, I have to use IE because some websites just won't work in Firefox, which makes me sad. That sounds good. I didn’t know that you could put uneven amounts of RAM into a computer! Learn something new every day!

I use Firefox Portable, but it is running REALLY slow — not sure why. :(

Unfortunately, I have to use IE because some websites just won’t work in Firefox, which makes me sad.

]]> By: Jay http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 Jay Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:43:56 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1737 I have just bought an extra 1GB for my desktop, then found a spare 512MB at work!! I swapped the 512 for my 2x256 (fair exchange - the machine was dead anyway!) so now I have 1.5GB. I also have installed FF on my laptop at work - I don't care who's computer I use, as long as I can get FF on it... Seeing as I am officially the webmaster at work I should probably use IE more than I do for testing pages since most of the world is still ploughing a Microsoft furrow.... :roll: I have just bought an extra 1GB for my desktop, then found a spare 512MB at work!! I swapped the 512 for my 2×256 (fair exchange - the machine was dead anyway!) so now I have 1.5GB. I also have installed FF on my laptop at work - I don’t care who’s computer I use, as long as I can get FF on it…
Seeing as I am officially the webmaster at work I should probably use IE more than I do for testing pages since most of the world is still ploughing a Microsoft furrow…. :roll:

]]> By: Ellie http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Ellie Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:41:08 +0000 http://www.thepinkc.net/technology/help-the-geek-girl-get-a-new-laptop/#comment-1735 I love Windows XP! However, my new laptop with Windows Vista Premium will be arriving on Monday! I got the laptop tricked out with 2GB of RAM, so that should help me out tremendously! I'll definitely post about my adventures with Vista. Like you, Jay, I like Firefox a lot, and I install it on every PC I get a hold of, whether it's mine or not! It's just a great program with tons of options for everyone! :grin: I love Windows XP! However, my new laptop with Windows Vista Premium will be arriving on Monday! I got the laptop tricked out with 2GB of RAM, so that should help me out tremendously!

I’ll definitely post about my adventures with Vista.

Like you, Jay, I like Firefox a lot, and I install it on every PC I get a hold of, whether it’s mine or not! It’s just a great program with tons of options for everyone! :grin:

]]>