To: Future Snake Eater
I could enlarge my knowledge base by, er, um...well, you know, watching documentaries on the plane when I travel....
I have a laptop, Dell Latitude 600 but it is a WORK supplied machine and they won't buy me a CDRW with DVD play capabilities...darn it...
As for the "no's"...why not? Would you buy one at all? If so, which one?
Thanks
8 posted on
02/20/2004 4:15:36 PM PST by
GRRRRR
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To: GRRRRR
More input bump please.
9 posted on
02/20/2004 4:30:46 PM PST by
GRRRRR
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To: GRRRRR
You can buy a used Dell Latitude on eBay with a DVD drive for just a little more than the portable player... and you get a larger screen, stereo sound... and a computer.
12 posted on
02/20/2004 7:41:42 PM PST by
Swordmaker
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To: GRRRRR
My main problem with them is the limitations imposed by such a purchase. You can play DVDs and...that's it. I know it's kind of an odd gripe, but in these days when the lines between many different forms of media are so blurred, a purchase that relegates you to a certain niche just seems so...antiquated.
That's why I like the laptop with DVD-ROM. You can still watch DVDs, get great sound out of a good pair of headphones (or even with speakers if you get a good-enough model) and you have all the other things that a computer can do.
Look at some of the Toshibas with the 16:9 aspect ratio screens. Perfect for DVD movie watching, and they're (relatively) dirt cheap.
13 posted on
02/20/2004 7:48:51 PM PST by
Future Snake Eater
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