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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!
Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition
Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)
Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.
TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: Corin Stormhands
Help me out with the CD-burner terminology and what we would also need to burn (write?) DVDs. Is that the CD-RW/DVD option? MUST you be able to write DVDs? A DVD R/W is the priciest type of drive. There are also drives that read DVD, but WRITE CDs. Finally, there is the CD-only burner. Make sure you're getting only what you need now, because the more expensive stuff will only be cheaper in the future.
I've seen some great buys on laptops at Costco, but it all depends on what they just got in, and varies from store to store. Marl has had great luck with a Toshiba I found for her there at $900. It wasn't the top of the line, but it was $400 cheaper than the best price I found online.
As far as brands go, I have no problem recommending Dell, IBM, and Toshiba. Compaq and HP have come down in quality from their previous heights, IMHO.
Do some comparison shopping at CNET. Often some store will have a closeout of a particular model, or they got some good deal from a supplier. One store may have a bargain that another won't.
I hope that helps. What's the configuration of your home system? That will determine how much it can be ugraded, and whether an upgrade is the best way to go or not.
To: SuziQ
They haven't reponded to my question yet. I'll let you know if they do.
19,322
posted on
03/09/2003 8:22:35 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Okay, sounds good to me! Sometimes, it comes in handy being on the left coast, eh? ;)
To: SuziQ
Did you get my freepmail that I sent just a few minutes ago?
19,324
posted on
03/09/2003 8:23:16 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: 2Jedismom
Heh, boycotts are handy for saving money, aren't they?
I think I will boycott the awards tonight too...yay! :)
To: Penny1
I can't get my email to receive. Won't recognize me password through OE or the online website access...
But I can send, apparently...I sent them a note asking what was up!
19,326
posted on
03/09/2003 8:34:59 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: Penny1; ecurbh; Bear_in_RoseBear; JenB; Ramius
To: 2Jedismom
I sent them a note asking what was up! But you can't recieve their response! ;~D
To: HairOfTheDog
I KNEW you would say that!! LOL Now how long have we been friends? When I actually wait for you to say what I know you are gonna say!!??
I gave them my hotmail addy, sis!
19,329
posted on
03/09/2003 8:41:11 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: 2Jedismom
I guess I am a predictable smart aleck. ;~D
To: HairOfTheDog
Billy Boyd was there, don't know who else. I thought I heard that Sean Astin was going to be presenting one of the nominees or something. Of course I was just changing the channel to go back to Die Hard 2, so I missed the whole announcement.
To: HairOfTheDog
Yeah! LOL
I'm going to take a bath...be back later to check the news and then say goodnight.
19,332
posted on
03/09/2003 8:46:21 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: 2Jedismom
Yep, I did. I responded about 1/2 an hour ago.
To: SuziQ
Well, they just did the montage for the Ensemble cast nomination for TTT.... Saw DoM and Andy Serkis in the audience, couldn't tell who else was at the table.
To: SuziQ
I didn't get it...hmmm...
Good heavens! What is up with me and mail this evening!? ;-)
19,335
posted on
03/09/2003 8:49:50 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: HairOfTheDog
LOTR Loses SAG Award To 'Chicago'Boo!! Glad I didn't bother watching then.
To: ecurbh
LOTR Loses SAG Award To 'Chicago'Correction! It must be written this way:
LOTR Loses 
SAG Award To 'Chicago'
To: HairOfTheDog
Good night! I'm goin'
19,338
posted on
03/09/2003 9:21:22 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(You just never know.)
To: 2Jedismom
Good night.
I think Clint Eastwood is having a heart attack on stage. He can't breathe!
To: Corin Stormhands
I would not recommend that you buy a top-of-the-line portable for a 13-year-old, either. HOWEVER ...
Check out Dell's refurbs. You should be able to get a nice Latitude CPxJ650 or so for a reasonable price, and with some warranty still left on it.
As for optical drive burners:
I would not, at this time, recommend you spend money on a true DVD burner. They're too expensive, and not every DVD-only player can play a DVD+RW or DVD-R.
I do, however, heartily recommend a CDRW or a DVD-CDRW combo drive. They're great for backing up data, and for storing large amounts of data. A full-length feature movie can be burned to 2 or 3 CD-Rs.
A Dell Latitude CPxJ will run Win95, Win98, Win2k, or WinXP; I recommend WinXP Professional for its stability, recoverability, and expandability. Get a CDRW drive for the machine, and a nice 20gig HDD. If you install Win98, get 128meg of mem or more; if you get WinXP, get 256meg or more.
Good luck on tomorrow's events ... you and yours are in our thoughts.
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