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It isn't always ideal

It isn't always ideal 12/30/2003 08:33 AM

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What is the Ideal Low-end NAS Solution?

What is the Ideal Low-end NAS Solution? 08/12/2004 06:45 PM
Slashdot Aug 12 2004 9:32PM GMT

Ideal laptop configuration?

Ideal laptop configuration? 02/14/2004 04:03 PM

After four years and a few drops my 500 MHz IBM Thinkpad seems ready for retirement.  This posting and associated comments are intended to produce a collaborative ideal configuration for a new laptop.

The mission:  Use exclusively when traveling, often for weeks at a time.  I would like to play music in my hotel rooms, ideally from built-in speakers but possibly from little portable speakers that are packed separately (I have a weird little AAA-powered Creative speaker system now that is sort of okay for background music).  I would like to copy large high-res photos from professional digital cameras, usually by pulling a CF or SD card from the camera and plugging it somehow into the flash card.  I want every possible means of connecting to the Internet, wired and wireless, except for telephone (don't have an ISP and life is too short for dialup).  Battery life is not very important as I'll usually be using the machine some place where power is available.

Here's what I think I want

• 120 GB (or larger) disk drive.  I upgraded my current laptop with a 48 GB drive nearly 2 years ago and am dismayed to discover that the largest 2.5" drives available right now are 80 GB.  Was Moore's Law revoked for notebook drives?  Anyone with inside knowledge know when/what the next step in disk drives will be fore notebooks?  I don't want to bother re-installing all my old software onto a disk smaller than 120 GB.
• TrackPoint nubby pointing device in the middle of the keyboard, as popularized on the IBM Thinkpad.  I was never able to adapt to those pad devices that are most common for laptops.
• analog video/audio output to enable playback of DVDs on hotel room TVs, some of which have A/V inputs
• reasonably high quality built-in speakers
• as many USB 2.0 ports as possible (at least two because I'll want to use an accessory mouse that will chew up one)
• a built-in Webcam and microphone suitable for video conferencing.  Supposedly MSN Messenger contains a reasonable quality video conferencing feature.  Would also be nice to be able to make phone calls from the laptop in cases where a hotel provides high-speed Internet but expensive voice calls and/or the cell phone isn't working in that area.
• built-in sockets for CF, SD, and other digital camera memory cards
• built-in 802.11b for sure, Bluetooth?, maybe something for mobile phone Internet would be nice, e.g., a GSM radio
• at least two PC card slots for expansion and the weird little card burner that I must use to keep my airplane's GPS databases up to date
• mid-size screen and keyboard to keep the weight below 5 lbs. and the size compact
• Windows XP operating system (am currently using XP on desktop and Solaris for philip.greenspun.com; don't want to learn anything new)

It might be fun to play with the TabletPC software in order to add sketches and other personal annotations to emails, documents, photos, etc.  Is this software ready for prime time?  And does having a TabletPC interfere with the other goals?

Ideas anyone?

My ideal job is to work as a prostitute,
what is yours?

My ideal job is to work as a prostitute,
what is yours? 07/27/2004 06:20 PM
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Searching for the ideal search engine

Searching for the ideal search engine 07/12/2004 03:54 AM
Microsoft launched a "new and improved" search facility at msn.com a few weeks ago, and many people seemed to positively gush about how wonderful it is. But is it?

beau ideal: Dictionary.com Word of the
Day

beau ideal: Dictionary.com Word of the
Day 07/25/2004 02:19 AM
beau ideal

Marrying the Ideal to the Real
(Forbes.com)

Marrying the Ideal to the Real
(Forbes.com) 08/20/2004 12:44 PM
Forbes.com - Rajiv Laroia was handed a dream assignment at Lucent's Bell Labs in 1997: Invent a way to put a broadband Internet in the sky. Don't worry about existing cell phone systems, just do it right.

Nikita Kashner, Your ideal job is a
Pirate

Nikita Kashner, Your ideal job is a
Pirate 07/14/2004 01:18 AM
JobPredictor

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Experts: Gateway Is Ideal Takeover
Target

Experts: Gateway Is Ideal Takeover
Target 12/30/2004 04:55 PM
Computer Reseller News Dec 30 2004 7:01PM GMT

Music fans find an ideal match

Music fans find an ideal match 09/18/2004 07:20 AM
Los Angeles Times Sep 18 2004 11:31AM GMT

Made in India, the Ideal `Cocktail' for
AIDS

Made in India, the Ideal `Cocktail' for
AIDS 05/03/2004 07:26 PM
A three-year study of AIDS drugs has identified what the research leaders believe is the ideal triple-therapy cocktail for new patients.

New Polymer Ideal For Secure Data
Storage

New Polymer Ideal For Secure Data
Storage 04/21/2004 02:07 AM

Find Your Ideal Business Partner.Com
Update

Find Your Ideal Business Partner.Com
Update 12/17/2004 06:44 PM
British Nurse Marcia Blackstock always dreamed of starting her own business, but her problem was finding a suitable business partner. She turned the problem itself into a business idea and launched what was believed to be the world's first online business partner matchmaking service in January 2003. During 2004 Marcia introduced a series of offline events. The revolutionary and innovative website is a strong contender for the 2005 BT-sponsored Information and Communications Technology Award. [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

Microsoft Think That Media Center PCs
Are Ideal Student Companions

Microsoft Think That Media Center PCs
Are Ideal Student Companions 04/14/2005 07:06 AM
Media Center PC World Apr 14 2005 12:01PM GMT

By Accident, Utah Is Proving an Ideal
Genetic Laboratory

By Accident, Utah Is Proving an Ideal
Genetic Laboratory 07/30/2004 10:45 PM
Utah is being viewed by scientists as something akin to a near-perfect laboratory for the study of human kinship and genes.

Intermediate Power Amps ; Ideal for 3G
Base Stations

Intermediate Power Amps ; Ideal for 3G
Base Stations 07/30/2004 03:29 AM
3G Jul 30 2004 8:03AM GMT

Latest Proposal Kit Ideal for SEOs -
Product Review

Latest Proposal Kit Ideal for SEOs -
Product Review 04/15/2005 08:35 PM

Dog Breeds Ideal for Studying Human
Diseases, Scientists Say

Dog Breeds Ideal for Studying Human
Diseases, Scientists Say 05/21/2004 01:06 AM

Gateway 7000 Series Ideal Security
Solution for Small Office

Gateway 7000 Series Ideal Security
Solution for Small Office 07/15/2004 01:42 PM
Gateway's 7000 service access points include all the security and authentication that an office of 5 to 25 users need: Gateway released its two 7000 series models a few months ago and have received very little press. The unit comes in 802.11g ($299) and 802.11a/g ($399) configurations. It sports support for all the popular standards, including 802.1X passthrough, WPA-PSK, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), and others. It even includes two separate wide-area-networking (WAN) interfaces: if you have a separately segmented guest wired network, you can physically connect the device through the guest interface to your public WAN and the private interface to your private WAN. The device can segregate all wireless traffic. It can also do this using Virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging by providing multiple SSIDs that are logically separate for guest and authorized user: the traffic is routed by your VLAN switch or system. But the real winning feature in this unit is its built-in RADIUS server that supports both WEP and WPA over 802.1X using PEAP (Protected EAP). Because Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.3 both include PEAP, and it's possible to use PEAP affordably on other platforms including Linux and Solaris, PEAP is currently the broadest standard to support. Effectively, using a $299 or $399 device, you can have enterprise-level security without a separate RADIUS server or the administrative overhead. But it only supports a handful of users. I was interested immediately in this built-in server aspect, and received a review unit some time ago, but was unable to get past some initial confusion in configuration. I started from scratch today, using the factory defaults reset button, and had no problems whatsoever with the same instructions, software, and firmware, so let's attribute my earlier issues to user error. The device is extremely easy to configure. I followed the directions and powered up the unit, plugging my wired LAN into the LAN1 port. I ran the auto-configuration software that finds the access point. It assumes that you have a DHCP server running and this software handles the discovery of the 7000 series IP address. You click a link in the software to open a browser and enter the default passwords to connect. Once connected, there's very little to configure for an ordinary network. I went to the User Management section and created an account for myself. I then clicked on the Security tab under the Advanced section and...

Majorium’s New Integrated Multicast
Learning Technology Ideal for Companies
Seeking to Produce Continuous
Improvement

Majorium’s New Integrated Multicast
Learning Technology Ideal for Companies
Seeking to Produce Continuous
Improvement 07/09/2004 03:37 AM
For companies seeking to produce continuous improvement within their organizations, Majorium's new Integrated Multicast Learning Technology is ideal. Training is delivered continuously over sustained periods of time, where lessons are actively reinforced and cross-linked. Knowledge is strengthened through blended training activities that are directly applied to problems or circumstances in the workplace. [PRWEB Jul 9, 2004]

"DARFUR UPDATE: I SYMPATHIZE WITH THESE
SENTIMENTS but it won't work: If the
Sudanese government can't or won't act,
and the threat of international
sanctions (the U.S. already has
sanctions in place) doesn't work, then
troops it must be. The ideal..."

"DARFUR UPDATE: I SYMPATHIZE WITH THESE
SENTIMENTS but it won't work: If the
Sudanese government can't or won't act,
and the threat of international
sanctions (the U.S. already has
sanctions in place) doesn't work, then
troops it must be. The ideal..." 07/05/2004 02:41 PM

Ideal Predictions, More Likely
Predictions

Ideal Predictions, More Likely
Predictions 12/30/2003 12:06 PM
It's the time of year for predictions, and Wired News has done a little twist on the typical "predictions for 2004" story by having prediction s that a variety of interesting people would like to see happen, along with what they actually expect to happen. The end result is pretty much what you'd expect: people would like to see less spam, better security, and better intellectual property laws - but expect the opposite to happen.
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