I have a 2 laptop questions., Hope you can help(: |
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 May 22 2007, 01:09 AM
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 never settle for less than what you deserve.  Group: Member Posts: 485 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,920  |
So, I just ordered a laptop at Costco.com because I need it more than ever now for college. It's kinda late for me to get one but I need it when my stupid sister is hogging the home comp. for Myspace..but anyways...I NEVER OWNED a laptop before so clear some questions for me:
1) The thing I hate about laptops are the mousepad crap on the computer, could I just hook up one of my spare mouse I have from my home computer to use on the laptop? 2)So, I have SBC Yahoo DSL for our home computer..when I get my laptop..do I have to buy extra phone line to hook up to mine...or what's the deal w/ it? I have used a laptop before, it was my step-mom's but I just hook up the phone line to the back of the laptop but I'm wondering how do I do it if my sister is on the internet on the home comp. and I WANT to get on it too on my laptop...is that possible? Thank you to those reply back w/ great advice-no critism! |
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May 22 2007, 01:14 AM
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 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
Laptops!
 1) Yes, you can just buy a mouse and hook it up into your laptop's external device. I have one of those, i hate the fingerpad too. 2) Phone lines are optional. Laptops = wireless! So your laptop should have wireless enabled. Which means you'd have to purchase a router (check out Best Buy or something) and you can hook that up with your DSL and access internet wirelessly. You can still use phone lines; on laptops, there's a port for that too. But if you can put your laptop anywhere in your house and access internet from there, why not? |
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May 22 2007, 05:57 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,591 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 77,305 |
You could get a router and connect wirelessly to the internet.
I'd recommend Linksys or Belkin. |
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| *steve330* |
May 22 2007, 09:41 AM
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Yeah nowadays you can buy something you plug into a USB port that enables a wireless mouse/keyboard on your laptop. I use this when I'm doing more complex things other than just typing away.
WRT54G - Linksys Router. It's a very common router out there, which I personally use. It's easy to set up, easy to use. You can put a pw on the acct to stop other people from using your wireless too. |
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| *AngelicEyz00* |
May 23 2007, 01:38 AM
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You can probably connect through your neighbors internet
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May 23 2007, 08:08 PM
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xkcd always Group: Member Posts: 457 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 521,059 |
QUOTE(AngelicEyz00 @ May 22 2007, 11:38 PM)  You can probably connect through your neighbors internet Oh man, I did that once when my wireless was acting up. Free internet ftw. |
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