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Laptop / Notebook Section
On August 27th, 2001 I left
the desktop world of the heavy power consuming desktop behind
for my HP Pavilion n5440 850Mhz laptop.
Please bare with me as I get
this section up and running with lots of cool links and downloads
for laptop lovers. - Michael
Upgrading
Laptop Hard Drive Upgrade Guide by MH
Have you ever wondered how to upgrade to clone a laptop hard
drive? This is one of my most asked questions. See how its done.
Maintenance & Service Guide
links to popular laptops:
Compaq
| IBM | Toshiba | HP | Apple < I'm looking for these...
Buying Advice
Pricescan, My
Simon, and Google's Froogle for quick searches for the lowest
price for any product you're looking for.
Security
I need to redo this section...
 Traveling with your Laptop
This new carryon with expanding
mini table is just what the doctor ordered. A little more bulky
than most (just a little) but well worth its weight in gold for
many a laptop user.
Flightable.com.
(185$)
USB &
Firewire step off...
First there was USB, then firewire
now USB 2.0... enter CardBus! with speed well above that of firewire
and USB 2.0, Cardbus is where its at for speed when looking for
fire transfer, video editing or whatever your demands are for
throughput. When shopping for devices for your laptop, look for
devices that utilize Cardbus technology to get maximum performance.
| Serial |
0.115Mbps |
| ECP
Parallel |
2Mbps |
| Fast
Infrared |
4Mbps |
| USB
1.1 |
12Mbps |
| Ethernet |
100Mbps |
| Firewire |
400Mbps |
| USB
2.0 |
480Mbps |
| CardBus |
1064Mbps |
Tips Tricks
and Traps
Power Saving, LCDs and background
color...
{08.29.04}
Background color does make a difference on power usage. I have
a Sony Vaio laptop and for years I have always set my background
color to black. I like black, and I did some tests quite some
time ago and found at least on my laptop that I get 10 to 15
more minutes of power out of it.
I have had several engineers
and power users write me and tell me I'm wrong about this and
that there is no difference what color it is. They said that
a pixel uses the same power whether its on or off. Well my own
personal experience disputes those comments. I encourage you
to do your own experiment and write me about it. I would love
to see the results and I'll post them here.
Btw; here are some interesting
articles I found in regards to this issue;
Who Eats the Energy? Power Consumption on a Modern Laptop
http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~mahesri/classes/project_report_cs497yyz.pdf
Bistable LCD technology
http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/research/posters/posternjm2.pdf
And here are some really
really smart dudes researching LCDs and Power Consumption
http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/research/posters/index_mech.html
Wireless
Internet Access
I need to redo this section...
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Suggestions
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Wireless
WebConnect
Wireless Provider
Unlimited Internet Access for $59/month
WirelessWeek.com
Internet magazine
GoAmerica
Wireless Provider
WirelessWeb UK
Internet magazine
Wireless Web Resources
CoolEmail
Read your e-mail from your computer and wireless Web, or have
it read to you over the phone.
Web2PCS
A wireless portal.
Yahoo! Mobile
Access your Yahoo! e-mail, get driving directions, search online
Yellow Pages, read news and weather, and more.
OneBox
Consolidate and access voicemail, e-mail and fax messages from
your wireless Web for free.
OracleMobile
A wireless portal featuring entertainment, finance, news and
weather, shopping, travel and reference sections.
BlueKite.com
Makers of compression software.
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