Re: [MLUG] Booting windows on Mac Intel hardware

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 4/5/06, Hargus, Diana <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> True, very true.  When are they going to have a laptop with an
> integrated solar panel on top?  Or find a way to capture the processor
> heat and convert back to electricity?  If you could just convert a
> fraction of heat output to electricity, it would extend the run-time of
> the laptop...

Imagine a notebook that only draws 50 watts when active, calculate how
much solar panel surface area you would need to generate this, total
up the costs and all the design changes this will require, and you've
probably got an answer as to why this is not an easy problem.   That
said, the hand crank notebook is an amazingly cool idea.

> * > The only bad side?  No modem or port for one.  For those
> * moments you
> * > are in BFE
> *
> * You do know that they make and support a USB dongle modem, right?
> *
> * http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?pr
> oductLearnMore=MA034Z%2FA
> *
> * Not elegant, but the last time I actually wanted to use a
> * modem was...let's see...I think late 2001.  The modem is
> * rapidly becoming the floppy disk of the early 21st century.
>
> I do realize that, because I have one  :D

Then I guess I misread your comment on there not being a port for one,
since the USB port would seem to be a legitimate port for a USB modem.

> As to their being out of date, well, I still travel to the backwoods to
> work on friends pc's, locations that barely have phones and where
> cellphones don't work.  What do you do if you need a driver real
> quick?

I never said nobody needed a modem, but I haven't turned out to need
one, and, for better or for worse, I'm obviously the target market
here. :-)

> Drive 20 miles back to broadband?  With attitudes like these, it's a
> wonder most techies don't look down their noses at 3rd world
> countries

Please do not attribute attitudes or beliefs to me that I do not hold.
Thank you.  I just mentioned that many people these days don't really
need a modem badly enough to include one by default, especially since
it takes up space.

jking

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