Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - went off topic about out-of-date computer systems

2013-01-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.01.2013 19:59, schrieb Doug: > Nobody spends time writing infections > for a system with only 2 0r 3 percent of the market. (Nor counting servers-- > those folks pay special attention to infections, even if they never find any!) bruhahahahaha wake up signature.asc Description: OpenP

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - went off topic about out-of-date computer systems

2013-01-06 Thread Doug
On 01/06/2013 08:35 AM, Tim wrote: Tim: Fedora 11 is the last version that I've tried on the laptop that runs well, but I don't really like it. Perhaps a "rolling upgrade" system, like PCLinuxOs would solve some of the problems you mentioned with updating Fedora. There are various GUIs availa

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - went off topic about out-of-date computer systems

2013-01-06 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Fedora 11 is the last version that I've tried on the >> laptop that runs well, but I don't really like it. Reindl Harald: > so you stay on a HORRIBLE unsecure system forever? Do you want to point out actual insecurities, or just presume that merely reading internet emails or viewing webpa

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - went off topic about out-of-date computer systems

2013-01-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.01.2013 08:07, schrieb Tim: > As far as Fedora 9 goes, it's the last release of Fedora that I actually > like, *and* runs well on this hardware (a laptop, and on low spec > desktop computer). so thats a problem, but it needs to be solved > Fedora 11 is the last version that I've tried on

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-06 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 01/05/2013 11:54 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: On 01/05/2013 02:20 PM, Tim wrote: Tim: I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high resolution TV has been a bit of a flop. R. G. Newbury: HD will come. If you like sports you might hit on your local station to broadcast Oz f

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - went off topic about out-of-date computer systems

2013-01-05 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 14:51 -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Wow Tim, You're still running FC9 on an internet connected device? I > can understand why you don't accept email. That's not the reason... ;-) That's an anti-spam technique. From over a decade of participating in public forums, on vari

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution - going off topic into analogue/digital broadcasting

2013-01-05 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 14:54 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > is there REALLY such a thing as "HD RADIO"?.as I've heard some > stations proclaiming? Dunno, digital radio hasn't taken off, here, either. The receivers are very expensive, all portable ones only have a mono speaker, the batte

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-05 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 01/05/2013 02:20 PM, Tim wrote: Tim: I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high resolution TV has been a bit of a flop. R. G. Newbury: HD will come. If you like sports you might hit on your local station to broadcast Oz footie in HD. We had a sports-only HD channel, that eve

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-05 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 01/05/2013 02:20 PM, Tim wrote: Tim: I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high resolution TV has been a bit of a flop. R. G. Newbury: HD will come. If you like sports you might hit on your local station to broadcast Oz footie in HD. We had a sports-only HD channel, that e

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-05 Thread Tim
Tim: >> I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high resolution TV >> has been a bit of a flop. R. G. Newbury: > HD will come. If you like sports you might hit on your local station to > broadcast Oz footie in HD. We had a sports-only HD channel, that eventually caved in and stopped

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-05 Thread R. G. Newbury
On 01/05/2013 07:01 AM, Tim wrote: I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high resolution TV has been a bit of a flop. We only have about 3 high res TV channels out of about 16, and much of what they put to air is standard resolution, anyway. And, oddly enough, one of the better

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-04 Thread Tim
Roberto Ragusa: >> Laptop resolution of more than 1920x1080 is almost extinct. >> Damned HDTV economy of scale is killing any other format. Ian Pilcher: > That's the story, but it doesn't hold water ... unless there's a part of > the world where people are buying a lot of 13" and 15" HDTVs. I rea

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-04 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 01/04/2013 09:29 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Laptop resolution of more than 1920x1080 is almost extinct. > Damned HDTV economy of scale is killing any other format. That's the story, but it doesn't hold water ... unless there's a part of the world where people are buying a lot of 13" and 15" HD

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-04 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 01/03/2013 08:51 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 12:27:31PM -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote: >> On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution >>> available yet. Confirms what I have also found. >> >> Apple is printing mon

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-04 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 01/03/2013 04:52 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to > find a laptop with 1200 vertical resolution (at the very least). I > looked around a couple of websites (Dell, Toshiba, Thinkpad) some but > was unable to spot much (did not

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 12:27:31PM -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution > > available yet. Confirms what I have also found. > > Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Rick Stevens
On 01/03/2013 11:07 AM, Joe Wulf issued this missive: I second that motion of having a computer function as a computer. I had the opportunity when buying my latest laptop to go with something older and less capable, but having a decent screen resolution of 1920x1200 or a newer, more capable mode

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Joe Wulf
ct: Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution > > > > > >On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: > >On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution >>> available yet. Confirms what I

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 10:58:55AM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:41:06 -0600 Richard Shaw > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Dale Dellutri > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra > > > wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I will be in the ma

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Fulko Hew
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution > > available yet. Confirms what I have also found. > > Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens. > Meanw

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution > available yet. Confirms what I have also found. Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens. Meanwhile, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. would kill their firstborn children

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:41:06 -0600 Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to > >> find a laptop with 1200 vertical

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:41:06 -0600 Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to > >> find a laptop with 1200 vertical

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to >> find a laptop with 1200 vertical resolution (at the very least). I >> looked around a couple of websit

Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Dale Dellutri
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to > find a laptop with 1200 vertical resolution (at the very least). I > looked around a couple of websites (Dell, Toshiba, Thinkpad) some but > was unable to spot much

laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

2013-01-03 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I will be in the market for a laptop pretty soon, and would like to find a laptop with 1200 vertical resolution (at the very least). I looked around a couple of websites (Dell, Toshiba, Thinkpad) some but was unable to spot much (did not look at everything). Are these available anymore? What w