[compnovo]

LiveBrianD, on 01 February 2012 - 08:23 PM, said:

I saw one where you just have a 10" tablet, I forget what brand, and then you can put it in a dock to get a keyboard and pointing stick - cool, but I kinda want to keep the keyboard with it because I'd use that a lot.

That sounds like the Asus Transformer I was talking about. I really like the looks of it.

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Hey, I'm not exactly an opposite to you. For instance, I have an acer monitor like you (though I'm noticing some color shifting on this, which is annoying me quite a bit, and the viewing angles aren't great, though that's not as big of an issue, and the factory color settings are awful), and I have an antec case (just not the same model, because I didn't need the included psu and wasn't willing to spend too much).

It's all good.

[LiveBrianD]

The thing is that the Transformer runs Android, and I want Windows. Other than that, the design would work fairly well for my purposes.

[compnovo]

LiveBrianD, on 01 February 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

The thing is that the Transformer runs Android, and I want Windows.

So do I.

Quote from my post earlier this evening:

I'm still watching the ASUS Transformer, waiting for it to be released with Win8. Now that I know how much fun a touch screen is it may prove to be an irresistible combination --- for somebody who isn't ready to leave the Windows world yet (namely me ).

[LiveBrianD]

I have to wonder how Windows 8 will turn out. I have no interest whatsoever with the metro UI, but I can see how some might (mainly on a tablet).

[nonseq]

compnovo, on 01 February 2012 - 09:19 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 01 February 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

The thing is that the Transformer runs Android, and I want Windows.

So do I.

Quote from my post earlier this evening:

I'm still watching the ASUS Transformer, waiting for it to be released with Win8. Now that I know how much fun a touch screen is it may prove to be an irresistible combination --- for somebody who isn't ready to leave the Windows world yet (namely me ).

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

[waldojim]

I would use my Asus Transformer to kill Megatron. Whether Megatron likes it or not.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 02 February 2012 - 10:59 AM

[BLuRR]

LOL why did that post 3 times? I think I had connection issues yesterday and the lag caused it to post 3 times. Haha. Accidental troll, my bad.

Also, I also heard about that transformer thing, looks amazing!

This post has been edited by BLuRR: 02 February 2012 - 08:56 AM

[coastie65]

BLuRR, on 02 February 2012 - 08:54 AM, said:

LOL why did that post 3 times? I think I had connection issues yesterday and the lag caused it to post 3 times. Haha. Accidental troll, my bad.

Also, I also heard about that transformer thing, looks amazing!

I think it was forum hiccup. It has been happening of late.

[compnovo]

nonseq, on 02 February 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

Well, it's either Megatron, Apple, or Microsoft. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!"

This post has been edited by compnovo: 02 February 2012 - 01:42 PM

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 02 February 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

nonseq, on 02 February 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

Well, it's either Megatron, Apple, or Microsoft. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!"

Yeah, unless you one of those equal opportunity types who will simply shell out for all three.

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 03 February 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

compnovo, on 02 February 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

nonseq, on 02 February 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

Well, it's either Megatron, Apple, or Microsoft. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!"

Yeah, unless you one of those equal opportunity types who will simply shell out for all three.

I practically did.
I just picked up a Lumia 900 with WP7 this week and realized I had too many toys with overlapping features (netbook, Kindle Fire, and now this phone). I mean, how many devices do you need to stream Netflix movies on your lap? One of my co-workers was planning to purchase a Fire for her son (well, maybe mostly for herself ) so I sold her mine yesterday. The next item to go will be the netbook: when ASUS comes out with a Transformer that runs WinRT (formerly WOA) I'll sell or gift the netbook and make the big move to a tablet with a docking station. (I'm not married to ASUS. If somebody comes out with a better option I'm all over it)
BTW, I love the new phone, Nokia did an amazing job and Mango is cool.

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 20 April 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:

coastie65, on 03 February 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

compnovo, on 02 February 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

nonseq, on 02 February 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

Well, it's either Megatron, Apple, or Microsoft. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!"

Yeah, unless you one of those equal opportunity types who will simply shell out for all three.

I practically did.
I just picked up a Lumia 900 with WP7 this week and realized I had too many toys with overlapping features (netbook, Kindle Fire, and now this phone). I mean, how many devices do you need to stream Netflix movies on your lap? One of my co-workers was planning to purchase a Fire for her son (well, maybe mostly for herself ) so I sold her mine yesterday. The next item to go will be the netbook: when ASUS comes out with a Transformer that runs WinRT (formerly WOA) I'll sell or gift the netbook and make the big move to a tablet with a docking station. (I'm not married to ASUS. If somebody comes out with a better option I'm all over it)
BTW, I love the new phone, Nokia did an amazing job and Mango is cool.

Yeah, I just picked up another toy, although it has been sitting around here for awhile. My Brother-in-Law had an HP Dv9260nr lappy that he brought over sometime back for me to look at. He had just paid someone some $90 to look at it and tell him he needed a new MOBO. Guess he wanted a second opinion or his way to get rid of it. Anyway, I looked at while they were here and determined the GPU was kaput and it needed a new MOBO ( I also think the fan is suspect as well and ordered a fan / heatsink for that thing as well ). Already have two lappys and two desktops.

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 20 April 2012 - 10:56 AM, said:

compnovo, on 20 April 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:

coastie65, on 03 February 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

compnovo, on 02 February 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

nonseq, on 02 February 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Are you sure you want the ASUS Transformer? What if it's a Decepticon? Do you want to serve Megatron as your master?

Well, it's either Megatron, Apple, or Microsoft. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!"

Yeah, unless you one of those equal opportunity types who will simply shell out for all three.

I practically did.
I just picked up a Lumia 900 with WP7 this week and realized I had too many toys with overlapping features (netbook, Kindle Fire, and now this phone). I mean, how many devices do you need to stream Netflix movies on your lap? One of my co-workers was planning to purchase a Fire for her son (well, maybe mostly for herself ) so I sold her mine yesterday. The next item to go will be the netbook: when ASUS comes out with a Transformer that runs WinRT (formerly WOA) I'll sell or gift the netbook and make the big move to a tablet with a docking station. (I'm not married to ASUS. If somebody comes out with a better option I'm all over it)
BTW, I love the new phone, Nokia did an amazing job and Mango is cool.

Yeah, I just picked up another toy, although it has been sitting around here for awhile. My Brother-in-Law had an HP Dv9260nr lappy that he brought over sometime back for me to look at. He had just paid someone some $90 to look at it and tell him he needed a new MOBO. Guess he wanted a second opinion or his way to get rid of it. Anyway, I looked at while they were here and determined the GPU was kaput and it needed a new MOBO ( I also think the fan is suspect as well and ordered a fan / heatsink for that thing as well ). Already have two lappys and two desktops.

Hey coastie,
Yeah, I've been following your thread on the laptop you inherited. I'm kinda hip deep in computers myself (three desktops and two laptops), another reason I sold the Fire. That was a great little tablet, I already miss it.

[LiveBrianD]

compnovo, on 20 April 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:

I just picked up a Lumia 900 with WP7 this week and realized I had too many toys with overlapping features (netbook, Kindle Fire, and now this phone). I mean, how many devices do you need to stream Netflix movies on your lap? One of my co-workers was planning to purchase a Fire for her son (well, maybe mostly for herself ) so I sold her mine yesterday. The next item to go will be the netbook: when ASUS comes out with a Transformer that runs WinRT (formerly WOA) I'll sell or gift the netbook and make the big move to a tablet with a docking station. (I'm not married to ASUS. If somebody comes out with a better option I'm all over it)
BTW, I love the new phone, Nokia did an amazing job and Mango is cool.

Say, how do you think wp7 compares to android? (it's too bad there aren't any wp7 devices on verizon... I'm thinking about getting a phone)

[coastie65]

I had a third Desktop running XP, but gave that to my sister. It is coming up on 6 years old, but the best computer she has had to date. I had an Intel PD 945 ( 3.4 Ghz ) and an Nvidia 9800GT Card in it. I did change out the Corsair 650TX that was in it for an Antec Basiq 500w that had been in it.

[compnovo]

LiveBrianD, on 20 April 2012 - 02:42 PM, said:

Say, how do you think wp7 compares to android? (it's too bad there aren't any wp7 devices on verizon... I'm thinking about getting a phone)

My only Android experience was with the KFire, a heavily modded version, but I thought it was very well implemented. I've never used an Android phone so I can't really draw direct comparisons, but I will say that WP7 is excellent. I'm not a heavy app user so I'm more than happy with the selection (I was playing around with Nokia Drive and the GPS function and it's a hoot). I've read complaints about the tie-in with Zune but so far I see it as a positive feature, the phone makes a dandy media device (music, mp4 movies, Netflix, etc.). And the Nokia hardware is excellent, very well crafted. Plus, I'm sort of getting a feel for what Win8 is going to be like on a tablet, and I like it (Win7 stays on my desktops for now).

BTW, if you google WP7 and Verizon you'll see that they're planning to get into the act too.

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 20 April 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

I had a third Desktop running XP, but gave that to my sister. It is coming up on 6 years old, but the best computer she has had to date. I had an Intel PD 945 ( 3.4 Ghz ) and an Nvidia 9800GT Card in it. I did change out the Corsair 650TX that was in it for an Antec Basiq 500w that had been in it.

I remember you mentioning that 945 in the past, before you moved on to bigger and better things.

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 20 April 2012 - 05:09 PM, said:

coastie65, on 20 April 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

I had a third Desktop running XP, but gave that to my sister. It is coming up on 6 years old, but the best computer she has had to date. I had an Intel PD 945 ( 3.4 Ghz ) and an Nvidia 9800GT Card in it. I did change out the Corsair 650TX that was in it for an Antec Basiq 500w that had been in it.

I remember you mentioning that 945 in the past, before you moved on to bigger and better things.

Yeah. I had to update the BiOS because it came with a PD 805. I have a 945 and 925 here now.

[LiveBrianD]

compnovo, on 20 April 2012 - 05:08 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 20 April 2012 - 02:42 PM, said:

Say, how do you think wp7 compares to android? (it's too bad there aren't any wp7 devices on verizon... I'm thinking about getting a phone)

My only Android experience was with the KFire, a heavily modded version, but I thought it was very well implemented. I've never used an Android phone so I can't really draw direct comparisons, but I will say that WP7 is excellent. I'm not a heavy app user so I'm more than happy with the selection (I was playing around with Nokia Drive and the GPS function and it's a hoot). I've read complaints about the tie-in with Zune but so far I see it as a positive feature, the phone makes a dandy media device (music, mp4 movies, Netflix, etc.). And the Nokia hardware is excellent, very well crafted. Plus, I'm sort of getting a feel for what Win8 is going to be like on a tablet, and I like it (Win7 stays on my desktops for now).

BTW, if you google WP7 and Verizon you'll see that they're planning to get into the act too.

Yeah, I read about that. I'm thinking about getting a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and I'm not sure how stock 4.0 ICS compares to other manufacturer customization (mainly 2.3 Gingerbread right now). Personally, I think android is a better platform for me (for instance, there are beta versions of chrome and firefox for it). I noticed that Pandora is missing from it though (I'm not sure what's up with that). I tried a wp7 device, and man, it felt fast compared to most android devices.

[compnovo]

LiveBrianD, on 20 April 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

I tried a wp7 device, and man, it felt fast compared to most android devices.

Apparently WP7 is well optimized to run on single core processors; mine is smooth as silk. Somebody did their homework.