The stranger

[DD]

I go through 2 or 3 a year so when you get here, email me, I might have one for you to use while your here.

Now that sounds like an offer I can't refuse! How nice of you!! Will do!

 

[audie]

Depending on the age of the laptop, you may have a wireless card built in or you can get sprint pcs or cingular or a number of other carriers have a wireless service that's $80 a month for unlimited access. In fact cingular may have a 3 month trial or something where you could can it when your dones. I used the aircard for about 3 years as my sole access and it was pretty reliable except for Grayton and part of Inlet but now with builtin technology, some people (not me) can pick up an unsecured network anywhere and I have my own wireless router at home so don't need the aircard anymore but they're still available and work great.

i will show this to mr audie since i have absolutely no clue what you just said i am a technotard in case you haven't noticed.....

 

[Allifunn]

i will show this to mr audie since i have absolutely no clue what you just said i am a technotard in case you haven't noticed.....

the politically correct term is technochallenged :funn:

 

[audie]

the politically correct term is technochallenged :funn:

i certainly never claimed to be politically correct !

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

i will show this to mr audie since i have absolutely no clue what you just said i am a technotard in case you haven't noticed.....

There's what's known as an aircard that sticks in the side of a laptop, (probably a desktop also if you have the slot). This card picks up signals from cell towers to get you onto the internet. You can use the cell service to be on the internet about anywhere there's a cell. The service costs about $80/month for unlimited access. And the price of the card to pick it up is probably about $150. It's a bit pricey for a week's use and if you don't use the computer much but a pretty good service. You can be on the internet the whole time hubby is driving.

If you just need a week to get mail and be on the board, I'm sure I have one around here that will boot up. Have 2 extras that I know of, just need to charge one and see if the other will start up (it's been a while since I've started them but they're both less than 2 years old).

 

[Allifunn]

There's what's known as an aircard that sticks in the side of a laptop, (probably a desktop also if you have the slot). This card picks up signals from cell towers to get you onto the internet. You can use the cell service to be on the internet about anywhere there's a cell. The service costs about $80/month for unlimited access. And the price of the card to pick it up is probably about $150. It's a bit pricey for a week's use and if you don't use the computer much but a pretty good service. You can be on the internet the whole time hubby is driving.

If you just need a week to get mail and be on the board, I'm sure I have one around here that will boot up. Have 2 extras that I know of, just need to charge one and see if the other will start up (it's been a while since I've started them but they're both less than 2 years old).

You are so sweet Cork!!!

 

[audie]

There's what's known as an aircard that sticks in the side of a laptop, (probably a desktop also if you have the slot). This card picks up signals from cell towers to get you onto the internet. You can use the cell service to be on the internet about anywhere there's a cell. The service costs about $80/month for unlimited access. And the price of the card to pick it up is probably about $150. It's a bit pricey for a week's use and if you don't use the computer much but a pretty good service. You can be on the internet the whole time hubby is driving.

If you just need a week to get mail and be on the board, I'm sure I have one around here that will boot up. Have 2 extras that I know of, just need to charge one and see if the other will start up (it's been a while since I've started them but they're both less than 2 years old).

our laptop has one of those thingies sticking out the side, i think. the mr will have to check all this out !

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

our laptop has one of those thingies sticking out the side, i think. the mr will have to check all this out !

Sounds like that thingie is your card so you might be in good shape. My new little puppy, the tiny tiny Sony laptop has the card built in. I'm so hard on them. I shoved the last one in a bag too quick and busted the little thingie! . The one before that, I tried to carry the laptop and the cat upstairs to bed and cracked the screen. Ouch! It was a 2 month old Sony. . I need to learn to keep the gray matter with me at all times.

 

[audie]

i told mr audie i wanted a new laptop and one of those card thingies on the side for my birthday - i looked at me like i am nuts so we will see. he's been eyeing the sony laptops for a while - do you like yours ? our dell is ancient and extremely heavy... i read that toshiba has good laptops too .

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

i told mr audie i wanted a new laptop and one of those card thingies on the side for my birthday - i looked at me like i am nuts so we will see. he's been eyeing the sony laptops for a while - do you like yours ? our dell is ancient and extremely heavy... i read that toshiba has good laptops too .

There's nothing like a Sony Have had 4 sony's (one run over with a car , one with the cracked screen one that had ME Operating system which stinks and the new puppy, Have also had a dell (crashed in about 3 months), a compaq (proprietary everything but pretty sturdy), an averatec (really cheap and all the ports started going in 6 months) and probably others.

You really need to do something to destroy the sonys. I have one that has duct tape holding the screen together and it still works :clap_1: :clap_1: but now I've lost the power pack.

I've bought all of my sony's online on either pricegrabbers.com or last one on ebay. Paid $1350 for the new Sony t-360 (real tiny) which was running about $2100K in stores when I bought it. It was a broken box but had everything I needed and works great. Had never been booted up when I received it so wasn't a floor model which I wouldn't buy because of the hours on the monitor. Unless you travel a lot and move it around a lot, you can probably go with a larger model. I drag mine everywhere so weight and size are crucial to me.