What's your take on this ?

Legacy_user

As if I haven't had enough to think about today, my daughter just phoned to say that along with someone "that knows about these things" she has selected a laptop. It is a Medion 202/1827 (pink 15.4"), these are the spec:-

Audio Features Yes
Battery Life 1.15Hrs
Bluetooth No
Box Contents AC adapter, Li-Ion battery, Application & Support disc, Windows Vista Home Basic DVD, Nero Burning ROM 7 Essentials disc, manual, waranty card, BullGuard Flyer
Brand Medion
Firewire No
Graphics Shared VIA Chrome9 HC™ DirectX 9 graphics with up 128 MB shared memory
Hard Drive Size 120Gb
Hard Drive Type Western Digital 2.5" SATA drive
Laptop Colour Pink
Memory Size 1Gb
Memory Type 1Gb DDR2 SDRAM
Number of USB Ports 4
Operating System Windows Vista™ Home Basic
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter
Optical Drive Bluray Compatible No
Optical Drive HD Compatible No
Optical Drive Lightscribe Compatible No
Output VGA
Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core
Processor Bus 533MHz
Processor Cache 1MB L2 Cache
Processor Model Number T2130
Processor Speed 1.86GHZ
Product Depth 35.8 cm
Product Height 3.66 cm
Product Range Computing Hardware
Product Sub Category Laptops
Product Weight 2.7kg
Product Width 26.3 cm
Remote Control Included No
Screen Size 15.4"
Screen Type WXGA widescreen, 1280x800 px
Software Load Windows Vista Home Basic, Nero Burning ROM 7 Essentials, NERO ReCode 2 Essentials, Bullguard Internet Security
TV Tuner No
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Wired Networking Port Yes

Now comes something I'm concerned about. My computer is not wifi, she says hers is capable of both cable/wifi. She is bound to ask if she can disconnect my machine so that the cable can be used for hers. The nightmare being that this might create problems for me/my system. I've told her that we will have to go to library etc for hot spots, is this so?

ExNRGXpert

Hi there

The wifi will only work if your internet connection at home has the wireless facility, as you rightly said these can be found at hotspots in cafes, libraries etc;

System

Yes, i appreciate that, but she thinks she will be able to use the cable from my router to her laptop

dounome

If you have a router then she will be able to access through her wifi without using the cable

djheath

Buy another cable. They are cheap and then she can just plug it into a spare port on the router.
If she must use your cable, then this will not screw up your laptop at all, that is, when you connect the cable back in your computer. It will mean though that you wont be able to do any internet stuff whilst she is using your cable!

Best to get a second cable: they are called all or one of the following names: ethernet RJ45 cat5e cable. Or use wireless if your router is a wireless router.

djheath

dounome wrote: »

If you have a router then she will be able to access through her wifi without using the cable

Only if its a wireless router though mind.

£$&*"($£&(

Depends on how much it costs. Battery life seems very low. Most modem/routers can take multiple cables (mine has 4 sockets) and as it's wireless there's no problem.

espresso

islandman wrote: »

Yes, i appreciate that, but she thinks she will be able to use the cable from my router to her laptop

She will and if your router is a wireless router, she won't need to use an Ethernet cable and will be able to connect to your router using WiFi.

If you had stated which router you have the answers could be more specific.

System

As far as I'm aware, my router in not wifi.

My comp is a PC,

I do have spare ports on the router and think I have spare ethernet cables, so we might have lift off.thanks

If this is so, will we be able to use both my PC and her laptop simultainiously?

Will my ISP know or care or say I'm breaking T&C 's?

Lord_Lardington

"Yes" you'll be able to use the machines simultaneously (though if you're both downloading large items there'll be a performance degradation) and "No" you've no ISP issues in sharing the connection.

£$&*"($£&(

And the cost of the laptop?