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Why is this laptop unsuitable for broadband dongles?
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nottseagull wrote: »1. I'm happy to spend more but only if I think it's value for money e.g. HSDPA would be worth around another £15 to me, a 6-cell battery probably the same, a 11.6" screen maybe an extra £20.
2. Really looking for a netbook as the Ms licence situation means stuff over 11.6" overpriced. (I'm happy with XP).
3. Why not just post it - would it contravene spam rules? You can PM me if you like but I reserve the right to forward anything on to Donnie!
1) You're living in cloud cuckoo land.
2) The licence costs the same whether its on a netbook or a laptop. To buy Windows 7 OEM or Windows Vista OEM costs the same as Windows XP OEM, even to the manufacturers.0 -
1) CPU isn't up to it - broadband dongles do a lot in software
They don't, that isn't alowed for security reasons, and modern CPUs aren't fast enough to do all the processing, they may however come with bloated driver software. They are indeed usable on a system with only a few kilobytes of RAM.
Also minimum requirements are often fictitious, bearing more resemblance to the minimum requirements for typical use.0 -
Hi.TimothyEBaldwin wrote: »They don't, that isn't alowed for security reasons, and modern CPUs aren't fast enough to do all the processing, they may however come with bloated driver software. They are indeed usable on a system with only a few kilobytes of RAM.
Also minimum requirements are often fictitious, bearing more resemblance to the minimum requirements for typical use.
What do you mean by "security reasons"?
I agree that the minimum spec can often just be an indication of what's available at a given time, but also, isn't saying that drivers are "bloated" actually the same as saying that they "do a lot in software"?0
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