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Anonymous   02-06-2005 at 06:55:06 PM

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IBM thinkpads doesn't seem to have firewire and adapters/racks aren't handy.

Any recommendations if price isn't first priority, reliability and support
(parts and drivers) are.

I have heard some bad whining about Dell's laptops (basically network and
driver problems).

Jukka

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Engelbert   02-06-2005 at 06:55:07 PM
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well I run an M60 and its superb for networking and has no driver
problems.............so there's one recommendation. For 1 whine there will
be thousands who don't.........you will only hear the whiners.

the M60 is being sold at a good price, from Dell, now the M70 has appeared.
PS don't go for those being sold on ebay........they're scammers.

dj

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Anonymous   02-06-2005 at 06:55:07 PM
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Rumour has it that XP doesn't drive FW properly. I never got mine to
work reliable althought the same machine ran FW fine when I had WinME
on it.

Are u hooking it up to an iPOD/SonyCam? that's the ONLY reason I can
think off going FW, otherwise USB2 maybe a less painless solution.

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BigJim   02-06-2005 at 07:34:45 PM
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yea buy a pcmcia firewire card for about 15 dollars, if your running xp on
the machine
it will plug and play. I just connected one into my dell and it works fine.
""Jukka I Seppänen"" <jseppane@vipunen.hut.fi> wrote in message
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>
>
> IBM thinkpads doesn't seem to have firewire and adapters/racks aren't
> handy.
>
> Any recommendations if price isn't first priority, reliability and support
> (parts and drivers) are.
>
> I have heard some bad whining about Dell's laptops (basically network and
> driver problems).
>
> Jukka

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Anonymous   02-07-2005 at 04:17:36 AM
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bobb <None@NoWhere.com> writes:

> Rumour has it that XP doesn't drive FW properly. I never got mine to
> work reliable althought the same machine ran FW fine when I had WinME
> on it.

Possible. Were HD's and RAM's at same sizes?
I can also reproduce errors with over 130 GB HD's and 1 GB RAM.

> Are u hooking it up to an iPOD/SonyCam? that's the ONLY reason I can
> think off going FW, otherwise USB2 maybe a less painless solution.

Basic reason is external storage and backups.

My experiences with USB's are not very good ones contrary to FW's and also
with IDE but that requires too much screwing as everyday hobby.

Jukka

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Anonymous   02-07-2005 at 04:22:12 AM
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"BigJIm" <Jim10277@hotmail.com> writes:

> yea buy a pcmcia firewire card for about 15 dollars, if your running xp on
> the machine
> it will plug and play. I just connected one into my dell and it works fine.

Pcmcia-cards are just those one's which I want definetly to avoid (seen and
tested too many problems and incompatabilities with these).

Also everything extra plugging is not good if it could be avoided somehow.

Jukka

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Anonymous   02-07-2005 at 04:22:53 AM
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"engelbert" <abirdinhand@isworthabushbtinternet.com> writes:

> well I run an M60 and its superb for networking and has no driver
> problems.............so there's one recommendation. For 1 whine there will
> be thousands who don't.........you will only hear the whiners.
>
> the M60 is being sold at a good price, from Dell, now the M70 has appeared.
> PS don't go for those being sold on ebay........they're scammers.

Ok, thanks.

Jukka

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BigJim   02-07-2005 at 04:47:19 AM
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wow I guess you have seen more than me I use a pcmcia card for both firewire
and wireless network oh and sometimes a 56k modem.

""Jukka I Seppänen"" <jseppane@vipunen.hut.fi> wrote in message
news:mnv8y615thn.fsf@vipunen.hut.fi...
> "BigJIm" <Jim10277@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> yea buy a pcmcia firewire card for about 15 dollars, if your running xp
>> on
>> the machine
>> it will plug and play. I just connected one into my dell and it works
>> fine.
>
> Pcmcia-cards are just those one's which I want definetly to avoid (seen
> and
> tested too many problems and incompatabilities with these).
>
> Also everything extra plugging is not good if it could be avoided somehow.
>
> Jukka

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Anonymous   02-08-2005 at 01:54:08 AM
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In article <4joc015uo21ick6ob5m188f4b0ndcjoo6e@4ax.com>,
None@NoWhere.com says...
> Rumour has it that XP doesn't drive FW properly. I never got mine to
> work reliable althought the same machine ran FW fine when I had WinME
> on it.
>
> Are u hooking it up to an iPOD/SonyCam? that's the ONLY reason I can
> think off going FW, otherwise USB2 maybe a less painless solution.
>
>
>
Never had a problem with firewire on XP. 2000 maybe, xp never - comes
up as a 1394 net adapter.

BTW, there are numerous devices that support firewire, not just IPODS
and SonyCams.

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