my laptop, in hindsight

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Before I started school I had questions about needing a laptop or a pda and what was important?

So I got a laptop and I used it all year, everyday. I wanted a dell and I got all the goodies stuff. its the inspiron 8500, theres an 8600 now I think.

anyway. today I was thinking. Its huge, too big and bulky really.

In hindsight I would have gotten somthing smaller.

havn't gotten the pda yet but will soon to help keep stats in clinical.

I have a casio speak and spell! It is great for clinicals. I believe that the person the other day asking how to spell "basciculations" or "vasciculations" could use it. I like my compaq but it is to noisy in class. The regular fan makes enough noise not to mention when the second fan kicks in. When it does I see several students reaching for their seatbelts awaiting departure. I would like a MAC. becouse a like to edit movies, however I to am mac. illiterate. I want to upgrade my speak and spell for clinicals. Does anyone have suggestions for good PDA's?

Specializes in PICU, Gen ICU.
do NOT buy a gateway. :angryfire :angryfire

i kick myself everyday.

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I can't repeat what my husband says about ours :imbar !

That explains why the Gateway by me went out of business so soon. Although I've had a Dell desktop for almost 11 months and the hard drive just died :(

lol... speak and spell.... dang... lol... thats awsome.

Well coming from a long time windows user-

Get the PowerBook G4!!

a mac was not even in the picture, when I was looking for a new laptop last summer I wanted something:

1 light

2 long battery life

3 at least a CD-burner

4 not bulkly (I wanted it to be able to fit into my backback along w/ notebooks and a textbook or two)

so I could not find anything (ok @ the time all the PC world could offer was a Sharp, cant remember the name, but it was flimsie and cheap looking. everything I could find was 15-17in screen, bulkie, and heavy.

then I found the apple, the 12 in powerbook, its 4.7# can do 4 hrs on a battery. thin and light, sleek looking too, and it had a DVD burner.

Macs are easy to get the hang of, just a slight learning curve.

as for the PDA, I got a palm m500 16MB. and it does everything I need it to. got all the goodies on it Soto's, Taber's, clinical anesthesia, etc. (all at skyscape.com). you don't need a expensive palm, just something w/ 16MB+ of memory.

just my $0.02

Here - here!! One more vote for the Macs - Powerbook OR ibook! I use both platforms and have for a long time. I admit that WinXP is pretty stable on "Pee-Cees" now, but I still would cast my vote for a Powerbook/ibook. The old joke used to be "If you want to learn all about computer problems and how to fix 'conflicts' - get a PC. If you want to actually get some work done - get a Mac!" That's not exactly true anymore, but I think you would be pleasantly surprised at the utility, reliability, and overall "happy-to-be-driving-this-machine" factor you will discover with a Mac.

Just my $.0145 (adjusted for inflation as % rates begin to rise....)

Sleeepy -

PS - I encourage you to grab an extended warranty "AppleCare" for peace of mind and long-term use. Also, Mac users, on average, tend to be very helpful & friendly folks like at this site --> http://dealmac.com/

Have to put in my thought as a person who had an Apple in the 80s but knows nothing now. I like my Sony Viao PCG TR1A. It's kinda slow, but very small 10.5" screen, VERY portable (size of a book) but also small screen size means have to have good eyes.

Have to put in my thought as a person who had an Apple in the 80s but knows nothing now. I like my Sony Viao PCG TR1A. It's kinda slow, but very small 10.5" screen, VERY portable (size of a book) but also small screen size means have to have good eyes.

Why would a SRNA need a laptop? Do you really need to carry one around, and for what purpose? I have a Dell Inspiron and was going to get a desktop for the bigger screen and easier to use keyboard. What is the best PDA for SRNA purposes? I have a Palm and really do not like it. What about the Dell PDA, or Sony Clie?

Why would a SRNA need a laptop? Do you really need to carry one around, and for what purpose? I have a Dell Inspiron and was going to get a desktop for the bigger screen and easier to use keyboard. What is the best PDA for SRNA purposes? I have a Palm and really do not like it. What about the Dell PDA, or Sony Clie?

Why would a SRNA need a laptop? Do you really need to carry one around, and for what purpose? I have a Dell Inspiron and was going to get a desktop for the bigger screen and easier to use keyboard. What is the best PDA for SRNA purposes? I have a Palm and really do not like it. What about the Dell PDA, or Sony Clie?

The Dell is a PocketPC OS instead of PalmOS. Sony has discontinued or is getting ready to stop making Clie', if I remember right.

Why would a SRNA need a laptop? Do you really need to carry one around, and for what purpose? I have a Dell Inspiron and was going to get a desktop for the bigger screen and easier to use keyboard. What is the best PDA for SRNA purposes? I have a Palm and really do not like it. What about the Dell PDA, or Sony Clie?

The Dell is a PocketPC OS instead of PalmOS. Sony has discontinued or is getting ready to stop making Clie', if I remember right.

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