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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We’re hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 -- -- This NG post is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects |
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We’re hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? You don't need one "inside" an email program, just makes one less utility if they are combined. With my terrible memory at this stage of my like I'm forever having reminders popping up. You know like, time to eat lunch, time to play golf, time to cut the grass, time to go fishing, on and on and on. I've used Outlook for many years and have really come to rely on it. I certainly don't use all it's features. |
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"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message . .. Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We’re hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 -- -- This NG post is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects Thanks for the tip. |
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D.Duck wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? You don't need one "inside" an email program, just makes one less utility if they are combined. With my terrible memory at this stage of my like I'm forever having reminders popping up. You know like, time to eat lunch, time to play golf, time to cut the grass, time to go fishing, on and on and on. ....time to take your medications, time to change your depends...time to remember to take your memory...what? |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... I like refurb'd computers because their parts are already burned in. Any failures have ALREADY happened and the REFURB shop has already replaced them. They are better than new.... You make a good point. Most failures in electronic devices will happen in the initial hours of operation. After that, they are usually good for the long haul. Eisboch |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) |
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"hk" wrote in message . .. D.Duck wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? You don't need one "inside" an email program, just makes one less utility if they are combined. With my terrible memory at this stage of my like I'm forever having reminders popping up. You know like, time to eat lunch, time to play golf, time to cut the grass, time to go fishing, on and on and on. ...time to take your medications, time to change your depends...time to remember to take your memory...what? Some of that too. |
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We’re hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. -- This NG post is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch Look at your watch, those numbers on the right hand side are calendar dates. -- This NG post is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects |
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"D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Eisboch |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:10:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? What the hell is a "calendar"? It's like a colander only with different letters. |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. :) |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning, which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it. I was looking for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding capabilities but not e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for that. I bought something recently that has address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for e-mail sending. Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it. Though not perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is what I was after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was writing it for myself, but I don't want to do that. The computer/human interface issue is fraught with personal preferences. I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff. Got used to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to home use. It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client. --Vic |
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:43:25 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning, which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it. I was looking for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding capabilities but not e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for that. I bought something recently that has address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for e-mail sending. Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it. Though not perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is what I was after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was writing it for myself, but I don't want to do that. The computer/human interface issue is fraught with personal preferences. I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff. Got used to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to home use. It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client. --Vic Ah, come on, give us a hint. ;-) |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Eisboch Google maps. |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning, which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it. I was looking for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding capabilities but not e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for that. I bought something recently that has address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for e-mail sending. Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it. Though not perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is what I was after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was writing it for myself, but I don't want to do that. The computer/human interface issue is fraught with personal preferences. I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff. Got used to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to home use. It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client. --Vic Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name. |
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:58:56 GMT, John H.
wrote: Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Looks like you got some. Did you get a laptop because you can use it on the road? Never had one myself except what my job provided. I hated that thing, mostly because of the keyboard. Thinking a laptop with wireless internet might come in handy for traveling though. Since I only vacation a couple weeks a year, I haven't felt the need. But that might change. --Vic |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's kind of like a paper clock that counts days instead of hours. You do remember what a clock is, right? |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. :) No NO Never turn left. Always turn right. You will save gas. |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:53:01 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name. Good. Since I was asked I won't be accused of spamming. C-Organizer Pro. Few things I would improve on. 1. More calendar views - only has monthly. 2. Birthdays in address book can throw reminders, but don't bold on calendar. Solution: Make BD a recurring appointment. That bolds it. 3. Hot button to invoke e-mail client for an address entry sometimes doesn't work. That's a bug to me, but no big deal. I'll eventually find out what's causing it, or there will be a patch. Every thing else works fine, and the reminders have already "saved my ass" a couple times. I've got most of my stuff in there now, and the import from CSV is the slickest I've seen, and I tested at least 30 PIM's. Easy to customize address book contents, so every family member and friend doesn't have a bunch of empty "business" fields. This is the only one that allowed easy import from Excel, where I had most of my stuff. The links to banking/business sites are now in there too. Anyway, it's free to try, and works for me. --Vic |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:09:11 -0400, "Jim" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. :) No NO Never turn left. Always turn right. You will save gas. Not according to UPS. :) |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:09:11 -0400, "Jim" wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. :) No NO Never turn left. Always turn right. You will save gas. Not according to UPS. :) Check your facts. :-) |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. 8) What boat? ...... oh, yea,,, *that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. :) No NO Never turn left. Always turn right. You will save gas. Then why doesn't NASCAR turn right? |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:53:01 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name. Good. Since I was asked I won't be accused of spamming. C-Organizer Pro. Few things I would improve on. 1. More calendar views - only has monthly. 2. Birthdays in address book can throw reminders, but don't bold on calendar. Solution: Make BD a recurring appointment. That bolds it. 3. Hot button to invoke e-mail client for an address entry sometimes doesn't work. That's a bug to me, but no big deal. I'll eventually find out what's causing it, or there will be a patch. Every thing else works fine, and the reminders have already "saved my ass" a couple times. I've got most of my stuff in there now, and the import from CSV is the slickest I've seen, and I tested at least 30 PIM's. Easy to customize address book contents, so every family member and friend doesn't have a bunch of empty "business" fields. This is the only one that allowed easy import from Excel, where I had most of my stuff. The links to banking/business sites are now in there too. Anyway, it's free to try, and works for me. --Vic Thanks for the info. |
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On Aug 3, 6:50*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message ... "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:24:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "D.Duck" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message news:hpOdnedVx9QgjQvVnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews .com... What the hell is a "calendar"? Eisboch It's used to remind you when to go to your boat. *8) What boat? * ...... oh, yea,,, **that boat* ..... I need directions. Turn left. You'll get there eventually. *:) No NO Never turn left. Always turn right. You will save gas. Then why doesn't NASCAR turn right?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it started with rednecks in the south.. and they just forgot.. ;) |
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John H. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:05:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill. Yeahbut, she likes it. We skipped the extra gig of RAM. Seems it has only two slots, one with two gigs, the other with one gig. In order to upgrade to 4 gigs, I'd have to trash one gig and buy two. Hell with it. We'll see how it works with only three. Good luck with Vista! I can still get XP Pro at a decent price if you want to scrap that OS. |
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"DK" wrote in message ... John H. wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:05:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill. Yeahbut, she likes it. We skipped the extra gig of RAM. Seems it has only two slots, one with two gigs, the other with one gig. In order to upgrade to 4 gigs, I'd have to trash one gig and buy two. Hell with it. We'll see how it works with only three. Good luck with Vista! I can still get XP Pro at a decent price if you want to scrap that OS. Newegg, OEM? |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... John H. wrote in : On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:29:00 +0000, Larry wrote: John H. wrote in : Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Too much....Buy a Gateway and get more computer for half the price. Too late. What does Gateway have that's better for $500? http://www.buy.com/prod/gateway-m-67...duo-processor- t5450-3072-mb-250/q/loc/101/208033962.html $1300 computer, refurbished, for $579. This isn't a laptop, it's a mainframe in a laptop case....an amazing machine. I like refurb'd computers because their parts are already burned in. Any failures have ALREADY happened and the REFURB shop has already replaced them. They are better than new.... read the reviews....there's 57 of them at Best Buy, alone and it gets over 4 stars out of 5. Computers this fast should come with seatbelts....(c; For XP laptop, I like AMD X2. Call me nuts but like them a lot. |
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D.Duck wrote:
"DK" wrote in message ... John H. wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:05:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Depending on what she'll use if for it may be over-kill. Yeahbut, she likes it. We skipped the extra gig of RAM. Seems it has only two slots, one with two gigs, the other with one gig. In order to upgrade to 4 gigs, I'd have to trash one gig and buy two. Hell with it. We'll see how it works with only three. Good luck with Vista! I can still get XP Pro at a decent price if you want to scrap that OS. Newegg, OEM? Haven't checked them in a while. They are a great source for hardware. I've never bought software from them. The guys that handle our IT have OEM still available. |
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We’re hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:09:06 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message .. . On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:27:44 GMT, "Canuck57" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:30:29 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: John H. wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:14:41 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Unless she likes laptop keyboards and pointing devices I would suggest an external keyboard and mouse, either USB or wireless if you don't mind fooling with batteries. I don't have a wireless keyboard but have wireless mice on two computers. The one that is used extensively gets 2~3 months from a set of quality alkaline batteries. She's never had a laptop, and neither have I. We'll see how she does with the built in stuff. I'd have to have the external mouse, as I can't stand that rubbing the pad stuff. The keyboard and mouse just plug in via USB cables. While a 16" wide screen, you don't really need it, but if you want you can also use a larger monitor and use the laptop as a CPU when she is at her desk. I am a few years away from buying a new computer, but I am really leaning towards buying a Mac and MacPro laptop. My son and my youngest girl will buy a Mac Laptop in the next month. You can get a 10% discount and a Ipod Touch for any students or teachers, so your wife would qualify. I think they are both leaning towards the 13" laptop to make it easy to carry, and then use a larger monitor and keyboard in their dorm. My wife's never taught, but she doesn't want an Apple. We put the money on the Sony last night, before the sale went off. So she'll learn to be happy with what she's got. Right now she thinks it's a pretty cool birthday present. The big disadvantage to the whole thing is Vista. I saw a little demonstrated by the guy in the store, but I wasn't too impressed. Very flashy though. New users to Vista generally fair better than seasoned users as many of Vista's defects you would not know without previous experience with at least XP. For example, record a 4GB video file and copy it around in XP goes about 6-10 times faster than Vista. But never having done that on a computer, you are more likely to find 20 minute copies of big files acceptable not knowing XP can do in 2m30s and Linux in under 2m. Mac, I don't know but never heard of copy speed complaints. Similarly with Vista premium on a high speed home network. I'm keeping XP on the desktop, and will get XP on my next desktop, if possible. My wife will have to suffer with the Vista problems, but she may not know the difference anyway. You might want to consider ditching Vista and installing XP on the new laptop. So far she hasn't complained about Vista. My neighbor is an IT guy with the Post Office, and he's been helping her get it all set up. She's quite happy with it. |
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"John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ |
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"John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:09:06 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message . .. On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:27:44 GMT, "Canuck57" wrote: "John H." wrote in message m... On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:30:29 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: John H. wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:14:41 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... Am considering this laptop for my wife's birthday in a couple weeks. Best Buy has it on sale for $999. I'll add another gig of RAM and router. http://tinyurl.com/59yons Thoughts? Unless she likes laptop keyboards and pointing devices I would suggest an external keyboard and mouse, either USB or wireless if you don't mind fooling with batteries. I don't have a wireless keyboard but have wireless mice on two computers. The one that is used extensively gets 2~3 months from a set of quality alkaline batteries. She's never had a laptop, and neither have I. We'll see how she does with the built in stuff. I'd have to have the external mouse, as I can't stand that rubbing the pad stuff. The keyboard and mouse just plug in via USB cables. While a 16" wide screen, you don't really need it, but if you want you can also use a larger monitor and use the laptop as a CPU when she is at her desk. I am a few years away from buying a new computer, but I am really leaning towards buying a Mac and MacPro laptop. My son and my youngest girl will buy a Mac Laptop in the next month. You can get a 10% discount and a Ipod Touch for any students or teachers, so your wife would qualify. I think they are both leaning towards the 13" laptop to make it easy to carry, and then use a larger monitor and keyboard in their dorm. My wife's never taught, but she doesn't want an Apple. We put the money on the Sony last night, before the sale went off. So she'll learn to be happy with what she's got. Right now she thinks it's a pretty cool birthday present. The big disadvantage to the whole thing is Vista. I saw a little demonstrated by the guy in the store, but I wasn't too impressed. Very flashy though. New users to Vista generally fair better than seasoned users as many of Vista's defects you would not know without previous experience with at least XP. For example, record a 4GB video file and copy it around in XP goes about 6-10 times faster than Vista. But never having done that on a computer, you are more likely to find 20 minute copies of big files acceptable not knowing XP can do in 2m30s and Linux in under 2m. Mac, I don't know but never heard of copy speed complaints. Similarly with Vista premium on a high speed home network. I'm keeping XP on the desktop, and will get XP on my next desktop, if possible. My wife will have to suffer with the Vista problems, but she may not know the difference anyway. You might want to consider ditching Vista and installing XP on the new laptop. So far she hasn't complained about Vista. My neighbor is an IT guy with the Post Office, and he's been helping her get it all set up. She's quite happy with it. What ever works for her. I'm so into WinXP and I have found no compelling reason to switch. |
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On Aug 8, 8:55*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. *From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. *It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. *I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My wife and some of her peers have written mods on our servers for Spam Assassin (TM) and Spam Cop (TM) that pick up several million spams a day for our clients, they never even get through the POP server. They have sold the packages to several other providers, it works great. My smallboats account which has been active since the early 90's gets maybe 2-4 spams a day getting through on a bad day. If not for the filters, I would get thousands just on that account alone... It should be on your service provider to stop spam, they could, but there are a lot of reasons they don't ;) Note: We do not own Spam Cop or Spam Assassin, just the mods... |
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wrote in message ... On Aug 8, 8:55 pm, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My wife and some of her peers have written mods on our servers for Spam Assassin (TM) and Spam Cop (TM) that pick up several million spams a day for our clients, they never even get through the POP server. They have sold the packages to several other providers, it works great. My smallboats account which has been active since the early 90's gets maybe 2-4 spams a day getting through on a bad day. If not for the filters, I would get thousands just on that account alone... It should be on your service provider to stop spam, they could, but there are a lot of reasons they don't ;) Note: We do not own Spam Cop or Spam Assassin, just the mods... ================================== I don't think Embarq, my ISP, would listen to any suggestions from me, so I just have to be my own first line of defense. SpamBayes is extremely effective. |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:55:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
"John H." wrote in message .. . On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ I'm using Mailwasher, which I like very much. However, while I was away and my wife's computer was getting set up, something got changed and Mailwasher is acting strangely. It used to take the messages off the server when I downloaded them with Outlook. Now I'm having to go back into Mailwasher and delete the messages. I'd thought there was a quick setting for this somewhere, but I can't find it. |
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John H. wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:55:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ I'm using Mailwasher, which I like very much. However, while I was away and my wife's computer was getting set up, something got changed and Mailwasher is acting strangely. It used to take the messages off the server when I downloaded them with Outlook. Now I'm having to go back into Mailwasher and delete the messages. I'd thought there was a quick setting for this somewhere, but I can't find it. You need to uninstall Mailwasher, and then reinstall it. I would also do a search on Mailwasher and delete the Mailwasher folders. |
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:44:01 -0400, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald
P. Smithers III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote: John H. wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:55:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:20:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:41:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: D.Duck wrote: Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is similar to Outlook? They are working on Thunderbird 3 which be both a calendar and email product. From Mozilla's web site Thunderbird 3 will include calendaring, better search, and better overall user experience, much like Firefox 3. We're hoping for a release in late 2008 -- the exact timing will depend on who joins this collective effort. I forgot to mention, you can use the Lightning add on until this is released https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 Why do you need a calendar inside an email program? I use Outlook and find it is easy to check my schedule and email at the same time. When I open email, a popup window will open and show me my appts and reminders on my calendar. It also allows me to send events and appts to others via email. Ditto. Outlook does a good job. Calendar very easy to use. If you want a really good spam filter for Outlook, give the free SpamBayes a try. I find it very effective and no filters to construct. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ I'm using Mailwasher, which I like very much. However, while I was away and my wife's computer was getting set up, something got changed and Mailwasher is acting strangely. It used to take the messages off the server when I downloaded them with Outlook. Now I'm having to go back into Mailwasher and delete the messages. I'd thought there was a quick setting for this somewhere, but I can't find it. You need to uninstall Mailwasher, and then reinstall it. I would also do a search on Mailwasher and delete the Mailwasher folders. I'll do the uninstall bit. Which version do you have? I'm using 5.2, but 6.1 is out now. I'm seeing that people are having problems with it running very slow, so I've not downloaded the upgrade yet. |
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