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    Essential Accessories

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by titaniummd, Mar 16, 2005.

  1. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    What do you consider is the most essential accessory for a laptop user?

    Dell Inspiron 6000
    1.6 GHZ Centrino (Sonoma)
    WUXGA 15.4" WS
    512 MB RAM
    60 GB HD
    Wireless B/G
    DVD/CD-RW
    9 Cell Battery x 2
    Mozilla Firefox Browser
    Targus TL Deluxe Notebook Case
    Targus Gravity Notebook Backpack
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    Palmone Tungsten C/WIFI
     
    titaniummd, Mar 16, 2005
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  2. Elias

    Elias Notebook Consultant

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    Case, without a doubt. I couldn't live without mine. If you are going to be moving your computer from one place to another (which is the idea) then a case is essential. If all you are going to do is move your computer from one part of the house to another, it's not needed, but if you are like me (and a huge portion of laptop users), then you take your computer with you everywhere you go.

    An external harddrive is also a great bonus. I plan on getting one, once prices start to drop. I like to play games, but usually in the car. I can install the games on my harddrive, bring it along if I'm going to be gone for a long period of time, and I'm all set. It's also great for movies and music. I used to have a 200 gig external drive for my desktop and I had backed a ton of movies up on it. I just transfered them over to my notebook for access while I was away, and moved them back when I was done. Too bad it quit working.
     
    Elias, Mar 16, 2005
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  3. weldwirez

    weldwirez Notebook Enthusiast

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    #1 Case for sure. I use the Targus Overnighter II. Looks like an overnight bag but holds my notebook, wireless kb,mouse, Router, Files, AND MY GIN![xx(] (just kiddin)

    #2 Notebook Surge Protection. The 2nd best friend your notebook has besides its user![ :)]

    Weldwirez[8]

    "Better Drivers Get You Farther Faster!"
     
    weldwirez, Mar 18, 2005
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  4. punksteve

    punksteve Notebook Enthusiast

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    - an external hard drive (cheaper to make them yourself. i bought a maxtor 300gb 7200rpm 16mb cache + external case for around $200)
    - case if you plan on traveling
    - portable mouse
     
    punksteve, Mar 29, 2005
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  5. Lucho007

    Lucho007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think you are missing an important accessory such a USB TV TUNER 2.0 :D ;) ...

     
    Lucho007, Mar 30, 2005
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  6. DimGR

    DimGR Notebook Enthusiast

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    sleeve and a backbag

    wireless mouse like my logitech V500 :)
    and flash drive like my SanDisk 1GB :)
     
    DimGR, Apr 2, 2005
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