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    DVD and CD with out bootting windows?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pcharouz, Mar 20, 2005.

  1. pcharouz

    pcharouz Notebook Evangelist

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    Is it possible to play DVD and CD with out booting windows? In order to save battery.
     
    pcharouz, Mar 20, 2005
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    The only battery life saved is through booting. Just hibernate and come out of hibernation, Otherwise get a portable DVD player or an HP DV1000/4000.

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    titaniummd, Mar 20, 2005
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  3. Quikster

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    only if it was built in to yoru machine some allow you to watch movies and play mp3s without ever going into windows such as some of the newer averatecs. This way you don't have the big memory and hard drive access of using windows.

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    Quikster, Mar 21, 2005
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    One example of a laptop that has this functionality built into the motherboard/BIOS is Alienware's Senata.


    http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Sentia/sentia_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-SENTIA-CP&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT
     
    Knight, Mar 21, 2005
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    a much cheaper version is the Averatec 6200
    http://www.averatec.com/notebooks/6200series.htm

    zx5000 :: 2.4M :: 512 DDR :: 40gb 4200 RPM HD :: 15.4" :: Radeon 9600 Mobilty M10 :: Aquamark3 22,856
     
    Quikster, Mar 22, 2005
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