General Discussions

**ltn1dr** · 07-25-2006, 05:36 PM

I just feel like spending money, what should I buy?

I jsut bought a USB vacuum to clean in between my keys xD

**beley** · 07-26-2006, 11:47 PM

For a laptop?

I live off my laptop... here are a few things I just can't live without.

1) A good case. Check out Booq Bags. Awesome.

2) Headphones... if you spend a lot of time at coffee shops or in public, you need a decent pair of headphones to listen to music with.

3) Bluetooth wireless mouse/travel mouse. Dongles and wireless receivers suck... if your laptop has bluetooth get a bt mouse.

4) External HDD. I have 3 external hdds for my laptop. Two 200GB drives stay at my desks at home and office for the normal stuff and a 100GB external laptop drive (very small) goes with me with a full backup/clone of my system. I can even boot from it if I need to. Hard drive failure? Eh, who cares

5) Wireless router/card - if you don't already have this something's wrong.

6) Extra AC adapters or docking stations for each location. Preferably get a docking station, but at least get multiple AC adapters if you are ever in more than one place. Fumbling around for cables 2 or 3 times a day can add up to a hell of a lot of time.

**ltn1dr** · 07-28-2006, 12:46 PM

Hmm.

I have two cool cases.

For headphones, I use my ipod ear buds.

I have a dongle but not a bluetooth mouse. (should get one huh?)

External HD - Yeah got 300gb in this external bay thing

Wireless router/card - all built in

Extra AC adapters - Too expensive and bulky

My AC adapter ways more than my laptop itself o_O

**Hoang** · 07-28-2006, 07:59 PM

This USB fan is pretty nifty

<~ wink

**Tran** · 07-28-2006, 08:21 PM

Cooling pads

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=319

**ltn1dr** · 07-28-2006, 08:36 PM

I haven't been able to find the cooling pad small enough for my laptop I think

I have a sony vaio vgn-s460

**IsMaR** · 07-28-2006, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave

Cooling pads

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=319

I think I need this, whenever I put my laptop on my lap, I feel like I'm not gon have any children

**sitedesigner** · 07-31-2006, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltn1dr

I just feel like spending money, what should I buy?

I jsut bought a USB vacuum to clean in between my keys xD

usb vacuum? wow, never heard of that before.

**sitedesigner** · 07-31-2006, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tran

Cooling pads

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=319

oh yeah. I most definitely was about to say cooling pad, because I'm about to get one for my laptoppy :-D

**Lpspider** · 07-31-2006, 07:12 PM

External hard drives are great and convienent, espeically if you have both a laptop and a desktop.

**Karl89.co.uk** · 07-31-2006, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beley

For a laptop?

I live off my laptop... here are a few things I just can't live without.

1) A good case. Check out Booq Bags. Awesome.

2) Headphones... if you spend a lot of time at coffee shops or in public, you need a decent pair of headphones to listen to music with.

3) Bluetooth wireless mouse/travel mouse. Dongles and wireless receivers suck... if your laptop has bluetooth get a bt mouse.

4) External HDD. I have 3 external hdds for my laptop. Two 200GB drives stay at my desks at home and office for the normal stuff and a 100GB external laptop drive (very small) goes with me with a full backup/clone of my system. I can even boot from it if I need to. Hard drive failure? Eh, who cares

5) Wireless router/card - if you don't already have this something's wrong.

6) Extra AC adapters or docking stations for each location. Preferably get a docking station, but at least get multiple AC adapters if you are ever in more than one place. Fumbling around for cables 2 or 3 times a day can add up to a hell of a lot of time.

WOW!! Talk about coming being prepared for every eventuality. :P