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pbplaya69
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So my dad got this free laptop from this dude who he worked with. And my dad bought all the soft ware for it and stuff but theres one problem theres no cd drive. to me it looks pretty new. I think its an hp. but ill look later. So I was wondering if theres away to load the sttuff one there? Like an external cd drive. Any help would be appriciated. I want to use it mostly for editing movies and such. Im also kinda slow when it comes to how computers go together so make it simple. all the fancy letters get me confused. thanks
Jan 17 2006 8:11PM
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Snowcase
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is there a USB cord or Ethernet?
Jan 17 2006 8:12PM
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pbplaya69
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here are some pics

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Jan 17 2006 8:25PM
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pbplaya69
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I know it has a usb port but not sure about the other
Jan 17 2006 8:27PM
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Snowcase
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yes the last pic second from left. do you have a router?
Jan 17 2006 9:53PM
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acoustikrage
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new my butt. that thing, my friend, is a pentium III notebook, i'd say circa 1999. it's not worth setting everything up to edit movies, cuz it'll run like crap. plus, i don't see any usb or firewire ports for the video camera.
Jan 17 2006 10:19PM
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pbplaya69
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hokay thanks for the info.
Jan 18 2006 6:27AM
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Snowcase
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you can get a card that goes into the comp for usb and firewire. are you doing hard core editing with special effects and stuff or are you just putting clips together? a piii will work fine for just putting clips together
Jan 18 2006 12:05PM
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acoustikrage
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well, i know that. but who wants to go out and buy more peripherals? and true, a pIII will be fast in enough, but video editing is a more RAM intensive process, so processor speed doesn't matter much. so with the thing being so old, it's bound to have slow ram, and rendering anything will take forever.
Jan 18 2006 9:50PM
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Snowcase
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i use to edit with a pii and 128mb ram built in video card and it worked fine. now i have a bit better system
Jan 18 2006 10:08PM
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acoustikrage
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well i guess speed is all relative, haha. undoubtedly, pIIIs and 128mb ram would've been top notch when they first came out.
Jan 18 2006 11:00PM
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Snowcase
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exactly but it would still work
Jan 19 2006 3:07PM
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