April 13, 201016 yr Ok, so since I've been out of undergrad school for awhile, I haven't had much use for a laptop for awhile especially since I have an iphone now, I usually do everything on my work PC or my desktop at home. But I pieced together two old laptops and they work reasonably well, and I also have a net book. I was thinking about setting them all up to do something ghetto geek... like using the laptops as secondary monitors. I played around with ZoneScreen and MaxiVista and they work alright, but they are made for largely static screens and its clunky to use them. So it's not going to work with using one monitor as just a tv tuner and another for chatting and such. Any cool ideas on what I should do with all these?
April 13, 201016 yr Why not load one up with Ballistics programs, and pick up a Chrono to hook it to, you could have your own range-transportable ballistics lab if you like that sort of thing, or if you're a reloader you can take it back and forth with you when yiou're doing load workups..although you'd still need a Chrono either way.
April 13, 201016 yr Author Thats true. I could use the net book for that since it has the good battery :-P. It would fit right in the range bag And it would sit right on my reloading bench too. Ok.. so 1 is down.. haha.
April 13, 201016 yr OK, one down one to go.. Maybe you should take that one to the range too.. :mrgreen:
April 13, 201016 yr All serve a different purpose to me. I think I have now.... 2 laptops, 2 desktops, 1 netbook. In the office, I have a desktop with dual monitors that I do most things on. At home, have an older desktop that has all the music, games, etc on, and that is the PC that has all of the gun forum stuff, ie, email accounts, etc. I mostly use the new 17 inch laptop, and that is kind of my office away from office laptop, and I do some personal stuff on as well. Basically, it is a main hub for me, personal stuff, financial planning, and a little bit of njgf stuff on it. My netbook is my computer that I take when traveling or going out to client meetings. It is nice, portable, and has 8 hour battery life. Soon, it will be hooked up to a chrono. Often times when I am working from home, I am using both my desktop and my laptop, so anastasia uses my netbook in bed. etc. Lastly, my older laptop, is a backup, 15". I havent used it in a while, and just backing up stuff I need from it, then will do a reformat and give it to anastasia.
April 13, 201016 yr Author OK, one down one to go.. Maybe you should take that one to the range too.. :mrgreen: haha not just yet. I just fixed it all up :-p
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