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COMPAQ 4012 NOTEBOOK WITH NEW AMD 64 PROCESSOR |
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THIS BABY IS CRAMMED WITH STANDARD FEATURES THAT EVERY USER CAN UTILIZE FOR HOME AND BUSINESS. Jim Baudo |
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THE PROCESSOR I ORDERED WAS THE NEW ATHLON 64. |
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A notebook with an AMD
ATHLON™ 64 processor provides an optimized balance of performance and
mobility bringing your digital media to life wherever you go.
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| FOR $25.00 EXTRA, I ORDERED THE 15.4" BRIGHT VIEW SCREEN. IT RESEMBLES THE QUALITY OF LOOKING AT A LARGE LANDSCAPE GLOSSY PRINT OF A PHOTO. I JUST LOVE IT. | ||||||||||||||||
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| THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO COPY MY FILES FROM MY HP DESKTOP TO THE LAPTOP. THIS WAS AS EASY AS COPING THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER OVER TO MY USB HARD DRIVE, THEN INSERT THE USB CABLE IN THE LAPTOP AND COPYING THE FILES TO THE C: DRIVE OF THE COMPAQ 4012 LAPTOP. I BACKUP MY FILES DAILY TO A USB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, AS WELL AS TO A SECOND INTERNAL HARD DRIVE ON MY OFFICE DESTOP. | ||||||||||||||||
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I LOADED THE MICROSOFT OFFICE ON THE LAPTOP AND THEN OPENED EACH
PROGRAM AND SET THE DEFAULT FILE FOR WHERE TO SAVE THE FILES. TO DO THIS
AFTER THE PROGRAM OPENS GO TO TOOLS, THEN OPTIONS, THEN SPECIFY AS YOU
SEE ON THE THIRD LINE FROM THE BOTTOM THE DEFAULT LOCATION. THIS WAS
MICROSOFT XL, SO I SAVE IT IN THE FOLDER MY DOCUMENTS/XL. THE FOLDER I CREATED YEARS AGO HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED TO MY DOCUMENTS/XL WHEN I COPIED MY FILES TO THE C: DRIVE OF THE LAPTOP. I DID THE SAME TO WORD, THE DEFAULT SAVE TO WAS C: MY DOCUMENTS/WORD |
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THIS IS WHAT THE MY
DOCUMENTS FOLDER LOOKS LIKE ON THE AMD 64 LAPTOP.IF I MAKE CHANGES TO ANY DOCUMENTS, FROM MY DESKTOP FILES I HAVE STORED ON THE LAPTOP I SAVE THEM TO THE _0_AMD64 FOLDER THEN I COPY THEM OVER THE SAME FILE NAME ON MY OFFICE COMPUTER. I ONLY SYNCHRONIZE MY MICROSOFT OUTLOOK. |
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| THE WIRELESS WI FI CONNECTIONS IS FAR SUPERIOR TO WHAT I HAVE FOUND ON THE GATEWAY BRAND OF COMPUTERS. WHEN I AM AT HOTSPOTS AS I TRAVEL I TALK TO A LOT OF COMPUTER USERS. IT WOULD AMAZE YOU AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE I TALK TO THAT SAY THEY WISH THEY WOULD HAVE TESTED THE WI FI AND SOME OF THE ACCESSORIES THEY PLANNED TO USE WITH THEIR COMPUTER BEFORE THEY MADE THE PURCHASE. SOME BRANDS OF COMPUTER THAT HAD WI FI INSTALLED IN THEM HAD A HARD TIME WORKING 30 TO 40 FEET. | ||||||||||||||||
| EXAMPLE: IF YOU PLAN TO TRANSFER MOVIES YOU HAVE TAKEN OR VHS TAPE TO YOUR COMPUTER, READ CAREFULLY THE COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS NEED TO DO SO. MOST USB CAPTURE DEVICES TELL YOU THAT 128 MEGABYTES OF ON VIDEO CARD, VIDEO MEMORY ARE REQUIRED! SHARED MEMORY FROM THE MOTHERBOARD WILL NOT WORK IN MOST CASES! | ||||||||||||||||
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THE
BIG THING YOU WILL APPRECIATE WITH HP / COMPAQ IS THAT THE NEW
COMPUTER CAN BE PRE CONFIGURED BEFORE ORDERING.HERE IS A EXAMPLE OF A CONFIGURATION THAT THAT WOULD NOT WORK AND AS A RESULT YOU ARE WARNED BEFORE FINISHING YOUR ORDER. |
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| REMEMBER BEFORE BUYING FROM THE BIG BOX STORES, LIKE BEST BUY, COMPUSA, OFFICE DEPOT, OFFICE MAX, ETC. TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPANY POLICY ON RETURNS. SOME CHARGE 15% RETURN FEE. SOME SAY NO RETURN AFTER 14 DAYS. SOME WILL NOT TAKE THE COMPUTER BACK UNLESS DEFECTIVE. IF YOU BUY A COMPUTER THAT WILL NOT DO WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WILL DO, MOST OF THE TIME YOU ARE STUCK WITH IT! | ||||||||||||||||
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| IF YOU BUY A COMPUTER FROM THE MANUFACTURE ON LINE, DISCUSS WITH THE SALES PERSON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER NOW AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO AS TO MAKE SURE IT WILL MEET YOUR CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMANDS. KEEP NOTES ON WHAT YOU DISCUSSED AND GET THE PERSONS NAME AND THE DATE AND TIME YOU TALKED WITH THEM. I HAVE BEEN PURCHASING HP AND COMPAQ EQUIPMENT FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE ALWAYS SATISFIED ME! I CANNOT REMEMBER ANY ONE THAT I SUGGESTED HP / COMPAQ EQUIPMENT TO THAT HAS NOT BEEN EXTREMELY CONTENT WITH THE PURCHASE THEY MADE. Jim Baudo | ||||||||||||||||
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| UPDATE 7/13/2005 I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE WIDE SCREEN FEATURE OF THE NEW 4012 IT GIVES ME ADDITIONAL COLUMNS TO VIEW ON MY XL SPREADSHEETS. | ||||||||||||||||
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| UPDATE 8/4/05 THE CARD READER IS ON THE SIDE OF THE COMPUTER AND I FIND THAT I USE IT DAILY AND IS A FEATURE YOU WANT TO REMEMBER TO ORDER ON YOUR NEXT LAPTOP. | ||||||||||||||||
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| UPDATE 9/11/05 THE MOUSE HAS MANY FEATURES AND THE SCROLL FEATURES IT PROVIDES FOR VIEWING WEB PAGES IS GREAT! | ||||||||||||||||
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| UPDATE 10/10/05 HERE IS A TIP I WANTED TO PASS ON TO YOU. A VISIBLE INDICATOR ON THE COMPUTER ADVISES IF YOU HAVE THE WI FI TURNED ON. WHEN ON BATTERY POWER TURN THIS OFF WHEN NOT IN USE TO CONSERVE BATTERY RUN TIME. | ||||||||||||||||
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| UPDATE 10/20/05 I DID A PRESENTATION TODAY ON A BIG SCREEN TV AND THE VIDEO OUTPUT FROM THE COMPAQ 4012 DELIVERED A CRISP VIEW ON THE TV. I RECEIVED LOTS OF COMPLEMENTS AFTER THE PRESENTATION WAS OVER, AND WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT I WAS USING. THANK YOU HP / COMPAQ FOR MAKING SUCH A OUTSTANDING PRODUCT. | ||||||||||||||||
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UPDATE
11/01/05 I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN YOU ORDER YOUR NEW HP /
COMPAQ THAT SOME OF THE LATEST FEATURES AVAILABLE ARE BLUETOOTH AND THE
LIGHTSCRIBE CD. Burn a CD or
DVD, then flip the disc over
and burn on a durable, permanent label that won't peel off or get sticky
and jam in your DVD writer/reader. Write and design your own original,
creative labels using YOU OWN photos.THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF THE MANY FREE TEMPLATES AVAILABLE FROM HP / COMPAQ.
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UPDATE
11/03/05 I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MY COMPUTER SO MUCH THAT I
HAD TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY GPS UNIT AND HOW WELL IT WORKED WITH MY NEW
COMPUTER. I UPGRADED TO A USB PHAROS GPS UNIT COMBINED IN ONE PACKAGE
WITH MICROSOFT 2005 STREETS AND TRIPS. I HAVE HAD STREETS AND TRIPS
2000, 2004, AND NOW 2005. I WAS IN CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO AND I
SELECTED MY DESTINATION AND A ROUTE WAS OVERLAID ON THE DISPLAYED MAP
FOR ME TO FOLLOW. IT PICKED A FAST ROUTE TO I 25 NORTH, THEN EAST ON I
76, TO I 80 AND I FOLLOWED IT AND IT TOOK THE VAN I WAS DRIVING RIGHT
INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT HOME, 545 MILES AWAY. AS YOU READ THIS. THE NEW NEW
VERSION MICROSOFT 2006 STREETS AND TRIPS WILL BE AVAILABLE. NEWEST
FEATURE IN THE 2006 EDITION IS VOICE NAVIGATION.
READ MY REVIEWS ON
STREETS AND TRIPS HERE. |
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