From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 01:10:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CABBD106566B for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A0628FC12 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7J1ARS4054927 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:10:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:10:26 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100819011024.GA10288@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: well, i guess it's time to ask..... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:10:31 -0000 ok guys, i have been waiting for [a] a better/faster/more generally useful computer as well as =mostly= cheaper unit. i figured i would wait until fall to ask, but it's close enough. can i watch a streamed movie on am atom [[[1.6ghz intel]]] chip. i have trouble on my 2003 dell that has a 2.4ghz cpu. it has plenty of ram, disk, etc. so i've hesitated. on my 3.0gh thinkpad, streams fly flawlessly. So if i buy one of the notebooks with a 7" - 10" screen, can i use it for things other than a text-to-speech computer? how thrifty | cheap should i be? i'd like to buy the optical device rather than install via one of those stick memory devices. i have never used anything but the disc. i think it is at least two hundred bux more, but if it is a must, then so be it. i've looked for am atom notebook fo r < 200 bux. pretty hard to find, so are there any places i can trust? i saw an A9 tablet with some kind of keyboard that might work as a speech computer. this is my real goal, leaving shit and shinola behind. but i'm not sure that a tablet would be as useful as a notebook. RESt of the story: i'm using the kde ktt* along with the festival speech toolkit. i also have vi/nvi or vim set up with around 125 abbrv so that people who type slowly can be more efficient. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org