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    The Atrix and the Future of Docking Phone - Netbooks

    The way the Atrix lapdock looks seems to be an enormous missed opportunity to me. Would it not be better to slide the phone in front of the dock, and let the phone take the place of the trackpad? Heck, while it's there it can be the trackpad, and a smaller second screen at the same time, all the...
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    Bluetooth Headsets?

    So, I'm looking for a headset for use on the bus, and probably at the gym too. It seems to me that the following would be the desired requirements, but someone here may come up with an idea I missed: -Can pair with both phone, for calls, and laptop, for listening to music/etc. Preferably will...
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    Notebook or Netbook: What's the Difference?

    I was perusing Hot Deals, and noticed a couple of good ones for HP notebooks. I've been pondering buying a laptop to have something for bus rides to/from work (blegh for 2 hour round-trip commutes, but what are you gonna do in this economy?), and I noticed that I can't really decide between a...
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    2nd Monitor: Low Vision/Linux Recommendations

    So, I got some cash for the holidays, and figured on buying a 2nd monitor for my home system, for extra screen real estate, watching movies while computing, etc. Technically I have about $400 to spend, but I have other things I want to do with the money as well so unless something really...
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    Looking for store/hardware suggestions for a multi-port switch

    So, it looks like the electricians who wired my parents' house decided that installing seven rooms with LAN connections really meant: 1) only installing wires in five rooms, and 2) not wiring them together in any way, shape or form. There are in fact 10 female connectors dangling in the wire...
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    Best keyboard for not waking people up

    I'm looking for a good, quiet keyboard. Seeing as how I work night shift, on weekends and stuff much of my at-home computing is done at night, while everyone else is asleep. Unfortunately the family's full of light sleepers, so my bad habit of pounding on the keyboard is waking people up. Thus...
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    Monitor for the partially sighted

    So, it seems I'm getting a last-minute Christmas gift of a 19" flat panel, which is very good as my current 17" Gateway EV700 is getting old. To keep it simple I'm limiting myself to what's available at Costco and Sam's Club, as the 'rents tend to go there often and they've got good return...