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| Subject | Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) |
| References | (9 earlier) <op.vx28coj3hswpfo@dell3100> <iusov0$270$1@dont-email.me> <op.vx5drmmthswpfo@dell3100> <iv9b28$uq4$1@dont-email.me> <iv9gcm$s49$1@dont-email.me> |
| From | "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> |
| Message-ID | <op.vyf1h2ubhswpfo@dell3100> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2011-07-11 08:23 +0100 |
On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:08:53 +0100, BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
> On 7/9/2011 5:37 AM, BillW50 wrote:
>> On 7/5/2011 8:15 AM, Esra Sdrawkcab wrote:
>>> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:15:26 +0100, BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In news:op.vx28coj3hswpfo@dell3100,
>>>> Esra Sdrawkcab wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:05:35 +0100, BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And it seems nobody is manufacturing 7 inch netbooks anymore. I like
>>>>>> them because they are the smallest and generally the lightest
>>>>>> netbooks. If I want larger, I use a laptop. And it seems as used 7
>>>>>> inch netbooks are getting harder and harder to find, the prices are
>>>>>> going up and not down. Now it seems yours is even worth more used
>>>>>> than it did when it was new. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Not that your saying it, but the 701, whilst having a 7" screen, is
>>>>> the same size ("form factor") as the 901, i.e. it's bigger than 7"
>>>>> across.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not seeing it here.
>>>>
>>>> 225mm x 165mm @ 922 grams = All 700 series
>>>> 225mm x 170mm @ 990 grams = 900
>>>> 248mm x 175.3mm @ 1140 grams = 901
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC
>>>>
>>>> So the 901 is 23mm x 10.3mm larger than the 700 series. Another nice
>>>> thing about the 700 series is that the speakers are alongside of the
>>>> screen. Which sounds a lot better than on the bottom like most other
>>>> netbooks.
>>>>
>>> Ah, OK. I once saw someone ask if it'd be possible to put a 900 screen
>>> on a 701.
>>> I ass*u*med they were the same size.
>>>
>>> My point, that I failed to make, is that the 701 is significantly
>>> bigger
>>> than 7" across diagonally. (Gets 701 and tape measure) I make it 10 and
>>> 3/4 inches or 275mm in new money. I still want a 901 for the screen
>>> size, the 701 either doesn't show stuff, or I have to run a virtual
>>> screen scrolling prog which doesn't quite track where the screen
>>> should be.
>>
>> Ah yes! I can definitely appreciate the larger screen. And the 9 inch
>> gets you there the easy way. Although did you ever use AsTray2? As it
>> uses a little known feature of downscaling (or sometimes called
>> compressed mode) of Intel graphics. And I can use up to 1024x768 without
>> scrolling on a 7 inch screen. And that helps a great deal when you need
>> to see the whole larger desktop without scrolling.
>
> Oh yeah... so what was the outcome of connecting up a 9 inch screen on a
> 7 inch model? Electronically I think it should work ok. I don't know of
> the BIOS needs to be updated to support the higher resolution screen or
> not. But physically, it sounds like a very tight fit to me. As it seems
> so much easier to just get a real 9 inch netbook to me. ;-)
>
I think that was the answer! (i.e it just ain't worth the hassle trying)
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Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 10:22 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 12:19 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <128945nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-10 14:17 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-10 17:59 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) AJL <128945nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-10 20:16 -0700
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-04 10:23 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-04 11:15 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-05 14:15 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-09 05:37 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-09 07:08 -0500
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-11 08:23 +0100
Re: Webcam on PMT! (Pinging: AJL) "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-11 08:24 +0100
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