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Pretty sweet deal on that laptop. I’m guessing that the PCI-E slots, Optical drive, etc are swappable right? No optical drive while PCI-E slots in use? Seems like all that stuff is on the right side and shares that right bay. 1440 res on the LED display, nice! EVDO built-in is awesome too. That’s seriously the cellular way to go right now. As I mentioned before Sprint’s EVDO network is fast as hell. WoW’ing on the train is possible, at low latencies, though I just noticed this EVDO is through Verizon.
Factoid, or you’re shopping for a cellular wireless solution… Verizon’s cellular data network prohibits certain uses. You can’t play games, use download managers and cannot stream media (video, audio), I believe the same was true for t-mobile. Such usage is a violation of your contract and they can suspend service. Fucking stupid
Read below:
“DATA PLANS AND FEATURES Prohibited Uses. While most common uses for Internet are permitted by your Data Plan, there are certain uses that cause extreme network capacity issues and interference with the network. These are not uses intended by our Data Access plans and are therefore prohibited. Examples of prohibited uses include the following: (i) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, continuous Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing; (ii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections; (iii) “auto-responders,” “cancel-bots,” or similar automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or which disrupt net user groups or email use by others; (iv) “spam” or unsolicited commercial or bulk email (or activities that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk email); (v) any activity that adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use either Verizon Wireless Services or other parties’ Internet-based resources, including “denial of service” (DoS) attacks against another network host or individual user; (vi) accessing, or attempting to access without authority, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of Verizon Wireless’ or another entity’s network or systems; or (vii) software or other devices that maintain continuous active Internet connections when a computer’s connection would otherwise be idle or any “keep alive” functions, unless they adhere to Verizon Wireless’ data retry requirements, which may be changed from time to time. This means, by way of example only, that using these Data Plans or Features for P2P file-sharing services, web broadcasting, or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
If usage exceeds 5 GB per line during any billing period, we reserve the right to reduce throughput speeds of any application that would otherwise exceed such speed to a maximum of approximately 200 Kbps. These speeds are subject to change, in our reasonable discretion, in order to address network issues. In order to assess your usage, you may obtain information about your usage during a particular billing period, including during the Return Period under your Worry Free Guarantee, through My Account or by contacting Customer Service. These Data Plans or Features are for individual use only and not for resale. We further reserve the right to take measures to protect our network from harm, compromised capacity or degradation in performance, any of which may impact permitted data flows. Accordingly, we reserve the right to deny, modify or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using Data Plans or Features in any manner that adversely impacts our network or service levels, and we also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of the Customer Agreement term.
We may, but are not required to, monitor your compliance, or the compliance of other subscribers, with the terms, conditions, or policies of the Customer Agreement.
Verizon Wireless Plans, Rate and Coverage Areas, rates, agreement provisions, business practices, procedures and policies are subject to change as specified in the Customer Agreement.”
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January 19th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Oh gosh…
WTF do you suppose you can do with “three internal PCI-E slots” on a laptop like this?
SLI?
LOL?
January 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Pretty sweet deal on that laptop. I’m guessing that the PCI-E slots, Optical drive, etc are swappable right? No optical drive while PCI-E slots in use? Seems like all that stuff is on the right side and shares that right bay. 1440 res on the LED display, nice! EVDO built-in is awesome too. That’s seriously the cellular way to go right now. As I mentioned before Sprint’s EVDO network is fast as hell. WoW’ing on the train is possible, at low latencies, though I just noticed this EVDO is through Verizon.
Factoid, or you’re shopping for a cellular wireless solution…
Verizon’s cellular data network prohibits certain uses. You can’t play games, use download managers and cannot stream media (video, audio), I believe the same was true for t-mobile. Such usage is a violation of your contract and they can suspend service. Fucking stupid
Read below:
“DATA PLANS AND FEATURES
Prohibited Uses. While most common uses for Internet are permitted by your Data Plan, there are certain uses that cause extreme network capacity issues and interference with the network. These are not uses intended by our Data Access plans and are therefore prohibited. Examples of prohibited uses include the following: (i) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, continuous Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing; (ii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections; (iii) “auto-responders,” “cancel-bots,” or similar automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or which disrupt net user groups or email use by others; (iv) “spam” or unsolicited commercial or bulk email (or activities that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk email); (v) any activity that adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use either Verizon Wireless Services or other parties’ Internet-based resources, including “denial of service” (DoS) attacks against another network host or individual user; (vi) accessing, or attempting to access without authority, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of Verizon Wireless’ or another entity’s network or systems; or (vii) software or other devices that maintain continuous active Internet connections when a computer’s connection would otherwise be idle or any “keep alive” functions, unless they adhere to Verizon Wireless’ data retry requirements, which may be changed from time to time. This means, by way of example only, that using these Data Plans or Features for P2P file-sharing services, web broadcasting, or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
If usage exceeds 5 GB per line during any billing period, we reserve the right to reduce throughput speeds of any application that would otherwise exceed such speed to a maximum of approximately 200 Kbps. These speeds are subject to change, in our reasonable discretion, in order to address network issues. In order to assess your usage, you may obtain information about your usage during a particular billing period, including during the Return Period under your Worry Free Guarantee, through My Account or by contacting Customer Service. These Data Plans or Features are for individual use only and not for resale. We further reserve the right to take measures to protect our network from harm, compromised capacity or degradation in performance, any of which may impact permitted data flows. Accordingly, we reserve the right to deny, modify or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using Data Plans or Features in any manner that adversely impacts our network or service levels, and we also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of the Customer Agreement term.
We may, but are not required to, monitor your compliance, or the compliance of other subscribers, with the terms, conditions, or policies of the Customer Agreement.
Verizon Wireless Plans, Rate and Coverage Areas, rates, agreement provisions, business practices, procedures and policies are subject to change as specified in the Customer Agreement.”
Either way it seems like a killer deal