DUMMY'S QUESTIONS
I am allowed only a laptop down here in Mexico and I do not want to buy a space eating desktop with an operating system in español with keyboard.
I am getting OLD. I need a bigger screen, a bigger, more comfortable keyboard (preferably wireless) and a comfortable wireless trackball.
I have an older el-cheapo Compaq Presario CQ57 (Checker Cab Grade) laptop. It has a 15.7" rated screen.
I would love to have this critter fully operational with the lid closed tight. Is this possible? Use maybe a 22" screen, and the wireless stuff maybe eight feet away from the computer.
Of do I need to have the lid popped open. Dust is the issue. Lots and lots of grit and powder.
Is the Compaq graphic card inside so lousy that everything is going to look crummy on a bigger screen? Can I save money and not lose much by selecting a same size screen with fewer (pixels?)
The sound card sucks. So I just ordered up one of those plug into the USB 2.0 port gizmos that converts everything to 3.5 mm plugs. It's supposed to have it's own vastly better built-in sound card.
There's a 20-dollar supposedly great LEPAI amplifier available that can power better speakers. The computer speakers I have used in the past sound like something you used to hang on the window in a drive in theater. Horrible.
Is there such a thing as bookshelf speakers that the Lepai can power to make decent sound, like for movies and music? I know I am going to need a powered subwoofer to get decent explosion sounds and bass guitar and organ.
I am getting OLD. I need a bigger screen, a bigger, more comfortable keyboard (preferably wireless) and a comfortable wireless trackball.
I have an older el-cheapo Compaq Presario CQ57 (Checker Cab Grade) laptop. It has a 15.7" rated screen.
I would love to have this critter fully operational with the lid closed tight. Is this possible? Use maybe a 22" screen, and the wireless stuff maybe eight feet away from the computer.
Of do I need to have the lid popped open. Dust is the issue. Lots and lots of grit and powder.
Is the Compaq graphic card inside so lousy that everything is going to look crummy on a bigger screen? Can I save money and not lose much by selecting a same size screen with fewer (pixels?)
The sound card sucks. So I just ordered up one of those plug into the USB 2.0 port gizmos that converts everything to 3.5 mm plugs. It's supposed to have it's own vastly better built-in sound card.
There's a 20-dollar supposedly great LEPAI amplifier available that can power better speakers. The computer speakers I have used in the past sound like something you used to hang on the window in a drive in theater. Horrible.
Is there such a thing as bookshelf speakers that the Lepai can power to make decent sound, like for movies and music? I know I am going to need a powered subwoofer to get decent explosion sounds and bass guitar and organ.
