Comments on: Update http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daily Dose of Excel » Blog Archive » On a Personal Note http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-45239 Daily Dose of Excel » Blog Archive » On a Personal Note Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-45239 <p>[...] Eventually I got tired of jiggling the cord and sent the laptop back to Dell for repair. On September 24, 2008, I said Here's a tip: Get the same laptop at work that you have at home. I liked my D810 so much that [...]</p> [...] Eventually I got tired of jiggling the cord and sent the laptop back to Dell for repair. On September 24, 2008, I said Here’s a tip: Get the same laptop at work that you have at home. I liked my D810 so much that [...]

]]> By: Contextures Blog » Bring Your Laptop to Work http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34982 Contextures Blog » Bring Your Laptop to Work Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34982 <p>[...] month, Dick Kusleika, at Daily Dose of Excel, said, "Get the same laptop at work that you have at home. I liked my D810 so much that when [...]</p> [...] month, Dick Kusleika, at Daily Dose of Excel, said, “Get the same laptop at work that you have at home. I liked my D810 so much that when [...]

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34951 ross Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34951 <p>All joking a side you can get really fast enteranl HDD intfaces these days, so swapping HDD outside of the PC and interface it right into the mobo is doable - I've seen it in micro mart so it must be true!!!</p> All joking a side you can get really fast enteranl HDD intfaces these days, so swapping HDD outside of the PC and interface it right into the mobo is doable – I’ve seen it in micro mart so it must be true!!!

]]> By: John Wilson http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34912 John Wilson Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34912 <p>jk: I haven't had any trouble with removeable media & MSOffice.<br> Yes it is slower because it has to craeate a temporary file on the removable media during the save but if you're careful not to unplug it while the led is flashing you shouldn't have any trouble with it. And if you do make a mistake?? That's what backups are for.<br> I find it very convenient to have everything I need on an 8gB jump drive.<br> I also keep a lot of utilities on there too in the event someone needs help with their PC.</p> jk: I haven’t had any trouble with removeable media & MSOffice.
Yes it is slower because it has to craeate a temporary file on the removable media during the save but if you’re careful not to unplug it while the led is flashing you shouldn’t have any trouble with it. And if you do make a mistake?? That’s what backups are for.
I find it very convenient to have everything I need on an 8gB jump drive.
I also keep a lot of utilities on there too in the event someone needs help with their PC.

]]> By: jkpieterse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34905 jkpieterse Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34905 <p>John: Removable media and MSOffice are a bad combination in my experience. If you work this way, at least copy the files to HDD if you work on them and copy back when done. Saves you a corrupt file...</p> John: Removable media and MSOffice are a bad combination in my experience. If you work this way, at least copy the files to HDD if you work on them and copy back when done. Saves you a corrupt file…

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34904 Dick Kusleika Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34904 <p>I flew first class once. I got bumped with about 10 other yokels heading back to Omaha and they put us on another flight which only had first class available. This was all pre-911. I was pretty disappointed with the experience. I would guess half of the first class experience is getting to sit next to important big-shots like Tushar. I was sitting next to Joe Plumber from Omaha who was also flying first class for the first time.</p> <p>Swapping hard drives is *not* about file sharing. I have two 100G external hdds and two thumb drives. I'm appropriately backed up to say the least. When you can use the same hard drive you get something more than just access to your files. You get browser history and bookmarks. You get Excel toolbars. You get recent documents. You get absolutely everything seemlessly. It's the little things. Oh, did you save that one shortcut to your desktop? It's still there. Did you have that add-in loaded and that other one not? Yep, that's how it is.</p> <p>The only complaint I got from swapping hard drives was that my memory changed. I only have 1GB of RAM on my home laptop. All I can say to that is WTF. It will be 2GB as soon as crucial.com can ship it, you can count on that.</p> <p>Meanwhile at the office, I tried to swap a hardrive between a Latitude D505 and a Latitude D6??. BSOD and automatic reboots. It was worth a shot, but I guess there was just too much different.</p> I flew first class once. I got bumped with about 10 other yokels heading back to Omaha and they put us on another flight which only had first class available. This was all pre-911. I was pretty disappointed with the experience. I would guess half of the first class experience is getting to sit next to important big-shots like Tushar. I was sitting next to Joe Plumber from Omaha who was also flying first class for the first time.

Swapping hard drives is *not* about file sharing. I have two 100G external hdds and two thumb drives. I’m appropriately backed up to say the least. When you can use the same hard drive you get something more than just access to your files. You get browser history and bookmarks. You get Excel toolbars. You get recent documents. You get absolutely everything seemlessly. It’s the little things. Oh, did you save that one shortcut to your desktop? It’s still there. Did you have that add-in loaded and that other one not? Yep, that’s how it is.

The only complaint I got from swapping hard drives was that my memory changed. I only have 1GB of RAM on my home laptop. All I can say to that is WTF. It will be 2GB as soon as crucial.com can ship it, you can count on that.

Meanwhile at the office, I tried to swap a hardrive between a Latitude D505 and a Latitude D6??. BSOD and automatic reboots. It was worth a shot, but I guess there was just too much different.

]]> By: JP http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34893 JP Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34893 <p>Dick –</p> <p>The EUC is still going, but since I'm back home I've already blogged about my experience. Check it out:</p> <p><a href="http://www.codeforexcelandoutlook.com/blog/2008/09/my-excel-user-conference-experience/" rel="nofollow">http://www.codeforexcelandoutlook.com/blog/2008/09/my-excel-user-conference-experience/</a></p> <p>Thx,<br> JP</p> Dick –

The EUC is still going, but since I’m back home I’ve already blogged about my experience. Check it out:

http://www.codeforexcelandoutlook.com/blog/2008/09/my-excel-user-conference-experience/

Thx,
JP

]]> By: John Wilson http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34891 John Wilson Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34891 <p>Jump drive - 8Gb (you can probably get a larger one now).<br> Redirect all your default directories to that drive (named it "X" so as not to interfere with any other drives).<br> Fits nicely into that little pocket above the right hand pocket on your jeans.<br> Stays with me all the time (and I back it up daily on at least one of the 3 PC's that I use it with).</p> Jump drive – 8Gb (you can probably get a larger one now).
Redirect all your default directories to that drive (named it “X” so as not to interfere with any other drives).
Fits nicely into that little pocket above the right hand pocket on your jeans.
Stays with me all the time (and I back it up daily on at least one of the 3 PC’s that I use it with).

]]> By: AlexJ http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34889 AlexJ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34889 <p>I've been using the D810 for a couple of years now. It does the job really well - it just doesn't fit the available space in an airplane seat unless, like Dick, you fly first class :-).</p> I’ve been using the D810 for a couple of years now. It does the job really well – it just doesn’t fit the available space in an airplane seat unless, like Dick, you fly first class :-) .

]]> By: Ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/09/24/update/#comment-34886 Ross Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1897#comment-34886 <p>Dick,<br> You want to get an extrenal HDD.<br> :-)</p> Dick,
You want to get an extrenal HDD.
:-)

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