07-15-2010, 02:28 PM

But hey...it took you 5 days to reply to this thread...what's up with that! Ha ha!

Well, I could always use the excuse that it slipped thru the cracks... but the truth is I just missed it first time around.

How's your wife like that new HP? Was looking at some on sale the other day in a military exchange (Navy) in Fort Worth.

Regards.

07-15-2010, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by chscag

Well, I could always use the excuse that it slipped thru the cracks... but the truth is I just missed it first time around.

How's your wife like that new HP? Was looking at some on sale the other day in a military exchange (Navy) in Fort Worth.

Regards.

I was just teasing about the 5-day thing! I know that you review most of the threads...and probably saw that some capable folks had already replied.

As far as the HP laptop. My wife's old laptop was a Dell D620 (vintage 2006 or so). From what I remember...she said that her old Dell D620 was top of the line...so I think that the HP has the same processor speed. I think that the HP is lighter, thinner, longer battery life...and probably better video.

I'll have to ask her more specifics about it (specific model, likes & dislikes), and see what she says. She's had it about 2 months. I know one thing for sure she misses about the Dell...is that little mouse pointer "nub" thing in the middle of the keyboard...she really liked it!

- Nick

04-18-2012, 01:01 AM

I went crazy looking for some kind of USB to firewire adapter as I am trying to use my netbook for a cheap tapeless capture device and I am a professional googler! There is not much I cant find on the net, however I had to laugh when I saw the cheap USB to Firewire cables at a few of the more popular online web sites. I almost bought one when I found it, and thought to myself "hey arent these things two completely different protocols" then saw no electronics package that could convert the two on the cable and looked further and confirmed my suspicions that this is not possible with a cable.. Then it HIT me! I have a box that I purchased, you could likely get one on ebay pretty cheap, but it was a Pinnacle Movie box that I bought that has a USB 2.0 interface that plugs into the PC then it has a composite video, 2 analog (L+R) audio ports and "Voila" a Firewire port oh and also an s-video port. I hooked it up to the PC and was able to capture video from my firewire camcorder to Windows Movie Maker (you could use anything Im sure) and I was able to convert USB to Firewire! (Well with the help of the Pinnacle Movie Box Dongle Thingie) Mines black but I think the new version is white. But there ya go, if you only have USB and need to connect to firewire this does work at least for video capture. I can confirm that for sure. Ill have to hook it back up and see if I get an official Firewire network port as well which should mean we can use it for networking. Hardly a cheap solution but I did pay around $100 for it new..

UPDATE - I plugged it in and DID NOT get an ieee1394 network port, I'm sure this solution will only work for video capture.