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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 10 August 2008, 20:57:15
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For my daughter
need wifi, USB and preferably a COM port so I can borrow it.
MUST be Windows XP.
Any ideas on what to look for?
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Ebuyer..?
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com port is going to be rare on cheap new ones...
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com port is going to be rare on cheap new ones...
As would an operating system, hence going at the S/H market
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?
What sort of budget?
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Well i have a Toshiba satellite pro 4300 for sale.
Its an older machine...but more than capable of day to day tasks such as internet ect.
Ive no hard drive for it so xp would need loading (have disks so not a problem) so would need too grab a cheap one from ebay ect.
Price....£45 deliverd.
Sold a few dozen of these over the last couple of years....mostly on ebay and a couple too Vxon people a while back.
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
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cheap at tesco but no com port
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Try Dell...Latitude series still available with XP and a serial Port. I use the ATG version (half way to a Toughbook) for work..
You can only get the Latitude through the Small Business section - the "Home" user apparently wants pretty coloured ones instead...
£299+VAT...
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it :y
LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz :y
My L400 which im using now :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2 :y
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it :y
LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz :y
My L400 which im using now :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2 :y
I think mine was a 500 or 600 chip :-/
I couldn't get the port rep to work with cheapo tech2 - assumed it was some kind of pseudo usb type. Maybe processor didn't have the legs...
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
LOL my L400 is like that......just checked it now.....its red hot underneath and the cooling fan isnt even on ::) and yes the fan does work.......mind you its been on all day :-/
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
LOL my L400 is like that......just checked it now.....its red hot underneath and the cooling fan isnt even on ::) and yes the fan does work.......mind you its been on all day :-/
Check bios vers - seem to recall some Dell BIOSes from around 5yrs ago with errors related to fan control...
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I'll see what birthday money arrives tomorrow and go from there, intersted in the tosh and getting a new drive
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
LOL my L400 is like that......just checked it now.....its red hot underneath and the cooling fan isnt even on ::) and yes the fan does work.......mind you its been on all day :-/
Check bios vers - seem to recall some Dell BIOSes from around 5yrs ago with errors related to fan control...
Its got the latest bios on it :y
First thing i did when i got it :y
It did have orig bios on it........
I know the fan works coz when you turn it on from cold fan comes on for about 10secs......then never seems to come again :-/
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?
What sort of budget?
Linux too much hassle and don't want Vista
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
Yes, good point. They would have been made in the early days of lead free solder. Mine has been fine. There were about 50 bought at the same time. Keyboards and screens were replaced on a (large) minority.
Heat is not bad IMO. My home laptop is a Precision M40 that you could probably replace your combi boiler with. :)
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Here you go Martin....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-L400-ultra-slim-and-light_W0QQitemZ290252154940QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290252154940&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318
L400 going for a tenner at mo.... :y
Price might go up a bit tho...
Do a search for port replicator for it........then you get gen serial port as well....got my port replicator for about a tenner :y
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?
What sort of budget?
Linux too much hassle and don't want Vista
Another user who doesn't like change then ;D
Once you 'get a grip' with Vista, it all becomes apparent ;)
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Got a Dell Latitude C840 at work running XP. It's got a Pentium 1.8 chip and 1 Gb memory. I am well overdue an upgrade, but frankly it is so good I am not shouting about an upgrade. No problem moving 25 Mb of data off a SQL server in to Excel...
Because it is so old, the COM port works. Integrated LAN. DVD burner.
The HD is 40Gb in mine - small but I am networked so no issue there. The graphics run at 1600 x 1200.
There's one here for a "buy it now" of £145
Dell C840 on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Latitude-C840-Mobile-Pentium-4-2-4Ghz-WiFi-Laptop_W0QQitemZ280253303521QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280253303521&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
P,S. Wi-fi is via a card, not internal. "Buy it now" for £6.00
ebay wifi PCMCIA card (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/108Mbps-WIRELESS-PCMCIA-LAN-CARD-WIFI-FOR-LAPTOP-PC-UK_W0QQitemZ110276736355QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110276736355&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318)
Not used a C840, but have a C640 here, 2.2Ghz P4, 1G ram, 40G HDD. Decent enough, but being P4, too slow, too hot to run on lap, poor battery life, and this P4 era was a bad time for Dell reliability wise on there laptops (hence why so many Dell latitude system boards on ebay). Not sure why, lead free solder perhaps? Or simply the heat the things generate?
Yes, good point. They would have been made in the early days of lead free solder. Mine has been fine. There were about 50 bought at the same time. Keyboards and screens were replaced on a (large) minority.
Heat is not bad IMO. My home laptop is a Precision M40 that you could probably replace your combi boiler with. :)
Blimey, the c640s I have to run on a book, else it burns ;D
Still, giving it away soon, too slow to be useful now....
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it :y
LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz :y
My L400 which im using now :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2 :y
I think mine was a 500 or 600 chip :-/
I couldn't get the port rep to work with cheapo tech2 - assumed it was some kind of pseudo usb type. Maybe processor didn't have the legs...
Was it a gen Dell port replicator??
My port replicator is Dell and works no probs :-/
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it :y
LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz :y
My L400 which im using now :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2 :y
I think mine was a 500 or 600 chip :-/
I couldn't get the port rep to work with cheapo tech2 - assumed it was some kind of pseudo usb type. Maybe processor didn't have the legs...
Was it a gen Dell port replicator??
My port replicator is Dell and works no probs :-/
Yup, the Dell one for that model...
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?
What sort of budget?
Linux too much hassle and don't want Vista
Another user who doesn't like change then ;D
Once you 'get a grip' with Vista, it all becomes apparent ;)
I still use XP...if i went Vista i would have to buy a licence......XP is OK for me so stick with it for now :y
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
I got my replacement Dell L400 of fleabay.......carnt remember the exact price........but £30-£40 iirc
Its not bad........only a 750Mhz proc.....upgraded the mem to 256....from 128 and put in a 60G HD from old L400....
Good enuf for surfing and emails :y
Blimey, thats a blast from the past. I had a L400. Actually, was it a LS400. Can't remember. Max mem is 256Mb, and no serial port. Gave it away about 2 or 3yrs ago to a good friend, he still uses it....
Yep you had a LS400......remember you saying about it :y
LS 400 only a 400Mhz proc L400 has a 750Mhz :y
My L400 which im using now :y doesnt have a serial port built in BUT it does if you have a port replicator.....which i do....for cheapo tech2 :y
I think mine was a 500 or 600 chip :-/
I couldn't get the port rep to work with cheapo tech2 - assumed it was some kind of pseudo usb type. Maybe processor didn't have the legs...
Was it a gen Dell port replicator??
My port replicator is Dell and works no probs :-/
Yup, the Dell one for that model...
Dunno then :-/
Maybe as you said then LS400 didnt have the legs to run it then :-/
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Trouble with 2nd hand lappys is their price compared to new makes them uneconomical
Just looking for very cheap and XP
Why does it have to be XP?
What sort of budget?
Linux too much hassle and don't want Vista
Another user who doesn't like change then ;D
Once you 'get a grip' with Vista, it all becomes apparent ;)
Don't like the attitude of blocking everything and the extreme DRM eating resources
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think it would have to be second-hand as all new ones now ship with vista unfortunately.
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Don't like the attitude of blocking everything and the extreme DRM eating resources
The blocking is a necessity, seeing as every muppet runs XP as Admin. If people user a limited account, it would be less of an issue.
The DRM is little different in use to commercial media players on XP. Just implemented in a more robust fashion.