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Skriven 2008-05-17 07:52:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:123/140)
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Ärende: Re: Tiny little laptops
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-=> DALE SHIPP wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> The ASUS examples I have seen use a 4 gigabyte memorystick equivalent
 DD> for data storage. No moving parts or heads to crash. But, not easily
 DD> expandable, either.

 DS> In mine, the internal storage is a 4Gig SDHC card wired onto the
 DS> motherboard.  It can be expandable by using other cards inserted into
 DS> the card reader slot, or by things stuck into one of three USB ports.
 DS> Mine has another 8Gig card that I leave in all the time and a 4Gig card
 DS> that I have installed a bootable version of linux on -- that one is
 DS> essentially a rescue disk in case I mess up.

 DS> I don't think that it would be easily expandable by adding internal
 DS> PCI cards the way that a desktop would be -- don't know if other
 DS> laptops are either.  You could replace the memory chip to upgrade from
 DS> 512MB to 1 or 2GB though.

With the USB ports I supppose one could use one of those USB External HD things
of whatever size. I've seen up to 500 gigs for not a lot of money.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Roasted Shrimp & Mushrooms W/Ginger & Green Onions
 Categories: Seafood, Mushrooms
      Yield: 2 servings
 
    1/4 c  Oil
    1/4 c  Fine chopped green onions
    1/4 c  Chopped fresh cilantro
      2 cl Garlic; pressed
      1 tb Seasoned rice vinegar
      2 ts Grated peeled fresh ginger
      1 ts Asian sesame oil
     10    Uncooked deveined large
           Shrimp; shells left intact
      4 oz Oyster mushrooms
 
  You can also roast asparagus alongside. Toss the trimmed
  spears with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and place on a
  separate rimmed baking sheet.
  
  Preheat oven to 500°F. Mix oil, onions, cilantro, garlic,
  vinegar, ginger, and sesame oil in medium bowl. Season
  generously with salt and pepper.
  
  Pull off legs from shrimp. Rub most of onion mixture under
  shells of shrimp. Arrange shrimp in single layer on large
  baking sheet. Add mushrooms to remaining onion mixture in
  bowl; toss to coat. Arrange on same baking sheet. Roast
  shrimp until opaque in center and mushrooms until tender,
  about 7 minutes.
  
  Divide between 2 plates.
  
  MORE INFO: If you can't find deveined shrimp, use scissors
  to cut along the back side of each shrimp, exposing the vein.
  Remove the vein, leaving the shell intact.
  
  The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
  
  Makes 2 servings
  
  Bon Appétit | January 2008
  
  Meal Master Format by Dave Drum - 26 February 2008
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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