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Post by john1982 » Thu, 01 Sep 2005 8:38 pm

has anyone here tried the fingergear computer on a stick (cos) - http://fingergear.com

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Post by banana » Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:47 pm

Was going to say what a capitalistic piece of crap this is but realised that something like this would be just what kimi needs.
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Post by Kimi » Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:14 am

banana wrote:Was going to say what a capitalistic piece of crap this is but realised that something like this would be just what kimi needs.
To move the data from the dodgy HD to the stick??

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Post by banana » Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:30 am

How small is your HDD? :o
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Post by Guest » Fri, 02 Sep 2005 1:25 pm

banana wrote:Was going to say what a capitalistic piece of crap this is but realised that something like this would be just what kimi needs.
it has following features.
High Speed (USB 2.0)
Ultra Fast System Startup with USB 2.0
Shutdown within seconds
Web, email and remote server or PC access
Non-volatile Flash memory for all stored data.
Capacities: 256MB, 512MB, 1G, 2G, 4G, up to 8 Gigabytes!
Compression utility with password protection
No hard disk required
and yes many things preinstalled. which is very imp. i even don't know how to install os lol.so it is very good to have many softwares preinstalled.

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Post by Kimi » Fri, 02 Sep 2005 6:34 pm

banana wrote:How small is your HDD? :o
Then why do you reckon I would need it though? Not that big though actually *blush*

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Post by banana » Fri, 02 Sep 2005 8:12 pm

Kimi wrote:Then why do you reckon I would need it though? Not that big though actually *blush*
More than you can handle is a waste.

You could boot off the Linux OS on the USB, mount your HDD and remove the security setting on your XP.

Man that sounded dirty.
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Post by john1982 » Sat, 03 Sep 2005 1:00 pm

as many people suggested me, i tried to make one for me and it was failure every time. and this one comes with everythng loaded.this
has everything - open office, email, msn, aim, yahoo messenger, ssh/telnet,firefox, really saved lots of time.

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