Sunday, February 28, 2010

11 week trip to europe. Do not want to carry my laptop, where can I access the internet?

11 week trip to europe. Do not want to carry my laptop, where can I access the internet?
Should I expect hostels to have computers or will I have to go to internet cafes etc? Should I look into getting something to access the internet with (like one of those mini laptops), I have a Macbook Pro that is my baby, I don't want the weight or the risk of carrying it with me.
Other - Europe - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Depends where you are in Europe. Internet access is easier and more readily available than in the USA.
Answer 2 :
All the hostels have internet,with very rare exeptions. You can book the next hostel,plane and bus tickets,email home,normally free to use,sometimes a small charge. Look at the hostels' individual pages on hostelbookers.com....free internet is almost always on the list of facilities. Some budget hotels won't provide it,but nearly all towns in Europe have internet cafes. Good for cheap phone calls home. Save a fortune on a long trip. Also airports and major bus and rail stations normally have it,but charge stupid money. Town libraries are cheaper. Even fairly isolated hostels in the hills are rarely without a connection. Good idea to leave the Mac at home. Plenty of stuff to lug around.....the less you got the less to charge batteries for and the less to lose. Go empty,come back full is my motto. If you find some sunshine please post a bucket of it to UK...we need it. Have a great time.
Answer 3 :
I took my Macbook on two trips to eastern europe. Just bring a security lock for it. Don't expect any but the expensive hotels to have internet access. But you can usually walk around any city and find some free WiFi access points


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Sunday, February 14, 2010

In Europe, can I get by with a MAC laptop efficiently?

In Europe, can I get by with a MAC laptop efficiently?
I plan on moving to Europe and traveling there a lot. Can I get a Mac laptop and use it there? Are they less internationally friendly computers? Which computers are used there more, Macs or PCs?
Laptops & Notebooks - 1 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Not being European myself, I can't say for sure, but I believe they're less-well-known over there (then again, I also hear cell phones are more popular than computers in many countries there). OS X has far better language support than Windows, so I guess as long as you get plug adapters for the countries you're going to, you should do fine. Whether or not all your programs (especially third-party ones) will display in your language of choice depends on if each one has been translated into that language or not.


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Sunday, February 7, 2010

My laptop is only reading DVDs from Europe, how can I make it read american DVD?

My laptop is only reading DVDs from Europe, how can I make it read american DVD?
Explanation: I have a US laptop but I went to France for several months. I saw french DVDs and now, it's impossible to read american DVDs. I have a DVD writer plugged in to my laptop so I play american DVDs on it. The problem is that I want to sell my laptop now (in USA) and people will want the ability to see american DVDs without the DVD writer, so what can I do?
Laptops & Notebooks - 4 Answers
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Answer 1 :
mail me
Answer 2 :
See if your DVD playback software has a setting to change it to Region 1.
Answer 3 :
France and western Europe has a region 2 setting USA and Canada has a region 1 setting so change you setting on you d v d player to region 1
Answer 4 :
DVD has REGION code imbedded US and Canada is REGION 1 Your laptop DVD player was built to read all region code However - due to "Holywood"'s rule, movies are released one by one in each region (pls do not ask me why) So the maker of DVD player need to follow this rule and allow you to read only maximum 3 times DVDs for a foreign country, after that you have to decide, which country are you really from. So now yr computer DVD player assumed that you are a "French" person and refused to play American DVDs What you should do: call your PC help desk and ask how to revert your DVD player back to the olde USA region

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Monday, February 1, 2010

How do I copy a DVD from a theme park to keep on my laptop so that my friend from Europe can take the DVD?

How do I copy a DVD from a theme park to keep on my laptop so that my friend from Europe can take the DVD?
we went to magic mountain in Valencia ca and we went on this ride called div devil. I bought the DVD they make of you while you are on it but she wants to take the DVD home to show everybody. So does anyone know how I could copy it. But I wont be burning it to cd or anything like that. It would just be on my laptop!!! Please help she leave tomorrow in the morning!!!
Other - Electronics - 1 Answers
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Answer 1 :
you can try to rip it to save into your laptop, use this DVD ripper, it will rip and converter your DVD to videos like avi, mp4, mov, flv, wmv,etc. also you can use the ripper to edit your videos like cropping, trimming, effect and adding watermark. http://www.useesoft.com/dvd-rippers/dvd-ripper.html

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