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  1. DaveGTP

    Old 300mhz laptop vs portable dvd player

    I'd probably just get one of those power inverters to use normal plugs in the car, they're pretty cheap. Still keeping an eye out on the laptop market. Lost a bid on a larger Dell 500mhz beast. Trying to stay under $300. I am more heavily eyeing up the ones with a video output.
  2. DaveGTP

    Old 300mhz laptop vs portable dvd player

    I'd be perfectly OK with running win98SE on it - although loading XP on it would be preferable (after stripping XP of useless services, eyecandy, etc). I'd probably try both. I did some reading and found comments that the older versions of PowerDVD run pretty decently on a PII-266. Glad to hear...
  3. DaveGTP

    Old 300mhz laptop vs portable dvd player

    Hey, Any comments from anyone that uses an old laptop as a portable dvd player? My and my fiancee are driving on a cross country trip in June and have been looking at portable dvd players for in the car/tent/hotel/etc. She'd also be using it at work. We weren't happy with the image quality on...
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