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New Toy!
« on: January 29, 2010, 08:06:27 AM »

I've been doing piano lessons for about two months now and have recently found myself single, and lacking a piano to practise on. So on a tight budget I got myself one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-YPT210-Portable-Keyboard-Including/dp/B002IS6952/ref=pd_sxp_f_r

I can't wait to go home and practise!!!!
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2010, 09:11:36 AM »
I can't ready that.  It's in British.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2010, 01:38:41 PM »
I have one of those.  Perhaps a different model.  But I've yet to take any lessons.  But then again we're ORCHIDs and the D also represents time too and not just money.  Someday I'll learn, piano, guitar, bass, and drums and aspire to the greatness of Mad Bitchez Disgruntled Hos.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 07:26:39 PM »
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 09:51:35 AM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on February 04, 2010, 07:26:39 PM
I dont get it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220029

I don't either.  Why on earth would anyone want to run XP on something like that?

I could see if it came with some flavor of Linux or BSD or something.  It'd actually be a pretty slick little self-contained net-top then.  But XP?  Ugh.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 10:12:28 AM »
Every time I see this thread in the undread topics list, I wish it was in the NSFW forum.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2010, 10:21:54 AM »
Quote from: BizB on February 05, 2010, 10:12:28 AM
Every time I see this thread in the undread topics list, I wish it was in the NSFW forum.

Heh.  Here, Biz.  Let me strategically edit Probie's initial post to try and fit it into that for you:

Quote from: Probie on January 29, 2010, 08:06:27 AM
I've been doing ... a ... tight ... one.

I can't wait to go home and practise!!!!
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2010, 01:09:28 PM »
Quote from: Demosthenes on February 05, 2010, 09:51:35 AM
I don't either.  Why on earth would anyone want to run XP on something like that?

I could see if it came with some flavor of Linux or BSD or something.  It'd actually be a pretty slick little self-contained net-top then.  But XP?  Ugh.

 It has no monitor; which pretty much negates the whole "mobility" theme something like this is supposed to enhance. The only niche I could think of was a network tech who can commandeer any monitor wherever he/she is working...  which is certainly more hassle than a laptop/notebook.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2010, 01:19:07 PM »
There's a market niche for "net top" computers.  It's not intended for high mobility as much as just compactness and cost.  It actually hits a very similar niche to the Mac Mini.  They have their purposes, but with hardware that light, putting Windows on them is just sadistic.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2010, 08:46:01 PM »
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