I'm looking for a laptop to use exclusively to organize my music, using the Microsoft Zune software, including ripping cd's to mp3, and my audiobooks, downloading them using wifi, and to sync these with my mp3 player. If I obtain a cd/dvd drive and an external hard drive with sufficient room, will this laptop suffice? I'm looking for a laptop to use exclusively to organize my music, using the Microsoft Zune software, including ripping cd's to mp3, and my audiobooks, downloading them using wifi, and to... » Read More I'm looking for a laptop to use exclusively to organize my music, using the Microsoft Zune software, including ripping cd's to mp3, and my audiobooks, downloading them using wifi, and to sync these with my mp3 player. If I obtain a cd/dvd drive and an external hard drive with sufficient room, will this laptop suffice? « Show Less
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I wouldn't advise it. For your purposes, and to ensure quality recordings, I would advise a laptop with faster processor speed and more memory. This is a decent little laptop for general purpose computing, but you require something with more robust capacity. If you're trying to keep it cheap, consider the Lenovo S415.
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The wifi works well. Adding an external drive should not be a problem either.
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To be perfectly honest, I really don't know. But I can tell you that on our second device, we skipped using the CD that comes with it and the plug in device and just plugged in the actual mp3 player directly into one of our drives on our laptop, and that worked for us to put music on it. That was Vista. Although I have a laptop with the latest Windoes, I haven't tried it yet. I say plug the device directly into a USB port and see if you can load music on it! I think it should work!
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Ivan the Terrible says: I wonder if upgrading RAM to 2GB will increase speed of the operation? How difficult to open up and replace 1GB part with 2GB? It does not have an optic drive. Does any CD/DVD external drive for laptops will work with 1002HA? I would like to install Microsoft Office and also have with me some data while I travel on CD/DVD. What it makes eeebuntu better than XP home? I apologize for some naive questions. Greatly appreciate if somebody replies with comments.
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it.... » Read More Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! « Show Less
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> Buy an ipod, the Zune will go the way of HD-DVD and Betamax.Just FYI:iPod doesn't support OverDrive wma, so it's not even an option here.Besides, Zune supports .mp3, .wma, AAC (.m4a/.m4b), .wmv, and .mp4/.m4v (as well as audio CD to rip). So Zune users wouldn't have problems like they had with HD-DVD/Betamax even if MS discontinued Zune.
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Unfortunately no. It is a Notebook. No cd/dvd drive. Now that I have had this thing for a while, I realized, I made a mistake. If all you want to do is surf the net, read emails, or watch things like Netflix, then it's fine. As a computer, it sucks!
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1) You must use an external DVD drive. There are many on the market including some portable USB-powered ones.2) Yes.I hope this helps you in making your decision.
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It works like a jump drive, so if all your music is in mp3 format and if your chromebook works with jump drives should be good.
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I also have a large music collection. I replaced my hard drive with an solid state drive and re-installed windows. I then replaced my cd drive with a 7200rpm hard drive on to which i placed my music and photos. Laptop now goes really fast.
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I would also add that if you plan to store music, if you buy all your music from Xbox Music store, then the files will sync wirelessly from the cloud. This is great if you want to have your full library on the go and use Wi-fi at other locations. This works also on your Windows Phone and Xbox One (not sure if Xbox 360 has it, but I'm sure it does).
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I sent mine back, it was worthless... I replaced it with a Zune 80gig refurbished, it works perfectly, plus there are lots of very cheap (under $10) accessories available, like a case, a remote control unit and extra charging equip.....
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I would say that you should be able record some music from the Internet. You do have to format the disc unless your program does that at the same time as you download. I always format my discs ahead of time. These are reallyhigher capacity. I put pictures and text files on mine.
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No, this laptop is in a class called "Ultrabook," there is no drive for playing CDs or DVDs.
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Don't write off the Zune yet. I've had Zen Micro Photos and one terrible characteristic is that the screen is unreadable outdoors. I'm not sure if this is true of the ZVM but some sites I've seen suggest it is. Here are the areas where the Zune beats the Zen: - more scratch resistent and resilient (Zune has a rubberized coating which helps protect it from scratches and drops) - bigger screen - if you do use it for videos the Zune display is the biggest and best - RDS support - if you use the radio you may get station and track ID info - seemingly slightly better battery life, thinner, and lighter (although a bit longer). The Zune is a bit rough around the edges, but it will only get better with new firmware. Microsoft started the project in January, so its still early days. There may be some innovative applications yet of the wifi, and there are rumors of games to come - the Zune has a pretty powerful CPU and does come from the XBox division. Pre-Zune I would say the ZVM was definitely the device to get but the Zune is definitely a contender.
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I am a little technically challenged but if I buy the small ACER mini laptop and purchase an ecternal drive, which sounds like you connect with a usb cable, can I take this external drive with me on trips and watch DVDs or is this external drive large and not portable, which would defeat my purpose of carrying a mini laptop. Please help!
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Hello... Is there anyway you can tell me step by step on how to do the limewire thing for the Zune...I just bought one and I have no idea on how to use it. Thanks!...
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On my computer Zune automatically found all af my WMP and Itunes files and organized them.I have to say that after owning many MP-3 players, including I-Pods, that Zune is definately a good choice.