ChevronX Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I want a laptop but I have no use for it. Weird topic name I know. I have a computer at home and work and I have taken a liking to a laptop. What uses can I find to use a laptop for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well if you have the money just buy it, you have to treat yourself once and a while. I don’t see the point of trying to justify it, if you want something then put you hand in your pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmer Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 You can use it for wardriving... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardriving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevronX Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Ok thanks I will just save up and get a laptop if I need or want one then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 lol, I want one too. I could probably get work to buy one for me if i could justify it (i don't think war driving would be a valid excuse on the corporate scene) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo_shells Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 If you don't have a use for it .....why do you want it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Just buy the damn thing, then you can sit in bed, take it to the park or a mates house and generally sit on the sofa while being 1337. While its impossible to do proper work on a laptop there still handy tools. Now if only someone made a laptop with the ability to use it as a screen/keyboard/mouse for a server... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevronX Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 VNC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 VNC? RDP SSH BBQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nope. What I want is the ability to plug a server into the laptop and bring up the server bios on the laptop screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nope. What I want is the ability to plug a server into the laptop and bring up the server bios on the laptop screen.VGA in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 VGA in along with someway of keyboard/mouse in. I've never need anything that can do this. Basically VNC at the hardware level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nite_monkey Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 buy the laptop, boot it up, put the banana phone song on it, open the song in a program that supports repeat, set it to repeat, push play, and then run around the house playing the song. See how many people you can annoy. And for bonus, repeat the above procedure in a public library, and see how long it takes to get kicked out. Extra bonus: turn the volume up to max, and then sneak up behind someone sitting on a park bench at the park, and push play. Ok, they aren't good reasons, but hey, they give you something to do for awhile, and you get to annoy people in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachai Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 You can use it for wardriving... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardriving Well see that's why I bought my Dell E1405 for this reason. All I need is to figure out were to start since It's going to be my first time doing this. --Malachai-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jht129 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Well you know you could always buy one and give it to me... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I got one off ebay for "school" <cough>Wardriving</cough> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 VGA in along with someway of keyboard/mouse in. I've never need anything that can do this. Basically VNC at the hardware level. It's a hack and a half but it's possible... You *could* get a PCMCIA capture card for the laptop and a VGA->S-Video/Composite adapter for the server (or use a video card with TV-out) and feed that to the laptop via the capture card. That sorts the video. For the keyboard and mouse the only thing I can think of is making a small board and piece of software that takes the input from the laptop's keyboard and mouse, feeds it out the serial port, where the board converts that to PS/2 that would be fed in to the server's PS/2 ports. Edit: Or one of these: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=18559 Edit: http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-annou...002/000029.html has some interesting info regarding my earlier idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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