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Posted by Sharon Hays on March 25, 2009, 10:42 am
Bobbie Sews More wrote:
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> The Best Buy around here has done away with the Geek Guys, as of 3 weeks
> ago. The closest BB is about an hour away, so I haven't been back since
> then to see if they changed their minds.
> Barbara in FL
That's surprising!! Our BB is in Fayetteville which is a college town. (U
of Arkansas) So maybe that has something to do with it? Dunno. But the
geek counter is always busy there and so is the rest of the BB.
Sharon
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on March 24, 2009, 11:10 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
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> Have you got a Best Buy close? Go talk to the geek guys there. At least
> the ones at our local BB are pretty sharp and know their stuff. They could
> at least tell you what you will need to look for, etc. (you don't have to
> buy there if you don't want to.) Also, you need to find out if your
> computer has enough oomph to support one. It does take a fair amount of
> memory to run the video on both ends (you can see yourself and the
> babies!!) That's something else the best buy guys could tell you about.
> Then you could check the specs on your computer yourself.
We don't have a Best Buy close - the closest one closed down. However,
driving along Magazine Street the other day, I notice a new store called
"The Geek Shop" or something similar. I had intended to stop in there
and ask about my laptop, because it is more than four years old, and I
think it needs the Registry cleaned out, but I was being lazy and
willing to pay someone else (who knows what he or she is doing) to do it
for me.
This desktop on which I am presently working is only two years old. It
has 86.3 GB, of which only 73.5 are in use, so I figure it should have
enough room available.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Sharon Hays on March 25, 2009, 10:45 am
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> Sharon Hays wrote:
>
>> Have you got a Best Buy close? Go talk to the geek guys there. At least
>> the ones at our local BB are pretty sharp and know their stuff. They
>> could
>> at least tell you what you will need to look for, etc. (you don't have
>> to
>> buy there if you don't want to.) Also, you need to find out if your
>> computer has enough oomph to support one. It does take a fair amount of
>> memory to run the video on both ends (you can see yourself and the
>> babies!!) That's something else the best buy guys could tell you about.
>> Then you could check the specs on your computer yourself.
>
> We don't have a Best Buy close - the closest one closed down. However,
> driving along Magazine Street the other day, I notice a new store called
> "The Geek Shop" or something similar. I had intended to stop in there
> and ask about my laptop, because it is more than four years old, and I
> think it needs the Registry cleaned out, but I was being lazy and
> willing to pay someone else (who knows what he or she is doing) to do it
> for me.
>
> This desktop on which I am presently working is only two years old. It
> has 86.3 GB, of which only 73.5 are in use, so I figure it should have
> enough room available.
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
:) I think you should be fine too. I am not the hardware geek DH is. ;)
Because he travels a fair amount with work, I am great at figuring out who
to ask questions.
I hope you can get this all worked out and set up soon. I know you will
have a blast with it!!
Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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Posted by Janice G on March 25, 2009, 8:03 pm
My son & DIL live in upstate New York. We "talk / see" each other every
Sunday at 1pm my time. We have Logitech web-cams around $100 and use
Skype, which, as you know, is free.
If, after you set up your software and connect to your family, the
picture is "jumpy or jerky" you may need to up-grade your web-cam.
There is a difference between them. My younger son in college received
an inexpensive web-cam and his transmission is not as clear as ours.
Download Skype and get "talking" to your families - it's great!
Janice
PS: We have a 2 week old granddaughter to see as well.
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> As several of you know, I have grandbabies in both California and the
> U.K. It really is time for me to set up some type of system whereby
> they can SEE me as well as talking to me.
>
> I have broadband, and a Micro-cam which the son of a friend pushed me
> into buying about five years back, but it has not had much use. I am
> perfectly willing to buy another one if necessary.
>
> Suggestions, please??? I freely admit I know nothing about this, but am
> very willing to learn.
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> ago. The closest BB is about an hour away, so I haven't been back since
> then to see if they changed their minds.
> Barbara in FL