In alt.windows7.general, on Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:44:43 -0400, micky
wrote:


**This machine weighs 3.75 pounds and my old acer netbook weighs 3
pounds.

Finally weighed them with a mechancial postage scale that has only been
calibrated to set zero at zero, and is says the Acer Netbook that came
with XP weights 2 lb. 14 oz, and the Dell Latitude E4300 weights 3 lb 12
oz. (Even though the spec says it weighs 3.3 pounds??) So it's 14
oz. more than the netbook

I don't carry it that much, but when I use it I often lift it up with
one hand holding the front.

But the Dell has a bigger screen, a cd/dvd drive, louder speakers (still
not adquate for much, but maybe for a phone conversation (see Skype
installation below). Usually I use clip on USB speakers)


I was hoping for 2 pounds but this old thing was a lot cheaper
and after I bought it, the vendor said it was more sturdy than the Acer.
Not sure why she said that.

As to what drivers need updating, I've been installing Skype in Win7 for
57 minutes an d it's not done yet -- it's still dl'iing, not even
extracting, etc. -- even though Resource Monitor says it's been dl'ing
steadily the whole time. Onlly 700KBS much of the time, most of which
is skype (as little as 130KBS, but my working win10 computer was slow at
the saem time; however not this slow. .) (1% network utilization, but I
don't know if that is because I need a better driver for the
downloading, or because Verizon DSL is having normal problems up, or
because they are trying to drive me out of DSL. (The phone broke a
couple days ago, and it was very important to the repair guy to say that
if they came out, they would install FIOS, (and maybe I'd reather have
Comcast cable and VOIP phone.)

Even the green progress bar in the Skype installation window has slwoed
down a lot. I didnt' know it would ever do that. What does it mean?