GadGets

hello all,I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me what sort of converter I need to use my north american style electric plugs in dubai,is the standard voltage 110 volts ac?or will I need a power conditioner,I need to use a laptop and possibly some other gadgets for picture taking/movies,thanks for your help-tony

i was just wondering because the battery sucks on my laptop but i really like the gadgets. i have the clock, calendar, notepad, and the picture thing as my gadgets. thanks for any info…

My wife has a photography business. Until now she has been editing her photos on our home computer but recently we have decided to get a laptop for the business. She wants it to have photoshop as well as the ability to download pictures fast. We would like to also see if there is an option to add a card reader to the laptop. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. Thanks

To build my first computer, I was going to buy some cheap parts off eBay. I was just wondering if it is possible to do the same for a laptop if I could get a case for it.

P.S.: I asked this before but wanted to double check: Is it possible to create a custom Apple or install OSX on a custom computer without being a developer or a hacker?

Thanks!

I need a new laptop that is reliable but not a lot of money.
Thank you!!

P.S. I like creating videos for youtube which means downloading a lot…if that helps with the selection of which laptop to buy.

I just got an RCA Jet MP3 player and would like to plug it into my PC at work to play music, but the only way it appears I can do that is by transferring my content from the MP3 to my laptop. I don’t want to do that. Is there any way to play it directly from the MP3?

What are your favourite geek toys that you just can’t part with? (rank in order of importance)
Mine are:
1. My laptop.
2. My iPod.
3. My Nikon SLR
4. My Nokia 6288.
5. last but not least, my heater fan! (winter gets pretty damn cold here)

so what’s yours? +10 pts for the quirkiest or funniest answers.

Price limit is not an option. I mainly concern with WiFI, battery life, if it has Microsoft Word, and Windows XP. I wil be creating lesson plans on it and I am not that great with computers. So I want the laptop to be reliable and not complicating to set up. I want a laptop that I can get a lot of good years out of!