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blue tooth & computers

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by kingofgamemasters777, Jul 29, 2008.

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  1. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    how do you install blue tooth on your computer do you put in a pci card or do you do something else?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 29, 2008
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  2. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    You can use a headset or one of those bluetooth receivers that plug in via USB.
     
    anandjones, Jul 29, 2008
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  3. thebass324

    thebass324 Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    There are also some media card readers that enable bluetooth out there that go in 5.25" bays (disc drive bays).
     
    thebass324, Jul 29, 2008
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Re: blue tooth

    There is little use for bluetooth on desktop PCs, the only way to add it that I'm aware of is a USB dongle. PCI cards don't exist and would be a waste of a PCI slot.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 29, 2008
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  5. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    ok, im manly going to use bluetooth for mice,keybord,audio, and cell phones, and just to have it  :D
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 29, 2008
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Re: blue tooth

    a bluetooth keyboard or mouse will come with a dongle, however it may well not allow you to use the dongle with anything else
     
    Loonylion, Jul 29, 2008
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  7. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    Probably not, only compatible with the device it's supposed to connect with.
     
    anandjones, Jul 30, 2008
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  8. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    buy a laptop with bluetooth if you want bluetooth inside your pc ::)
     
    waylonn, Jul 30, 2008
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  9. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    need money first :'( right now im saving up for a dell Inspiron from walmart, at the income i have im not going to have it tell October, after that i will save up for a dell studio laptop.
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 30, 2008
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  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Re: blue tooth

    don't get dell, you'd be paying more than you need to.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 30, 2008
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  11. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    what do you mean?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 30, 2008
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  12. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    That Dell asks much money for lesser computers, HP's are better. (Compaq = HP) and cheaper I payed 399€ for a Compaq Presario SR5325 PC, That is a good one, only things is it doesn't have a very fast processor, but you get a 512mb vid card
     
    waylonn, Jul 30, 2008
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  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Re: blue tooth

    dells are expensive and you get a relatively crap machine for the amount you pay.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 30, 2008
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  14. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    Re: blue tooth

    ??? i know more about computer software than the computer it self so when you talk Processors and video card im lost. but i thank i will still go with the dell desktop, the laptop is still undecided

    if a computer comes with a amd processor than can you upgrade it to a intel processor?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 30, 2008
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  15. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    No. changing processors would involve changing the motherboard. AMDs are generally better than intels anyway.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 30, 2008
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  16. thebass324

    thebass324 Well-Known Member

    My general experience has been that Intel has been better recently, ever since they released the Core 2s AMD has been playing catch up. As far as super cheap or server processors are concerned, I don't know which are better for the money, but right now Intel has the upper hand on midrange and higher consumer desktops.
     
    thebass324, Jul 30, 2008
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  17. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that would depend on what you are doing; for highly intensive tasks the extra instruction sets in AMD processors give them the edge. Server-wise, most people would go with intel due to a lack of choice; major companies such as Dell have long excluded AMD from their products, and still do to an extent.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 30, 2008
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  18. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    im going to be doing the basic things like; school work with microsoft office, roms, and computer games like mmos, and what ever game fits in to my system requirements
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Jul 30, 2008
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  19. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that should handle MMOs fine if you get rid of vista (or at least turn all the crap off)
     
    Loonylion, Jul 30, 2008
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  20. thebass324

    thebass324 Well-Known Member

    Yeah Vista isn't actually bad now that it is more complete, but on a system like that you might want to use Classic mode instead of Aero. Actually now that I look at it it comes with XP anyways so that's not an issue at all, but it might be worth throwing a cheap video card in anyways. I'm just surprised that something this cheap comes with 2 GB of RAM, it's been so long since I've looked at prebuilt computers I would have expected less in this range. I guess that's just the way technology's advancing now.
     
    thebass324, Jul 31, 2008
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