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<blockquote data-quote="firemaker" data-source="post: 239527" data-attributes="member: 15041">Laptop ProjectsI'm waiting for a power jack for a compaq evo 800 and the thought just hit me to take apart a extra mce ir reciever I have and cram it in there while it's apart a-la-custom with a hammer and chisel I have handy for such delicate surgery. then make it a HTPC using MP.thought I better take a look around at some spec issues and saw that I have 1.7 ghz p4 and the aver media mce cardbus says use at least 2.4. and far as I know not supported by MP either.then I see BillyGates post and find that his Dell E1505 is a 1.6 ghz! Hows that working? share details of your setup?anyone willing to share experiences doing MP on laptops?maybe it would make a good extender here and still be a media player elseware.I'm not sure why these requirements are so high. my first tv card was a software connextant(sp) on a p1 120 mhz and worked fairly well and hardware cards use much less cpu than that old software card.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="firemaker, post: 239527, member: 15041"] [b]Laptop Projects[/b] I'm waiting for a power jack for a compaq evo 800 and the thought just hit me to take apart a extra mce ir reciever I have and cram it in there while it's apart a-la-custom with a hammer and chisel I have handy for such delicate surgery. then make it a HTPC using MP. thought I better take a look around at some spec issues and saw that I have 1.7 ghz p4 and the aver media mce cardbus says use at least 2.4. and far as I know not supported by MP either. then I see BillyGates post and find that his Dell E1505 is a 1.6 ghz! Hows that working? share details of your setup? anyone willing to share experiences doing MP on laptops? maybe it would make a good extender here and still be a media player elseware. I'm not sure why these requirements are so high. my first tv card was a software connextant(sp) on a p1 120 mhz and worked fairly well and hardware cards use much less cpu than that old software card. [/QUOTE]

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