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I carry one of these laptops and they are great. I was very
surprised to see that the serial port was still there. These are
the Dell Latitude Business Class notebooks and very "sturdy" in my
opinion. The newer Latitude 6500's do not have serial ports
though..<br>
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Kenny<br>
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On 8/20/2010 6:33 PM, Norton, Mike wrote:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Scott Voll<br>
<b>Sent:</b> August-20-10 4:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] Totally OT: Laptop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So if I'm looking for a new laptop, is
there any
manufacturers that still have a Com port on them?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has everyone just resorted to usb to
Serial connectors?
I've used them but find them to be somewhat problematic.
Which is
the best ones out there?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
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