I'm looking for a laptop strictly to use with my external hard drive to play and download music. Would this laptop work for that?
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I bought this laptop 3months ago for school. It has been exceptional. Only has 1gb of memory so kind of slow. Recommend going with at least 2gb or upgrading as I am about to
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Yes, I have Dell 520, almost the same laptop, and you should have no problem. When I bought mine it only had .5 gig of ram...a bit slow...I upgraded it to 2 Mb of ram (took about 15 min)...it's a whiz now (-; Just be careful of the operating system, mine is Win 7 which is fine, but I would not want Win 98 unless they are giving it away at $50 or less. I paid $100 on amazon for mine plus $25 for the extra ram. Nolan
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Yes, I have Dell 520, almost the same laptop, and you should have no problem. When I bought mine it only had .5 gig of ram...a bit slow...I upgraded it to 2 Mb of ram (took about 15 min)...it's a whiz now (-; Just be careful of the operating system, mine is Win 7 which is fine, but I would not want Win 98 unless they are giving it away at $50 or less. I paid $100 on amazon for mine plus $25 for the extra ram.Nolan
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Well it should it is a laptop compatible hard drive. What's your current hard drive specifications?
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I tried using a hub but my external hd started beeping when i turned on the player. Could have been the hub but I know it works with laptop so not sure. Maybe a better hub is required. As far as size Ive connected an 80 gb hdd to a 500 gb hdd.
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I think the only thing you have to worry about is the type of interface your laptop supports. This drive is an IDE interface, so if the specs on your laptop say it supports an IDE drive interface you should be fine...
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It works like a jump drive, so if all your music is in mp3 format and if your chromebook works with jump drives should be good.
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Hello. I'm not sure if it is capable of external hard drive usage. This is an Android Tablet, not a pc so I'm not sure of its full, tech capabilities. There should be a User Guide in the packaging when you received this item. If your question is not answered after review of guide, please contact Acer Customer Service at: www.acersupport.com or (866) 695-2237. I must say...I have yet to use all of its features -- I've had it almost 8 months and have not downloaded its disc. I only use it for Internet, review/answer emails or other simple stuff. Otherwise, I am so pleased with this gadget. The vivid colors, touchscreen, ergonomic key board, and large print.
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I bought it and yes it will play music. the only problem i saw is if you have them in different folders then it wont jump folder to folder.
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Well yes or a maybe because I use it on my Gateway Laptop and I have a Gateway PC so well it depends on the external drive. Beside it worked very well.
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Yes it will. I've used my laptop as a source for an input of music, Skype, etc.
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From what I have seen.. it really doesnt need anything more than a working drive..if you could either remove the laptop drive or be able to access it .. from another source.. just like dumping to a USB.. It would seem to work.. yes. The device is very very simple to operate and from the source it walks you through the download.
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This unit does have USB input so it should be fairly easy to connect your computer. Instead of reading music files from your phone or thumb drive it would be taking the information directly from your computer. It should work just fine.
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No , will play any music ,even from a drag and drop . Don't know the max , but I 've found the larger the drive , the more time it takes to go thru the files
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Yes, it will be possible to stream music from it. Once the connection between your laptop and Belkin is done, every sound will be directed to Belkin receiver.
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No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
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It would work, but it's kind of slow - even when doing things like just web surfing and opening files. You could spend a little more and get something with noticeably better performance, and you would be happier. But if this is all you can afford, I think it's not a bad choice.
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(update) On some cars, it will instantly play, no download or software configuration needed.I primarily use this drive for photo, documents, and on-USB programs, but it will play music. Make sure to get a small loop and lanyard though, it can be hard to take out of ports without one.
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I plug my external USB drive into the computer. Not sure if it would work like an MP3 player. I think there is a driver on the MP3 player that allows the music to play.