New laptop - what accessories should I get?

[Owlie]

Another vote for an external hard drive. I finally bit the bullet and bought one on Monday. Perhaps a mouse if you don't like the touchpad.

[OakLeaf]

I'd give the touch pad a chance, though. I LOVE mine. By setting it for tap-to-click and two-finger scrolling, I never have to use the button, which is so stressful to the thumb and wrist joints (and probably the shoulder, too).

[Owlie]

I'd give the touch pad a chance, though. I LOVE mine. By setting it for tap-to-click and two-finger scrolling, I never have to use the button, which is so stressful to the thumb and wrist joints (and probably the shoulder, too).

+1.

[ny biker]

Okay so, I've got the external hard drive (still in the box, but there's nothing I really need to back up yet) and a slip case for when I'm transporting it. I'm looking forward to bringing it with me to Philadelphia this weekend so I can hook up the the internet and maybe watch a DVD or two if I have some time to kill.

I don't know yet if I want a mouse for it. So far I'm doing okay with the touchpad.

Thanks everyone!!

[Photoflygirl]

Ditto the external HD, but also burn important files/documents to a read-write CD/DVD. Also burn photos to a CD so you won't lose them. Our desktop just crashed and we are waiting to see if some files are recoverable. Most of it was backed-up, with the exception of what happened in the last week.

[ny biker]

Ditto the external HD, but also burn important files/documents to a read-write CD/DVD. Also burn photos to a CD so you won't lose them. Our desktop just crashed and we are waiting to see if some files are recoverable. Most of it was backed-up, with the exception of what happened in the last week.

I am planning to copy all the photos to DVD as an extra backup. There's not much else, besides excel files with cue sheets of some rides I mashed up from other people's cue sheets. But yes I plan to have more than one backup.

Thanks!