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Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by CalmQuiet »

ivankirigin wrote: post #14

I want a desktop computer with a docked netbook. The files, programs, and program configuration on the netbook should auto-sinc with the desktop. Large files should be easy to stream from the desktop to the netbook. The netbook needs to have an embedded, fast cell network data connection. I might be able to build this myself with a MacPro, a router, a COTS netbook, hackintosh, dropbox, etc. I'd probably have at least…

Ah yes, takes me back to my days with a Mac Duo.

We didn't have any decent syncing software hopes then.

I'll second your motion.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by reduxredacted »

A small business server appliance for non-IT based small businesses. I'm thinking: Network attached storage with a built in Samba NT compatible domain controller/windows file/print sharing capabilities. RAID-1 plus an automated backup mechanism ... maybe, attach an external USB drive and it automatically does Sunday fulls and daily differentials keeping as many as it can store. Bonus points if it can take extra SATA hard drives / external drives for expansion without adding a huge cost.

Why I'd buy it? My dad's company is running a (very nice in its day) server on Windows NT with "redundant everything" that is starting to fail something fierce. It's 13 years old but it meets the needs of him and his ten employees and at the time there wasn't much of a better choice. Since they don't do anything locally but file/print sharing it seems like such a waste to have a power hungry box with a monitor on it for such a simple set of requirements. Also, if something like this were available, I'd replace my existing home-brew NAS ... based on openSuSE with it in a second if it'd lower my electricity bill.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by melito »

bemmu wrote: post #26

Apartment with a pool in Tampere, Finland. Also I would be more likely to rent a place using a site that actually allowed me to search for apartments from a map. Instant helpful per-minute advice from MySQL/Linux/etc. gurus 24/7 when I need it. Similarly graphic design where I could in a few moments get sketches of things and commission them to be turned into finished works. I don't enjoy hunting for talent on forums…

People often laugh at me when I tell them this, but "Awful Mart" on the Awful Forums is a GREAT place to get good graphic design quickly. Lot of REALLY talented people visit the awful forums. http://forums.somethingawful.com

edit: Just noticed you said you hate searching through forums. SA is rather large and if you have the patience for a usual 1-2 day turn around its worth it.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by reduxredacted »

terragb wrote: post #33

A dead simple, cheap 8.5x11 e-ink device with no wifi or touchscreen or anything like that. Just the ability to page through my already owned pdfs. Some of them are scanned images, not text so no text conversion. Even if the only way to get the docs on it was via some kind of virtual printer driver I'd be happy. I'd basically like a way to read stuff on e-ink as if it had been printed.

Agreed ... Foxit's e-book reader "appears as though" it's getting a little closer. For me it's not about page size but price. It seems like there'd be a market for a "light on features" ebook reader for those of us who don't care about whispernet, touch screens or wifi.

Though I don't know that I would be willing to skimp on everything (like a reader with just forward and backward buttons). When I read PDF files on my screen, I regularly use the search features to zero in on things.

Your statement of "as if it had been printed" is intriguing. So the device would have to have something that you can at least plug a page number into (kinda like thumbing to somewhere that you think might be the location you're looking for). At the right price, I'd give up search if it had this as a minimum.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by reduxredacted »

jaxn wrote: post #4

A fuel efficient car / minivan with room for a family of 6 to take a road trip. There are no hybrid minivans :(

I'll settle for an inexpensive minivan that I can buy new. Seems like it's a dying breed but when you have kids it's a necessity.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by jgilliam »

imp wrote: post #66
vaksel wrote: post #52

Early users, build something where a person can come to your site, pay $1,000 and get 1,000 active users to stimulate the site activity.

You can use AdWords for that.

Has anyone used AdWords like this, and how did it work out?
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