Steven Wabik wrote:
my evo laptop is almost 7 years old and stuff.
it is a phone edition laptop and stuff.
since it is a phone model pc, i wanna get software for it that will let it
startup the gprs modem and have basic phone features and stuff without
booting windows. i want the software to do a few other things as well, like
being able to reprogram the quicklaunch buttons for use in the phone
application. there are only 6 buttons i wanna reprogram,including the volume
buttons. i want the buttons to do different things depending if the notebook
is closed or open. i want it to work a certian way so that i can leave the
notebook on all day and just have the phone software on and not windows. the
phone software should work in a way so that it uses very little power
allowing the notebook to be on all day.

If you don't want to boot windows, then Linux is the ticket. And there
are "live CDs" that will allow you to try linux without modifying
Windows.

As for reprogramming the buttons, go fish. You'd have to write your own
driver. And you'd have to write the "phone software" yourself. The same
thing goes for power consumption, there are BIOS settings you can set,
but I doubt it'll be enough to let you leave your laptop on all day on
battery power.