Work Laptop Recommendations
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Dell Inspiron lacks docking capabilities, so it fails my needs. I use Dell Latitude D830 for work and it works for me. It has 15.4" screen though.
tinko101 wrote:
docking capabilities
mmhh.. what's that?
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore :^) I was hoping to get one beut seeing that Intel has still not released one I will have to settle for a dual core. Has anyone bought a new laptop recently they can recommend? It is mainly for development work (with VS2008) so 16" upwards is essential! I am also a fan of the left "Ctrl" button on the OUTSIDE, the "Fn" on the inside. (Yes, I know you can swap them in the BIOS but that is not the same! :-O ) Would like to hear your opinions ... F
I bought an HP dv9000t 1.5 years ago, and I'm still very happy with it (the current models are probably better even): - 17 inch screen, 1680 x 1050 resolution. Nice, but no need to squint like 1900 x 2000. - 2 x 7200 rpm disks (don't settle for 5400 rpm). Use one for OS-es, and the other for data. - At the time 2 Gb mem, but upgraded to 3 Gb mem couple of months ago. - NVidia graphics card. Back then the ATI drivers were really crappy, not sure if they still are now. - Has seperate numeric key section on the right. I don't use them since I have a seperate keyboard anyway, but still nice. Building quality is pretty good, and I'm gonna try if it hangs in there till Vista's successor appears in 2009 or 2010 :).
Wout
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.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore :^) I was hoping to get one beut seeing that Intel has still not released one I will have to settle for a dual core. Has anyone bought a new laptop recently they can recommend? It is mainly for development work (with VS2008) so 16" upwards is essential! I am also a fan of the left "Ctrl" button on the OUTSIDE, the "Fn" on the inside. (Yes, I know you can swap them in the BIOS but that is not the same! :-O ) Would like to hear your opinions ... F
I would suggest that you buy a Dell Vostro. It is one of the best Dell laptops, has docking capabilities, equivelant in design to Dell Inspiron, cheap, and lastly, since it is a business laptop it comes with better specs/discounts.
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kinda defeats the "portability" of a laptop doesn't it?
Not if you a) VPN into the server or b) recruit a student to carry it around for you. ;P ;P ;P
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I would suggest that you buy a Dell Vostro. It is one of the best Dell laptops, has docking capabilities, equivelant in design to Dell Inspiron, cheap, and lastly, since it is a business laptop it comes with better specs/discounts.
Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios Discounted or Free Software for Students: DreamSpark - downloads.channel8.msdn.com MSDN Academic Alliance - www.msdnaa.com
I quite like the Dell Vostro's but it seems none of them come with a 7200rpm SATA? .. I think 7200rpm is essential! Am I not looking in the right place?
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im busy saving for the ASUS G2 its a gaming laptop so its quite powerful...
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.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore :^) I was hoping to get one beut seeing that Intel has still not released one I will have to settle for a dual core. Has anyone bought a new laptop recently they can recommend? It is mainly for development work (with VS2008) so 16" upwards is essential! I am also a fan of the left "Ctrl" button on the OUTSIDE, the "Fn" on the inside. (Yes, I know you can swap them in the BIOS but that is not the same! :-O ) Would like to hear your opinions ... F
Dell XPS 1730 with full spec. Beautiful screen resolution, lightning fast piece of kit. It's a big ol' box of a thing to lug around, but I recently moved to Zurich so I needed a desktop replacement as opposed to a truly portable laptop. It's the fastest machine I've ever used.
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tinko101 wrote:
docking capabilities
mmhh.. what's that?
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
Usually you'll have a docking station in the office into which you plug a keyboard, mouse, network cable, power supply etc. Now when you arrive at the office you just take the notebook out of the bag, connect it to the docking station and away you go. No more crawling under desks to rescue network cables or to reach the socket for the power supply. http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/HP_Docking_Stations/prod.asp[^]
AxisFirst For Business
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Usually you'll have a docking station in the office into which you plug a keyboard, mouse, network cable, power supply etc. Now when you arrive at the office you just take the notebook out of the bag, connect it to the docking station and away you go. No more crawling under desks to rescue network cables or to reach the socket for the power supply. http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/HP_Docking_Stations/prod.asp[^]
AxisFirst For Business
ho.. I see, thanks! I didn't know about that! But thanks fully I don't have to crawl, all wire lay on the desk while I'm out... ;)
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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kinda defeats the "portability" of a laptop doesn't it?
francoisdotnet wrote:
kinda defeats the "portability" of a laptop doesn't it?
https://www.casedepot.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=645[^] They call them "transportable" we used to buy lots of them before laptops went dual core.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Not if you a) VPN into the server or b) recruit a student to carry it around for you. ;P ;P ;P
Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
recruit a student to carry it around for you.
:doh: :doh: I wonder if they would apply if we put that in the job description....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore :^) I was hoping to get one beut seeing that Intel has still not released one I will have to settle for a dual core. Has anyone bought a new laptop recently they can recommend? It is mainly for development work (with VS2008) so 16" upwards is essential! I am also a fan of the left "Ctrl" button on the OUTSIDE, the "Fn" on the inside. (Yes, I know you can swap them in the BIOS but that is not the same! :-O ) Would like to hear your opinions ... F
Francois Searle wrote:
.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore
Supports full sized ATX, Extended ATX (read: server boards with 2-4 processors) and 7 expansion slots....[^] of course there is also the favorite: http://www.xoxide.com/sunbeam-lan-party-bag-black.html[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore :^) I was hoping to get one beut seeing that Intel has still not released one I will have to settle for a dual core. Has anyone bought a new laptop recently they can recommend? It is mainly for development work (with VS2008) so 16" upwards is essential! I am also a fan of the left "Ctrl" button on the OUTSIDE, the "Fn" on the inside. (Yes, I know you can swap them in the BIOS but that is not the same! :-O ) Would like to hear your opinions ... F
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Francois Searle wrote:
.. can't wait for the quad core laptop anymore
Supports full sized ATX, Extended ATX (read: server boards with 2-4 processors) and 7 expansion slots....[^] of course there is also the favorite: http://www.xoxide.com/sunbeam-lan-party-bag-black.html[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
Supports full sized ATX, Extended ATX (read: server boards with 2-4 processors) and 7 expansion slots....[^]
That looked totally awesome until I saw the sticker price. What're they throwing in to justify that much of a premium over case + monitor + keyboard?
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
recruit a student to carry it around for you.
:doh: :doh: I wonder if they would apply if we put that in the job description....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
When was the last time you came across a job description that actually matched the job in question...? :doh:
Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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When was the last time you came across a job description that actually matched the job in question...? :doh:
Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
When was the last time you came across a job description that actually matched the job in question...?
ahhh, you mean like my job before this: "Jr. Programmer needed, BS, 2 years experience, accounting programming, accounting background preferred." get in the door and : "you are responsible for all programming, applications, installations, user training, building wiring, fixing anything when anyone screws up, and your predicessor has an AI program that does market price prediction you will have to maintain... and can you improve its predictive capability? and if anything goes wrong with a computer anywhere, its your fault, fix it."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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El Corazon wrote:
Supports full sized ATX, Extended ATX (read: server boards with 2-4 processors) and 7 expansion slots....[^]
That looked totally awesome until I saw the sticker price. What're they throwing in to justify that much of a premium over case + monitor + keyboard?
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
dan neely wrote:
That looked totally awesome until I saw the sticker price. What're they throwing in to justify that much of a premium over case + monitor + keyboard?
Not much... a lan strap would do the same. There is no battery, standard power supply. The LCD is built in, but isn't any higher quality.... Pretty much you are paying for a market niche machine. That's why we stopped buying them after laptops could do what we needed.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
When was the last time you came across a job description that actually matched the job in question...?
ahhh, you mean like my job before this: "Jr. Programmer needed, BS, 2 years experience, accounting programming, accounting background preferred." get in the door and : "you are responsible for all programming, applications, installations, user training, building wiring, fixing anything when anyone screws up, and your predicessor has an AI program that does market price prediction you will have to maintain... and can you improve its predictive capability? and if anything goes wrong with a computer anywhere, its your fault, fix it."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Yep, that's the one! :laugh:
Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/intel-to-launch.html[^]
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
but it will be too long, at least for me, before these new quad-core's become affordable...