I'm looking for a laptop with these features
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Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
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Melody's Amazon Herb SiteDell XPS 14z. Around 4 lb weight, Core i7, SSD. I am not sure of the illuminated keyboard, but they may upgrade that for you.
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Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb Site -
Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
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The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb SiteHmmm. I was hoping for a laptop, too, of at a least 'C' cup; firm as though in a dream; &etc. How's your search going?
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Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
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The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb SiteHave a look at LIFEBOOK T901[^] It has a multi touch, bi-directional rotatable display and it isn't to heavy. I have one of it's predecessors, and I found the rotatable display to be a pretty nice feature - especially when I have a lot of stuff that needs reading.
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Aside from the physics of spinning objects, are SSD's lighter than comparative disc spaced spinners? I would assume they would be quite lighter. When you find this box, let me know... where you keep it at night so I can snatch it.
wizardzz wrote:
I would assume they would be quite lighter.
Definitely. It's just memory chips, doesn't need a shock-proof housing, etc. Marc
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Aside from the physics of spinning objects, are SSD's lighter than comparative disc spaced spinners? I would assume they would be quite lighter. When you find this box, let me know... where you keep it at night so I can snatch it.
The SSD's that I've seen are a bit lighter but not by much... so you're not really saving much on weight.
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wizardzz wrote:
I would assume they would be quite lighter.
Definitely. It's just memory chips, doesn't need a shock-proof housing, etc. Marc
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Melody's Amazon Herb SiteNot really... go look up weight specs... it's not that much lighter... I have both kinds here at work, they're not that much different. You can feel the difference, but it's only about 10-20grams difference (on laptop drives).
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Have a look at LIFEBOOK T901[^] It has a multi touch, bi-directional rotatable display and it isn't to heavy. I have one of it's predecessors, and I found the rotatable display to be a pretty nice feature - especially when I have a lot of stuff that needs reading.
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Weird, but the Fujitsu website lists all sorts of nice options with regards to processor, memory, hard drive. But the Fujitsu store doesn't even list the i7, and the 64-bit version isn't customizable. WTF? Marc
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Not really... go look up weight specs... it's not that much lighter... I have both kinds here at work, they're not that much different. You can feel the difference, but it's only about 10-20grams difference (on laptop drives).
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Weird, but the Fujitsu website lists all sorts of nice options with regards to processor, memory, hard drive. But the Fujitsu store doesn't even list the i7, and the 64-bit version isn't customizable. WTF? Marc
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Melody's Amazon Herb SiteOdd, I just put together a machine with: Intel® CoreTM i7-2620M Processor NVIDIA® NVSTM 4200M Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit 8 GB DDR3 RAM 256 GB Solid State Drive Blu-ray RW Drive Modular Bay battery
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Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb Site -
Not really... go look up weight specs... it's not that much lighter... I have both kinds here at work, they're not that much different. You can feel the difference, but it's only about 10-20grams difference (on laptop drives).
Albert Holguin wrote:
but it's only about 10-20grams difference (on laptop drives).
For some reason, my brain was comparing my snazzy 128GB SSD to the clunky hard drives in my workstation. Yes, laptop drives are a lot lighter. Marc
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
New MacBook Pros are rumored for the next month or two.
I've never tried running Windows on a Mac - I basically do a lot of C# development in Visual Studio using a laptop, currently using Oracle as the database. Marc
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
New MacBook Pros are rumored for the next month or two.
I've never tried running Windows on a Mac - I basically do a lot of C# development in Visual Studio using a laptop, currently using Oracle as the database. Marc
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The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb Site -
Illuminated keyboard i7 or better processor SSD (no spinning drives) don't want "lapstation" (as in, I want something lightweight) I can't seem to find anything like this, except maybe a really high-end Alienware which isn't what I'm looking for. Anyone come across something with the specs above? Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb Site -
Albert Holguin wrote:
but it's only about 10-20grams difference (on laptop drives).
For some reason, my brain was comparing my snazzy 128GB SSD to the clunky hard drives in my workstation. Yes, laptop drives are a lot lighter. Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb SiteMarc Clifton wrote:
my snazzy 128GB SSD to the clunky hard drives in my workstation
Yeah... that's no comparison... 3.5" spinning drives are quite heavy... :)
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When memory cards are so light, and spinning disks have a motor and arm and arm controller, I wonder how there isn't a larger difference.
I have the drives... but I'm not taking them apart to tell you where the xtra weight is coming from... you'll just have to take my word for it... :laugh:
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Windows 7 dual boots wonderfully on Macs. Or you can run Windows in a VM, but if that's your primary environment I wouldn't recommend it.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
you can run Windows in a VM,
One of our developers used to do this... he didn't seem to have too much trouble, but he also had other Windows machines that he could switch to if need be.
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I have the drives... but I'm not taking them apart to tell you where the xtra weight is coming from... you'll just have to take my word for it... :laugh:
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thrakazog wrote:
Not all SSDs are created equal.
I've found this to be true... but I've also found their quoted specs to not be anywhere near their real performance specs... so it's really hard to find what's a good drive. Although there might be more reviews from third parties now that when I looked into this a couple of years back.