I'm looking for a laptop with these features
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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
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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).
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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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 SiteI would go for a Dell Latitude E6420, it has everything you want. I7, SSD and backlit keyboard isn't standard though, you need to configure it to get that. As a bonus, you can use a dockingstation supporting two monitors and real keyboards and mice.
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Could be... maybe the case is thicker to touch the chips and dissipate the heat created internally. Not really sure, they're pretty expensive so tearing them apart isn't a good option at this point... :-D
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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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Odd, 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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Maybe the difference is your respective locations.
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Maybe the difference is your respective locations.
Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.
Henry Minute wrote:
Maybe the difference is your respective locations
Most likely ... I think I'd want something like this next time I shop around for a laptop ;)
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