Laptop hard disk speed
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I've heard a bit about Bootcamp but it sounds like a bit of a hack and maybe not the wisest thing to be building your main dev machine on top of. I've been pretty happy with my Dell Inspiron 8600 (although it's my first ever laptop so I don't have anything to compare it with). The MacBook looks nice but it's way expensive in terms of what you get compared to, say, the Alienware m9700. I don't mind shelling out the dough but I'm always looking for good value-for-money. I don't really care about what it looks like or what buttons are on the panel, I want hard-core performance :-) A fast dual-core chip, 7200rpm RAID-ed disks, lots of memory, gigabit ethernet. Having said that, the Levono's sure look butt-ugly :-) They're also real notebooks, not desktop replacements. None of the ones on the Thai website have a screen bigger than 14.1".
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Why are you going for a laptop if you want to replace your desktop? You'll get much better value for money if you go for say a Mac Pro or one of the Dell performance desktops. I find the desktop replacement laptops are so bulky they just sit on a desktop all the time anyway. You then end up buying an external monitor, mouse, keyboard and docking station to get it all working as you want. Might as well get a desktop surely?
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eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Why are you going for a laptop if you want to replace your desktop? You'll get much better value for money if you go for say a Mac Pro or one of the Dell performance desktops. I find the desktop replacement laptops are so bulky they just sit on a desktop all the time anyway. You then end up buying an external monitor, mouse, keyboard and docking station to get it all working as you want. Might as well get a desktop surely?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Why are you going for a laptop if you want to replace your desktop?
Because I have been cursed with eternally itchy feet. I'm staying on in Thailand for a little while longer but after that, who knows... :-) I'm using a laptop now and just use it's keyboard. I'm quite used to it now and a normal keyboard feels horribly big and clunky to me now :rolleyes: The screen is OK and usable, I've got a little wireless mouse, I'm happy :badger: I've always said that anytime you accumulate more stuff than you can either throw away or fit into a single backpack, it's time to pack up and move on. I'm getting to that point now... :sigh: Of course, my mate in Australia who's got all my boxes of shit stored in his garage is wetting himself laughing right now, but that's another story... :rolleyes:
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It is the best laptop I have ever used. Detailed enough? :)
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eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
It is the best laptop I have ever used. Detailed enough? :)
Is that compared to one of those southern hemisphere Seuth Effriken ones or one of those northern hemisphere Yankee ones? Those shiney stones and leaves don't buy much performance.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Paul Watson wrote:
It is the best laptop I have ever used. Detailed enough? :)
Is that compared to one of those southern hemisphere Seuth Effriken ones or one of those northern hemisphere Yankee ones? Those shiney stones and leaves don't buy much performance.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
I dunno mate. My other laptops have had eich pee, duh eee el el and ay cee eee urh on them. All worth less than an underwater didgeridoo player I reckon. They did cost a lot of shiney stones and leaves though. In the end they made great stoppers for the sheep pen gates.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Trollslayer wrote:
Are things settling down there?
Things never really got started. This[^] was the most serious thing the military had to deal with :rolleyes::laugh:
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Glad to hear it :rose: