Sweet laptop

Mike Dimmick

I believe my laptop (which is at home, and I'm at work now) has a Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB drive in it (it's certainly 7200rpm). The datasheet[^] quotes 45.8 MB/sec sustained transfer rate. The newer 7200.2 range quotes 59.0. However, seek time is slightly worse, 10.5ms on the old drive, 11ms on the new.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

Dan Neely

IIRC it's upwards of 100k now. Provided you have enough ram to rarely use the swap file and don't cache the browser on disk you'll never hit it. Even then assuming the SSD is smart enough to move rapidly modified areas around it probably won't be an issue either.

-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

carbonbaseone

Wow, that was clever... not... Email for a laptop, sounds simple enough.

Mark_Wallace

carbonbaseone wrote:

Wow, that was clever... not... Email for a laptop, sounds simple enough.

Wow! There really IS someone who believes that the Internet is a land of milk and honey, where every site is owned by altruists, and every person you encounter is a pop-star's cousin! I wonder how many lists the e-mail address you used has already been added to. Beware of dotcoms bearing gifts.

carbonbaseone

Listen... Like it says... No spam, no strings...The email addresses are being used for count only. I know, because I, and a few others (who happen to be CPians) are part of this. It's very simple...Don't put your email in, seems easier than being a belligerent flamer. Thanks

carbonbaseone

I may have been a little harsh there... Indeed, you can't trust what is presented most of the time. But, in this case, it is just an email address. Not very intrusive in my opinion. Thanks

Mark_Wallace

carbonbaseone wrote:

Listen... Like it says... No spam, no strings...The email addresses are being used for count only. I know, because I, and a few others (who happen to be CPians) are part of this. It's very simple...Don't put your email in, seems easier than being a belligerent flamer.

I'm not flaming, and I'm not being belligerent; it's simple pragmatism. They're not doing anything for your benefit; that is guaranteed. There is also no guarantee that the laptops actually exist -- and, even if they do, there is no overt sign of the small print (that probably says you have to live in a particular small town in Guatemala to qualify for free P&P, otherwise it will cost you a couple of hundred [insert currency unit here]). There is also (believe it or not) a long and depressing list of people who got their fingers burned for showing perfectly normal human trust to faceless entities on the Net. Since you've already signed up, I hope you're right and wish you luck -- but be a little wary, eh? People who don't have to look you in the eye often feel they've got carte blanche to treat you like sh1t.

Mark_Wallace

carbonbaseone wrote:

I may have been a little harsh there...

Pfft. I've been insulted by experts. (Fortunately, most of them were programming, rather than sarcasm, experts, so it wasn't so tough to take).

carbonbaseone

Here is how I know they exist... I will say again... I and others are part of the giveaway... And yes, while from the face of it, no guarantee they exist, it is just an email address. No small print... Maybe it seems to good to be true. The reason we are giving away laptops every 30 days is to drive people to enter their email address which aids in a registration count which aids in our business plan. We thought this would be very different, give people the chance to win something for giving us a very small piece of information. For the hundreds that have entered their address, they must have balanced that point as well. Thanks

carbonbaseone

I meant harsh by my belligerent and flaming comment. Thanks P.S. Although you do seem to be a little belligerent... (Geanerally aggressive and defensive)