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First of all, from what you say, I would not care if the laptop had a wide-screen display or not. I guess that a high width of the displays native resolution should be your first concern, though better displays tend to increase the price of their host device a LOT.
If you are planning to run servers on that machine, a dual-core processor might be a good choice. In that case, I would go for a laptop with a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor. You might also consider a Centrino Duo setup, but I have lost track of which kind of processor that uses. Probably Dual-Core, though.
If you want to use the laptop while travelling, you might want to consider either buying a laptop with a high-capacity primary battery or with the option of replacing the CD/DVD-Drive with a secondary battery.
Also, you might want to take a look at where the USB-ports are placed. If the only USB-Port on a subnotebook is up front, thats pretty uncomfortable on a train ride 
I hope this helps some.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Glenn E. Lanier II wrote: What do you suggest?
spec a Dell/Alienware. Don't necessarily buy one, but spec one. Find your price-power range.
Off hand it looks like you can handle a decently high Core2 processor, with a reasonable hard-drive (7200RPM), and a reasonable graphics system.
It might be better just to ask about the parts you don't know, which I assume are things like Turion m44 vs Core vs. Core2 Duo vs. older gen Pentium-M and P4-HT desktop chips?
Core2 has a flexible processor cache that adapts to the incoming flow. Not sure how exactly it works, there are a few boring white-papers I almost read. But the point is... it works. Performance comparisons are showing with very few exception Core2 Duo chips are better than AMD X2 chips. And, of course, being the next gen processor, it was designed to beat the P-4 and P-M designs as well.
Core 2 is the fastest chip right now, not counting what may be released tomorrow (everyone is waiting -- but not holding their breath -- on the any-day-now release of the ?Core2quad? (Kentsfield) that Intel is trying to get out before the slated release of the AMD 4x4 in 1st quarter of next year.
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Had AMD moved its timetable forward, I thought they weren't expecting a quadcore chip until Q2.
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dan neely wrote: Had AMD moved its timetable forward, I thought they weren't expecting a quadcore chip until Q2.
well.... since no chips have so far been fully released, time will tell, but AMD announced they "could" release in 1st quarter 07 *if* Intel tried to release the Quad-core 4th quarter 06. Both chips exist in limited release for benchmark and preview tests. But neither mass-produced lines have arrived. "When" is still purely speculation. If Intel drops the quad-core in-mass to the market, AMD may have enough to answer. We really do not know until it happens.
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Are these samples quadcores with the current architecture, or the new one that's supposed to be at least as fast as Core2?
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I was refering to the AMD samples, I'd already seen the [H] article on the intel version.
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Don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but a Toshiba is always reliable. I wouldn't go for Dell, HP or Compaq. Best bets are Toshiba, Asus and Samsung, if you want a reliable pc, with Samsung probably your best bet for price. Can't tell you models exactly.
P.S. Where are you based.
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Hi all,
I need to choose one of the following boards to build a new system for our research application.
1) Supermicro X7DA3
2) Tyan Thunder K8WE
3) Supermicro H8DC8
The following requirements should be met-
a) The PCI/PCI-X data trasfers should be at their full speed (i.e. even if I populate all the PCI/PCI-X slots with boards, they all should run at their full speeds). There shouldn't be any delays while transfering data b/n the cards and the memory (best PCI/PCI-X data transfers).
b) the HDD r/w speeds should be very fast (atleast 121MB/s).
thanks,
-Pavan
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The only thing that's going to tell you this is your own testing. All the specs you listed are dependant on the hardware your putting into those slots and the hard drive your using. You're going to have to test it to see if meets your specs. Find a supplier that will let you test the board before you buy it outright.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Thanks for ur reply. You are right, but where can I find such kind of supplier?? Do you know anyone around Berkeley, California??
-Pavan
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Pick a few and call them??? ASK THEM QUESTIONS??
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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I have a DSL connection, then it goes to a 2WIRE router that is set to a bridge.
That connects to my LINKSYS wireless router and then my PC connects.
DSL -- 2WIRE --- LINKSYS --- PC ( the PC is connected via cable tho )
I can use Internet Explorer to surf the web just fine
but if I ping www.msn.com, I get a it times out every time.
I disbaled norton and tyhe firewall on the linksys.
I am running win2k.
I cant access the 2wire since it acts as a bridge.
Note: I can ping www.msn.com from the router, but not my pc
Can someone please help?
Thanks, Nick
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1 line of code equals many bugs. So don't write any!!
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I can't ping MSN from anything. It's entirely possible that MSN doesn't respond to ICMP Echo request packets. In other words, you can't ping MSN because it won't respond to the request. More and more sites are doing this to reduce their attackable surface.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Well I can ping msn from my router. I was just using it as a test.
The real problem is that I cant receive packets from the outside through my bridge
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Your best source of information and support is going to be the manufacturer of your bridge.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Ista wrote: I cant receive packets from the outside through my bridge
Is NAT Filtering still turned on, on the bridge?
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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I want something for my son to where I can make a program that shows a math problem like so
123
+ 99
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on some sort of hand held. and allows him to draw on the screen so he can cross 3 and put 13. 3rd grade math.
I am trying to keep this as cheap as possible. Anyone know of any brands under a $100? He doesn't need a keyboard, just the pen. And I don't need any phone capabilities either. Just the handheld with pen, thats all.
Any suggestions would be great. I have an Axim, but theres no way hes uses it
Thanks,
Nick
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1 line of code equals many bugs. So don't write any!!
My mad coder blog
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Have you figured this out or still working on it?
"Any sort of work in VB6 is bound to provide several WTF moments." - Christian Graus
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How to get IDE device information from registry in Vista? In Windows XP I am able to retrieve that information from following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 1\Scsi Bus 0\Target Id 0\Logical Unit Id 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 0\Scsi Bus 0\Target Id 0\Logical Unit Id 0
But this path does not exist in Windows Vista. So where should I look in registry now for getting the same information?
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Use Windows Management Instrumentation.
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I dont want to use WMI, I want to get these information from Registry only.
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The registry was never the supported way of getting this information on Windows XP, so you've just been lucky so far.
If Microsoft doesn't officially document something, they will not generally worry about changing it in a future release, unless doing so breaks a large number of products or some very important products.
WMI is the supported interface.
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Use Windows Management Instrumentation.
send VISTA information
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 Help i lost my webcam cd installer, what should i do??
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