Comments on: Buying a Laptop? http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/ A Personal Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 18:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: View from the Isle by Larix Consulting http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4562 View from the Isle by Larix Consulting Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:52:21 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4562 <strong>Could this catch on?</strong> If you follow Jeremy Wright's Ensight.org you might have caught a couple posts about him wanting a laptop and taking ... Could this catch on?
If you follow Jeremy Wright’s Ensight.org you might have caught a couple posts about him wanting a laptop and taking …

]]> By: Mike Hillyer http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4561 Mike Hillyer Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:17:29 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4561 I've got a 60gb 7200 RPM drive in mine, and I highly recommend it. It's quiet enough and the performance is great with 7200 rpm and an 8mb cache. I’ve got a 60gb 7200 RPM drive in mine, and I highly recommend it. It’s quiet enough and the performance is great with 7200 rpm and an 8mb cache.

]]> By: Isaack http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4560 Isaack Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:21:37 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4560 But it is an external drive, as in one you need to carry with you in a box with an additional powersource, right? So you could possible end up not being able to show any presentations without having it with you.. I did notice the 200GB external, so it wasn't because I worried about you not having enough space in total. Just, that I wonder when 20GB isn't enough any longer for anything but programs and OS. And with 2GB of RAM, you start using HD for additional things, Windows might want to allocate 3GB of Virtual Memory, though you can control it yourself. And if you enable hibernation, that's another 2GB file on your HD all the time. Windows will most likely start to use 2-3GB after a short while. So that's a potential 7GB just for Windows... But it is an external drive, as in one you need to carry with you in a box with an additional powersource, right? So you could possible end up not being able to show any presentations without having it with you..

I did notice the 200GB external, so it wasn’t because I worried about you not having enough space in total. Just, that I wonder when 20GB isn’t enough any longer for anything but programs and OS. And with 2GB of RAM, you start using HD for additional things, Windows might want to allocate 3GB of Virtual Memory, though you can control it yourself.

And if you enable hibernation, that’s another 2GB file on your HD all the time. Windows will most likely start to use 2-3GB after a short while. So that’s a potential 7GB just for Windows…

]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4559 Jeremy C. Wright Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:41:18 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4559 Isaack, the only way I'd go with a 20GB internal is if I had a 200GB external to go with it. I've also got a fileserver at home with another TB of data. You're definitely right, 20GB is NOT enough! Isaack, the only way I’d go with a 20GB internal is if I had a 200GB external to go with it. I’ve also got a fileserver at home with another TB of data.

You’re definitely right, 20GB is NOT enough!

]]> By: Isaack http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4558 Isaack Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:17:51 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4558 Jeremy, I would recommend against the 20GB internal drive. I presume it's the Momentus drive that attracts you. I wish I had a nearly silent drive too, because my HD is placed just next to the internal microphone... or so it sounds, when I'm using it! Programs are seriously getting huge and I doubt you would want to spend too much time, optimizing your programs and files to make space for it. Get 40GB instead... or even 30GB if it's possible, 20GB is just enough for now but I'm sure that will soon be too little for you too. I don't even know your computer usage and yet I'm sitting here trying to convince you that 40GB is better without being more space that you will ever need for the rest of the decade. Jeremy, I would recommend against the 20GB internal drive. I presume it’s the Momentus drive that attracts you.
I wish I had a nearly silent drive too, because my HD is placed just next to the internal microphone… or so it sounds, when I’m using it!

Programs are seriously getting huge and I doubt you would want to spend too much time, optimizing your programs and files to make space for it. Get 40GB instead… or even 30GB if it’s possible, 20GB is just enough for now but I’m sure that will soon be too little for you too.

I don’t even know your computer usage and yet I’m sitting here trying to convince you that 40GB is better without being more space that you will ever need for the rest of the decade.

]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4557 Jeremy C. Wright Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:14:15 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4557 That's the one! Thanks Matt! That’s the one! Thanks Matt!

]]> By: Matthew Leo http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4556 Matthew Leo Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:10:46 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4556 I've never seen a Ferrari Toshiba. I know Acer has one though. http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm I’ve never seen a Ferrari Toshiba. I know Acer has one though. http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm

]]> By: Mike Bourne http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4555 Mike Bourne Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:56:21 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4555 Which Toshiba was designed by Ferrari? Which Toshiba was designed by Ferrari?

]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4554 Jeremy C. Wright Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:42:45 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4554 Yeah, I've looked at Voodoo and Falcon too. We'll have to see how it goes. We can pay cash, but it just feels like 4K on a machine i sa hell of a lot of money, and that 125-150$/month is more "stomachable"... Yeah, I’ve looked at Voodoo and Falcon too. We’ll have to see how it goes. We can pay cash, but it just feels like 4K on a machine i sa hell of a lot of money, and that 125-150$/month is more “stomachable”…

]]> By: Hellsbellboy http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/buying-a-laptop/#comment-4553 Hellsbellboy Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:18:32 +0000 /?p=1626#comment-4553 http://www.falcon-nw.com/fragbook.asp how bout a Fragbook? http://www.falcon-nw.com/fragbook.asp

how bout a Fragbook?

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