laptop advice
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- tobe
damn...
I need to get a laptop, will be hooking it up as my primary computer for now... connect to 21'monitor, etc.
I really want a thinkpas t-30 series but the bastards stuck a 16mb video card in it for some reason.
Then there is the dell ins. 8200 but the thing looks and feels like a plastic ton of bricks.
On the mac side, the new 12 inch powerbook looks nice but with no cache they arent getting my cash. The 15' is ok but I had one of them and the build is too flimsy, screen gets nasty scratches, etc.
uggg....
any suggestions? anyone know when ibm is going to really update the T30 line? (USB2 firewire 800, 64mb video????)
- IloveQBN0
Laptops will burn your penis!
- rise0
the a31 has a 32mb ati-M.
- angelus350
http://www.sagernotebooks.com/
I believe that's the URL.
- carianoff0
I was about to just hop into the new 12 powerbook. Then i found out it only had VGA outs. You need to get the 15 if you want to output tight to a full screen...
...commie bastards
- sp0
get a viao....or a sharp notebook.
both have decent graphic cards.
- bent0
I am leaning towards the Toshiba Satellite as my first lappy:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-b…
I'm going to buy a roadcase to keep it in, otherwise, I know I'll break the fucker.
- xrusos0
is the powerbook 17" out of the question?
the only problem i see is the wait. (i ordered mine 3 weeks ago, and i won't see it until march 1)
- DigitalMan0
this looks like a Badass Laptop (PC):
http://www.alienware.com/main/sy…I got the link from illco's thread on the 28th:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/digi…G.
- tobe0
the 17' looks good but it's too big to drag around.
and trust me, a 1 inch thick laptop with a 17i screen sounds good on paper, but wait till you hold it in your hands.. shit is just waiting to break in half.
The reason I need a laptop is cause I need to work from several locations so Im gonna be dragging the thing around.
Is it just me or is every laptop missing some major things that the other laptop has that is missing something else. Its a conspiracy i tell you.
The only way to get it all is to get a huge ass one, but then you have to drag the damn thing around with you. Might as well just get a damn desktop for cheaper with much more power...
If IBM would just stick a decent video card and a firewire port in the T30, it would be the best, hands down IMHO
arrrgrgrg
- sp0
well, as an owner of an ibm thinkpad 600x i can safely say, it is possible to not only write code but run illustrator 10 and photoshop 7 on it with little trouble.
it works great, and you don' t the lack of video power on it much.
i will tell you this though, depending on what work you do - running linux on it, specifically redhat is a much better choice...especially if you want to exploit what little bit of graphics card there is.
linux seems to handle the lower end graphic cards better in terms of color management and accelerations.
of course this makes flash a no no...but GIMP and the Koffice version of illustrator are great.
:)
- zento20
this one looks nice:
http://www.vprmatrix.com/anybody know if its availible (?) in Europe and maybe Denmark?
- spk0
dude. i checked that vp matrix out here in minneapolis - shitty.
www.fujitsupc.com check out the e series
- bent0
So, what's wrong with the Toshiba Satellite, besides it's being plastic?