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On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave |
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>>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G |
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>>> RAM |
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>>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a |
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>>> > busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company |
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>>> corporate |
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>>> > account |
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>> Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers? |
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>> I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload |
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>> looks |
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>> similar to mine :) |
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> It's a Dell Precision M4600, and you find it in the Workstation section |
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> on Dell's website. It's since been superceded by the M4700 which is |
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> really just a point upgrade. |
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> CPU: |
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> processor : 0 |
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> vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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> cpu family : 6 |
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> model : 42 |
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> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz |
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> cpu prices vary hugely so I picked a mid-range i7 and used the saving to |
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> get 16G ram and maxed out the storage. |
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> ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next |
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> time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works. |
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> There was some uber-fancy active display on offer too, but I don't need |
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> that |
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> Battery life is shocking :-), make sure you get 9-cell high capacity |
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> batteries, my standard 6 cell has *<60 minutes* life. The wife has one |
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> too and her's lasts about 100 minutes using Windows |
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I tend to use a desktop at home and the only personal "laptop" is an Asus |
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EEE901 (with 16GB SSD) |
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Other laptops in the house are provided by my employer and customers. |
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> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard |
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> to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU |
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20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop. |
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The price of living in EU depends a lot on which country you live in. |
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Problem is, the wages don't always match the cost properly. |
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>>> > It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much |
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>>> > techie-bling you *want* :-) |
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>> The *need* versus *want* is always important to keep in mind. |
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> My employer is generous with laptop allowance and long ago stopped |
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> trying to tell those two apart :-) |
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That sounds familiar for larger corporations in S.A. :) |
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