Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

[Alan McKinnon]

On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave
>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM
>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a
>> > busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company corporate
>> > account
> Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers?
> I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload looks
> similar to mine :)

It's a Dell Precision M4600, and you find it in the Workstation section
on Dell's website. It's since been superceded by the M4700 which is
really just a point upgrade.

CPU:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 42
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz

cpu prices vary hugely so I picked a mid-range i7 and used the saving to
get 16G ram and maxed out the storage.
ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next
time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works.
There was some uber-fancy active display on offer too, but I don't need that

Battery life is shocking :-), make sure you get 9-cell high capacity
batteries, my standard 6 cell has *<60 minutes* life. The wife has one
too and her's lasts about 100 minutes using Windows

Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard
to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU

>
>> > It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much
>> > techie-bling you *want* :-)
> The *need* versus *want* is always important to keep in mind.

My employer is generous with laptop allowance and long ago stopped
trying to tell those two apart :-)

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Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com