Monsterous laptops?
Discussion
I'm looking for a laptop (must be Wintel, unfortunately) that will take 2G of RAM. A smokingly fast CPU would be useful too. Battery life and actual portability not important (it's not for me, so don't question the requirements!).
The most promising candidate was an Alienware (with desktop spec CPU) but they'll only take 1G.
Any ideas?
The most promising candidate was an Alienware (with desktop spec CPU) but they'll only take 1G.
Any ideas?
There's a Satellite Pro that claims to take 2G, but the display's a pathetic 1024x768.
Rant:
Why do so many manufacturers have named model ranges and then hide them behind marketing waffle, meaning I've just had to browse the Portege range ("ultimate mobile...high performance") only to find that what I actually want is a Satellite Pro, described as a not very promising "entry level".
Rant:
Why do so many manufacturers have named model ranges and then hide them behind marketing waffle, meaning I've just had to browse the Portege range ("ultimate mobile...high performance") only to find that what I actually want is a Satellite Pro, described as a not very promising "entry level".
IBM Thinkpads?
according to this page max ram is 2gb.....
one of these :
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_TJ227xx?OpenDocument
maybe?? 1.7gig pentium m (equiv of about 2.4ish gig P4), up to 2gig of ram, dvd-rw, 60gig hard drive, 15" 1600x1280 screen, wifi, erm.....
edited to add: sorry, ibm's url seems to be confusing the url widget
>> Edited by TheHobbit on Wednesday 5th May 10:17
according to this page max ram is 2gb.....
one of these :
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_TJ227xx?OpenDocument
maybe?? 1.7gig pentium m (equiv of about 2.4ish gig P4), up to 2gig of ram, dvd-rw, 60gig hard drive, 15" 1600x1280 screen, wifi, erm.....
edited to add: sorry, ibm's url seems to be confusing the url widget
>> Edited by TheHobbit on Wednesday 5th May 10:17
I have to add.... I wish mine was that spec, however, I'm only supplied with an R40/1.5Meg Pentium M/40Gig HDD/512Meg RAM/1024x768 15" screen by our I.T. dept......... still bullet proof though. Had an A20m for nearly 4 years before getting a new one, and that was only coz the A20m blew up its hard drive and I asked nicely 
Liszt said:
Go on, give us a clue why you want a beast like that.
Can't/shouldn't give too much away (and it's not particularly exciting anyway!), but it's for running simulations of our ASIC design.
Given that it's very rarely going to move, a desktop with a carrying handle would be more appropriate, but the boss wants a laptop...
TheHobbit said:
I have to add.... I wish mine was that spec, however, I'm only supplied with an R40/1.5Meg Pentium M/40Gig HDD/512Meg RAM/1024x768 15" screen by our I.T. dept......... still bullet proof though. Had an A20m for nearly 4 years before getting a new one, and that was only coz the A20m blew up its hard drive and I asked nicely
Work for Big Blue do you Karl?
.Mark said:
I have to add.... I wish mine was that spec, however, I'm only supplied with an R40/1.5Meg Pentium M/40Gig HDD/512Meg RAM/1024x768 15" screen by our I.T. dept......... still bullet proof though. Had an A20m for nearly 4 years before getting a new one, and that was only coz the A20m blew up its hard drive and I asked nicely
Work for Big Blue do you Karl?
nope. just have one of their laptops, and like it. have had other brands in the past and this one is lots better.
when it comes to hardware, we don't actually use a lot of ibm stuff at all except the laptops. all our servers are compaq/hp (and I don't work for them either
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.Mark said:
nope. just have one of their laptops, and like it. have had other brands in the past and this one is lots better.
Couldn't agree more, IMO IBM Laptops are just about the best. As are the servers.
The desktops though......
Hmmm...... hope the temperature doesn't vary too much in your datacentre. We had a problem where an A/C unit failed, and the temp went up, and then back down once fixed. All our Compaq/HP/NetApp/Cisco kit worked flawlessly, but the Netfinity and its external shelf threw multiple disks, a cpu and some memory
most unimpressed, and now don't use their servers any more. ~1500 compaq/hp servers are whiring away quite happily.....touching wood (in a non sexual context, obviously 
)TheHobbit said:
TheHobbit said:
nope. just have one of their laptops, and like it. have had other brands in the past and this one is lots better.
Couldn't agree more, IMO IBM Laptops are just about the best. As are the servers.
The desktops though......
Hmmm...... hope the temperature doesn't vary too much in your datacentre. We had a problem where an A/C unit failed, and the temp went up, and then back down once fixed. All our Compaq/HP/NetApp/Cisco kit worked flawlessly, but the Netfinity and its external shelf threw multiple disks, a cpu and some memory
Opps
Had an IBM T30 for a while and they are very good.
Currently running a Dell Inspiron 9100 - these really are monsterous. 3.2Ghz, 2Gb of memory, 802.11b/g, bluetooth (all the toys really) and the best screen I've ever used (1920x1200) with a graphics card to match. Only problems are 1) expense and 2) very heavy!
Currently running a Dell Inspiron 9100 - these really are monsterous. 3.2Ghz, 2Gb of memory, 802.11b/g, bluetooth (all the toys really) and the best screen I've ever used (1920x1200) with a graphics card to match. Only problems are 1) expense and 2) very heavy!
rebelstar said:
Had an IBM T30 for a while and they are very good.
Currently running a Dell Inspiron 9100 - these really are monsterous. 3.2Ghz, 2Gb of memory, 802.11b/g, bluetooth (all the toys really) and the best screen I've ever used (1920x1200) with a graphics card to match. Only problems are 1) expense and 2) very heavy!
9100 here, excellent machines!
The 17in Powerbook can be upgraded up to 2GB of ram... www.apple.com/uk
Ah... windows only you want..
>> Edited by Rico on Thursday 6th May 02:57
Ah... windows only you want..
>> Edited by Rico on Thursday 6th May 02:57
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