Am I the only one that finds it amusing that they didn't compare OfficeXP to OfficeX? Or IE 6 to IE5.x? Comparing OfficeXP to Appleworks is like comparing OfficeX to MS Works, totally apples to oranges. Both OfficeXP and X are comparably priced and neither come free with a laptop. Entourage kicks Outlook, as far as I am concerned too.
Granted, I was not a hardcore *nix user to begin with, but I did use FreeBSD as a primary OS before the switch, with windows being used for games. I happened upon a frustrated OSX user who wanted to trade his TiBook DVI for a windows machine. Naturaly I traded. It's been a great experience, especially with Jaguar. As much as I hate to say it, they are right.... it just works.
I propose a new flag in the standard TCP/IP packet. We shall call this the Slashdot Flag. The general purpose of this flag is to state whether or not the bandwidth limits of the server can handle the requirements a Slashdot posting can impose. If the flag is set false, Slashcode will automatically generate numerous, random, 'this page has been slashdotted' posts requesting a link to a mirror.
That being said, the page *is* finally loading up so I'm going to go look at some pictures now.
Compaq has never made fantastic laptops, but 60% is a little excessive. I agree with a previous posting in that there may have been a bad production run. That being said, Toshiba laptops are *alright* but prone to hardware problems with about a 10% failure rate in optical drives, 30% in hard drives and 20ish% in batteries failing in the first year (this is of the tosh's at work). Dell has so far proved to be a bit more reliable, and their complete-care warranty is amazing. I spilled coffee on one and they replaced it no questions asked, completly free of charge.
As for mac books, my pismo has been sent back a couple times for bad HDs. That being said, my TiBook (667 DVI) has fallen off of a table onto the front right corner (the corner with the DVD/CDRW combo drive). It was enough of an impact to crack the plastic and dent the metal casing but came through with no other problems. It's too new to judge reliability just yet though.
With so many ISP's now capping usage and a half decent quality movie going at around 650 megs it's quite obvious why the movie industry isn't getting hit as hard. I am capped at 5GB allowing for less than 8 movies total leaving no room for MP3's and pr0n.
CD burning built in (though not the best) to name one big change, better integration with media files. You know, the fluff stuff that makes newbie users lives easier.
They are decent units and for a decent price. I use it at a couple remote offices that I visit a couple times a month and are easily maintained. No moving parts etc, which is why these were used instead of a machine running FreeBSD.
Man, if I could mod this one up I would. Can't imagin a world where their mothers could use linux, that says it all right there. To bring Linux to the desktop, they would have to move to a new OS, can't be lemmings.
Yes, I use Linux. Mandrake 8.2 currently as well as FreeBSD at home with OSX and WinXP.
Galeon has continued to work flawlessly for me, as have all other Gnome1 apps I have. he mentions that he does not have a Gnome1 installation; that may be an explanation as to why Gnome1 apps do not work...
He should have it installed? What of the non bloated nature that is *nix and L*nux? I can run Win 9x apps on 2k and XP without having a 9x OS installed.
Ok, so I do have to have both OSX and OS9 installed on my powerbooks to run legacy apps, but Apple hasn't made any claims to be light.
I too found OSX to be cumbersome, but definatly not slow, at least not on a newer machine (in this case, on my TiBook 667DVI or even my wife's G3 500 Firewire 'Pismo' Powerbook). After a couple weeks, it is definatly an easy to use OS and years ahead of Windows (PreXP) and KDE (which I use on my fBSD machine) in usability.
Just like any new OS, it takes time to learn. Unlike jump into FreeBSD, this was fairly painless and resulted in at most mild frustration.
I have the laptop reviewed here and it has pretty much replaced my desktop (Tbird 1.4, 512DDR and Radeon 8500) for occasional LANing. The screen is more than adequate and the built in resolution seems to act very much like FSAA without the performance hit. The screen is FAST with very little ghosting.
You can actually upgrade the Dell 8200. The CPU, the RAM, HD, optical drive and video. The dell document section has all the instructions as well. Not only that, the video card from the 8200 can be used in atleast the 8100.
A friend of mine has some inside knowledge at Palm and recently told me about a class action suit against them for their units causing a static surge resulting in a fried serial port (old news). Even the expensive ones are prone. We have 5 or 6 m505's at work and all but one of them has been sent back at least once due to USB sync problems. After the last time, the support person finally admitted that there was indeed a problem with the cradle and he would send me out a new cradle for each unit.
What happened to the old Palm? My Palm III was dropped no less than 15 time from my shirt pocket requiring nothing more than re-securing the display ribbon cable. Now, if you sync them they break.
I paid 70 bucks Canadian 2 years ago for a Casio watch that held phone numbers and various IP addies for a number of the major machines around work. What's so newsworthy about this one?
I have to agree. My old Pismo (still in use for some recording) is a fantastic machine, though I don't know how it would handle OSX so it is still OS9. It is well built and just a beautiful machine overall.
If you have the cash, I highly recommend the Dell 8200. I just got mine to replace my aging Toshiba Tecra 8100. I have a number of Toshibas around the shop here and after dealing with Dell I am in the midst of replacing them all. Dell has a better warranty and seems to be a litttle more solid a machine.
I had to send my Tecra back twice in the first week, once due to a back DVD drive (which they would not let me replace) and again as it was overheating.
The Dell on the otherhand has been flawless so far. Fantastic screen and performance with a 1.6Ghz P4 and a GeForce4 Go 440 scoring in a nice 5100 or so on 3DMark2k1 SE with the Q3 (1.3) timedemo on 1024x768 getting an amazing 140 FPS. I very rarely go to LAN parties due to the very noticable lack of beer but the next time I do I am taking this thing rather than my Tbird 1.4 with Radeon 8500. Sure, the desktop is just a little faster, but not by much.
The only downside with the dell is the weight. It is a beast compared to the Tecra, but it is a 3 spindle design.
I also have a couple Inspiron 4100's around if you would like a review of that.
I firmly believe that the ranking system in place on google makes it a far better search engine. If I am looking about in their directory, I will more often than not hit the top 10 whether out of lazyness or whatnot. It helps measure the popularity of the site and the usefulness. Weeds out the crap links IMHO.
This is a bit of a shock, really. RDRAM *is* a half decent solution for some high end boxes. That article from the windbags over at Tom's Hardware showed (kinda) sucessfully that there is a great deal of potential in RDRAM. I am an AMD / DDR user, but I have to admit that the P4 with a 133x4 bus is damn nice.
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Am I the only one that finds it amusing that they didn't compare OfficeXP to OfficeX? Or IE 6 to IE5.x? Comparing OfficeXP to Appleworks is like comparing OfficeX to MS Works, totally apples to oranges. Both OfficeXP and X are comparably priced and neither come free with a laptop. Entourage kicks Outlook, as far as I am concerned too.
Granted, I was not a hardcore *nix user to begin with, but I did use FreeBSD as a primary OS before the switch, with windows being used for games. I happened upon a frustrated OSX user who wanted to trade his TiBook DVI for a windows machine. Naturaly I traded. It's been a great experience, especially with Jaguar. As much as I hate to say it, they are right.... it just works.
Crap.. Who reads the FAQ's anyways.
I propose a new flag in the standard TCP/IP packet. We shall call this the Slashdot Flag. The general purpose of this flag is to state whether or not the bandwidth limits of the server can handle the requirements a Slashdot posting can impose. If the flag is set false, Slashcode will automatically generate numerous, random, 'this page has been slashdotted' posts requesting a link to a mirror.
That being said, the page *is* finally loading up so I'm going to go look at some pictures now.
Until I can get my hands on a native ProTools, I have to still boot into OS9 to use it. I can understand their POV, but I don't like it.
Some of the core app vendors have been slow in migrating. Apple needs to get on them.
Compaq has never made fantastic laptops, but 60% is a little excessive. I agree with a previous posting in that there may have been a bad production run. That being said, Toshiba laptops are *alright* but prone to hardware problems with about a 10% failure rate in optical drives, 30% in hard drives and 20ish% in batteries failing in the first year (this is of the tosh's at work). Dell has so far proved to be a bit more reliable, and their complete-care warranty is amazing. I spilled coffee on one and they replaced it no questions asked, completly free of charge.
As for mac books, my pismo has been sent back a couple times for bad HDs. That being said, my TiBook (667 DVI) has fallen off of a table onto the front right corner (the corner with the DVD/CDRW combo drive). It was enough of an impact to crack the plastic and dent the metal casing but came through with no other problems. It's too new to judge reliability just yet though.
heh. I see we have a Sum41 fan.
Yes, I have seen one. I have been playing bass and guitar for longer than you have been on this earth.
.. and Sum41. The robot ukulele already has more talent than all of them put together.
Drats, foiled again! /me waits 20 seconds to submit post.
With so many ISP's now capping usage and a half decent quality movie going at around 650 megs it's quite obvious why the movie industry isn't getting hit as hard. I am capped at 5GB allowing for less than 8 movies total leaving no room for MP3's and pr0n.
CD burning built in (though not the best) to name one big change, better integration with media files. You know, the fluff stuff that makes newbie users lives easier.
They are decent units and for a decent price. I use it at a couple remote offices that I visit a couple times a month and are easily maintained. No moving parts etc, which is why these were used instead of a machine running FreeBSD.
Man, if I could mod this one up I would. Can't imagin a world where their mothers could use linux, that says it all right there. To bring Linux to the desktop, they would have to move to a new OS, can't be lemmings.
Yes, I use Linux. Mandrake 8.2 currently as well as FreeBSD at home with OSX and WinXP.
Now, this one should be modded down.
He should have it installed? What of the non bloated nature that is *nix and L*nux? I can run Win 9x apps on 2k and XP without having a 9x OS installed.
Ok, so I do have to have both OSX and OS9 installed on my powerbooks to run legacy apps, but Apple hasn't made any claims to be light.
I too found OSX to be cumbersome, but definatly not slow, at least not on a newer machine (in this case, on my TiBook 667DVI or even my wife's G3 500 Firewire 'Pismo' Powerbook). After a couple weeks, it is definatly an easy to use OS and years ahead of Windows (PreXP) and KDE (which I use on my fBSD machine) in usability.
Just like any new OS, it takes time to learn. Unlike jump into FreeBSD, this was fairly painless and resulted in at most mild frustration.
I have the laptop reviewed here and it has pretty much replaced my desktop (Tbird 1.4, 512DDR and Radeon 8500) for occasional LANing. The screen is more than adequate and the built in resolution seems to act very much like FSAA without the performance hit. The screen is FAST with very little ghosting.
You can actually upgrade the Dell 8200. The CPU, the RAM, HD, optical drive and video. The dell document section has all the instructions as well. Not only that, the video card from the 8200 can be used in atleast the 8100.
A friend of mine has some inside knowledge at Palm and recently told me about a class action suit against them for their units causing a static surge resulting in a fried serial port (old news). Even the expensive ones are prone. We have 5 or 6 m505's at work and all but one of them has been sent back at least once due to USB sync problems. After the last time, the support person finally admitted that there was indeed a problem with the cradle and he would send me out a new cradle for each unit.
What happened to the old Palm? My Palm III was dropped no less than 15 time from my shirt pocket requiring nothing more than re-securing the display ribbon cable. Now, if you sync them they break.
I paid 70 bucks Canadian 2 years ago for a Casio watch that held phone numbers and various IP addies for a number of the major machines around work. What's so newsworthy about this one?
I have to agree. My old Pismo (still in use for some recording) is a fantastic machine, though I don't know how it would handle OSX so it is still OS9. It is well built and just a beautiful machine overall.
After my Dell, Apple has to be the best.
If you have the cash, I highly recommend the Dell 8200. I just got mine to replace my aging Toshiba Tecra 8100. I have a number of Toshibas around the shop here and after dealing with Dell I am in the midst of replacing them all. Dell has a better warranty and seems to be a litttle more solid a machine.
I had to send my Tecra back twice in the first week, once due to a back DVD drive (which they would not let me replace) and again as it was overheating.
The Dell on the otherhand has been flawless so far. Fantastic screen and performance with a 1.6Ghz P4 and a GeForce4 Go 440 scoring in a nice 5100 or so on 3DMark2k1 SE with the Q3 (1.3) timedemo on 1024x768 getting an amazing 140 FPS. I very rarely go to LAN parties due to the very noticable lack of beer but the next time I do I am taking this thing rather than my Tbird 1.4 with Radeon 8500. Sure, the desktop is just a little faster, but not by much.
The only downside with the dell is the weight. It is a beast compared to the Tecra, but it is a 3 spindle design.
I also have a couple Inspiron 4100's around if you would like a review of that.
Hope that helps
I firmly believe that the ranking system in place on google makes it a far better search engine. If I am looking about in their directory, I will more often than not hit the top 10 whether out of lazyness or whatnot. It helps measure the popularity of the site and the usefulness. Weeds out the crap links IMHO.
Here is an article over at my site that may be a bit alarmist and done with the worst case scenario in mind. http://music.tinfoil.net.
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Hmm, I must have been under a rock, what's a leexa bus? Is that something Jar Jar drove?
hahahahahaha
This is a bit of a shock, really. RDRAM *is* a half decent solution for some high end boxes. That article from the windbags over at Tom's Hardware showed (kinda) sucessfully that there is a great deal of potential in RDRAM. I am an AMD / DDR user, but I have to admit that the P4 with a 133x4 bus is damn nice.