Dell Precision series has a 15" laptop with a numpad. Screen resolution goes up to 1920x1080, discrete graphics card.
I have a Dell Precision M4600 with a Nvidia graphics card, 1920x1080 screen and it has a numpad and both a trackpoint and touchpad.
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Slightly offtopic, but since you brought it up... I have a truck. I'm not the only person to have a truck, but i have one, and now my company keeps on asking me to truck stuff around for trade shows, saving costs and having me haul stuff around when I don't really want to be.
It's part of my job to set up stuff for trade shows, but not to actually have to drive the stuff around, having cow-orkers throwing everything and the sun into my truck. What's worse is when they ask me not to unload the stuff during a weekend since they'll just need it again on Monday, expecting me to take everything home, and bring it back after the weekend!
So, any ideas on what I should do? I can't just say "no, i'm not going to work on the show" as that is part of my job, but i don't want to be used as a cheap frieight loader!
True. The tape drive solution is oriented towards businesses who have the money for a backup device:)
From the poster's requirement of needing offsite backup, i was assuming that it was for a business.
For home users, you can probably afford one generation behind. A DLT 8000 (40GB/80GB Compressed) drive on eBay runs for about $500. A DLT 7000 (35/70GB) runs for $300-500, so it is possible to do tape backup on a budget. It's the usual tradeoff between time and money, so you'll need to spend more time changing tapes.
On the other hand, for home use, i only archive my data onto CD since most of the data I have does not change and does not need incremental backups..
* Quicken (UK) Well, Crossover Plugin supposedly runs Quicken as well. I haven't tried it yet, but maybe it would run the UK version of Quicken
* Cubase Audio I'm not familary with this product, so i can't comment
* Premier Cinelerra makes a good effort. The UI is different enough from Premier that it takes a while to get used to, but all th right features are there
* Acrobat (full thing, not the reader) hmm... i guess you could use ps2pdf to create PDF documents, then use xpdf to view them
* Exchange Server (calendaring, LDAP/IMAP does rest) Samsung Contact (formerly HP OpenMail) *supposedly* is a Exchange server replacement. I haven't had enough experience using it to really make a judgement call on whether it fully replaces Exchange or falls short. Anyone else out there know of it?
For myself, i've fully made the switch to using Linux 100% as a desktop environment. If an application does not have linux program that compares to the Windows version, i've found that either Crossover, or just plain WINE is enough tog et any remaining apps working just fine in Linux.
Well, i have a pair of Bit Char-G (which are the same as the MicroSizer cars), and a pair of IR controlled Digi-Q cars. The Digi-Q cars are much faster, much more maneuverable, and run for a much longer time.
Plus, they come with "pistol-style" remote controls, and have four "IR Channels". They run for much longer too, 5 minute charge gives you about 15 minutes of play. Their IR control gives them a much longer range compared to the Bit Char-G.
I had mine imported from Japan, but i think Thinkgeek stocks them once in a while. Only thing is that the Digi-Q is about $40 or so, twice that of a Bit Char-G
As a former RedOctane member, i can attest to how their service has gone down over time. I'm virtually local to RedOctane's office, and up to a year ago, I was getting 2 day turnaround times from their service. On their G3 program, I was able to play almost 3 games a week, with 3-4 days to play each game.
However, this year, I found it increasingly hard to obtain *any* games from RedOctane. Any popular or new game would have a 2-4 week waiting period, or they would simply send you one of the games in lesser demand in your queue. Right before i cancelled my service, I would have only one, sometimes none of my 3 alloted games actually in my posession and playable.
I guess RedOctane was a victim of it's own success. As it started growing and getting more members, it did not expand it's inventory of necessary games and/or staff to keep up with demand.
Apple designs its CD drives to support media that conforms to such standards. Apple computers are not designed to support copyright protected media that do not conform to such standards. Therefore, any attempt to use non standard discs with Apple CD drives will be considered a misapplication of the product. Under the terms of Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty, AppleCare Protection Plan, or other AppleCare agreement any misapplication of the product is excluded from Apple's repair coverage.
Even though it's done by Microsoft, I'm a big fan of the Age of Empires series. I thought Star Wars, Galactic Battlegrounds looked good enough to play.
Basically, it's AOE2 with Star Wars themed races, units, etc. with all the graphics, Y-wing fighters, and sounds.
I'll probably pick it up once i'm done with my second round through MGS2!
Oh, and a review of the game can be found at http://pc.ign.com/reviews/15959.html
I just picked up the Samsung SPH-I300 avaliable with SprintPCS last weekend.
It's a color PalmOS, 8MB memory which is shorter and narrower then my Palm Vx, though just slightly thicker. It does have the ability to dial from the sync'ed address book, and all the usual PalmOS features.
And it's avaliable now, though you may have to search a little to find it at a SprintPCS store. From what I can see, it has all the features the Treo has and more, except the physical buttons
More information on the phone can be found at http://samsungusa.com/i300/
I have to agree with The_Messenger. Luckily for me, all the gaming sites I visited told me *NOT* to read the manual as it contained spoilers. I was very much surprised by Raiden's appearance when he took off his mask in the game.
In fact, I was actually wondering when I would go back to controlling Snake until I ran into "Pliskin".
I guess reading the right gaming sites does have it's benefits:)
Well, not to defend UPS, but i thought i'd share my own experiences.
I shipped a number of packages via UPS ground when moving from TX to CA, among them was a computer and a few boxes full of books.
For the computer, I actually had the original box that the computer case came in, along with styrofoam padding on top and at the bottom with a sturdy cardboard box. I also made sure that all the screws were tight, all the wires were bundled up inside. Box arrived slightly banged up, but no major damage. The computer booted up on the first try with no errors. I had actually thought that some connections would have been shaken loose during transport.
However, the box full of books arrived in pieces. In fact, when the UPS man came to deliver the box, it fell apart before he made it to the door. It was the same kind of cardboard that the computer box was made of, but was significantly heavier... I didn't care much about the books since they were just textbooks.
Moral of the story? Well... use the original box if you can, don't make things too heavy or the UPS people will most likely kick the heavier boxes around, and insure things that are expensive!
I'm surprised not more people are encouraging this. I can't get enough of those old Pentium-class computers around here!
Since my organization has been upgrading desktop PCs, I've been using the old machines for things like running websites, ftp servers, backup routers/firewalls, simple terminals.
Personally, I like to keep an old machine around to experiment with. Learn or experiment with those other Linux or BSD distributions that you've always wanted to try without risking your main machine! Try out a new service! If nothing, run Seti@home or RC5.
Hard disks are cheap, and all it takes is a bit of time bring new life to these old machines
I've been using a Dell Inspiron 8000. With built-in ethernet, 1600x1200 15" LCD screen, and both a touchpad and eraserhead mouse, it's pretty good, and not *too* expensive for the equipment. A similarly equipt Thinkpad would cost about $4000
Linux installed with no problem, works with everything except the modem with Red Hat 7.1 out of the box. Dell even had RPMs for the graphics adapter to get it to run at 1600x1200 with minimal user input. Don't know if they still have that now, given that they dropped support for the desktops.
Looking back, I'd probably go for the Inspiron 4000 series instead since that's smaller slightly lighter.
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Dell Precision series has a 15" laptop with a numpad. Screen resolution goes up to 1920x1080, discrete graphics card.
I have a Dell Precision M4600 with a Nvidia graphics card, 1920x1080 screen and it has a numpad and both a trackpoint and touchpad.
It's part of my job to set up stuff for trade shows, but not to actually have to drive the stuff around, having cow-orkers throwing everything and the sun into my truck. What's worse is when they ask me not to unload the stuff during a weekend since they'll just need it again on Monday, expecting me to take everything home, and bring it back after the weekend!
So, any ideas on what I should do? I can't just say "no, i'm not going to work on the show" as that is part of my job, but i don't want to be used as a cheap frieight loader!
True. The tape drive solution is oriented towards businesses who have the money for a backup device :)
From the poster's requirement of needing offsite backup, i was assuming that it was for a business.
For home users, you can probably afford one generation behind. A DLT 8000 (40GB/80GB Compressed) drive on eBay runs for about $500. A DLT 7000 (35/70GB) runs for $300-500, so it is possible to do tape backup on a budget. It's the usual tradeoff between time and money, so you'll need to spend more time changing tapes.
On the other hand, for home use, i only archive my data onto CD since most of the data I have does not change and does not need incremental backups..
I'm sorry, but 220GB easily handled by backup tape. With SDLT and AIT tape capacities exceeding 100GB per tape, two tapes can easily handle your load.
If you have the budget, get an autoloader so you can perform a full backup in one session, or two tape drives for that matter.
Personally, i am backing up 600+GB onto tape and it works well. I've had numerous IDE hard disk failures, yet not a single data tape failure so far.
* Quicken (UK)
Well, Crossover Plugin supposedly runs Quicken as well. I haven't tried it yet, but maybe it would run the UK version of Quicken
* Cubase Audio
I'm not familary with this product, so i can't comment
* Premier
Cinelerra makes a good effort. The UI is different enough from Premier that it takes a while to get used to, but all th right features are there
* Acrobat (full thing, not the reader)
hmm... i guess you could use ps2pdf to create PDF documents, then use xpdf to view them
* Exchange Server (calendaring, LDAP/IMAP does rest)
Samsung Contact (formerly HP OpenMail) *supposedly* is a Exchange server replacement. I haven't had enough experience using it to really make a judgement call on whether it fully replaces Exchange or falls short. Anyone else out there know of it?
For myself, i've fully made the switch to using Linux 100% as a desktop environment. If an application does not have linux program that compares to the Windows version, i've found that either Crossover, or just plain WINE is enough tog et any remaining apps working just fine in Linux.
Well, i have a pair of Bit Char-G (which are the same as the MicroSizer cars), and a pair of IR controlled Digi-Q cars. The Digi-Q cars are much faster, much more maneuverable, and run for a much longer time.
Plus, they come with "pistol-style" remote controls, and have four "IR Channels". They run for much longer too, 5 minute charge gives you about 15 minutes of play. Their IR control gives them a much longer range compared to the Bit Char-G.
I had mine imported from Japan, but i think Thinkgeek stocks them once in a while. Only thing is that the Digi-Q is about $40 or so, twice that of a Bit Char-G
As a former RedOctane member, i can attest to how their service has gone down over time. I'm virtually local to RedOctane's office, and up to a year ago, I was getting 2 day turnaround times from their service. On their G3 program, I was able to play almost 3 games a week, with 3-4 days to play each game.
However, this year, I found it increasingly hard to obtain *any* games from RedOctane. Any popular or new game would have a 2-4 week waiting period, or they would simply send you one of the games in lesser demand in your queue. Right before i cancelled my service, I would have only one, sometimes none of my 3 alloted games actually in my posession and playable.
I guess RedOctane was a victim of it's own success. As it started growing and getting more members, it did not expand it's inventory of necessary games and/or staff to keep up with demand.
Actually, if you read Apple's tech note, this will not be covered under warranty.
From the tech note
Apple designs its CD drives to support media that conforms to such standards. Apple computers are not designed to support copyright protected media that do not conform to such standards. Therefore, any attempt to use non standard discs with Apple CD drives will be considered a misapplication of the product. Under the terms of Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty, AppleCare Protection Plan, or other AppleCare agreement any misapplication of the product is excluded from Apple's repair coverage.
Oh wow, just some mindless trivia, but all the JPOP songs they're using in this clip is by Ayumi Hamasaki.
She's my favorite singer right now! Doesn't do much anime related songs, but she's a really good singer IMO
Some info on Ayumi can be found at http://www.imuya.com
Even though it's done by Microsoft, I'm a big fan of the Age of Empires series. I thought Star Wars, Galactic Battlegrounds looked good enough to play.
Basically, it's AOE2 with Star Wars themed races, units, etc. with all the graphics, Y-wing fighters, and sounds.
I'll probably pick it up once i'm done with my second round through MGS2!
Oh, and a review of the game can be found at http://pc.ign.com/reviews/15959.html
> Except that it's huge compared to the Treo and has no cover for the screen.
:)
Emmm... no.
Treo: 4.3" x 2.7" x 0.7", 5.4 oz
I300: 4.9" x 2.28" x 0.82", 6.0 oz
I wouldn't say that it is huge compared to the Treo... 0.6" longer, 0.4" narrower and 0.12" thicker.
Though, yes, there is no cover for the screen. That's what screen protectors and cases are for
Of course, the I300 is avaliable now, while the color Treo is still half a year away
I just picked up the Samsung SPH-I300 avaliable with SprintPCS last weekend.
It's a color PalmOS, 8MB memory which is shorter and narrower then my Palm Vx, though just slightly thicker. It does have the ability to dial from the sync'ed address book, and all the usual PalmOS features.
And it's avaliable now, though you may have to search a little to find it at a SprintPCS store. From what I can see, it has all the features the Treo has and more, except the physical buttons
More information on the phone can be found at http://samsungusa.com/i300/
In fact, I was actually wondering when I would go back to controlling Snake until I ran into "Pliskin".
I guess reading the right gaming sites does have it's benefits
Well, not to defend UPS, but i thought i'd share my own experiences.
I shipped a number of packages via UPS ground when moving from TX to CA, among them was a computer and a few boxes full of books.
For the computer, I actually had the original box that the computer case came in, along with styrofoam padding on top and at the bottom with a sturdy cardboard box. I also made sure that all the screws were tight, all the wires were bundled up inside. Box arrived slightly banged up, but no major damage. The computer booted up on the first try with no errors. I had actually thought that some connections would have been shaken loose during transport.
However, the box full of books arrived in pieces. In fact, when the UPS man came to deliver the box, it fell apart before he made it to the door. It was the same kind of cardboard that the computer box was made of, but was significantly heavier... I didn't care much about the books since they were just textbooks.
Moral of the story? Well... use the original box if you can, don't make things too heavy or the UPS people will most likely kick the heavier boxes around, and insure things that are expensive!
> imagine that you're fighting your way through a hoarde of zombies?
;)
What do you mean imagine?
I'm surprised not more people are encouraging this. I can't get enough of those old Pentium-class computers around here!
Since my organization has been upgrading desktop PCs, I've been using the old machines for things like running websites, ftp servers, backup routers/firewalls, simple terminals.
Personally, I like to keep an old machine around to experiment with. Learn or experiment with those other Linux or BSD distributions that you've always wanted to try without risking your main machine! Try out a new service! If nothing, run Seti@home or RC5.
Hard disks are cheap, and all it takes is a bit of time bring new life to these old machines
Linux installed with no problem, works with everything except the modem with Red Hat 7.1 out of the box. Dell even had RPMs for the graphics adapter to get it to run at 1600x1200 with minimal user input. Don't know if they still have that now, given that they dropped support for the desktops.
Looking back, I'd probably go for the Inspiron 4000 series instead since that's smaller slightly lighter.