I tried a GF4 in my I8100(came with GF2) and it didn't work. Later found out that it basically had a 50-50 chance of working due to the bios and if I did get it to work it might have fried my laptop due the power consumption of the card.
I ended up getting a I8200 partially because of the better video card and sold my I8000 to a friend of mine who is really happy now that He can play EQ at 1600 X 1200.
Kent
Yes, HP does use Debian but didn't Redhat just sign a big deal with HP? I prep some of their computers for trade shows and when a customer asks for Linux I use HP Linux which is based on Redhat 7.2 right now. I also think that they even use a 3rd Linux distribution but I can't recall what it is or what they use it on. I know HP uses different Linux distributions for different platforms. For a little while I was using Debian on the 2nd Generation Itanium's but then switched back to Redhat about a month ago.
If you KNOW you get along with everybody and everybody gets along with you, the only reason you're considering moving is the money and they match it, and you like/love your job I'd stay. One other thing is that staying where your at is alot easier than switching jobs.
If you have had any sort of problems at your job(being late, bad attitude, personality conflicts,...etc) or if you know that the company isn't doing well financally then I would take the offer.
At my current job I would probably stay since I get along with everybody(small company, only 6 people), I'm respected(I'm the only IT person here), and I really enjoy what I do but saying that I've never been in that position. I used to think money before happiness but that all changed at my previous job where, even though I was getting a good salary, management sucked(got along with my coworkers though) and the work environment stunk.
I have a friend who works at a contractor for HP doing integration projects, anyways they put a 72" cabinet together stacked bottom to top with HP J6700 HPUX Boxes and then promptly spend at least a week prepping them for a customer in Detroit(Ford). The transport company(United) picked up the rack and got it there OK but when they were unloading it, it fell over. Needless to say Ford shipped it back and when they were unloading it here they promptly DUMPED IT OVER AGAIN!!! I saw pictures of the unit, it was really pathetic. The really bad thing is we couldn't get rid of the carrier because their contract was with HP, not us. Oh, and the insurance was somewhere around $10,000.
I would Love to agree with you but I can't. I used to work in their Semiconductor Fab in Ft. Collins. Totally clueless management, my manager with Her medieval disiplinary style, continous politics and rumors, and the gradual eroding of benefits. In the end the only thing for me to look forward to was when the cafeteria put up the once monthly Pasta Buffet. I'll give you the benefit of a doubt, maybe it just was the divison I worked for.
I actually think Kayaks are OK. Mind you I work for a contractor for HP but I've worked on enough other PC's to know what I like. Our Office/Tech Lab has about 5 P500's, a X500 or two, and 2 old XW's(one's the firewall/fileserver and the other is the MP3 Jukebox). They might not be the best looking but there not the ugliest either. Oh, the best part is the, nearly, toolless design:
Undo 2 clips and the case is off
Unscrew 4 thumbscrews and the hard drive is out
Unplug the motherboard, push in 2 tabs and out it comes
Pertty rock solid construction, can't beat them.
FYI, HP is moving to Debian on the new Itanium's(McKinley's). I did fiddle with the Redhat distribution on the current Itanium but not enough to form a constructive opinion.
Kent
In the pictures from Denver I noticed a picture of McNichols Arena with the new Mile Stadium being built right next to it. McNichols hasn't existed(demolished) for at least a year, probably 2 years.
My Dad used to build and sell computers under His own brand name but after a while He realized that He couldn't compete with BestBuy, CompUSA,...etc. so He just went into the mobile computer service business and is doing quite well. I can't tell you how many times He's come home and complained about some Nameplate's propietary hardware or the goofy way they installed some software.
They'll probably make a customized HP version for the Workstations they're sold on, as far as tech support I don't know. I don't think they would be using Redhat but would they be providing it themselves??
I work for a contractor for HP(we handle their mid-range computers(NT, Linux, and Unix) for Trade Show and Software Developer rentals) and we've had Linux offered for a while now but it's appearant that it wasn't well advertised to the general public. We can load it on the X1100, X2100, and X4000. I don't deal with the consumer level PC's so I don't know about that. Interesting note though HP(90% sure of this) is moving away from Redhat to Debian, couldn't reach agreement on new contract with Redhat.
Ever since I've had internet access I've used a forwarding service to my ISP's account which was really convenient because in the early days I switched dial-up ISP's every few months but I haven't switched from TCI/@Home/ATT since I signed up with them about 5 years ago but reading the posts on here about not using your ISP's email address, does fowarding to it count as using it? If yes what are the alternatives? Right now I'm using www.spamcop.net and while it does cut down on my spam it's a paid service which I want to avoid as I have better things to spend my meager dollars on. I notice that I get about 3-5 spam emails a day in my Spamcop account. I was also told by ATT that they may give external access to email "later", as soon as the switchover has been completed for a month or two.
I compare this to gun control and prohibition, if you outlaw something(or severely limit it's availability) the bad guys will still find a way to get it. We need to stop this mentality of banning(severely limiting) things, we have ample history that it doesn't work yet we do it over and over again. I don't have a solution, I just know what doesn't work.
Don't forget the neighbors, they probably absorbed the electromagnetic waves coming off the computer. I recommend a small thermonuclear device, one that is capable of vaporizing human flesh within a 2-5 mile radius.
Stay away from the Egosys, after 3 to 4 years on the market it's still buggy. As for the Echo Mona it appears to be better than the Soundblaster but then at $995 MSRP I would expect it to be. Even at at $150-$200 I think the Soundblaster might be a good deal just by looking at the features it has.
I have 11 days off over the holidays, paid time off which doesn't dip into my earned time off. I was happy but the catch-22 is that the last several days I will be insanely bored and lazy. I love my job(and my boss) but being a computer junky and an incredible introvert doesn't help much.
I was browsing thru rent.net about a year ago and I saw a small building with Condos in it in the Denver area that had 2 T1 lines going into it with ethernet connections and the building had it's own website(for newsletters,...etc) but it was geared more for upscale clientale than techies. Guess I can dream....
After being without for a week we finally got service back but that first week sucked. I left my Laptop setup for DHCP but I kept losing my internet connection. I would renew it but then lose it again 5 minutes later, finally I just plugged in the numbers the DHCP server gave me into a static address-no more problems. Speed was a little down that first week too, especially on Usenet. As it stands right now it appears to be back up to normal. Be interesting to see what the next year brings ATT Broadband as far as tiered service is concerned. I hope the Comcast merger doesnt't screw it up to much.
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I tried a GF4 in my I8100(came with GF2) and it didn't work. Later found out that it basically had a 50-50 chance of working due to the bios and if I did get it to work it might have fried my laptop due the power consumption of the card. I ended up getting a I8200 partially because of the better video card and sold my I8000 to a friend of mine who is really happy now that He can play EQ at 1600 X 1200. Kent
Yes, HP does use Debian but didn't Redhat just sign a big deal with HP? I prep some of their computers for trade shows and when a customer asks for Linux I use HP Linux which is based on Redhat 7.2 right now. I also think that they even use a 3rd Linux distribution but I can't recall what it is or what they use it on. I know HP uses different Linux distributions for different platforms. For a little while I was using Debian on the 2nd Generation Itanium's but then switched back to Redhat about a month ago.
If you KNOW you get along with everybody and everybody gets along with you, the only reason you're considering moving is the money and they match it, and you like/love your job I'd stay. One other thing is that staying where your at is alot easier than switching jobs. If you have had any sort of problems at your job(being late, bad attitude, personality conflicts,...etc) or if you know that the company isn't doing well financally then I would take the offer. At my current job I would probably stay since I get along with everybody(small company, only 6 people), I'm respected(I'm the only IT person here), and I really enjoy what I do but saying that I've never been in that position. I used to think money before happiness but that all changed at my previous job where, even though I was getting a good salary, management sucked(got along with my coworkers though) and the work environment stunk.
To disrupt the Avs, some fans will do anything to win.
I have a friend who works at a contractor for HP doing integration projects, anyways they put a 72" cabinet together stacked bottom to top with HP J6700 HPUX Boxes and then promptly spend at least a week prepping them for a customer in Detroit(Ford). The transport company(United) picked up the rack and got it there OK but when they were unloading it, it fell over. Needless to say Ford shipped it back and when they were unloading it here they promptly DUMPED IT OVER AGAIN!!! I saw pictures of the unit, it was really pathetic. The really bad thing is we couldn't get rid of the carrier because their contract was with HP, not us. Oh, and the insurance was somewhere around $10,000.
I would Love to agree with you but I can't. I used to work in their Semiconductor Fab in Ft. Collins. Totally clueless management, my manager with Her medieval disiplinary style, continous politics and rumors, and the gradual eroding of benefits. In the end the only thing for me to look forward to was when the cafeteria put up the once monthly Pasta Buffet. I'll give you the benefit of a doubt, maybe it just was the divison I worked for.
I actually think Kayaks are OK. Mind you I work for a contractor for HP but I've worked on enough other PC's to know what I like. Our Office/Tech Lab has about 5 P500's, a X500 or two, and 2 old XW's(one's the firewall/fileserver and the other is the MP3 Jukebox). They might not be the best looking but there not the ugliest either. Oh, the best part is the, nearly, toolless design: Undo 2 clips and the case is off Unscrew 4 thumbscrews and the hard drive is out Unplug the motherboard, push in 2 tabs and out it comes Pertty rock solid construction, can't beat them.
They released it? All the McKinley's I've worked on have been prototypes...
I thought the 8800 was the current chip?
FYI, HP is moving to Debian on the new Itanium's(McKinley's). I did fiddle with the Redhat distribution on the current Itanium but not enough to form a constructive opinion. Kent
I've been using Gentoo for about 4 weeks now and I'm inclined to agree with you.
In the pictures from Denver I noticed a picture of McNichols Arena with the new Mile Stadium being built right next to it. McNichols hasn't existed(demolished) for at least a year, probably 2 years.
My Dad used to build and sell computers under His own brand name but after a while He realized that He couldn't compete with BestBuy, CompUSA,...etc. so He just went into the mobile computer service business and is doing quite well. I can't tell you how many times He's come home and complained about some Nameplate's propietary hardware or the goofy way they installed some software.
They'll probably make a customized HP version for the Workstations they're sold on, as far as tech support I don't know. I don't think they would be using Redhat but would they be providing it themselves??
I work for a contractor for HP(we handle their mid-range computers(NT, Linux, and Unix) for Trade Show and Software Developer rentals) and we've had Linux offered for a while now but it's appearant that it wasn't well advertised to the general public. We can load it on the X1100, X2100, and X4000. I don't deal with the consumer level PC's so I don't know about that. Interesting note though HP(90% sure of this) is moving away from Redhat to Debian, couldn't reach agreement on new contract with Redhat.
Looks like most(if not all) of the $199 goes to additional hardware and documentation, nothing unusual about that...
My vote goes to the 924
Was anybody really surprised about this? Appearently China has far to go as far as human rights are concerned
Ever since I've had internet access I've used a forwarding service to my ISP's account which was really convenient because in the early days I switched dial-up ISP's every few months but I haven't switched from TCI/@Home/ATT since I signed up with them about 5 years ago but reading the posts on here about not using your ISP's email address, does fowarding to it count as using it? If yes what are the alternatives? Right now I'm using www.spamcop.net and while it does cut down on my spam it's a paid service which I want to avoid as I have better things to spend my meager dollars on. I notice that I get about 3-5 spam emails a day in my Spamcop account. I was also told by ATT that they may give external access to email "later", as soon as the switchover has been completed for a month or two.
I compare this to gun control and prohibition, if you outlaw something(or severely limit it's availability) the bad guys will still find a way to get it. We need to stop this mentality of banning(severely limiting) things, we have ample history that it doesn't work yet we do it over and over again. I don't have a solution, I just know what doesn't work.
Don't forget the neighbors, they probably absorbed the electromagnetic waves coming off the computer. I recommend a small thermonuclear device, one that is capable of vaporizing human flesh within a 2-5 mile radius.
Stay away from the Egosys, after 3 to 4 years on the market it's still buggy. As for the Echo Mona it appears to be better than the Soundblaster but then at $995 MSRP I would expect it to be. Even at at $150-$200 I think the Soundblaster might be a good deal just by looking at the features it has.
I have 11 days off over the holidays, paid time off which doesn't dip into my earned time off. I was happy but the catch-22 is that the last several days I will be insanely bored and lazy. I love my job(and my boss) but being a computer junky and an incredible introvert doesn't help much.
I was browsing thru rent.net about a year ago and I saw a small building with Condos in it in the Denver area that had 2 T1 lines going into it with ethernet connections and the building had it's own website(for newsletters,...etc) but it was geared more for upscale clientale than techies. Guess I can dream....
After being without for a week we finally got service back but that first week sucked. I left my Laptop setup for DHCP but I kept losing my internet connection. I would renew it but then lose it again 5 minutes later, finally I just plugged in the numbers the DHCP server gave me into a static address-no more problems. Speed was a little down that first week too, especially on Usenet. As it stands right now it appears to be back up to normal. Be interesting to see what the next year brings ATT Broadband as far as tiered service is concerned. I hope the Comcast merger doesnt't screw it up to much.