I think you're confused. A normal 2 bedroom house (that doesn't have wheels) will have a floor space around 1600-1700 square feet. With 8 foot ceilings, the interior (3D) space would be about 12,000 cubic feet at least.
Same with my ThinkPads. Support in France, UK, Canada, USA, Bosnia, Italy, Germany, (those are countries my users have needed support in) all puchased in the US of A and covered 100% by based IBM warranty. But what you described as grey is a bit off the mark. The person buying the Dell wouldn't be a grey user, but your GF was.
I used one of these last October in Montreal. Was near Concordia University, and had an "Oscar" logo. I'm thinking it belonged to Banque Laurentien. Not sure though.
The company I work for is demoing the new X40 from IBM. It is unbelievable. The battery lasts longer than my cell phone:-). We've had it for a week now and I can't complain about one thing. We'll probably go with it over the tablets we'd been evaluating, despite the pleas from execs who want a cool toy like the Toshiba or HP tablet. The cool software that it ships with is also a big plus. Go into a store and try one when it comes out (early March I think) and get a sales goon to show you the hard drive protection thing. It stops the hard drive when it thinks it's been dropped before it even hits the ground. IBM makes the best gear, I swear.
been there, done that. I spent 2 summers fishing from a freezer trawler between Newfoundland, Baffin Island and Greenland. It was the most fantastic experience of my life (so far). Sounds horrible but the views, the never-setting sun were incredible.
I don't. Artists aren't helped by it (most don't get any airplay). Nobody needs it but for a few executives praying to keep their organization above water until they retire early. What BS.
I'll second that. I've owned the super-dee-duper Toughbook, and it is indestructible but otherwise useless. The X31 is nearly as indestructible but outperforms the toughbook in every way. I use mine with the extended life battery that straps to the bottom. It puts it up to around 4 pounds but I get 12 hours of battery life from it. THAT is incredible all by itself. On top of that, I can add the ultrabase thing and I basically end up with a full power T40. My x31 without gadgets was less than $1500 delivered. That kicks the crap out of this toughbook.
In all fairness, a microcomputer is not a PC. MicroVAX and AS/400 are examples of microcomputers. I guess if everyone else is nit-picking, so will I.:-)
Obviously Samsung is a Korean company, but it's the smaller (lesser known in the west companies) that are doing the best things with flat panels these days. We test these new devices where I work and nothing from Samsung / LG / Sony / etc even begins to compare with these monitors. Of course, I have the benefit of seeing them a year before they hit the market and none of them will make it here EVER unless they are OEMed for a large western company (i.e. IBM).
Samsung is not a flat panel innovator. Look to the Koreans for that. All those fantastic IBM panels over the last year have been powered by their technology. See here for what is the best looking monitor on Earth, or elsewhere for that matter. The IBM T221.
No offense, but you are paying too much for your tapes. LTO cartridges should never cost more than $65 to $70 USD. I'm talking about IBM, HP, Imation brands; not crap either. Just an FYI.
You've got Microsoft on the brain. It's not the IIS, its the ISS. There is a huge difference. One crashes and is susceptible to worms. The other can't crash and the worms are experimental. Can't remember which is which.
In Canada, we have this already.
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I agree on many fronts, but consider having a look at the IBM X440 server. I have seen several over these installations and I can honestly say this is the first Intel box that really scales and competes with the Big Iron. And you can't argue with the price. Check it out: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/x440.html
HP is nothing without torque. Torque reigns supreme in any engine, as the calculation of horsepower is simply a function of RPMs and Torque. My modified 4.6L Mustang puts out 540 HP. Which is great and makes for very fun driving. What makes for great racing is the 605lb feet of torque that I'm getting to the ground. And your 240 HP Altima puts down only 246 lb feet. This is why I leave you and your ricer breathren standing at the line when I dump my clutch and run my 1/4 miles in less than 10 seconds.
and service provider. It's pretty short and goes something like this: Rogers sucks donkey balls. I hope their 5 billion dollar company sinks like a rock.
What he really did was summarize the book, not review it. I agree with the popular view though. This is a decent book but doesn't add to much to existing literature on this subject. More dead trees.
I am absolutely certain that this man has signed some sort of NDA. Probably one that is much more severe than what we sign on a regular basis. Remember, this man is being trusted with public office without election and audit. He is being trusted by inventors not to reveal their patents to corporations that might line his pocket on the side to read pending patents. I'm not wording this very well, I know, but basically, I am certain that he has signed some elevated form of an NDA and should he have spoken out of line about internal processes, he most likely would have violated it. That may have also carried with it the terms of violated public trust as well, which is a felony, I think.
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Also available, the Sony PetaSite. A lot cheaper, but slower than the Sun box.
I think you're confused. A normal 2 bedroom house (that doesn't have wheels) will have a floor space around 1600-1700 square feet. With 8 foot ceilings, the interior (3D) space would be about 12,000 cubic feet at least.
Same with my ThinkPads. Support in France, UK, Canada, USA, Bosnia, Italy, Germany, (those are countries my users have needed support in) all puchased in the US of A and covered 100% by based IBM warranty. But what you described as grey is a bit off the mark. The person buying the Dell wouldn't be a grey user, but your GF was.
I used one of these last October in Montreal. Was near Concordia University, and had an "Oscar" logo. I'm thinking it belonged to Banque Laurentien. Not sure though.
I often wonder if anyone in America has noticed that outsourcing is remarkably like mercantilism. Am I the only one who has spotted this?
How is it different from this Sony system then. I'd take the Sony.
The company I work for is demoing the new X40 from IBM. It is unbelievable. The battery lasts longer than my cell phone :-). We've had it for a week now and I can't complain about one thing. We'll probably go with it over the tablets we'd been evaluating, despite the pleas from execs who want a cool toy like the Toshiba or HP tablet. The cool software that it ships with is also a big plus. Go into a store and try one when it comes out (early March I think) and get a sales goon to show you the hard drive protection thing. It stops the hard drive when it thinks it's been dropped before it even hits the ground. IBM makes the best gear, I swear.
been there, done that. I spent 2 summers fishing from a freezer trawler between Newfoundland, Baffin Island and Greenland. It was the most fantastic experience of my life (so far). Sounds horrible but the views, the never-setting sun were incredible.
I don't. Artists aren't helped by it (most don't get any airplay). Nobody needs it but for a few executives praying to keep their organization above water until they retire early. What BS.
I'll second that. I've owned the super-dee-duper Toughbook, and it is indestructible but otherwise useless. The X31 is nearly as indestructible but outperforms the toughbook in every way. I use mine with the extended life battery that straps to the bottom. It puts it up to around 4 pounds but I get 12 hours of battery life from it. THAT is incredible all by itself. On top of that, I can add the ultrabase thing and I basically end up with a full power T40. My x31 without gadgets was less than $1500 delivered. That kicks the crap out of this toughbook.
In all fairness, a microcomputer is not a PC. MicroVAX and AS/400 are examples of microcomputers. I guess if everyone else is nit-picking, so will I. :-)
IBM is a 83.2 billion dollar company.
Obviously Samsung is a Korean company, but it's the smaller (lesser known in the west companies) that are doing the best things with flat panels these days. We test these new devices where I work and nothing from Samsung / LG / Sony / etc even begins to compare with these monitors. Of course, I have the benefit of seeing them a year before they hit the market and none of them will make it here EVER unless they are OEMed for a large western company (i.e. IBM).
Samsung is not a flat panel innovator. Look to the Koreans for that. All those fantastic IBM panels over the last year have been powered by their technology. See here for what is the best looking monitor on Earth, or elsewhere for that matter. The IBM T221.
No offense, but you are paying too much for your tapes. LTO cartridges should never cost more than $65 to $70 USD. I'm talking about IBM, HP, Imation brands; not crap either. Just an FYI.
You've got Microsoft on the brain. It's not the IIS, its the ISS. There is a huge difference. One crashes and is susceptible to worms. The other can't crash and the worms are experimental. Can't remember which is which.
We've had cable à la carte in Quebec for at least 4 years. You pay a small premium for the ability to pick your channels, but it is always worth it.
Here is an example of one of our à la carte providers.
MMMMM ... American Pi.
I agree on many fronts, but consider having a look at the IBM X440 server. I have seen several over these installations and I can honestly say this is the first Intel box that really scales and competes with the Big Iron. And you can't argue with the price. Check it out:l
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries/x440.htm
More bad analogy.
HP is nothing without torque. Torque reigns supreme in any engine, as the calculation of horsepower is simply a function of RPMs and Torque. My modified 4.6L Mustang puts out 540 HP. Which is great and makes for very fun driving. What makes for great racing is the 605lb feet of torque that I'm getting to the ground. And your 240 HP Altima puts down only 246 lb feet. This is why I leave you and your ricer breathren standing at the line when I dump my clutch and run my 1/4 miles in less than 10 seconds.
I see: security by obscurity. Great Plan!!!
and service provider. It's pretty short and goes something like this: Rogers sucks donkey balls. I hope their 5 billion dollar company sinks like a rock.
What he really did was summarize the book, not review it. I agree with the popular view though. This is a decent book but doesn't add to much to existing literature on this subject. More dead trees.
I appreciate the reviewers candor, but couldn't he have done a more thorough review instead of just focusing on some of the book???
I am absolutely certain that this man has signed some sort of NDA. Probably one that is much more severe than what we sign on a regular basis. Remember, this man is being trusted with public office without election and audit. He is being trusted by inventors not to reveal their patents to corporations that might line his pocket on the side to read pending patents. I'm not wording this very well, I know, but basically, I am certain that he has signed some elevated form of an NDA and should he have spoken out of line about internal processes, he most likely would have violated it. That may have also carried with it the terms of violated public trust as well, which is a felony, I think.