Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Stephen Price
Also, I propose we rename the list into the OzDevLaptop elist, and make .Net coding questions [OT]. We talk about dev rigs more often than coding. Is it Friday yet? On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Dave Walker rangitat...@gmail.com wrote: In Australia not in NZ so didn't see it. Read reviews

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Stephen Price
Spec'd up the Dell E7440 and it seems expensive for the specs. Only let you put 8Gb RAM in them too. Did I miss something? $3974 for i7 with 8Gb RAM and 256Gb SSD. (and 5yr warranty). That's almost half as much again as my Surface pro 3 with similar specs. Or do they just charge more for the

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Dave Walker
That's 33% more than my new 15 inch macbook with 512 ssd. Ouch. On 26 Nov 2014 21:18, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Spec'd up the Dell E7440 and it seems expensive for the specs. Only let you put 8Gb RAM in them too. Did I miss something? $3974 for i7 with 8Gb RAM and 256Gb

RE: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Ian Thomas
My quick eval of the Lenovo models really attracts me to them. But I am surprised that Yoga 2 and 3 both have only 8Gb max RAM, and the 3 has slower Core M processor and 2 hours less battery life than its predecessor. Otherwise, both seem to be very nice tablet/PC with Win8.1 touch. Mini HDMI is

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
Stephen and Greg I couldn't even locate the E7440 on the Australian Dell site, found it on the US one though. Am I missing something? Dell site is confusing. Thanks Tom On 26 November 2014 at 19:17, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Spec'd up the Dell E7440 and it seems expensive

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread noonie
Perhaps? http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/latitude-e7440-ultrabook/pd On 27 November 2014 at 09:18, Tom P tompbi...@gmail.com wrote: Stephen and Greg I couldn't even locate the E7440 on the Australian Dell site, found it on the US one though. Am I missing something? Dell site is

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
Wow that's expensive Thanks Tom On 27 November 2014 at 09:58, noonie neale.n...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps? http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/latitude-e7440-ultrabook/pd On 27 November 2014 at 09:18, Tom P tompbi...@gmail.com wrote: Stephen and Greg I couldn't even locate the E7440 on

RE: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread 低格雷格
Yep, they didn’t seem to list the i7 E7440’s on the Oz site but the sales guys have access to them. We paid under $2k each with 4GB and whatever the lowest cost drive was. Then put in 16GB of memory and 1 1TB SSD from Crucial (certainly not from Dell). Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
This is a good option, but a fairly low spec memory and HDD and then purchase upgrades aftermarket for half the price. On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Greg Low (低格雷格) g...@greglow.com wrote: Yep, they didn’t seem to list the i7 E7440’s on the Oz site but the sales guys have access to them.

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread mike smith
ATO allows laptops to depreciate over 3 years, desktops 4 https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Income-and-deductions/In-detail/Deductions-for-specific-industries-and-occupations/IT-professionals---claiming-work-related-expenses/?page=21 On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Tom P tompbi...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Stephen Price
I only appreciate mine for six months. After that I want a new one. ;) On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 11:45 AM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: ATO allows laptops to depreciate over 3 years, desktops 4

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
My thoughts exactly! :) I was thinking more about how long it normally lasts before i7 and 16Gb RAM become too little Thanks Tom On 27 November 2014 at 14:56, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: I only appreciate mine for six months. After that I want a new one. ;) On Thu, Nov 27,

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Preet Sangha
When I was self employed back I got the best laptop I could afford and carry. I spent 3k NZD on a sandybridge i7 + 16Gb + 2 x 128 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSDs (as the mobo supported Raid 0) back in Oct 2011. The disks them selves for 20% of the price. Frankly it's still a beast (though I recently

SSL for ASP.NET MVC

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
Noob question here. How would I go about adding SSL to a MVC site? Is it simply a matter of turning a switch on in the server somewhere and the admins can do it or do things need to be done in code? I am reading a whole variety of ways such as adding attributes, filters, configuration settings,

RE: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Paul Glavich
Highly recommend the Gigabyte P34v2 (I bought mine from Afforable Laptops www.affordablelaptops.com.au http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au ) Specs are: *I7-4700HQ (Up to 3.4Ghz) *16Gb memory *256 Gb SSD *Dedicated Gfx card (Nvidia Geforce GTX 860M with 2

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
Thanks for the advice Preet. Thanks Tom On 27 November 2014 at 15:55, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: When I was self employed back I got the best laptop I could afford and carry. I spent 3k NZD on a sandybridge i7 + 16Gb + 2 x 128 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSDs (as the mobo supported

Re: [OT] Ultrabook for noob

2014-11-26 Thread Tom P
Thanks Glav. Somebody recommended affordablelaptops last week but I couldn't recall the name. Have you had any experience with their warranty/service? Thanks Tom On 27 November 2014 at 17:52, Paul Glavich subscripti...@theglavs.com wrote: Highly recommend the Gigabyte P34v2 (I bought mine from