Ahh, but my new Latitude didn't really cost me anything unless you consider the cost of my warranty from my first Dell Latitude ($300 or so). :) Of course that's an exception...
When I got that puppy back in 2003, I got an extended warranty deal on it. The week before the warranty expired back in 2007, Dell replaced it outright, hence the new D830 (current top of the line at that time) And I don't run any of those apps locally anymore (SQL Server, Oracle, CF Server). But I do use Adobe's tools. I also don't keep files local unless I'm currently working on them. I could use a much lesser machine, but I wont need to buy one for quite some time. Thank you warranty! :) XP Pro is the best all around IMHO (at the moment) unless you are a 'nix head. And the Mac people are another story... On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's great about not programming anymore is I do not have to have a > powerhouse to run SQL Server, Oracle, CF Server, .NET, blah blah blah. > So now I have a cheap-o Acer Extensa 5420. It is not a power horse by > any stretch of the imagination, but it suites me fine now, and I only > paid $500.00, including MS Office 2007 Business Edition. All I need my > machine for now is email, surfing the web and doing my online college > work. (I am not a huge gamer, not enough time with missions, school and > fiancee). Life is so much simpler now, LOL. Only thing I am going to do > to this is get a bigger hard drive (although I got a 1.5 TB external > drive for only $140.00 at Cosco when I was on leave last month) and more > RAM, and nuke Vista and go back to XP, probably something lightweight > like Home, although I do like Pro a lot. > > Erika L. Rich wrote: > > LOL! I have a Latitude D830. The Vostro is Chas'. I love the Latitude > > series. Great workhorses, although I have been using his on and off. It's > > been REAL sturdy. Pretty fast, very reliable. > > > > We've got XP Pro on both. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299180 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
