Re: [CGUYS] Need recommendation for high-end (non-Apple) laptop
My concern regarding Alienware was that it was an exotic make and thus likely to be more temperamental than, say, a Lenovo. Is this a reasonable concern (when compared to other non-Apple laptops)? Well, Dell owns Alienware. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Need recommendation for high-end (non-Apple) laptop
The Core Duo is 32 bit. Core 2 Duo is 64 bit. Mason John DeCarlo wrote: On 5/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/25/07, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to be Intel? No, I should have said Intel Core Duo or equivalent. However I don't know what the equivalent (laptop) processor is from AMD. I also notice that they advertise a 64-bit processor. Is this a real advantage when running Windows? I don't know what can be assumed from the mere existence of a 64-bit version of Windows. AFAIK, I agree that the 64-bit OS versions are suffering from the lack of 64-bit drivers. OTOH, Intel Core Duo are 64-bit as well, so the same issues apply. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Need recommendation for high-end (non-Apple) laptop
I would be looking for a Core 2 Duo with all of the other goodies you indicated. The Core Duo will be obsoletish much sooner. Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/25/07, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it have to be Intel? No, I should have said Intel Core Duo or equivalent. However I don't know what the equivalent (laptop) processor is from AMD. I also notice that they advertise a 64-bit processor. Is this a real advantage when running Windows? I don't know what can be assumed from the mere existence of a 64-bit version of Windows. http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m9700/aurora-m_overview.aspx?SysCode= PC-LT-AURORA-M-9700SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT 2GB RAM, 1GB video - cyborg [neon] green, conspiracy [electric] blue, or saucer silver My concern regarding Alienware was that it was an exotic make and thus likely to be more temperamental than, say, a Lenovo. Is this a reasonable concern (when compared to other non-Apple laptops)? I must say, the Alienware looks decent. I am fairly ignorant regarding laptops because I have never wanted one for myself. Unlimited budget? http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_mALX/aurora-m_overview.aspx?SysCode=P C-LT-AURORA-M-ALXSubCode=SKU-DEFAULT The 1GB of video/graphics memory in either will do more for gaming than having more than 2 GB of RAM. If this is good for people who make and test games it should be good for the gamers. It's true that I have a bias towards having lots of RAM. I develop web applications in Java and we really really can use 4GB. That may be unusual. If there was a real advantage (in having 2GB) to a user like my son, I would expect a high-end vendor like Alienware to offer it. Too bad there's no way to test drive these things. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: program called bootpart ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm ) to add Linux to the Windows boot menu. See the bootpart web page for more instructions (though its instructions mention LILO, just mentally substitute GRUB). I just looked at the bootpart page. The author says that the first active partition on hd0 must be a FAT16 partition. This would require me to repartition drive 0. The only tool I trust to repartition Windows partitions (this is from experience) is PartitionMagic. From my own experience, I don't really trust PartitionMagic any more. It was good when it came out. The only programs I would trust today, because of experience, is the program that comes with Boot It NG http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html or the newest qtparted that comes with new Linux distros. There may be other good ones out there, of course, but I have no experience with them. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
Acronis was a big help in resizing a partition containing Vista whereas when I used the ntfsresize tool, Windows would never boot again and I had to reinstall! on Sunday 05/27/2007 John DeCarlo([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: program called bootpart ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm ) to add Linux to the Windows boot menu. See the bootpart web page for more instructions (though its instructions mention LILO, just mentally substitute GRUB). I just looked at the bootpart page. The author says that the first active partition on hd0 must be a FAT16 partition. This would require me to repartition drive 0. The only tool I trust to repartition Windows partitions (this is from experience) is PartitionMagic. From my own experience, I don't really trust PartitionMagic any more. It was good when it came out. The only programs I would trust today, because of experience, is the program that comes with Boot It NG http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html or the newest qtparted that comes with new Linux distros. There may be other good ones out there, of course, but I have no experience with them. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Blink
I stopped at a Wawa convenience store for gas today. Next to the pump is a display with applications for their Visa card. It's a blink card [RFID] from Chase. Does this kind of card come with a protective cover to keep it from blinking without your knowledge? Can the RFID reader and computer find it in an aluminum mylar cover, as used for the E-ZPass? Are these blink cards a good or bad idea? thx. Betty * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
For those who were paying attention: I posted earlier that I would try the method described in: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=179902 I want to report that this worked amazingly well! --John Emmerling * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
