Doesn't a lot of decisions have to do with what end result you want? I personally will look at small 'light' portables only, as I've found that it's used to go somewhere, present something and possibly do minor amountsd of work. So weight/size is a major issue and performance is secondary.
I'd go with the Vaio range. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 August 2002 14:15 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Time to buy a laptop Cameron, I have a 700 MHz iBook we bought last June. While I have not tried installing CFMX on it directly, I'm running the developer's version of CF 5 on the iBook via Virtual PC with Win2K and IIS5. Its sort of like running a 350 MHz P-III. Not the fastest when running VPC but it works very well. the 14.1 inch screen is quite large and bright. I'm quite satisfied with it. As for the TiBook (the G4 PowerBook), I've heard a lot of very good reports about it, here's are a couple of different reviews for it: http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0208/rev.powerbook800.html http://www.macworld.com/2002/07/reviews/powerbook.html HTH, larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:27 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Time to buy a laptop > > > Though I would tap the community for some input... Anyone out there > recently bought a laptop recently? I've been looking at the > Sony Vaio, a > few of the Dell laptops, and the Apple G4 Powerbook. > > Vaio seems the most bang for the buck, being pretty slim, > having a 16.1 inch > display, and not costing an arm and a leg. > > Dell is in the running because I've just always considered > their laptops to > be like the "old faithful" choice, but I'm not very impressed > with what they > can deliver for the price. > > The G4 wins hands down in the "cool factor". I'd have to > learn Dreamweaver > to use the Powerbook, but that wouldn't be a terrible thing. > I also know > some folks now have CFMX running on Mac, so that's not really > a limiting > factor either. Only PITA would be that I would have to buy > both PC and Mac > copies of my IDEs so I can also still use my desktop. > > Any other suggestions? > > -Cameron > > ----------------- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc. > --- > cell: 678-637-5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
