On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave >>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G >>> RAM >>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a >>> > busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company >>> corporate >>> > account >> Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers? >> I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload >> looks >> similar to mine :) > > It's a Dell Precision M4600, and you find it in the Workstation section > on Dell's website. It's since been superceded by the M4700 which is > really just a point upgrade. > > CPU: > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 42 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz > > cpu prices vary hugely so I picked a mid-range i7 and used the saving to > get 16G ram and maxed out the storage. > ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next > time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works. > There was some uber-fancy active display on offer too, but I don't need > that > > Battery life is shocking :-), make sure you get 9-cell high capacity > batteries, my standard 6 cell has *<60 minutes* life. The wife has one > too and her's lasts about 100 minutes using Windows
I tend to use a desktop at home and the only personal "laptop" is an Asus EEE901 (with 16GB SSD) Other laptops in the house are provided by my employer and customers. > Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop. The price of living in EU depends a lot on which country you live in. Problem is, the wages don't always match the cost properly. >>> > It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much >>> > techie-bling you *want* :-) >> The *need* versus *want* is always important to keep in mind. > > My employer is generous with laptop allowance and long ago stopped > trying to tell those two apart :-) That sounds familiar for larger corporations in S.A. :)
