What's with you and explosions? Exploding laptops Exploding BoMs?
d:| > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Laptops and RBase forms > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 7:38 am > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > I really need to think of retiring my Toshiba Tecra and get > a new laptop this year. Need to move up to Windows 7 > just as they're ready to push out Windows 8 (I'm always a few > steps behind...) > > I'm not asking for recommendations, although part of me wonders > if the $399 deals at Best Buy are good enough for me, but for a > specific feature. On this laptop, when I have a big RBase windows > (7.6 or 9.1) form open in the designer, after a while the CPU usage > doubles, the fan starts whirling, and it sounds like my laptop is going > to fly off the desk. If I have 2 forms open, then I expect an explosion. > I've learned to live with closing and opening forms repeatedly to give > my computer a rest, but it sure would be nice not to have my computer > freak out. Not sure if this happens just to me... > > What particular component of hardware would affect this, so I can make > sure I get a better grade of whatever to allow me to have several forms > open in RBase? Is it the amount of memory, the CPU speed, something > graphics?? > > Karen
