Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:03 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well the X60 is still a decent little piece of gear, isn't it? :-) What I miss most on the T30 is USB2... Jostein It is, especially considering its 1.5Kg and 8 hours battery life :) Maybe a USB2 PC Card would help somewhat? -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
2008/8/13 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:03 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well the X60 is still a decent little piece of gear, isn't it? :-) What I miss most on the T30 is USB2... Jostein It is, especially considering its 1.5Kg and 8 hours battery life :) Maybe a USB2 PC Card would help somewhat? It would, but the T30 not _my_ computer, so I won't bother. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop
2008/8/13 Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You should have realized by now [patronizing snipped... :-)] Hey, I only said what _I_ find ridiculous. YMMV, sir. best, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop
Hmm. My Dell Precision M50 is showing signs of decrepitude, and that could be a contender (except that it's probably made in China, and I don't have any money). I have an IBM Thinkpad 760ED on which I run Oberon. It's built like a Victorian khazi. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: 12 August 2008 17:43 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
Looks cool. But a 17 -screen laptop demands a lot of the lap. Not to mention the back that has to carry the thing around. I hate the thought of having to drag around the PC equivalent of a ghettoblaster... Now the Lenovo X300, on the other hand... :-) Jostein (typing on a T30) 2008/8/12 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. -Adam On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks cool. But a 17 -screen laptop demands a lot of the lap. Not to mention the back that has to carry the thing around. I hate the thought of having to drag around the PC equivalent of a ghettoblaster... Now the Lenovo X300, on the other hand... :-) Jostein (typing on a T30) 2008/8/12 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein Portable: Possible to move it from desk to car to desk with minimal setup :-) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
Now the Lenovo X300, on the other hand... :-) Jostein (typing on a T30) Yeah but my X60 is still healthy so I wouldn't be able to justify it, unfortunately :) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
On Aug 12, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Adam Maas wrote: I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Portable: Possible to move it from desk to car to desk with minimal setup :-) alt.: Possible to move it from desk to trash bin without undue muscle strain. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop
It is made in China and owned by China, Levono is a Chinese company that bought IBM's Laptop business lock stock and factories. Bob W wrote: Hmm. My Dell Precision M50 is showing signs of decrepitude, and that could be a contender (except that it's probably made in China, and I don't have any money). I have an IBM Thinkpad 760ED on which I run Oberon. It's built like a Victorian khazi. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: 12 August 2008 17:43 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
Well, I think it's very portable, here's a picture of my first introduction to a portable computer. http://oldcomputers.net/pics/osborne1.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/pics/osborne1-side.jpg It's the size of a Large portable sewing machine. A 17 laptop is petite. AlunFoto wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
There you go. :-) Portable: computer and necessary accessories (limited to power supply, a mouse and mouse mat) weighs less than 3 kg. Jostein 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein Portable: Possible to move it from desk to car to desk with minimal setup :-) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
well the X60 is still a decent little piece of gear, isn't it? :-) What I miss most on the T30 is USB2... Jostein 2008/8/12 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now the Lenovo X300, on the other hand... :-) Jostein (typing on a T30) Yeah but my X60 is still healthy so I wouldn't be able to justify it, unfortunately :) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
My immediate thought is that it is amazing what the marketing dept.'s can make you guys think. :-) Jostein 2008/8/12 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I think it's very portable, here's a picture of my first introduction to a portable computer. http://oldcomputers.net/pics/osborne1.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/pics/osborne1-side.jpg It's the size of a Large portable sewing machine. A 17 laptop is petite. AlunFoto wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
That's what I'd call a notebook, usable on the go rather than portable between desk locations. And mouse mats are pointless, a good optical mouse works on any flat surface., -Adam On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:58 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There you go. :-) Portable: computer and necessary accessories (limited to power supply, a mouse and mouse mat) weighs less than 3 kg. Jostein 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein Portable: Possible to move it from desk to car to desk with minimal setup :-) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That's what I'd call a notebook, usable on the go rather than portable between desk locations. And mouse mats are pointless, Well if you mean those big spongy things I couldn't agree more. I have a thin, flexible, metal-reinforced mat which doubles as screen protection between the screen and the keyboard when I fold the screen down. Without anything in between, I tend to get greasy marks on the screen from the most used keys. :-( Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
AlunFoto wrote: There you go. :-) Portable: computer and necessary accessories (limited to power supply, a mouse and mouse mat) weighs less than 3 kg. Jostein http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=4413CategoryID=11SubCategoryID= 979g for the machine. Another 1000g for the PSU,etc? 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein Portable: Possible to move it from desk to car to desk with minimal setup :-) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
hmmm... That's a cute little device. Speaking of PSUs, though, I've been hoping for a laptop fuel cell unit this year. That would have been cool. But it doesn't seem to materialise in a while yet. :-( Jostein 2008/8/12 mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=4413CategoryID=11SubCategoryID= 979g for the machine. Another 1000g for the PSU,etc? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop
You should have realized by now that portable in photographic parlance means that it has a handle (wheels optional). If it has wheels but no handle it is moveable. Weight has never been a consideration to these definitions. Regards, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2008 3:57 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy)laptop 2008/8/12 Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Look at the Processor options, the W700 is a portable desktop, not a laptop, Quad-Core CPU's run HOT. I don't need to look at the CPU options to know that my back would kill me. Your definition of portable may differ from mine, but I find it ridiculous to mention '17-screen' and portable to describe the same computer. Best, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Those having the budget and needing a really powerful (and heavy) laptop
Considering who its aimed at it's very portable compared to trying to lug around a full graphics/CAD workstation. Try rendering a complex 3D model for a client on a pi55 weak, but highly portable laptop, and this thing sounds great. Cheers, Dave 2008/8/13 AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Looks cool. But a 17 -screen laptop demands a lot of the lap. Not to mention the back that has to carry the thing around. I hate the thought of having to drag around the PC equivalent of a ghettoblaster... Now the Lenovo X300, on the other hand... :-) Jostein (typing on a T30) 2008/8/12 Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp Seems sweet if that's your kind of things... I should add that (IMO) Thinkpads although expensive are heck of better laptops than usual consumer ones. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
