Re: OT: 13inch laptop for occasional noodling in Houdini...

2017-07-23 Thread Eugene Flormata 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-OaX-pvWE
I got this latop in the fall of 2016 for around
$2600 cad in taiwan

i7-7700, gtx 1060, 32gb ram, 1TBm.2(pcie)ssd and 1TB ssd
i run maya and redshift on it
after effects,
gaming
VR htc vive stuff on it

works better than my work computer for some things, like running VR and obs
(2 4k monitors eat all the gfx processing on 1 card, not the best idea)

so cheap, and it's about under 5lbs
I've also dropped it while it was in my backpack twice, and has some frame
dents but works great still




On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wanna get me a razor blade pro so bad ... but yes the new razor blade
> seems to be a great little machine.
>
>
> On 17 Jul 2017 00:20, "Ed Manning"  wrote:
>
>> I'm very happy with my R
>>
>>> I've been waiting for the new HP Envy range of 13inch laptops to arrive
 since the announcement in May so I can finally replace my current, ancient,
 (2006 - eeek!) machine.

 The new Envy range seemed to have all the boxes ticked for my needs,
 with modern ports (no Thunderbolt 3 though), dedicated graphics (the new
 Nvidia MX150 with 2gb of vram), fingerprint reader, webcam in the correct
 place (looking at you, Dell) etc.  However, since it's release I've been
 told to my amazement that HP have no plans for a 16gb model, only 8gb.


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Re: OT: 13inch laptop for occasional noodling in Houdini...

2017-07-23 Thread Sebastien Sterling 
I wanna get me a razor blade pro so bad ... but yes the new razor blade
seems to be a great little machine.


On 17 Jul 2017 00:20, "Ed Manning"  wrote:

> I'm very happy with my Razer Blade for Softimage ICE and Unreal. A bit
> noisy when doing something taxing, but the Core EGPU works nicely and is
> nearly silent itself.
> .
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Tom Kleinenberg 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm kind of looking at a laptop for myself although it's 3 or 4 on the
>> list of potential "big" purchases. For my side I've been looking at having
>> something with a Thunderbolt port as a must to hook up an external GPU if
>> needed. It might be something you want to consider, particularly if you are
>> considering Redshift/other GPU based processing.
>>
>> Apart from that, it does look good. My wife has a previous gen Lenovo
>> Thinkpad Yoga, which has a stylus and that's quite useful sometimes but the
>> specs are worse.
>>
>>
>> 
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>> On 14 July 2017 at 20:26, Dan Yargici  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Softimage peoples.
>>>
>>> I've been waiting for the new HP Envy range of 13inch laptops to arrive
>>> since the announcement in May so I can finally replace my current, ancient,
>>> (2006 - eeek!) machine.
>>>
>>> The new Envy range seemed to have all the boxes ticked for my needs,
>>> with modern ports (no Thunderbolt 3 though), dedicated graphics (the new
>>> Nvidia MX150 with 2gb of vram), fingerprint reader, webcam in the correct
>>> place (looking at you, Dell) etc.  However, since it's release I've been
>>> told to my amazement that HP have no plans for a 16gb model, only 8gb.
>>>
>>> Now, the machine will mostly be for casual use, but I may want to
>>> occasionally do some noodling in Houdini at home so I just thought I'd do a
>>> quick poll here to gauge people's opinions.  Obviously the kind of Houdini
>>> work I'd be doing would be pretty lightweight geometry experiments and
>>> simple sims due to the obvious constraints also thrown up by using a mobile
>>> CPU.
>>>
>>> So what do you think?  I'm not going to be able to wait for the
>>> inevitable follow up version and like I say it's got pretty much every
>>> other box ticked.  Aside from the RAM issue, for this price no other
>>> machine comes close in the 13inch segment imo.
>>>
>>> Here are the specs:
>>>
>>> http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2GE75EA
>>> t=ABU=NTB
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dan.
>>>
>>> (Also posted to the Houdini list.)
>>>
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Re: OT: 13inch laptop for occasional noodling in Houdini...

2017-07-16 Thread Ed Manning 
I'm very happy with my Razer Blade for Softimage ICE and Unreal. A bit
noisy when doing something taxing, but the Core EGPU works nicely and is
nearly silent itself.
.

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Tom Kleinenberg  wrote:

> I'm kind of looking at a laptop for myself although it's 3 or 4 on the
> list of potential "big" purchases. For my side I've been looking at having
> something with a Thunderbolt port as a must to hook up an external GPU if
> needed. It might be something you want to consider, particularly if you are
> considering Redshift/other GPU based processing.
>
> Apart from that, it does look good. My wife has a previous gen Lenovo
> Thinkpad Yoga, which has a stylus and that's quite useful sometimes but the
> specs are worse.
>
>
> 
>  Virus-free.
> www.avast.com
> 
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>
> On 14 July 2017 at 20:26, Dan Yargici  wrote:
>
>> Hello Softimage peoples.
>>
>> I've been waiting for the new HP Envy range of 13inch laptops to arrive
>> since the announcement in May so I can finally replace my current, ancient,
>> (2006 - eeek!) machine.
>>
>> The new Envy range seemed to have all the boxes ticked for my needs, with
>> modern ports (no Thunderbolt 3 though), dedicated graphics (the new Nvidia
>> MX150 with 2gb of vram), fingerprint reader, webcam in the correct place
>> (looking at you, Dell) etc.  However, since it's release I've been told to
>> my amazement that HP have no plans for a 16gb model, only 8gb.
>>
>> Now, the machine will mostly be for casual use, but I may want to
>> occasionally do some noodling in Houdini at home so I just thought I'd do a
>> quick poll here to gauge people's opinions.  Obviously the kind of Houdini
>> work I'd be doing would be pretty lightweight geometry experiments and
>> simple sims due to the obvious constraints also thrown up by using a mobile
>> CPU.
>>
>> So what do you think?  I'm not going to be able to wait for the
>> inevitable follow up version and like I say it's got pretty much every
>> other box ticked.  Aside from the RAM issue, for this price no other
>> machine comes close in the 13inch segment imo.
>>
>> Here are the specs:
>>
>> http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2GE75EA=ABU=NTB
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>> (Also posted to the Houdini list.)
>>
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Re: OT: 13inch laptop for occasional noodling in Houdini...

2017-07-16 Thread Tom Kleinenberg 
I'm kind of looking at a laptop for myself although it's 3 or 4 on the list
of potential "big" purchases. For my side I've been looking at having
something with a Thunderbolt port as a must to hook up an external GPU if
needed. It might be something you want to consider, particularly if you are
considering Redshift/other GPU based processing.

Apart from that, it does look good. My wife has a previous gen Lenovo
Thinkpad Yoga, which has a stylus and that's quite useful sometimes but the
specs are worse.


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www.avast.com

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On 14 July 2017 at 20:26, Dan Yargici  wrote:

> Hello Softimage peoples.
>
> I've been waiting for the new HP Envy range of 13inch laptops to arrive
> since the announcement in May so I can finally replace my current, ancient,
> (2006 - eeek!) machine.
>
> The new Envy range seemed to have all the boxes ticked for my needs, with
> modern ports (no Thunderbolt 3 though), dedicated graphics (the new Nvidia
> MX150 with 2gb of vram), fingerprint reader, webcam in the correct place
> (looking at you, Dell) etc.  However, since it's release I've been told to
> my amazement that HP have no plans for a 16gb model, only 8gb.
>
> Now, the machine will mostly be for casual use, but I may want to
> occasionally do some noodling in Houdini at home so I just thought I'd do a
> quick poll here to gauge people's opinions.  Obviously the kind of Houdini
> work I'd be doing would be pretty lightweight geometry experiments and
> simple sims due to the obvious constraints also thrown up by using a mobile
> CPU.
>
> So what do you think?  I'm not going to be able to wait for the inevitable
> follow up version and like I say it's got pretty much every other box
> ticked.  Aside from the RAM issue, for this price no other machine comes
> close in the 13inch segment imo.
>
> Here are the specs:
>
> http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2GE75EA=ABU=NTB
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan.
>
> (Also posted to the Houdini list.)
>
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OT: 13inch laptop for occasional noodling in Houdini...

2017-07-14 Thread Dan Yargici 
Hello Softimage peoples.

I've been waiting for the new HP Envy range of 13inch laptops to arrive
since the announcement in May so I can finally replace my current, ancient,
(2006 - eeek!) machine.

The new Envy range seemed to have all the boxes ticked for my needs, with
modern ports (no Thunderbolt 3 though), dedicated graphics (the new Nvidia
MX150 with 2gb of vram), fingerprint reader, webcam in the correct place
(looking at you, Dell) etc.  However, since it's release I've been told to
my amazement that HP have no plans for a 16gb model, only 8gb.

Now, the machine will mostly be for casual use, but I may want to
occasionally do some noodling in Houdini at home so I just thought I'd do a
quick poll here to gauge people's opinions.  Obviously the kind of Houdini
work I'd be doing would be pretty lightweight geometry experiments and
simple sims due to the obvious constraints also thrown up by using a mobile
CPU.

So what do you think?  I'm not going to be able to wait for the inevitable
follow up version and like I say it's got pretty much every other box
ticked.  Aside from the RAM issue, for this price no other machine comes
close in the 13inch segment imo.

Here are the specs:

http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2GE75EA=ABU=NTB

Thanks.

Dan.

(Also posted to the Houdini list.)
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