Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Stephen Russell
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: I found the difference between an i3 and i5 is massive whereas the difference from a i5 to i5 is not that great, unless of course you have software that can really use the additional cores. --- Have a

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
On 5/18/15 9:01 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: Damnit ... I think I'm becoming a Fanboi! How sad! Yes it was expensive, but the applecare warranty means that in 2 years it will still be a saleable machine should I want to get

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Kurt Wendt
Thanks for the input Dave. Although I suspect you meant that the difference between the i5 and i7 is not that great. And, yes - the SW I use can indeed take advantage of multiple cores - as it was one of the programs on the market that could take advantage of multiple cores from VERY early on!

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Paul McNett p...@mcnettware.com wrote: 1) The System76 gazelle is an awesome machine except for one huge thing and one thing to be aware of. The huge thing:the keyboard is garbage. My K key only hits half the time, the keys are spaced weird including a

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Stephen Russell
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: Have a Dell i7 Precision M4800 16 gig of ram is one of the best laptops I have ever used. My partner got the Precision M6800, loaded

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Kurt Wendt kurt_we...@globetax.com wrote: I'm also looking for a laptop - and I am even considering a Refurb, as you mentioned. Although - yeah - I need decent 3D - since I'm mainly doing 3D on it - and e-mails. So, keyboard has to be decent for doing

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: Have a Dell i7 Precision M4800 16 gig of ram is one of the best laptops I have ever used. My partner got the Precision M6800, loaded i7 16 Gb, the 17 model. The first refurb we got was a repair nightmare:

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Kurt Wendt
Hey Ted, I made it thru - although I wouldn't consider it a Rant. You made me chuckle with the Contestants reference. I'm also looking for a laptop - and I am even considering a Refurb, as you mentioned. Although - yeah - I need decent 3D - since I'm mainly doing 3D on it - and e-mails. So,

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Dave Crozier
I found the difference between an i3 and i5 is massive whereas the difference from a i5 to i5 is not that great, unless of course you have software that can really use the additional cores. As I have said on a few occasions on here, I wouldn't swap my 13 i7 Macbook Pro with 16Gb for anything

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: Damnit ... I think I'm becoming a Fanboi! How sad! Yes it was expensive, but the applecare warranty means that in 2 years it will still be a saleable machine should I want to get rid of it. While there are some

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
On 5/18/15 10:51 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: On 5/18/15 10:21 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: On 5/18/15 9:01 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: Damnit ... I think I'm becoming a Fanboi! How sad! Yes it was expensive, but the

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
I guess I need something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-512GB-CMFVYGS3B-512GB/dp/B00S89FF78/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8qid=1431970081sr=8-2keywords=512gb+usb+3.0+flash+drive 512 gb flash drives are still pretty expensive, at least for someone like me. LOL Regards, LelandJ

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Jeff Johnson
Just so I make myself clear, I do backups like you do. The things I put on the FTP site are the things you might put on a CD or thumb drive when on the road. On 5/18/2015 10:20 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: Yes. There are lots of options when it come to backups. All my Linux computers have two

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
Yes. There are lots of options when it come to backups. All my Linux computers have two identical drives. Periodically I make a mirror image backup to the backup drive. After the backup, I disconnect the backup drive form the computer's motherboard, and it reside safely stored in a tray

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
Yes. If I brought a 512 gb flash drive to do a mirror image backup of my macbook pro, I would have to put an exFAT file system on it. exFat works across most OS(s) including windows, OS X and Linux. The file size limit on exFAT is 16 eb or 16,000,000,000 gbs. I was able to install the exFAT

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Jeff Johnson
HP 14 Dual-Core Chromebook with Free 4G http://www.woot.com/offers/hp-14-dual-core-chromebook-with-free-4g Sold by Woot Condition: Factory Reconditioned Screen Size: 14 Did I mention that it is very light weight? I have bought a ton of stuff from Woot that is refurb or reconditioned.

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
One other thought. You can pay extra for an apple CD/DVD player, or other usb CD/DVD, which connects to one of the 2 available USB 3.0 ports on the Macbook Pro, but I really don't find a CD/DVD device necessary. The use of CD/DVD media is rapidly declining in favor of stream over the

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
On 5/18/15 10:21 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: On 5/18/15 9:01 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: Damnit ... I think I'm becoming a Fanboi! How sad! Yes it was expensive, but the applecare warranty means that in 2 years it will still

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Stephen Russell
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: HP 14 Dual-Core Chromebook with Free 4G http://www.woot.com/offers/hp-14-dual-core-chromebook-with-free-4g Sold by Woot Condition: Factory Reconditioned Screen Size: 14 Did I mention that it is very light

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Jeff Johnson
I personally FTP all that stuff to my web site. Then I download it when I need it. Like installs. On 5/18/2015 10:01 AM, Leland Jackson wrote: One other thought. You can pay extra for an apple CD/DVD player, or other usb CD/DVD, which connects to one of the 2 available USB 3.0 ports on

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: I purchased a chromebook from Woot for $199. It is the best laptop I have ever owned and I love using it. (I know that is a strong emotion). It sure is! That's quite an endorsement. Which brand of chromebook did you get?

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Allen
Windows also has a cloud and so does android. All ok for data that does not matter but I would not trust any of them with vital data. Al -Original Message- One other nice feature I forgot to mention. The apple products come with icloud to keep all you're apple devices backed up. The

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
It's always a good idea to replicate, and perhaps have incremental backups: https://www.apple.com/support/backup/ Regards, LelandJ Regards, LelandJ On 5/18/15 11:45 AM, Allen wrote: Windows also has a cloud and so does android. All ok for data that does not matter but I would not trust

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Jeff Johnson
Stephen: That has not been my experience. Mine fires up instantly and I have not seen an update although there have been some. Maybe they do it at another time then boot up. My wife has a MAC and when we fire up our laptops on the weekend, I always smile. She doesn't like my Chromebook

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Kurt Wendt
And the Apple Cloud supposedly works on the PC - as I got a request to update it this weekend on my main home PC. Although - honestly - I haven't really used it yet. -K- -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Monday, May 18,

RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Kurt Wendt
Holy Crap - now THAT is surely Expensive for a Thumb drive! Not sure if it makes sense - since the items are so small - its easy to lose. And, at that price - I would be Mighty PO'd if I lost it! -K- -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of

SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Joe Yoder
I have a ledger table with about 23,000 records and a category table with about 150 records. Both tables have an integer iCat_Id field which I use in the following code: SELECT led.iCat_Id, ddate, Led.iCat_Id, cCategory; FROM Led, Cat; WHERE Cat.iCat_Id = Led.iCat_Id The select comes back

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Leland Jackson
Notable Quote: #--- Agent K: What do you mean here? Agent J: The galaxy's hundreds and millions of stars and planets. How's it here? Frank: You humans. When're you gonna learn that size doesn't matter? Just 'cause something's important, doesn't mean it's not very, very small.

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Jean MAURICE
Joe, I wouldn't leave fields ddate and cCategory without 'Cat.' and if you are under VFP9, I'll write SELECT led.iCat_Id, cat.ddate, Led.iCat_Id, cat.cCategory ; FROM cat INNER JOIN led ON cat.icat_id = led.icat_id ; INTO CURSOR myresult You can detect if the same icat_id belongs to

RE: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Tracy Pearson
Joe Yoder wrote on 2015-05-18: I have a ledger table with about 23,000 records and a category table with about 150 records. Both tables have an integer iCat_Id field which I use in the following code: SELECT led.iCat_Id, ddate, Led.iCat_Id, cCategory; FROM Led, Cat; WHERE

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Tracy Pearson tr...@powerchurch.com wrote: I believe by default the FROM Led, Cat is an implicit LEFT JOIN. You'll get all the records from LED, and only matching records from CAT. If the second iCat_Id was pulling from Cat, it would probably be blank the same

RE: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Tracy Pearson
Ted Roche wrote on 2015-05-18: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Tracy Pearson tr...@powerchurch.com wrote: I believe by default the FROM Led, Cat is an implicit LEFT JOIN. You'll get all the records from LED, and only matching records from CAT. If the second iCat_Id was pulling from

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Jean MAURICE
Tracy, the best way to be sure is to write INNER, LEFT OUTER or RIGHT OUTER in each query !! The Foxil ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

RE: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Tracy Pearson
Jean MAURICE wrote on 2015-05-18: Tracy, the best way to be sure is to write INNER, LEFT OUTER or RIGHT OUTER in each query !! The Foxil Jean, True, this is my habit. Not doing that leaves ambiguity when reading the code, and running the code can have different results in

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
Joe: So, here's what you've told us: CREATE TABLE led (iledpk i autoinc, ddate d, icat_id i) CREATE TABLE cat (icat_id i autoinc, cCategory c(20)) FOR i = 1 TO 150 INSERT INTO cat (cCategory) VALUES (Category + LTRIM(STR(i))) NEXT FOR i = 1 TO 200 FOR j = 1 TO 150 INSERT INTO led

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Joe Yoder
Thanks Ted and all for the help. What I was overlooking is the fact that I was working with tables with long file names. What was happening is that the cCategory field is actually in the Led table rather than the Cat table and the field I actually want is the cCat_Desc field in the Cat table. I

Re: SQL puzzle

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
It's not like we all haven't done it. I often alias ALL the fields in a SELECT statement, at least when I'm starting out, to ensure I am grabbing the fields from the tables I think I am. When I'm naming fields I tend to go back to the same names, so it's not unusual to have an lActive in each

FMPro Migrator for Visual FoxPro

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[NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
TL;DR: What are your criteria and recommendations for a development laptop? I'm in the market for a replacement development latop, and would welcome your thoughts on what your criteria are for a machine. I'm in the market for a new machine and haven't found the perfect one yet. Nearly all of my

RE: CopyToExcel (Craig Boyd)

2015-05-18 Thread Paul Newton
Hi all Update - solution found here https://www.connectionstrings.com/the-microsoft-ace-oledb-12-0-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine/ Thanks again for all your suggestions -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul Newton

Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop

2015-05-18 Thread Paul McNett
Hey Ted, I read your whole thing but am only going to say a couple specific things: 1) The System76 gazelle is an awesome machine except for one huge thing and one thing to be aware of. The huge thing:the keyboard is garbage. My K key only hits half the time, the keys are spaced weird