RE: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-24 Thread Dave Crozier
When everybody joins in they are definitely Mass debates! Dave C -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Helio Wakasugui Sent: 23 May 2010 20:35 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Debating between two machines... Be advised

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-23 Thread Helio Wakasugui
Be advised that the ATI HD 5000 series sucks mightily in 2D performance. ATI has said it's a driver issue and they're working on it. The fix was promissed in the Catalyst 10.4 drivers (last ones), but as of 10.6 preview drivers the 2D is still crap. Reviewers have said even some integrated video co

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-23 Thread Pete Theisen
Michael Oke, II wrote: > [NF] actually. > > ::michael Hi Michael, Not the kind of debates we have here, LOL. >> He would have flagged it [OT] if that had been the case :-) -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ ___

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-23 Thread Michael Oke, II
[NF] actually. ::michael On 5/23/10, Pete Theisen wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: >> When I first read the subject, I thought someone had programmed two >> machines to debate each other. LOL > > Hi Michael, > > He would have flagged it [OT] if that had been the case :-) > -- > Regards, > > Pet

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-23 Thread Pete Theisen
Michael Madigan wrote: > When I first read the subject, I thought someone had programmed two machines > to debate each other. LOL Hi Michael, He would have flagged it [OT] if that had been the case :-) -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-22 Thread Michael Madigan
When I first read the subject, I thought someone had programmed two machines to debate each other. LOL --- On Thu, 5/20/10, Joel N. Fischoff wrote: > From: Joel N. Fischoff > Subject: [NF] Debating between two machines... > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Thursday, May 20, 20

RE: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-21 Thread Malcolm Greene
Adam, Another happy Sony laptop user. We're using Sony VPCCW17FX (about $800 US) laptops (upgraded from Win 7 Premium to Win 7 Professional) with great success. http://news.sel.sony.com/documents/consumer/computer_peripheral/notebooks/VPCCW17FXR.pdf - Model: VPCCW17FX, 5.3 lbs (with standard ba

RE: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-21 Thread Adam Buckland
de from VS6 -> VFP 9 and my screens don't work... but that's another post Adam. -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Joel N. Fischoff Sent: 20 May 2010 17:21 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Debating between two mac

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Joel N. Fischoff
>HP *used* to be good, now I am not sure. I recently returned a >HP scanner that was not as described so . . . The first machines I checked were HP machines, but I found them to be pretty expensive. Dell was even worse - an equivalent Dell machine to the HP I'd been looking at was $2,000 more.

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Pete Theisen
Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Joel N. Fischoff wrote: >>> How fast is the HD speed? >> 7200RPM. They're 500GB drives, but the G73 has two of them, while the G51 >> has one. >> >> >>> Does the monitor handle touch? >> The G51 is 15.6", the G73 is 17.3", but neither are

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Pete Theisen
Joel N. Fischoff wrote: >> Have you a link? > > Though it's not where I'd likely buy it from, Amazon seems to have the most > comprehensive information. > > G51JX-A1: > http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Gamers-G51JX-A1-15-6-Inch-Gaming/dp/B0034NGZWM > G73JH-A1: > http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Ga

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Stephen Russell
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Joel N. Fischoff wrote: >>How fast is the HD speed? > > 7200RPM.  They're 500GB drives, but the G73 has two of them, while the G51 > has one. > > >>Does the monitor handle touch? > > The G51 is 15.6", the G73 is 17.3", but neither are touch monitors, I don't > thi

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Joel N. Fischoff
>How fast is the HD speed? 7200RPM. They're 500GB drives, but the G73 has two of them, while the G51 has one. >Does the monitor handle touch? The G51 is 15.6", the G73 is 17.3", but neither are touch monitors, I don't think. Joel ___ Post Messag

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Malcolm Greene
Joel, Can't comment on the laptops per se, but we use eSATA drives on our servers and these drives are a *lot* faster than our external USB 2.0 and Firewire drives. Malcolm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.c

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Stephen Russell
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Joel N. Fischoff wrote: > Heya, > > So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two machines.  Both are > ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1.  Both machines use the > i7-720QM.  Both max out at 8GB, but the G51 comes with 6GB installed, while > the

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Joel N. Fischoff
>Have you a link? Though it's not where I'd likely buy it from, Amazon seems to have the most comprehensive information. G51JX-A1: http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Gamers-G51JX-A1-15-6-Inch-Gaming/dp/B0034NGZWM G73JH-A1: http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Gamers-G73JH-A1-17-Inch-Gaming/dp/B0039825JE

RE: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Jarvis, Matthew
> -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] > On Behalf Of Joel N. Fischoff > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:21 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: [NF] Debating between two machines... > > > Overall

Re: [NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Pete Theisen
Joel N. Fischoff wrote: > Heya, > > So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two machines. Both are > ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1. Hi Joel, Have you a link? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ ___

[NF] Debating between two machines...

2010-05-20 Thread Joel N. Fischoff
Heya, So, in the latest, I'm considering getting one of two machines. Both are ASUS laptops - the G51JX-A1 and the G73JH-A1. Both machines use the i7-720QM. Both max out at 8GB, but the G51 comes with 6GB installed, while the G73 has the full 8GB. nVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M versus ATI Mobility