[dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation

I have a bit of history with the old first generation slot A Athlon and fan
death. I popped the box open on about a year old Athlon 700 where the
heatsink and fan hadn't been connected properly to the cpu housing and the
heatsink and fan were just hanging close to the to the case but not attached
with the fan wire connected and running. I have no idea whether the machine
would have survived in a less than ideal environment, which this one was.
There was no temp sensor so I have no idea what the temp was. I connected
the heatsink and fan. This computer OK had been running before, and still
runs today. I wouldn't want to try that on any of the newer Athlons though,
because my history with newer Athlons is that they run pretty hot.

I never had to replace an Athlon for reasons other than obsolescence, and
have several that have run for extended periods of time, never being shut
down except for maintenance or extended power outages. I do take extra
filtration, exhaust, cooling and maintenance measures when preparing
"industrial strength" machines and machines that have to survive in less
than friendly environments.

jm

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:48 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation


I've had both and would side with the AMD arguments. One thing I've seen in
test result comments but have never verified is that some - if not all
Athlons will burn up very quickly when the fan dies while the Pentiums will
turn themselves off if they reach a certain temperature.

To reinterate(!) I have no idea if this is true or not.

Can someone attest to this either way?

JB


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H
Tapia
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:00 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation


jwcolby wrote On 6/9/2004 9:34 AM:

>LOL.  People get emotional about their computers.  You will find others
just
>as emotional about how good their Intel box is.
>
>
This is very true.  To some it's as religious as unbound forms or
natural pk's, or even setting arbitrary field lenghths in lookup table
fields ;o).

>I for one agree with Francisco, I love my AMD.  I have not had an Intel box
>in this century.
>
>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:05 PM
>To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation
>
>
>Argh, I only asked a simple question, what have I started??? :-)
>
>
>Jon
>
>
--
-Francisco


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