Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Mar 31 16:02:00 CDT 2009
I agree with Gary, except that I'd go for Business, not Home Premium, especially if you will occasionally need to connect to clients' networks ( and download NetSetMan to management your network settings in this event). I'd also put VirtualBox on it soo that can run XP/Access 2003 when you want. -- Stuart On 31 Mar 2009 at 9:47, Rocky Smolin wrote: > I got some XP licenses as well. Much more comfortable with that. But I've > got Vista on my secondary box and it ain't bad. Access 2007 is the worst > thing they've come up with since Windows ME. But Vista I can live with and > I'm thinking I'd better learn it while I've got some time. > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:40 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Laptop Advice > > Or you could stay with Windows XP -- Dell has that as an option as well on > certain models. > > Carolyn Johnson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com> > To: "Off Topic" <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com> > Cc: "List" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Laptop Advice > > > I agree with Drew. For $90 you get a dual core Pentium verses a single > core Celeron. It's running at about the same clock speed but will be a > lot faster. The Dual Core front side bus speed is 800 verses 667 for > the celeron. That is the speed to the RAM I beleive. So every time you > hit RAM you will be a bit more than 10% faster. And that happens > often. And you get another gig of RAM. 2 verses 3 GB. Double the hard > drive space at 320 verses 160GB. > > Seems like a no brainer for me. Option #2. > > I'd spend another $30 on the upgrade to Vista Home Premium. > > Here's the differences between Vista Versions > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx > > My opinion but you did ask ;-) > > GK > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear List(s): > > > > > > > > I need a new laptop like I need a third leg. But my current machine is > > about 5-6 years old - a 64 bit Compaq that runs slower than a stuck pig > > but > > is perfectly adequate for the occasions I need it - rare road trips and > > vacations - visits to clients. It also weighs about 200 pounds (feels that > > way after carrying it for about 6 minutes) and have batteries which will > > run > > it for a fabulous 60-70 minutes. > > > > Dell, bless their hearts, keep sending me teasers about Inspiron 15s. I > > really, really WANT one. So now they're offering two of them: