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Chas:
I have the ATI card he is referring to...great card!
Tim
At 07:54 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote:
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>Group-
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>This is an opinion from one of my networking contacts. Just thought I'd
>share it with the group.
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>Chas
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>Hi
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>I am very partial to Toshiba/IBM/Sony/Futjitsu all are Japanese built ..
>the rest of then ( all of the laptops) are built in Taiwan in 2 factories
>.. just crank out different cases ..
>
>The Japs build better stuff than Taiwan ( look at cars , as an example )
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>Good resource is <http://www.eritech.com>www.eritech.com Refurbs (
>warranty or demo returns ) with a significant price saving as well as
>warranty .. believe it or not Costco is also okay ( but new)
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>I would go with the P4 with hyperthread over an AMD for just that reason (
>Hyperthread is like a dual cpu ) want at least 1 gig of ram ( if he's
>going to run trading stuff on it ) Prefer the ATI graphics card over a
>Nvidia ... min 5400 rpm HD , prefer 7200 rpm ( few have that )
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>The Amd will run a little warmer than the P4 , but the P4 ( they now refer
>to the cpu's as 500 and 700 series etc ) isn't that cool either .. always
>elevate the lappy off the desk at the rear or get a lappy cooler for 25
>bucks .. heat kills these babies ... and it's reflected off the desk
>surface back onto the main components
>
>17 wide screen is real nice for trading ... but a little big to carry ..
>but worth it .. all the new ones allow an extra hang on external monitor
>so you can go dual ... but get a lappy with a PMCIA slot and you can add
>an additional video card also ...
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>That's about it .. I found eritech to provide good service / great
>prices and if you are not in CA .. no taxes either ...
>
>Happy to help anymore if I can ..
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