RE: Which new laptop would you buy?
Thanks to all who left comments about my (possible) new laptop purchase. I did some more tests today, and I'm going to have to go with a Windows machine, especially since I hope to replicate the performance I get from my machine at work (Dell Optiplex GX260: 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows 2000 SP4):
- Opening Photoshop (7.0): 3 seconds
- Starting Eclipse (3.0 M2): 6 seconds
- Running "ant clean package-web" on AppFuse: 18 seconds
- Running "ant rebuild" on Roller: 36 seconds
Yep, that's right, my (work) desktop is twice as fast when opening Eclipse and 4 times faster opening Photoshop (than the Powerbook). So if I get a 3 GHz laptop with 1 GB RAM, it should be even faster than that right?
Right now, I'm looking at the Alienware Area-51m or the Hibersonic Aviator ZX7. At first glance, I'm leaning towards Area-51m, although the Bluetooth USB Adapter (vs. integrated Bluetooth) is disappointing. The Hibersonice has a 17" screen, but that doesn't seem to be that big of deal (after hearing y'all speak up). Also the Hibersonic has a 802.11b NIC, where the Alienware one has a 802.11g.
Posted by D'Arcy Norman on July 22, 2003 at 03:33 PM MDT #
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Posted by Kurt on July 22, 2003 at 04:19 PM MDT #
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Posted by Vic on July 24, 2003 at 12:37 AM MDT #