Re: Your best laptop?

From: Dennis Landi (nada_at_nada.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:50:23 -0400

"Alan Garny" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:413d66e8$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> That's it... It's time for me to upgrade my laptop...
>
> Budget? I shall worry about that later... :)
>
> Some of my requirements:
>
> - Very fast processor (for scientific computation),
> - Plenty of memory (for scientific computation, indeed...),
> - Very fast video card (scientific visualisation),
> - Very big display (I like using a very high resolution, so...),
> - Very big hard disk (the more space, the merrier),
> - Miscellaneous: docking station, wireless connectivity (802.11b/g),
> Bluetooth, USB 2, IEEE 1394, Infrared, TV interface and rucksack.
>

Get the "biggest" laptop you can afford. I have a Dell Inspiron and I am
extremely happy with it. I bought 3 hot-swappable harddrives, detachable
floppy drive and extra hotswapple CDRom drive when I bought the laptop. I
also bought 3 docking stations for the laptop. This is important.

I never have the feeling that I will damage the laptop, as it is always
completely protected by the docking station, no matter where I go. I have
two permanent docking stations at locations I am usually at, and then I
have one floating docking station for consulting needs. I have rarely used
the laptop's monitor or mousepad/keyboard. I treat is as a desktop
computer. Thus, its in pristine condition after about 2 and a half years...

hth

-d

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