The thread formerly known as the laptop thread but is now about random tech.

[Mr.Pandah]

Oh? Are those programs truly taxing? The laptop should still be alright though...right? I added the better video card, the RAM and the 2.4 processor as opposed to what it was at first.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

It'll tax your battery by adding those extras, but CAD is the only one that I know will tax your system. Some of the others might, but I'm not sure.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Ah, okay. I take it you know quite a bit about this. Are you also a major in say, Digital Media or CS? I don't mind it taking some battery life with it, but I just want it to be able to run the programs, it doesn't have to be smooth as silk, but it needs to get the job done.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Ah, okay. I take it you know quite a bit about this. Are you also a major in say, Digital Media or CS? I don't mind it taking some battery life with it, but I just want it to be able to run the programs, it doesn't have to be smooth as silk, but it needs to get the job done.

No, I don't know jack about most of that. I just know what AutoCAD does, and those programs tend to eat resources badly.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Ah, okay. I take it you know quite a bit about this. Are you also a major in say, Digital Media or CS? I don't mind it taking some battery life with it, but I just want it to be able to run the programs, it doesn't have to be smooth as silk, but it needs to get the job done.

No, I don't know jack about most of that. I just know what AutoCAD does, and those programs tend to eat resources badly.

Haha okay =) I'm surprised by how much help I got from simply asking. It really paid off this time =D Thanks again...Ma'am(?) At least...thats what I understood from the tangent before =P

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Yup. And always feel free to ask, for the most part, we're friendly.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

 

[Alex_P]

Labview, AutoCAD, MS Office 2007 Enterprise, MS Project 2007, MS OneNote 2007, MS InfoPath 2007, MS Visual Studio 2005, ROBOLAB version 2.9.2, MATLAB Release 2007a, MS SharePoint Designer 2007, MS Publisher 2007, MS Groove 2007, MS Visio 2007, MS Expression Web, Norton Antivirus Corp Ed. 10.2, Additional "toolboxes" for MATLAB.

Oh, okay, I see...

It looks like they expect you to be running a lot of stuff right on your laptop.

My CS department did things quite differently. We had labs full of Debian (Linux) machines, all of which could be accessed through SSH [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell]. Basically didn't need my own box for anything.

-- Alex

 

[crimson5pheonix]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

What's the name of the college? Maybe I could help.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

What's the name of the college? Maybe I could help.

*Dumbfounded stare* Wait...really? I mean, I live in New York and according to your profile your in Texas...So, I really don't see you being able to pull any strings...but its called Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

If it was sarcasm, I'm currently laughing at my gullibleness and that I just responded to it =)

 

[crimson5pheonix]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

What's the name of the college? Maybe I could help.

*Dumbfounded stare* Wait...really? I mean, I live in New York and according to your profile your in Texas...So, I really don't see you being able to pull any strings...but its called Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

If it was sarcasm, I'm currently laughing at my gullibleness and that I just responded to it =)

I know some people there, I'll pull some strings and see what happens.

 

[xitel]

Eggo and I were starting to talk about notebooks on a different thread and I can already see an argument brewing and I didn't want to hijack the thread (for once), so here we can all share in the pain.

For those who don't know, a netbook is a small underpowered notebook with outstanding battery life and portability.

Holy hijackers, Batman! Crim isn't stealing a thread? Anyways, I would say it depends on what you're doing. If you're taking notes in class, then I would recommend Netbook. If you're doing more processor-intensive stuff, notebook is the obvious choice.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Eggo and I were starting to talk about notebooks on a different thread and I can already see an argument brewing and I didn't want to hijack the thread (for once), so here we can all share in the pain.

For those who don't know, a netbook is a small underpowered notebook with outstanding battery life and portability.

Holy hijackers, Batman! Crim isn't stealing a thread? Anyways, I would say it depends on what you're doing. If you're taking notes in class, then I would recommend Netbook. If you're doing more processor-intensive stuff, notebook is the obvious choice.

I was waiting for you to come along. This was bound to happen.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

What's the name of the college? Maybe I could help.

*Dumbfounded stare* Wait...really? I mean, I live in New York and according to your profile your in Texas...So, I really don't see you being able to pull any strings...but its called Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

If it was sarcasm, I'm currently laughing at my gullibleness and that I just responded to it =)

I know some people there, I'll pull some strings and see what happens.

Jeez, do you really? May I friend you? and if we have any other comments related to this, I guess we can talk through messages, I apologize for severely derailing the thread to helping me out.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

=D Good to know. Now if only you had connections to the college I'm attempting to get money for... =P

What's the name of the college? Maybe I could help.

*Dumbfounded stare* Wait...really? I mean, I live in New York and according to your profile your in Texas...So, I really don't see you being able to pull any strings...but its called Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

If it was sarcasm, I'm currently laughing at my gullibleness and that I just responded to it =)

I know some people there, I'll pull some strings and see what happens.

Jeez, do you really? May I friend you? and if we have any other comments related to this, I guess we can talk through messages, I apologize for severely derailing the thread to helping me out.

First off, you're not derailing this thread, it's mostly about tech talk any way. Secondly I was just messing with you the entire time. I get some sick pleasure from it.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Haha I knew it! Bastard =P I knew I was too gullible to meddle amongst the ranks of youz guyz.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Haha I knew it! Bastard =P I knew I was too gullible to meddle amongst the ranks of youz guyz.

Don't feel too bad. You can still friend me if you want. If it would make you feel better.

 

[xitel]

Eggo and I were starting to talk about notebooks on a different thread and I can already see an argument brewing and I didn't want to hijack the thread (for once), so here we can all share in the pain.

For those who don't know, a netbook is a small underpowered notebook with outstanding battery life and portability.

Holy hijackers, Batman! Crim isn't stealing a thread? Anyways, I would say it depends on what you're doing. If you're taking notes in class, then I would recommend Netbook. If you're doing more processor-intensive stuff, notebook is the obvious choice.

I was waiting for you to come along. This was bound to happen.

Yep. And now this thread will never be the same. It seems like any time I post in the same thread as you, it goes completely off track. Although, does it count as derailment if it's your own thread?

Haha I knew it! Bastard =P I knew I was too gullible to meddle amongst the ranks of youz guyz.

Don't worry. Crim screws with people all the time.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Eggo and I were starting to talk about notebooks on a different thread and I can already see an argument brewing and I didn't want to hijack the thread (for once), so here we can all share in the pain.

For those who don't know, a netbook is a small underpowered notebook with outstanding battery life and portability.

Holy hijackers, Batman! Crim isn't stealing a thread? Anyways, I would say it depends on what you're doing. If you're taking notes in class, then I would recommend Netbook. If you're doing more processor-intensive stuff, notebook is the obvious choice.

I was waiting for you to come along. This was bound to happen.

Yep. And now this thread will never be the same. It seems like any time I post in the same thread as you, it goes completely off track. Although, does it count as derailment if it's your own thread?

Haha I knew it! Bastard =P I knew I was too gullible to meddle amongst the ranks of youz guyz.

Don't worry. Crim screws with people all the time.

There really isn't any derailment in this thread, even saying this isn't derailment.

And I don't screw with people ALL the time, only when I'm bored.

 

[xitel]

Eggo and I were starting to talk about notebooks on a different thread and I can already see an argument brewing and I didn't want to hijack the thread (for once), so here we can all share in the pain.

For those who don't know, a netbook is a small underpowered notebook with outstanding battery life and portability.

Holy hijackers, Batman! Crim isn't stealing a thread? Anyways, I would say it depends on what you're doing. If you're taking notes in class, then I would recommend Netbook. If you're doing more processor-intensive stuff, notebook is the obvious choice.

I was waiting for you to come along. This was bound to happen.

Yep. And now this thread will never be the same. It seems like any time I post in the same thread as you, it goes completely off track. Although, does it count as derailment if it's your own thread?

Haha I knew it! Bastard =P I knew I was too gullible to meddle amongst the ranks of youz guyz.

Don't worry. Crim screws with people all the time.

There really isn't any derailment in this thread, even saying this isn't derailment.

And I don't screw with people ALL the time, only when I'm bored.

So this thread can't be derailed? Is that what you're saying? Even if it derails to be a thread about us derailing threads?