World: r3wp

Are there any advantages of one over the other?  I have only used 
PGP.  What I like is:


I can create a file (x.pgp) of any size, then mount it as a drive. 
 This allows me to do things like make a file that is the size of 
a DVD disk, and if I need to burn it I just copy the folder to the 
DVD drive.  Although, since Qtask exists, I stopped burning CDs and 
DVDs, since my data is safer on Qtask.

In fact, since this topic is Hardware, I should mention that I have 
heavily cut down my need of harddrives.  Part of why I used to have 
lots of mediums was that I needed back ups.  But every drive on Qtask 
is a) Raid 5, b) Mirrored, and then c) soon will be mirrrored again 
and again as more servers come on line world wide.  So the safest 
place to shove my data is onto the web.

Strange - our company buy IBMs and now part of our company switched 
to Dell, no problems so far - they exchange your notebook next working 
day for little price addition ...

HP Pavilion dv8280us is almost the same as the Toshiba but $1,000.00 
cheaper.  What are your experiences with HP notebooks?

I think that every hw can potentially fail. I know IBMs for 8 years, 
I have one Dell for 6 year, and I have Acer for 2.5 years .... some 
failed, some don't, but all are good machines - tools ;-)

As for HP, I just had oportunity to buy 2 of them, for our management, 
- they work ...

and - I don't buy the crap that you can tell, who the person is, 
judging for his notebook. Acer does 30% market in CZ, it works, and 
display is crystal sharp here, while whole one line of Dell's (14") 
has crappy display yellow/red cast to letters etc.

Problem with laptops is not only the Hardware (that can fails). 

What I dislike with them is the f*cking number of software addons 
they need to start to handle the hardware. Remember Carl's blog on 
that !!

you don't need that sw imo ... and I uninstall most. IBM has thre 
part of Tivoli (maybe, not sure), you simply can have image file 
somewhere, then booting, pressing F12, password, and you can unpack 
your image when you reinstall ...

(that's with IBM PCs, not sure about notebooks)

I have an HP I got a while back (had to, for a gig; I hate laptops); 
it's worked fine, but I don't mess with things on it much, so it 
should. :-)

Only thing is that it's really heavy. Knowing what I know now, I'd 
probably try to go the way Reichart has--as small as possible--and 
just plug into a keyboard and monitor where I go.

Pekr, that is not true ($1000 diff).  You must be comparing Toshiba's 
list price from the site to HP's street price.  It more like a hundred 
bucks.


But...I agree the HP specs are much better.    Finding the right 
laptop is a lot of work.

http://www.mysimon.com/Toshiba_Qosmio_G35_AV600/4014-3121_8-31749236.html?tag=also

http://www.mysimon.com/HP_Pavilion_Dv8280us_Notebook_PC/4014-3121_8-31836605.html

Reichart: ? I don't understand somehow - was I comparing anything 
price-wise?

He misunderstood. It was me.

Yes, you guys are all blue..............

So just saw block of blue.

Is this color better?

Reichart, you put in the wrong model number for the Qosmio. Here's 
the price for the G35-AV650


http://search.mysimon.com/search?pgtpid=4012&tag=srch.glnav&editionid=4&qt=QOSMIO+G35-AV650&nodeid=5

It is the first notebook to support HD DVD. That is why it is so 
expensive. "Toshiba has been a leader in DVD technology since 1996 
when we introduced the world’s first DVD players. Now we’ve revolutionized 
the mobile world by creating the first notebook with an HD DVD ROM 
drive. As a leader in mobility and a member of the DVD Forum, we’re 
always striving to make the next leap in digital entertainment."

Reichart, Now I am in trouble. I think my wife wants the Lifebook 
P7000D. And its your fault.

No, its the LifeBook P7120D Notebook FPCM20754 she wants.

hahaha

YEah, that is what I have the P7120D.

I love it.

That simple.

That's a nice looking laptop.

What results do you guys get for speed.r on your laptops?

It seems to me that laptops are really slow.

Where is a link?

Link to what?

Ah...on Rebol.com/speed.r

Console:   0:00:01.422 - 356 KC/S
Processor: 0:00:00.611 - 1414 RHz (REBOL-Hertz)
Memory:    0:00:01.452 - 32 MB/S
Disk/File: 0:00:00.271 - 112 MB/S

This si the P7010D

(I was playing music in the BG, I would assume that would effect 
it)

Console:   0:00:01.282 - 394 KC/S
Processor: 0:00:00.731 - 1181 RHz (REBOL-Hertz)
Memory:    0:00:01.412 - 33 MB/S
Disk/File: 0:00:00.24 - 127 MB/S

With music turned off.

That is a fast hard drive.

Console for my desktop is 588 however, and it is not a very fast 
desktop.

But my hard drive speed is only 4.

Must be a Seagate Snail.

Are flat panel displays slower than the old style monitors?

Speeds for the laptop I've been considering are:

Console: 450
Processor: 2128
Memory: 53
Disk: 85

Is that fast enough to edit video?

Even a slow computer can edit video just fine.  It depends on what 
medium you work on.  For example, if work in Raw, everything is really 
fast.  When you finally move to a format (AVI, .MOV, .MPG, etc.) 
that is when stuff takes a LONG time.  You need lots of video space.

I don't understand your display question.  Do you mean refresh rates?

In speed.r what is Console measuring? Whatever it is that is what 
I'm comparing.

I just shot some High Def out on the ocean the other day, and brought 
it into this laptop and edited it just fine.  I'm working on 1 gig 
files on average.

My guess on KC/S would be kilo characters output to the Console per 
second...I suggest looking at the code though.