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| New laptop [message #94881] |
Fri, 18 January 2008 15:22  |
TCB
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Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer department,
I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and DJ
machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm working
the wax.
So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920 x 1200
resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card, 1 GB
of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA drive
(again, I'll upgrade that later).
$1280 including tax and shipping.
Opinions?
TCB
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| Re: New laptop [message #94882 is a reply to message #94881] |
Fri, 18 January 2008 14:13  |
Jamie K
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Assuming there's room for a good bit of RAM, that sounds like it'll do
what you want.
How are their laptops for reliability these days? My Dad's is not that
great, but it's an older Dell.
Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com
TCB wrote:
> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer department,
> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and DJ
> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm working
> the wax.
>
> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920 x 1200
> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card, 1 GB
> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA drive
> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>
> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>
> Opinions?
>
> TCB
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| Re: New laptop [message #94887 is a reply to message #94882] |
Fri, 18 January 2008 16:30 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
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Where I work we've put Dells, Sonys, and Fujitsus out in the field. Three
of six Sonys had major problems, all four of the Fujitsus have been fine,
and of about 20 Dells we've had one go bad when the video card gave out.
We'll see.
TCB
Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
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>Assuming there's room for a good bit of RAM, that sounds like it'll do
>what you want.
>
>How are their laptops for reliability these days? My Dad's is not that
>great, but it's an older Dell.
>
>Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
>TCB wrote:
>> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer
department,
>> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and
DJ
>> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
>> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm
working
>> the wax.
>>
>> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920
x 1200
>> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card,
1 GB
>> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA
drive
>> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>>
>> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> TCB
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| Re: New laptop [message #94893 is a reply to message #94881] |
Fri, 18 January 2008 15:36 |
Aaron Allen
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Dell has a history of crappy power issues, more to the point if you get a
nasty ground hum... unplug the supply and see if it goes away.
Other than that, I think they're pretty solid machines.
AA
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:479126b8$1@linux...
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> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer
> department,
> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and DJ
> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for
> writing/testing
> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm
> working
> the wax.
>
> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920 x
> 1200
> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card, 1 GB
> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA
> drive
> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>
> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>
> Opinions?
>
> TCB
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| Re: New laptop [message #94919 is a reply to message #94881] |
Sat, 19 January 2008 07:58 |
Chris Ludwig
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HI Thad,
What re you using for an audio interface on the laptop?
Not sure on the 1710 but on most of the other current Dells they use
both Ricoh and Agere firewire chip sets. Neither will be as compatible
or perform as well as TI or Via FW chipsets.
If you machine has a express card then you might be able to bypass that
limitation by using a 2 port fw400 express card with a TI chipset.
I only see the 1720 on their web site is the 1710 a refurb?
Chris
TCB wrote:
> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer department,
> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and DJ
> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm working
> the wax.
>
> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920 x 1200
> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card, 1 GB
> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA drive
> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>
> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>
> Opinions?
>
> TCB
>
--
Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762
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| Re: New laptop [message #94928 is a reply to message #94919] |
Sat, 19 January 2008 13:17 |
TCB
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It was a typo, it's a 1720 and the interfaces I'll be using with it are either
the NI Traktor Skratch thing (USB 2) or an RME multiface. I'll have to get
the RME Express card if I want to use it but that's not a huge deal.
TCB
Chris Ludwig <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote:
>HI Thad,
>What re you using for an audio interface on the laptop?
>Not sure on the 1710 but on most of the other current Dells they use
>both Ricoh and Agere firewire chip sets. Neither will be as compatible
>or perform as well as TI or Via FW chipsets.
>If you machine has a express card then you might be able to bypass that
>limitation by using a 2 port fw400 express card with a TI chipset.
>I only see the 1720 on their web site is the 1710 a refurb?
>
>Chris
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>TCB wrote:
>> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer
department,
>> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and
DJ
>> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
>> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm
working
>> the wax.
>>
>> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920
x 1200
>> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card,
1 GB
>> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA
drive
>> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>>
>> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> TCB
>>
>
>--
>Chris Ludwig
>ADK
>chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
>www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
>(859) 635-5762
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| Re: New laptop [message #94943 is a reply to message #94928] |
Sat, 19 January 2008 19:33 |
Chris Ludwig
Messages: 868
Registered: May 2006
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Cool you'll probably be fine then
TCB wrote:
> It was a typo, it's a 1720 and the interfaces I'll be using with it are either
> the NI Traktor Skratch thing (USB 2) or an RME multiface. I'll have to get
> the RME Express card if I want to use it but that's not a huge deal.
>
> TCB
>
> Chris Ludwig <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote:
>
>> HI Thad,
>> What re you using for an audio interface on the laptop?
>> Not sure on the 1710 but on most of the other current Dells they use
>> both Ricoh and Agere firewire chip sets. Neither will be as compatible
>> or perform as well as TI or Via FW chipsets.
>> If you machine has a express card then you might be able to bypass that
>>
>
>
>> limitation by using a 2 port fw400 express card with a TI chipset.
>> I only see the 1720 on their web site is the 1710 a refurb?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> TCB wrote:
>>
>>> Just to further cloud the issue of what costs too much in the computer
>>>
> department,
>
>>> I ordered a new laptop today. It's going to be a combination office and
>>>
> DJ
>
>>> machine for me. I WANTED hefty and big, more screen space for writing/testing
>>> code and more weight to make it harder to knock off the table while I'm
>>>
> working
>
>>> the wax.
>>>
>>> So, Dell Inspiron 1720. 17" wide screen display, I upgraded to a 1920
>>>
> x 1200
>
>>> resolution, Core 2 Duo at 2.0 Ghz, 256 MB nVidia 8600m GT video card,
>>>
> 1 GB
>
>>> of memory (I'll upgrade that with Crucial after the fact), 120 GB SATA
>>>
> drive
>
>>> (again, I'll upgrade that later).
>>>
>>> $1280 including tax and shipping.
>>>
>>> Opinions?
>>>
>>> TCB
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Chris Ludwig
>> ADK
>> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
>> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
>> (859) 635-5762
>>
>
>
--
Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762
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