techyphil Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Just wondering what kit you guys have been issued with as a techy at school/work. When I arrived there was a new Dell Latitude D510 with 60GB HDD + 512MB RAM. Im now wanting a new laptop and give my perfectly fine laptop to a teacher. I figure that rather then getting a new laptop for a teacher that hardly ever hits 30% CPU usage with office and IE I figure the money would be better spent on a faster 1 for myself. I run VM's all the while, testing - burning - encyripting etc so I'd like a Dell Precision™ M65 but its tallying up at £1200! - We may get it for £900ish as we get alot of good deals via them. So what do you guys use and mainly for what?
broc Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I got rid of my laptop & replaced it with a 3ghz P4 HT DELL Precision tower system with 1gb memory, mirrored HDD and a 19" TFT screen 2 years ago. I have a UMPC to take with me (new toy!) if I go walk-about.
techyphil Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 Jesus!!!1 A techys tool is a laptop + various other things.. I'd put in for a laptop and say its a vital tool. When networkin, perfect for plugging in n testing the point etc etc. Well keep posting..
Guest Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 3yo Inspiron 8600 here. Runs Vista with Aero fine on an extrenal monitor at 1024x768 but stuggles at the laptops 1920x1200. Fab laptop still well spec'ed now - Centrino 1.7GHz / 1GB RAM / 80Gb HDD / DVDRW / bluetooth plus the lush high res screen
techyphil Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 Sorry about the topic title... late night last nite Quakeing
Dos_Box Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Just retired my 3 month old HP nx7400 (1GB RAM, 120GB HD, Core2 Duo) for a MacBook Pro (2GB RAM, 160GB HD, Core 2 Duo) running parallels. Nice
Lee_K_81 Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Toshiba portege M200 tablet PC. Also bought the *very* nice docking station and seperate monitor. Upgraded to 1GB Ram, although it's getting a bit slow recently, so i might have to up that.
dezt Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I've got an Acer Aspire 1362LMi Looked like a good deal 2 years ago, but it won't take vista so I can't look at it yet. Sempron 2800+ 2Gb Ram 15.0" TFT LCD Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5200 - reason vista won't give me pretty graphics 60 Gb Hdd DVD + - RW 802.11 b/g wireless does everything else I need it to do but i'm hoping to get a new one that'll take vista, something like a sony vaio.
Guest Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 @dezt Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5200 - reason vista won't give me pretty graphics You don't say what video memory you card has but my Inspiron 8600 has that video card and can run Aero
plexer Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I struggled to get one here and it was only after a change of ICT Co-ordinator that I got one. I have an Ergo Microlite 400 I think it was allthough models have changed slightly. Ben
dezt Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 @sysman 64Mb, according to the vista upgrade advisor it won't work, i'll have to give it a try.
pete Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Core 2 Duo linux box here for running vms and a xp workstation vm. Most the time, I just shell into it from my aging T23.
StewartKnight Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I have a dual core Sony Vaio. The x-black screen is incredible!
krisd32 Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 i don't even have my own dedicated pc i do most my work on the servers them selves rather than sit in a classroom! i do have a kubuntu box set up but its not plugged in at the moment as i don't have any room for anything in little office! so you should all find your selves lucky the view out of my window is nice though!
Ric_ Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 My current laptop is a HP nc8000 (Pentium-M with 512MB RAM and ATI graphics). I must admit that it is a bit of a brick an is only really a stop gap until I get something slimmer. The machine was purchased second hand from 1st Tech for a couple of hundred quid and is perfectly adequate for most things... although more RAM would allow for VMs, etc. I currently run Debian on the laptop.
craiglay Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Dual core Sony Vaio SZ2 here... but I had to buy it myself. Replaces my desktop for most things too. Vista Capable the sticker says and the specs suggest... Haven't tried yet and can't run the vista tool. Craig
GrumbleDook Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I have a nice little MacBook with extra RAM ... parallels for testing Windows stuff and it runs a number of extra things happily too (WoW, Football Manager 2007, etc)
Midget Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I have a 300MHz P2 Dell with 64mb of RAM running a very cut down version of XP. Runs faster than my 1GHz Mini-ITX based laptop and its brilliant for programming switches as the COM port just works, unlike a lot of newer ones which either dont have them or refuse for work correctly.
HodgeHi Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Macbook Pro with 2GB RAM running server2003 and win xp client in Parallels to test network configs at the mo and running it at home with server 2003 that the os X server is pointing at to test ad-od integration. Core Duo (no 2 in there ) 120GB HDD 2GB RAM and all the usual stuff wifi,bluetooth etc.
Rozzer Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Got a macbook pro with 2 gig aswell running OSX and i have parallels running XP vista and linux I also have a core duo mac mini at home which i am tempted to sell to get the iMac. Ross
derer1 Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 None - non-teaching staff arent allowed to be issued that kind of thing here. Only when we had a managment change were we allowed to upgrade our desktops (2 for 5 people at one point) from AMD K6's
steve Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Don't have a work one as I hate using laptops for long periods - its my big hands and those small keyboards. I do own a laptop, but it only goes on my travels.
john Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I dont have my own, but use one of the pool ones when needed or my own personal one. I have a HP ZD7000, very nice laptop, wifi, 80gb hard drive, 2gb ram, runs Vista without aero as it doesnt like my FX5200 VGA card in it, trial install of vista found it and it worked, final install of real vista and it doesnt! Grrrr, never mind
kylewilliamson Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 My work laptop is a hp nc6320 - 100g sata, 1gb ram. Assuming vista will run on it. We've several reasonably good desktops littered about too.
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