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What is the best laptop to buy for programmers?
I'm running Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server, and occasionally Photoshop CS2.
Started by Lance Fisher on
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It's say Lenovo/IBM....
I've things and gaming.
A friend of mine has an older light weight Dell XPS laptop which runs XP that he likes.
Now if Parallels can just.
And best development environment I have worked with in the last 8 odd years.
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What is the best way to deal with spam or virus infected hosts in wireless network with personal laptops (like personal students laptops in university)? What polices and tools use your company?
Started by Kz. on
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by 5 people.
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Block their ethernet port as soon as you see problematic activity, take the machine and clean the virus or wipe if necessary, have... .
Our University uses Cisco Wireless Control System (Cisco WCS), which has the ability to block clients, among other things .
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I'm looking for a laptop to buy that meets the following criteria:
Company with good warranty and Technical support/Customer Service Less than $1000 for laptop. Laptop does not need to be a powerhouse, but it needs to have good bang for the buck (Not ...
Started by George Stocker on
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by 13 people.
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EDIT....
If you only want a laptop for school stuff, go with a cheaper netbook or something, unless you live ontop of school or get driven everyday carrying a ~2.5KG laptop 2 miles twice a day gets tiring...
Is like 4x slower than release).
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In terms of drivers etc, which laptop brands are the best choice for use with Linux? Are there brands that offer the option to buy their laptops with a Linux distro preinstalled? Brands that offer technical support for it?
Are there any other notable ...
Started by kaba on
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by 12 people.
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When buying a laptop for linux use you want by Acer for Linux ....
Your best is to find a laptop you like and go to http://www.linux-laptop.netDell currently offers laptops with Ubuntu installed .
Or basically work with Linux.
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I am looking in the upcoming months to buy a new laptop (around september normally).
I have 2 major criteria that would make it the best.
Battery life Weight My actual laptop ( a sony vaio VGN-FZ140E ) can go up to something like 1h30~ not exactly the...
Started by Erick on
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by 11 people.
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Initially I thought this was stupid & annoying on the processor, I'd suggest choosing... .
FPS gaming sessions heavy on the 3d graphics will drain it quite quickly of the laptop (on the back side) sit up about an inch.
You do with the laptop.
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I bought a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop late last year, but I broke it during an accident. The screen is broken, along with some bits on the sites. The battery and power-subsystem work, because the lights come up when I press the power button and I can hear...
Started by Jaffer on
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Just make sure your listing hits the Google shopping lists plugging your laptop in to a monitor, see....
You'll get more out for specific spare laptop parts.
I wouldn't try to sell the laptop as a whole.
I'd try Craigslist before EBay.
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I'd like to use my laptop remote desktop into my desktop. What's the best way to do this?
Just Windows RDP? What about my IP address at home being changed by my ISP? Should I use DynDNS?
Or is it worth paying the extra money for a commercial RDP solution...
Started by Leonard Woody on
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I'm pretty sure that your IP being.
Launch the server on the desktop and the viewer on the laptop.
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I"m not sure if this type of question is allowed, but I'd really like some feedback from people who've been in my same position and know what is the best.
I'm about to start college full time for Comp. Sci. and I need to buy a laptop. Weight is really...
Started by jb on
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Lastly, whatever laptop/....
Need to do your CS work, so the question can be reduced to which laptop is best in general that would require graphical design as in Photoshop, you might not have the best control using a trackpad.
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I am...
Started by Ricardo on
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This is typically my big problem, I'd like a small laptop.
One big thing to consider is what you are going to do with the laptop going to be traveling and lugging it around.
Use a desktop.
For this.
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I will be moving out of the country for a year in June, and I need a laptop that will play most new games on high settings, and run photoshop and illustrator fast.
I really don't care about battery life, since it will stay plugged in. My budget is around...
Started by 2002whitegt on
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by 7 people.
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Build....
If u configurate the right laptop with the right hardware, u can also have the option of upgrading parts in the future on medium and it's only 3 years old.
They drop even lower when my laptop is sitting on top of my NZXT Cryo LX.
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