Same old same old

Well, I really don't need much in graphics. Basically, OpenGL support is all I need. I ran off a nvs135m for a long time. But I don't really know. I just need something that is smaller than a breifcase (M90).

Screen brightness is not really an issue either. Most of teh time I will be using it indoors and at night on the band bus, so light generally is not an issue at all. I run The 630 and the M90 with the back light on about 25% as is. Im sure I can find a setting that will fit good for me.

I guess what is bothering me is that it is impossible to get a 1200p with the 140m from what I see. The 1440x900 is fine, but I love 1200p as it makes for a very precise screen.

The cheaper one looks like it will be exactly what I set out to do. A replacement D630. Its only +s over it is it functions, has a bigger HDD, and a slightly faster processor 2Ghz vs 1.83GHz. The more expensive one has better graphics, a couple of extras, higher resolution and is slightly bigger (15.4 vs 14.1). Im not sure if its worth the extra though.
 
wolfeking said:
okay jason, since your probably the only one following this.

D630 is not acting like it is a heat issue right now, so I am going to sideline plans for it and get a replacement. If all else fails, then its replaced. If I can figure it out, then I got a backup. It will all work somehow or another.

so.. plan for now, and it is flexible, is as follows.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thin...tops_Nov05&hash=item4aba3f747e#ht_1417wt_1270
-It has a fx570m. Will it be $100 better than a NVS140m? I don't really need a lot of power. I have a M90 that I can use to game if necessary. I am not sure I need so much in it. I am just trying to replace the D630, which has a NVS135m. I can get teh 140m which is Lenovo's 135m more or less for 144. But would it be a noticible upgrade on the fx570m?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thin...tops_Nov05&hash=item4aba438921#ht_2051wt_1139 is the backup.
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Good choice, that's a solid laptop, should last you a while. I see the advertisement says you can go for a 6- or 9-cell battery, go for 9 cells ideally. Spec looks good, dual-core, 3GB of RAM - should be pretty good for light stuff.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soft-Silico...442?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae84b7eea
- I am tired of crumbs, dirt, fuzz, and other various junks getting under the keys, requiring removal of the keyboard and blow out with the air gun. This should curb that pretty well. Or at least make it easier to clean it.
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Go for it, I wish I had one for my keyboards too, not sure if you can get them for desktops though. The amount of crap which ends up underneath keyboards is unbelievable, so anything you can do to help clean the crap out is worthwhile buying.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lenovo-..._Jaz_Drives&hash=item2320551a62#ht_1024wt_905
-That will work with both laptop options, and the desktop, yes? That would be easy enough to use I rekon. Just plug and play? Does 7 still have floppy drivers? Would it load DOS 6.23 onto a drive to play with? That may be in the future, just to play with on a spare HDD.
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Yes should work both the laptops and desktops. It's a USB floppy drive with 'IBM' written on it. Pretty sure Windows 7 works with floppy drives, it works with my external floppy drive so should be fine. Usually external floppy drives are plug and play anyway.

Okay, the following are buffer zones as I am not sure I need or want them, or will have enough for them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LENOVO-IBM-...g_Stations&hash=item27c839ab4c#ht_1832wt_1139
-Doc, its good. Plug the Ethernet to it, as well as Keyboard and maybe some other stuff I might use at home but not on teh move, like speakers, to it and just have one connection to make.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150-WHITE-3...p_Jaz_Disks&hash=item20c8ed6586#ht_500wt_1287
-I am not sure if the 10,000 or so in grandads basement are any good still. They might not still work. But Either way, this is cheaper than getting them from Staples, and they don't hold much and iirc may not format right every time, so should last a while before needing more.

okay, all the following I am getting no matter what. I am tired of having them on my flash key, and I am pretty sure some of the proceeds go to developers. So supporting the system.
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Rescatux_p_143.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/FreeBSD-90_p_141.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/GParted-Live-0130-1_p_20.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Clonezilla-1212-10_p_14.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Ubuntu-Desktop-1204-LTS-CD_p_103.html (didn't they used to be free?)
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/openSuse-122-32-Bit-DVD_p_57.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/CrunchBang-Linux-10-R20110207-32-Bit-OpenBox_p_43.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Suse-Start-Up-Guide_p_87.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Slackware-137-32-Bit-DVD-Installation-Configuration-Manual_p_84.html
http://www.shoplinuxonline.com/Debian-6xx-Install-Configuration-Manual_p_80.html

looks like a lot, but I use them quite regular, and keep loosing my CDs cause im too stupid to write whats on them on the front and end up rewritting the CD, and some of them just go on the flashkey and take up space. Resatux I have not been able to get to work in a while. Looking to use it to fix the BCD on the M90.
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Yeah looks all right. Ubuntu CDs did used to be free but you could give a donation I think. If you can't afford them all you could always just download them, burn them to a CD and invest in a CD wallet and a disc marker so you can write labels on the discs and then keep them all together. That's what I did.

I had a dock for my A31, it was very handy, especially if you have stuff like a proper mouse and maybe some speakers or a printer hooked into your laptop and you need to quickly unplug them all and move the laptop. You're going to be taking the T61 to school, correct? If so, then I'd say yeah it would probably be worthwhile getting yourself a dock.
 
vistakid10 said:
Good choice, that's a solid laptop, should last you a while. I see the advertisement says you can go for a 6- or 9-cell battery, go for 9 cells ideally. Spec looks good, dual-core, 3GB of RAM - should be pretty good for light stuff.
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It is good. Thats the problem, it may be too good. I am not really sure that it is good enough to be worth the extra $100, as I am not sure I will even use 1/2 the features it has. Like bluetooth, and biometrics. I guess what I am saying is I don't want to dive for it with GCS (gaming computer syndrome). If it is a steal for its features and all, then I will go for it. But won't the NVS140m version do everything the same way? Like I said, I got the M90 I can game on. I can model on it too. I just need something that has a very good resolution and fairly good battery life for music (creation), word work, videos, and the like. I prefer a video card over intel junk mainly so I can run a ancient game or 2 on it every now and again, like global operations or MOH:AA. They don't need much, as the D630 maxxed them just fine.

Go for it, I wish I had one for my keyboards too, not sure if you can get them for desktops though. The amount of crap which ends up underneath keyboards is unbelievable, so anything you can do to help clean the crap out is worthwhile buying.
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I wish I would have gotten one for the M90. The keyboard in it gets filled up about every other week, and I really do not enjoy pulling it to get all the junk out of it.
I don't think they make them for desktop. :( Wish they did.

Yes should work both the laptops and desktops. It's a USB floppy drive with 'IBM' written on it. Pretty sure Windows 7 works with floppy drives, it works with my external floppy drive so should be fine. Usually external floppy drives are plug and play anyway.
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I figured as much, but was not sure that it might not have some kind of IBM only firmware on it.

Yeah looks all right. Ubuntu CDs did used to be free but you could give a donation I think. If you can't afford them all you could always just download them, burn them to a CD and invest in a CD wallet and a disc marker so you can write labels on the discs and then keep them all together. That's what I did.
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Well, I am definately getting all of these. Well at least the GRUB fixer (I have yet to get a successful working copy on USB or CD by doing it myself) and the manuals. Anything to expand the knowledge. :)

I may just grab a battery for the M90. Not 100%. I need to find a trumpet for marching that does not split tone when near to overblowing. My Conn can't do it, and the Yamaha 2320 is not even close to doing it. So Depending on how much that is I might have to push this back some. Or I might push that back some, as we only got one game in august. *aye, decisions... decisions...*
 
wolfeking said:
It is good. Thats the problem, it may be too good. I am not really sure that it is good enough to be worth the extra $100, as I am not sure I will even use 1/2 the features it has. Like bluetooth, and biometrics. I guess what I am saying is I don't want to dive for it with GCS (gaming computer syndrome). If it is a steal for its features and all, then I will go for it. But won't the NVS140m version do everything the same way? Like I said, I got the M90 I can game on. I can model on it too. I just need something that has a very good resolution and fairly good battery life for music (creation), word work, videos, and the like. I prefer a video card over intel junk mainly so I can run a ancient game or 2 on it every now and again, like global operations or MOH:AA. They don't need much, as the D630 maxxed them just fine.
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Ah didn't see the other one which was $139. I'd actually say that the 139 buck one is all you'd need, just throw a bit more RAM in it - running Windows 7 on a gig of RAM can be annoying, believe me I've done it several times, you want 2GB really for Windows 7. I would actually say it's especially all you need if you have the M90 to game, so for this laptop the graphics don't matter too much.

I figured as much, but was not sure that it might not have some kind of IBM only firmware on it.
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I would doubt they have some sort 'IBM only' firmware to be honest, it looks to me just like a floppy drive with IBM written on it. Should work fine I reckon.
 
okay. I think what I am going to do is grab the cheaper one and the floppy drive and leave the rest for later. That will leave me ~400 this month which I can save and add to next month and that will give me ~1200 to get a Conn Constellation or Bach Strat or even Yamaha's pro line for the trumpet. They should be fine. Ill borrow Ben's Strat tomorrow during lunch to see if they will be okay.

So I think we have it sorted. And I will pull 1 2GB stick from the M90 and level them both to 3GB. Should be fine.
 
well bigfella, at that particular line we were discussing laptops. I am pretty sure that I don't need 3GB on the laptop, Just enough to run a 32 big game from ~ 1999 to 2002 (not really sure when it came out. Its DX8.) and basic word processing. I do pretty much everything else on my desktop.
 
2 week checkin Jason. lol.

Okay, plans so far:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...=&coliid=&condition=used&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
Camera, its $250, don't need a memory card and saving out lens for later to keep price down.

Also getting some stuff from IM surplus to update and have a better quality unit.
http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency= (easier to keep up with than my metal box)
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/military-clo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=

okay that is 99.85, so all together 350.

Actually, that is all I can get, after some figuring. And a 64GB flash key. So does this look a-okay to you? I won't be able to go up in price a bit.
 
wolfeking said:
2 week checkin Jason. lol.

Okay, plans so far:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...=&coliid=&condition=used&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=
Camera, its $250, don't need a memory card and saving out lens for later to keep price down.

Also getting some stuff from IM surplus to update and have a better quality unit.
http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency= (easier to keep up with than my metal box)
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/military-clo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=

okay that is 99.85, so all together 350.

Actually, that is all I can get, after some figuring. And a 64GB flash key. So does this look a-okay to you? I won't be able to go up in price a bit.
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It is not bad. Also what is about 64 GB flash key? It is for camera or computer?
 
okay, 1 week to go and thinking (I know, dangerous). I have came up with several options that I can do.

Budget is $500, no more no less.
And I still want/need the backpack and medic pack linked earlier.
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency= (total 91.90)

and need a battery or 2 and flash drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220674
http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-CELL-BATT..._Batteries&hash=item2a06a5157b#ht_3411wt_1037 (x2) (bought from him before).

so that leaves 306.26. So here are the options.

1. Get a D-Dock and 1080p/1200p monitor and be done. Should be about 170 for those.
2. Get a motherboard. Not sure which one.
3. Camera, but I don't think I have the skills to justify teh cost. Maybe a bridge camera, but again, skills!
4. Get a case. Not sure which one.
5. Get a el cheap-o 1440p monitor from herr Ebay. This would help with adobe, cad, and well everything, but would bottleneck my graphics, meaning I would have to go to 1080p manually on BF3 (the rest of my games should be able to run fluently just fine at 1440, as they run at 1200p on a 7900m GTX 512MB).
6. Start a el cheapo AMD build to get them ancient ports I want (the 990FX extreme 4 has them all!)

For #5, #4, and #1, it would end up with getting a 680 or 670 4GB soon and using the 480 as a folder on a AMD build. Not really sure what else I could do, or which of the above would be best option. Kind of leaning towards the monitor options, or getting a better motherboard.
Opinions?
 
wolfeking said:
okay, 1 week to go and thinking (I know, dangerous). I have came up with several options that I can do.

Budget is $500, no more no less.
And I still want/need the backpack and medic pack linked earlier.
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...de822a48da3aafd55618c15eac33e&sl=EN&currency= (total 91.90)

and need a battery or 2 and flash drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220674
http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-CELL-BATT..._Batteries&hash=item2a06a5157b#ht_3411wt_1037 (x2) (bought from him before).

so that leaves 306.26. So here are the options.

1. Get a D-Dock and 1080p/1200p monitor and be done. Should be about 170 for those.
2. Get a motherboard. Not sure which one.
3. Camera, but I don't think I have the skills to justify teh cost. Maybe a bridge camera, but again, skills!
4. Get a case. Not sure which one.
5. Get a el cheap-o 1440p monitor from herr Ebay. This would help with adobe, cad, and well everything, but would bottleneck my graphics, meaning I would have to go to 1080p manually on BF3 (the rest of my games should be able to run fluently just fine at 1440, as they run at 1200p on a 7900m GTX 512MB).
6. Start a el cheapo AMD build to get them ancient ports I want (the 990FX extreme 4 has them all!)

For #5, #4, and #1, it would end up with getting a 680 or 670 4GB soon and using the 480 as a folder on a AMD build. Not really sure what else I could do, or which of the above would be best option. Kind of leaning towards the monitor options, or getting a better motherboard.
Opinions?
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Gigabyte is great motherboard and it save me from RMA with backup BIOS. My old Gigabyte have main BIOS corrupt many time and recovery via backup BIOS. Also Thermaltake MK-1 Chaser have great airflow and cable manage. Also 1080 monitor should be good enough for CAD and adobe, since it is biggest and more space. In my opinion, 1440 monitor isn't really worth it for gaming and workstation.
 
Aye, wording. but anyway, I am not 100% that I want a motherboard yet. I am still debating.

Anyway, what to look at:
Motherboard: Something P67 or Z68. Not really up to getting a 7 series board again as it offers nothing That I need or use. I like Gigabyte, Asus, and sometimes MSI. I will get one of them. Probably a Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3 or something close.
Monitor: You may think that 1080p is enough, but working on 1200p everyday, it is not. Even then 1440p will have more real-estate always. I can set it to 1080p or 1200p for gaming just fine.
Case: Thermaltake is a no no for me. As is coolermaster. Looking for a full tower with better features than the 912 POS that I have.

I may also drop everything except a 8GB flash key and get a iphone on Virgin mobile as they has county wide 3G coverage, but I am not 100% sure. Just kind of trying to get some serious advice on which way to go.
 
wolfeking said:
Aye, wording. but anyway, I am not 100% that I want a motherboard yet. I am still debating.

Anyway, what to look at:
Motherboard: Something P67 or Z68. Not really up to getting a 7 series board again as it offers nothing That I need or use. I like Gigabyte, Asus, and sometimes MSI. I will get one of them. Probably a Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3 or something close.
Monitor: You may think that 1080p is enough, but working on 1200p everyday, it is not. Even then 1440p will have more real-estate always. I can set it to 1080p or 1200p for gaming just fine.
Case: Thermaltake is a no no for me. As is coolermaster. Looking for a full tower with better features than the 912 POS that I have.

I may also drop everything except a 8GB flash key and get a iphone on Virgin mobile as they has county wide 3G coverage, but I am not 100% sure. Just kind of trying to get some serious advice on which way to go.
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Hmm... What is feature do you expect from motherboard that 7 series board don't have?
 
reread it. I said it has nothing that I need or use. And other than SATA 3, nothing on it that is new will work anyway as it is dependent on Ivybridge processors. To work USB3 and the like I need a P67 or Z68 with my 2600k. I am still looking, so I will put up a list and see what happens.
 
okay options, options. ASrock is all I am seeing that fits what I want (cheap price and new).

so from options above, just with products instead of words.

1.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Laptop...ng_Stations&hash=item1c29d972f3#ht_769wt_1037 or http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-port-r...g_Stations&hash=item3cc9b2f594#ht_2553wt_1037 (I am not sure if the big one is the model that uses the media bay components. If it does then good. May get a new D630 later for better battery life).
and of coarse monitor to go with it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260067 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236175 both are 2ms. Do I need 2ms? Would 5ms be okay? What about a IPS monitor? What do I look for to find a IPS display? I like them, that is what is in my M90 and I love that display.

2. motherboards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265 I hate the Z77 version, but this seems to be a better unit. More of the reviews are positive, as little as that means. Plus I like the P67 and the PS/2 and Floppy ports. Does not have IDE, but I could always use a PCI card to get that should I need/want it in the future.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128488R cheaper, better brand. p67, but none of the extra ports of the p67 extreme 4 and the colour is off.

3. Look back a page. It is there. Unless there is something cheaper or better.

4. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146089 Colour, and cable management, but at the cost of a window. I don't like windows.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352017 no window, worse cable management, and the setup is not the best in my opinion. Cheaper.


5. Would not even know where to start.

6. Idea ditched.

So here it is. But what to do?

EDIT: Just to straiten out my wording, for option 1 my Dell 1366X768 goes to the docking station. The 1080p goes to the desktop.
 
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