Computer Talk

bd popeye said:

$2,000 USD.. wow.. On amazon they are about $1,380 USD to $1,580 USD. a Best Buy(a large electronic retailer in the US) They are nearly the same price.

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The quoted prices differ according to their configuration. My configuration is considered middle. The higher one is core i7 and the lower one is core i3.

I've been searching around the web about this tablet and found quite a lot of complaint about it. Many complain that it defects since unboxed and replacement takes long time though many people still praise it as a business level machine. Yes, it inherits the toughness and power of the IBM. And the most praise to this machine is its amazing 24 hours unplugged.

This is the first time I connect to SDF using my "new" computer ( it is mostly about six years old I think ). It uses a mother board and chip from a machine my wife bought second hand from her university for EUR 45 ( I had to clean the cooling body because it was overheating ) and a new hard disk, the smallest I could buy - 640 Gig, for nearly EUR 100. The box was bought second hand, with a system that has died since, some five years ago.
I'm using OpenBSD because my wife wants to get more information on that OS but she continues to use Arch Linux because the cluster she works with at the Uni uses Linux, Ubuntu to be exact. I'm still installing more programs and will be doing so for a long time I expect.
Are other members using OpenBSD or another *BSD?

I had a hard time playing around with Linux OSs starting from Ubuntu, Suse and a few more. The worst thing is I can't find drivers from them. I searched around the web and people suggest using modified Windows drivers. Wonder how they implement that.

SteelBird said:

I had a hard time playing around with Linux OSs starting from Ubuntu, Suse and a few more. The worst thing is I can't find drivers from them. I searched around the web and people suggest using modified Windows drivers. Wonder how they implement that.

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It can be a chore to find drivers and it is worse for the *BSDs. But I read yesterday that you can download versions of Linux Mint 12 with a full set of drivers. There is also a version without them to cater for use in restricting jurisdictions. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu.

Anybody trying out Windows 8 and IE 10? I did download Windows 8 Release Preview, VS2010 Trial and a whole bunch of trial apps.

SteelBird said:

Anybody trying out Windows 8 and IE 10? I did download Windows 8 Release Preview, VS2010 Trial and a whole bunch of trial apps.

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I have Win8 installed on an old Sony laptop. It's the 32bit edition, as the CPU can't utilize the 64bit version.

kyanges said:

I have Win8 installed on an old Sony laptop. It's the 32bit edition, as the CPU can't utilize the 64bit version.

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How do you feel it? I have just erase Windows 7 (of course, I did a backup for future restore) and install Win8 x64 on my Dell N4110. It's fine and fun. However, quite messy to find an app you've just install. I prefer the startup menu of Win7.

Hi, I'm a new member to this forum. Don't know where to introduce myself. So I just picked a random thread.

By the way, anyone ordered the new mac-book pro with retina display? I ordered it from Apple website, the waiting time seems scary.

Vini_Vidi_Vici said:

Hi, I'm a new member to this forum. Don't know where to introduce myself. So I just picked a random thread.

By the way, anyone ordered the new mac-book pro with retina display? I ordered it from Apple website, the waiting time seems scary.

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Welcome to SDF! In case you can't find where to introduce yourself, there is a thread for this purpose: New Member Introduction

Anyway, tell us about your new mac-book when you get it.

SteelBird said:

How do you feel it? I have just erase Windows 7 (of course, I did a backup for future restore) and install Win8 x64 on my Dell N4110. It's fine and fun. However, quite messy to find an app you've just install. I prefer the startup menu of Win7.

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I just use the search in Win7, so how I find apps is effectively unchanged in Win8.

I almost never used the Start menu in Win7, so the improvements made to the new Metro start menu in Win8 might actually open up new usage cases for me.

As for everything else, Win8 is faster than Win7 in every respect, from start up to shut down, launching apps, etc. It's very nearly instant on.