Recently got a new Company Laptop! Just in time, too. My old Thinkpad T61 started to lock up and crash (winXP) The graphics got all screwy so I couldn't even read the BSODs I think it may be a bad memory module, but I haven't had a chance to test it yet. This is a really busy tme of the year and I rely on my Laptop heavily so it was a real bummer. We had another one at the office sitting around, someone had spilled something on it, but I took a chance and switched drives. As long as I don't bang on it too hard it actually works, otherwise it just powers off.

So I actually have 2 T61s running which is helping my QCN output. Eventually I will have migrated everything off of mine and caniblized the two into one usable laptop. At that point I will have to give it up. Until then I am going to make the most of having them. Rambling, sorry.

The new Laptop is sweet. It's a Thinkpad W510. Almost got mine CTO with more memory and a larger drive, but I needed this fast and couldn't wait for it to be built. So I got a preconfigured one. I'll probably upgrade the RAM next year.

WIndows 7 Pro 64bit
Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz w/ 8M cache
4GB PC3-8500 RAM 2x2GB (max 16GB)
320GB Drive 7200rpm
15.6" TFT Multi-Touch LED backlit display (not sure I will ever really use the touch screen much, but it is lind of cool...my Son likes it)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M w/ 1GB RAM
yada, yada, yada

I still have to load a lot of apps and whatnot, but of course BOINC was the first one . For now I will leave the HT on as I want to see how my VMs run once I get Workstation loaded. Then I might see how it does without. Sometimes I use my Laptops very heavily (and sometimes I actually stop BOINC ) so it's RAC will fluctuate and I may never really know if it crunches better with HT on or off.

I know this is not a huge upgrade but every little bit counts.

I was planning on upgrading one of my ATI GPUs, but I've thrown $1,600 into my car over the last 6 weeks and my car still may not be fixed! I'll be getting another bill tomorrow as well. So......the money for my GPU is gone Sorry guys. Maybe Santa will take pity on me this Christmas.