Teratoma
12-01-10, 10:17 PM
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 :eek:) 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 x-( Sorry guys. Maybe Santa will take pity on me this Christmas.
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 :eek:) 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 x-( Sorry guys. Maybe Santa will take pity on me this Christmas.