Post #205,670
5/3/05 8:29:49 AM
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Need suggestions
If I was to order a 17" PowerBook, what options do I need?
Will need to drive my 2 VGA monitors.
Will need to connect w/ Corp net.
Will need to plug in external track ball and keyboard.
Will need to run Windows applications - especially MS Developer Studio for C# development.
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Post #205,671
5/3/05 8:48:03 AM
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Get a PC laptop for #4.
I would think you'd be happier with a separate machine to run Windows stuff. Emulators need lots of CPU and RAM to run effectively - something that's difficult to have in a PowerBook.
Yes, you can run emulators on a PB. How well you can tolerate it probably depends on your pain threshold though.
If you insist, max out the RAM and get the fastest PB CPU.
The network (GB Ethernet) and USB2 stuff is built-in so that shouldn't be a concern (though you will need a USB hub if you plug in more than 2, IIRC). I think the monitor stuff was addressed earlier.
HTH.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #205,675
5/3/05 9:27:35 AM
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Multiple people here have told me Virtual PC works
I have a 17" Toshiba that the PowerBook will be replacing.
The pain of Win XP is probably far more than a bit of Mac sluggishness. 1.67Ghz G4 plus 1/2 GB of RAM should be plenty.
I'll also give away my Dual Opteron in the process. It'll go to my new Linux sysadmin, with the caveat that it must never be in any type of production environmnet so I can rebuild it to test things at will.
It heats up my new office too much.
I want to consolidate to a single box if possible. But if not, then I can keep the Toshiba.
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Post #205,676
5/3/05 9:46:25 AM
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Yes, it does, and very well.
However, I'd comment that running an IDE is probably going to push it as far as it'll go.
If budget allows, I'd suck it and see.
Peter
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Post #205,691
5/3/05 11:00:15 AM
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You'll want at least a gig of RAM
Half a gig simply isn't enough when you're running Windows in a virtual environment.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #205,700
5/3/05 12:22:21 PM
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Go for 2 GB
I've got 2 GB on my iMac and noticed a performance improvement from it not swapping out to disk all the time(it had 256MB when I bought it). You'd see an even better improvement by not swapping out to a slow laptop drive.
I've notice my system using 1.2 GB before, and I'm not running a virtual PC environment.
[link|http://eshop.macsales.com/|OWC] has [link|http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=214&type=Memory&TI=%23TimeFormat%28Now%28%29%2C+&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades|PowerBook memory] for quite a bit less than Apple. From Apple you'd spend $850 for 2GB, it's around $300 for 2GB from OWC. I've purchased all my Mac memory from them(along with CPU and CD burner upgrades) and haven't had any issues.
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Post #205,688
5/3/05 10:38:57 AM
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Get a gig of ram
also, for PC stuff, MS has a free program "remote PC access" or something like that. Lets you share a screen from a PC and use it remotely. The ever growing group of Mac users at work use it occasionally when some pc only program is encountered.
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Post #205,697
5/3/05 12:11:44 PM
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I use it for support from home.
The [link|http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient|Remote Desktop Client for Mac] works very well.
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Post #205,727
5/3/05 2:34:58 PM
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If your corp net uses VPN, DO NOT UPGRADE TO TIGER...
yet.
Apparently Tiger has changed the kernel enough that VPN client software from Cisco, Nortel, and a few others is broken.
That's what's keeping me to look at a PowerBook 15"
bob
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Post #205,749
5/3/05 3:43:20 PM
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ETA is mid May
I use it so infrequently that I just installed Panther on an external drive.
Thankfully I did, one of those infrequent times occured yesterday while I was home waiting on the AC repairman to finish installing the new coils.
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Post #205,772
5/3/05 6:27:51 PM
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I can gateway through another box for that.
Thanks
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