[Manifold-l] Latest hardware & OS Recommendations?

[SCISOFT]

On the subject of graphics cards for laptops, is there a low-profile card
from NVidia that fits an HP laptop and is CUDA-capable? 

Ian Thomas
GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia


-----Original Message-----
From: manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net
[mailto:manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net] On Behalf Of Lee Maynus
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2007 2:21 AM
To: manifold-l at directionsmedia.net
Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Latest hardware & OS Recommendations?

In the spirit of supporting this listserve alive (almost smells like a
Manifold "underground" is developing on this listserve - many widely
successful products of this nature have them!), I'll post here.

Due to an employment change, the need for having my desktop PC capabilities
mobile w/all of its resources became paramount. Therefore, I needed a new
laptop to replace my aged one, but have performance on par with a well
equipped desktop for analysis and engineering related work. The thread Mr.
Driscoll points out has some very good things I took a several day crash
course in specing my new laptop. 

I ended up picking up a HP DV6575, as it's specs appeared to be at the cusp
of when one begins to shell out a lot more money for marginal performance
increases. It is marketed to the home and entertainment market, which means
serious gaming. That PC will never see a game installed on it. The system
requirements for serious PC gaming is on par with what is required to
serious analytical and engineering work. The only real compromise HP made
on this model was putting in a slower than optimal hard drive in it. 

While only just a month old, this laptop runs like a champ with some very
demanding applications. Plus, it is quickly more miles than most people
travel in the course of their employment. 

Regardless of what laptop you buy, since you are posting here, it is
suggested that you be uncompromising about making sure your next laptop
have a separate graphics card in it. Many laptops do not. By nature GIS is
a graphics heavy application. Off loading those demands onto a separate
graphics card greatly helps performance. 

Lee




> [Original Message]
> From: Colin Driscoll <cd_enviro at bigpond.com>
> To: LF Lee <loyfatt at tm.net.my>; <manifold-l at directionsmedia.net>
> Date: 9/9/2007 5:43:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [Manifold-l] Latest hardware & OS Recommendations?
>
> Have a look here
>
>  http://forum.manifold.net/Site/Thread.aspx?id=42953&ti=633183696978600000
>
> Also, there seems to be mixed experiences with Vista but on the average it
> would seem better to stay with XP at least until the first Vista SP is
> released- early next year I think. I plan to upgrade my PC in the next few
> months and will by staying with XP.
>
> Colin Driscoll
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net
> [mailto:manifold-l-bounces at directionsmedia.net] On Behalf Of LF Lee
> Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2007 7:29 PM
> To: manifold-l at directionsmedia.net
> Subject: [Manifold-l] Latest hardware & OS Recommendations?
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am another silent but loyal follower of the list, and depend on it to
keep
> me updated on the latest developments and tips on Manifold. I do hope the
> regulars continue to keep this list alive!
>
> My ageing PC is beginning to show its age, and I need to consider buying a
> new notebook. Any advice as to whether to continue using Windows XP Pro or
> take the plunge and move on to Vista? If the latter, which edition: Home
> Premium, Business or Ultimate? As to hardware configuration, I plan to
plump
> for the maximum 4GB RAM. Any advice or suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> LF Lee 
>
>
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