Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder Where's the slot Proc?! Lol. Now those are biiiiiig.
Think they sat in ISA slots right? Or no maybe it was just a special slot for the processor...can't rememberIt was a custom slot that allowed for four or eight CPU configurations without needing too much real estate to make it happen. I was working for a former employer in those days, so unfortunately don't have any samples.
With AMD's EPYC Rome single socket CPU setups absolutely crushing Intel's dual and even quad :astonished_face: processor rigs real estate won't be too much of an issue for the next few years.
The trend, in my mind, was back towards daughter cards for CPUs and memory slots given the density direction Intel was heading in.
AMD packing such a huge punch in one socket has put Intel on notice and Ice Lake is probably not going to be the answer they need especially if it does not have PCIe Gen 4.
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@PhlipElder Finally, we're going to see an epic rise in AMD's market share (more so than the already growing trend).
AMD will be ryzing up epically! -
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
The Pentium Pro was a significant size larger but I don't have one anymore. I'm not sure where it went.
For a long time I kept one in the car as a beard brush (for real.) I've got one in a box here somewhere.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder Finally, we're going to see an epic rise in AMD's market share (more so than the already growing trend).
AMD will be ryzing up epically!Microsoft's ongoing AMD EPYC Rome Azure services announcements are not helping Intel at all. NVIDIA may take a bit of a hit here too as it looks like they will be utilizing AMD/ATI for graphics subsystems for their VM offerings too.
STH (Serve The Home) is a pretty good balanced resource. They've been gaga over AMD EPYC Rome.
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@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
but it was just over 5 years old and died last year.
That's pretty young for a laptop. My $1100 HP Folio 13 is still going strong from 2012.
I have a Tecra Z50-A series that's still going strong. A high performance Intel SSD and the maximum amount of RAM gives it a good go along with an Asus HD USB3 monitor makes it a solid work kit.
We've hit that era where as long as you have enough RAM and an SSD, the CPU is often not a factor
Perhaps those updates to my 2012'sh laptop would make it usable - but it also weighs over 5 lbs, probably over 6, so I have desire to carry it around.
Oh, mine is super light. Best laptop I ever bought. 13", great construction, it was for back packing Europe with my kids in 2012. In constant use ever since. It was my workhorse (because my desktop was so old) from 2012 - 2017 when it became my daughter's main computer.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder Finally, we're going to see an epic rise in AMD's market share (more so than the already growing trend).
AMD will be ryzing up epically!I'm just waiting for an integrated AMD EPYC Rome single socket barebones that utilizes ESDFF .L with 32 bays to allow for 1PB in 1U or 2PB in 2U. We're not a SuperMicro fan here, so we shall see which vendor drops in first.
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@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder Finally, we're going to see an epic rise in AMD's market share (more so than the already growing trend).
AMD will be ryzing up epically!I'm just waiting for an integrated AMD EPYC Rome single socket barebones that utilizes ESDFF .L with 32 bays to allow for 1PB in 1U or 2PB in 2U. We're not a SuperMicro fan here, so we shall see which vendor drops in first.
Sounds dreamy
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@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
but it was just over 5 years old and died last year.
That's pretty young for a laptop. My $1100 HP Folio 13 is still going strong from 2012.
I have a Tecra Z50-A series that's still going strong. A high performance Intel SSD and the maximum amount of RAM gives it a good go along with an Asus HD USB3 monitor makes it a solid work kit.
We've hit that era where as long as you have enough RAM and an SSD, the CPU is often not a factor
Perhaps those updates to my 2012'sh laptop would make it usable - but it also weighs over 5 lbs, probably over 6, so I have desire to carry it around.
Oh, mine is super light. Best laptop I ever bought. 13", great construction, it was for back packing Europe with my kids in 2012. In constant use ever since. It was my workhorse (because my desktop was so old) from 2012 - 2017 when it became my daughter's main computer.
The Tecra Z50-A series has an all magnesium shell, is ultra-slim, and with the 1080p screen is an excellent platform. I've not seen anything reasonable to replace it. When I swapped out the previous Tecra and the external monitor I had with it my laptop
backbag dropped about 1,800 grams (4lbs). Wow, what a difference!Our current client go-to is the Dell Precision 7530 with it's ultra-high resolution screen, a pair of NVMe RAID 1, 16GB or 32GB of RAM, and the screen is just too high a resolution for these old eyes without me having to wear a Bubbles (TPB) pair of glasses. :S
I wouldn't mind a rig with 32GB or 64GB of RAM so that I could run my VM demos locally but it's not worth the cost at this point as the Z50 just does the job.
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@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder Finally, we're going to see an epic rise in AMD's market share (more so than the already growing trend).
AMD will be ryzing up epically!I'm just waiting for an integrated AMD EPYC Rome single socket barebones that utilizes ESDFF .L with 32 bays to allow for 1PB in 1U or 2PB in 2U. We're not a SuperMicro fan here, so we shall see which vendor drops in first.
Huawei maybe.
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@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Tecra
Has Toshiba turned a corner? Granted I haven't used them since the early 2000's, but I hated them back then..
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@Dashrender Toshiba still making
machines?Edit: I meant Computers...I love their copiers!
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@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Tecra
Has Toshiba turned a corner? Granted I haven't used them since the early 2000's, but I hated them back then..
They'z in big troubles. No new machines for a long time now. They were in the news on and off because of the mess as I recall.
The Z50-C had a plastic bottom to cut costs though still the magnesium top. It was still one CPU generation behind the Dell units when it was released.
We had a lot of Z50-C CPU fans go wonky with buzzing noises too. We've replaced a lot of them. Fortunately, we can call Toshiba, we're a long standing partner, and get them as field replaceable units. Otherwise it's take it in. That's a PITA.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@Dashrender Toshiba still making
machines?Edit: I meant Computers...I love their copiers!
We had one 8 years ago, bought it 5 years before that - it was the worst copier we had ever had. Jamed all the time, just constant issues.
replaced with Konica, and that was recently replaced by a Canon... both have been WAY better machines.
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@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Tecra
Has Toshiba turned a corner? Granted I haven't used them since the early 2000's, but I hated them back then..
They'z in big troubles. No new machines for a long time now. They were in the news on and off because of the mess as I recall.
The Z50-C had a plastic bottom to cut costs though still the magnesium top. It was still one CPU generation behind the Dell units when it was released.
We had a lot of Z50-C CPU fans go wonky with buzzing noises too. We've replaced a lot of them. Fortunately, we can call Toshiba, we're a long standing partner, and get them as field replaceable units. Otherwise it's take it in. That's a PITA.
Toshiba laptop division is Dynabook now. Latest gen Z50 are Z50-E with 8-gen intel CPUs. I still run the Z50-A as well.
I've always considered Toshiba business laptops as one of the highest quality laptop you could get. An engineering company much more so than marketing blah blah. Hopefully there will be new machines coming.
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@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@PhlipElder said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Tecra
Has Toshiba turned a corner? Granted I haven't used them since the early 2000's, but I hated them back then..
They used to be good but, yeah, I thought that they were gone.
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@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
I've always considered Toshiba business laptops as one of the highest quality laptop you could get. An engineering company much more so than marketing blah blah. Hopefully there will be new machines coming.
that's how they used to be, I wasn't aware anything new was still coming from them.
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@creayt said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Damn dude you just missed a deal that was exactly what you're looking for. Bummer.
It's Lenovo, so automatically blacklisted.
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You can get a refurbished or new Dell Latitude E6420 or better for $200 to whatever your heart is content with.
Mine has dual SSD, 16 GB of RAM, i7, hdmi/vga and usb3. If able always get the newer version of it. Honestly because the video card needs to at least Intel or you can get an nvidia, I always get a usb adapter for display (3rd or 4th) but you could use a docking station. Works fine for me.
If you don't want a laptop then I can give you an actual desktop I use if space isn't an issue.
I just ordered a brand new dell laptop, they can fit up to 32 GB DDR4 which is obviously cheaper on the new models, but beware, some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!
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Alternatively, you could and an external gfx card adapter. I got one, works like a charm.
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@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!
This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)
