My new laptop =)

**NetRyder** · March 20th, 2003

Ordered a new laptop today, and I just wanted to share my excitement with you guys

It's goint to be my first laptop, and I'll be using it at university.

Specs:

Dell Inspiron 5100
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.4GHz
14.1" XGA screen @ 1024x768
512MB PC2100(266MHz) DDR SDRAM
30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
16MB ATi Mobility™ Radeon™ 7500
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet & 56k Modem
Built-in, dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wireless antennae
Type II PC Card slot, S-Video out, VGA out, FireWire, two USB 2.0 ports
12-cell Lithium-ion battery (approx. 3 hours of battery life)

It should arrive sometime towards the end of this month or the start of next. :happy: :happy:
Will let you all know how it goes...

**Mubbers** · March 20th, 2003

Keep those hands steady - don't drop it!

Mub's

**xsivforce** · March 20th, 2003

Very cool NetRyder!

**sboulema** · March 20th, 2003

whatch out that you dont burn your d*ck with it

**Krux** · March 20th, 2003

I just got my first one about 2 weeks ago, my desktop is lonely now haha.

**Henyman** · March 20th, 2003

sounds great........just get lemmings on there and u'll be sorted

**NetRyder** · March 20th, 2003

Thanks guys!

I will make it a point to be very careful with it.

**the_music_man** · March 20th, 2003

::::::is jealous:::::::::

**NetRyder** · March 29th, 2003

The UPS guy came and delivered it today.
Woohoo ... this thing kicks my desktop's ass!

Lots of reconfiguring/installing to do ... and it came pre-loaded with XP Home. Might upgrade that too.

jdn · March 29th, 2003

COngrats on your laptop.
Couple of things
Ghost it right out of the box.
Get a good backup program ( I use second cup ) and do it regularly. This is not not to protect from system crashes but from dropping it (my first compaq - two years ago ) or getting stolen ( my second compaq - nine months ago ). Though with insurance I now have a very nice Tosh Satellite 5105.
And one other idea, I find with the different lans one tends to plug into as you are now mobile, it is a good idea to get a pcima lan card and use this for your more temp locations. Set up the onboard lan for your usual log in location. This works really well if you to set your dns etc. instead of using dhcp.

**SPeedY_B** · March 30th, 2003

Hey RetNyder, congrats on the funky new boxen

Gotta agree with jdn, backup is a definate must. My mate has a lappy for uni and he's took it back and had it swapped for a new unit (or had the hdd wiped) at least 3 times now (varying problems)

Oh, and are you gonna try and get slack on there for nixxin on the move ?

**NetRyder** · March 30th, 2003

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I created a DriveImage backup last night, and burned it to a couple of CD-Rs

SPeedY: I just moved the P3 desktop to the other room, and I'll be installing Slack on that sometime later (probably June, so I can play with it all summer before going to uni

)
Not sure if I'll dual-boot with *nix on this thing yet.

Lovin' the responsiveness of this ... now I gotta test it's 3 hour battery life

**SPeedY_B** · March 30th, 2003

You gotta put nix on there! scare newbies on the move with a none-windows o/s

**NetRyder** · March 30th, 2003

I didn't say I wouldn't

**Nick M** · March 30th, 2003

Nice, nice laptop! I'm impressed with all but the graphics card

How is the screen's ( and cards ) performance in games?

**NetRyder** · March 30th, 2003

The screen seems fine to me for movies ... I haven't tried out any games on it yet

I'm sure it beats the hell out of that old TNT2 tho

versionfiv · June 19th, 2003

Cool, I ordered a Dell laptop a few days ago, I'll be installing Debian on that for sure!

**NetRyder** · June 20th, 2003

Originally posted by versionfiv
Cool, I ordered a Dell laptop a few days ago, I'll be installing Debian on that for sure!

Nice!

**Geffy** · June 20th, 2003

let me know if the nix install works well, I been lookin for a lappy that works fine with FreeBSD and such

versionfiv · June 21st, 2003

Will do.

March 20th, 2003	Top \| #1
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	My new laptop =) Ordered a new laptop today, and I just wanted to share my excitement with you guys It's goint to be my first laptop, and I'll be using it at university. Specs: Dell Inspiron 5100 Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.4GHz 14.1" XGA screen @ 1024x768 512MB PC2100(266MHz) DDR SDRAM 30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive 16MB ATi Mobility™ Radeon™ 7500 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Integrated 10/100 Ethernet & 56k Modem Built-in, dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wireless antennae Type II PC Card slot, S-Video out, VGA out, FireWire, two USB 2.0 ports 12-cell Lithium-ion battery (approx. 3 hours of battery life) It should arrive sometime towards the end of this month or the start of next. :happy: :happy: Will let you all know how it goes... http://kunal.kundaje.net

March 20th, 2003	Top \| #3
xsivforce Prodigal Son Joined: February 2002 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 8,542 Reputation: 1410 Power: 225	Very cool NetRyder! I miss you allllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Henyman Secret Goat Fetish Joined: June 2002 Location: Dorset, England Posts: More Than You Posts: 9,602 Reputation: 3548 Power: 253	sounds great........just get lemmings on there and u'll be sorted http://Henyman.com

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	Thanks guys! I will make it a point to be very careful with it. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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March 29th, 2003	Top \| #9
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	The UPS guy came and delivered it today. Woohoo ... this thing kicks my desktop's ass! Lots of reconfiguring/installing to do ... and it came pre-loaded with XP Home. Might upgrade that too. http://kunal.kundaje.net

March 29th, 2003	Top \| #10
jdn I'm trying Joined: May 2002 Location: Victoria, B.C. CANADA Posts: 110 Reputation: 0 Power: 124	COngrats on your laptop. Couple of things Ghost it right out of the box. Get a good backup program ( I use second cup ) and do it regularly. This is not not to protect from system crashes but from dropping it (my first compaq - two years ago ) or getting stolen ( my second compaq - nine months ago ). Though with insurance I now have a very nice Tosh Satellite 5105. And one other idea, I find with the different lans one tends to plug into as you are now mobile, it is a good idea to get a pcima lan card and use this for your more temp locations. Set up the onboard lan for your usual log in location. This works really well if you to set your dns etc. instead of using dhcp. AMD Athlon xp2400+ (2600) Asus A7N8X-Deluxe NVidia GeForce Ti4600 2x512 Azen ram 3-WDC 120gb-8mb HD Super Flower 450w 3fans LG cdrw GCE-8520b LG dvdram GSA-4040b NEC LCD1712 Monsoon 5.1 Linksys WRT54g Hawkings antennas

March 30th, 2003	Top \| #11
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Hey RetNyder, congrats on the funky new boxen Gotta agree with jdn, backup is a definate must. My mate has a lappy for uni and he's took it back and had it swapped for a new unit (or had the hdd wiped) at least 3 times now (varying problems) Oh, and are you gonna try and get slack on there for nixxin on the move ? 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

March 30th, 2003	Top \| #12
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I created a DriveImage backup last night, and burned it to a couple of CD-Rs SPeedY: I just moved the P3 desktop to the other room, and I'll be installing Slack on that sometime later (probably June, so I can play with it all summer before going to uni ) Not sure if I'll dual-boot with nix on this thing yet. Lovin' the responsiveness of this ... now I gotta test it's 3 hour battery life http://kunal.kundaje.net*

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	You gotta put nix on there! scare newbies on the move with a none-windows o/s 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	I didn't say I wouldn't http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Nick M OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Posts: 3,961 Reputation: 370 Power: 162	Nice, nice laptop! I'm impressed with all but the graphics card How is the screen's ( and cards ) performance in games?

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	The screen seems fine to me for movies ... I haven't tried out any games on it yet I'm sure it beats the hell out of that old TNT2 tho http://kunal.kundaje.net

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 297	Originally posted by versionfiv Cool, I ordered a Dell laptop a few days ago, I'll be installing Debian on that for sure! Nice! http://kunal.kundaje.net

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versionfiv OSNN Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Washington DC Posts: 132 Reputation: 0 Power: 115	Will do.