On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:48:52 +0800, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >Me? I'll buy a good nib and jam it in a comfortable pen to make the best >pen I can for me - it's not just because I'm 'cheap', it's because I can >make a better pen than any I could buy over the counter that way., that's >kinda how I do things.. and Windows is kinda like that for me. I don't know about Windoze 7, haven't tried it yet, but Vista 64 has really impressed me with it's rock solidness. Rarely has a program crashed and only once or twice have I had to press reset, and that's in almost 2 years of serious computing. Mind you I'm like you, I built my machine from the best parts I could find, researched each for performance and cost, then built just below the bleeding edge. My machine is still high performance two years after I built it. Quad processor, 8 GB DDR2, high end ATI card, and such. The last time I tried a Mac was awhile ago but I went nuts with the messages I had to click through asking if I really wanted to do this or that, generally seemed to be for the type of artist that has no idea what hardware means and never tweaks their software. I have fine tuned Vista and all my Windoze versions to be streamlined, quick, and without the confirmation idiot boxes. Tip for Vista users - dump the fancy Aero color scheme and you're computer will seem 4 times as fast. Windows Classic scheme might look 10 years old, but man oh man it will fly! Now I'm waiting impatiently for my new T400. At last a laptop that can play serious games AND do business. And it cost me less than a grand I might add with some pretty high tech features. The Lenova T500 by the way does come with a touch screen option. I like the T400 because it's very light, weight is important for me. I don't need touch screen nor high def video output. Maybe on my next laptop in 3 years or so. I rarely used my old laptop, basically when I went on a trip I used it for business E-Mail and surfing. With this one I hope to use it a great deal more. I can go to bed early and play Battlefield 2, update some webpages, or whatever else I want. Yep, I'll be able to do photo retouching in bed too, to bring this all back to a photo theme. Shortly after getting the laptop I'll be off to Europe for a 5 day trip so I'll be working the G10 and T400 hard with photo stuff. -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company: http://easternbeaver.com/ - Motorcycle Electrics Check out my incredible fuse panel - the PC-8 is a hit! 1990 Honda VFR750, 1988 Honda Africa Twin 650
