Laptop for C++ programmer?

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I use my laptop mainly for email and web browsing but, every once in a while
when I'm travelling, I have to do a little work. My current laptop is a 7
or 8-year-old Toshiba Tecra 500 CDT. Working on it drives my crazy, because
it is so slow.

I know I need:
- XP Pro
- >20Gb hard drive
- CD R/W + DVD reader
- 512 Gb RAM?

I can't find a web site that lets my fill in those specs, then compare
everything else. They all want to compare price, which is not all that
important.

Can anyone help?

Dick.

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The World has changed since your 500 CDT.

Nowadays, u pick your favorite brand, THEN u order the notebook with
whatever memory, hdd space etc you want. It's custom order to your
specs.

The more or less fixed items are the cpu, video, but everything else
it's just what u ask for.

Psssh..... Nike let u custom order your own shoes now.

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On 8 Jun 2005 14:34:06 -0700, "Citizen" <UncleScam@gmail.com> wrote:

>512 Gb of RAM is an aweful lot...


No, it's not.

My photographer friend using photoshop cs2 wants 1 GIG in his machine
and I can see why.

What do u do with your notebook?

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bobb wrote:

> On 8 Jun 2005 14:34:06 -0700, "Citizen" <UncleScam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>512 Gb of RAM is an aweful lot...
>
>
> No, it's not.
>
> My photographer friend using photoshop cs2 wants 1 GIG in his machine
> and I can see why.

Well, 512 Gb is approximately 64 GB which is 64 times times more than your
photographer friend wants, which sounds like an awful lot to _me_.

> What do u do with your notebook?

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