Posts by baidarkabob

Hi, What are the positives and negatives of these 3 cards for GIS and CAD applications: NVIDIA® Quadro FX 1600M 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX PCI Express 16X w/512MB GDDR3 NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB Open GL) Thanks, Bob

Hi, I would appreciate your advice on picking out a laptop. I am a GIS and graphics professional. I do not game with the laptop but ArcGIS, ArcScene, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, etc. are all fairly graphic intensive programs and...

Greetings, I have been brutalizing a 5680 for a couple years. The screen case is cracking at the hinges pretty bad and I do not think it will survive another field season. I purchased the computer through PCTorque. How do I go...

Thanks to all for the input. Too bad the AMD 64 bit future is out of the question for me... http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa...leShow&d=29391 Where does one find a laptop with the Turion chip? I did not see that as an...

I am also interested in people's experience with the P4 vs PM chip debate. My primary concern is rendering of 3D in ArcScene. ArcScene is a GIS application (computer mapping) that uses digital elevation data to create explorable 3D...

Re-seating did not work for us. Is this RAM paired or can i remove one stick to test the other? b

Freakizoid, we are reseating the ram and HD this morning. Will let you know if it helps. Have you tried this? bob

I should add - The machine did boot a few times on the first day but has since gone completely T.U. Same deal as freakizoid: clock is working, fan comes on, CD drive clicks a few times, all lights come on, but no boot. Does not seem...

My Dad got his 9860 a few days ago and he has been experiencing the no boot problem since he pulled the machine out of the box. All drivers have been updated. Could be a ram problem but I have not been able to get it to boot to the...

Hi, I like the the 9860 but I can't deal with a 17 inch screen. Anything with similar specs coming out in a 15 inch screen? Sooon? Thanks, Bob