Comments on: Pimp my pad http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/ Commentary on media, technology, marketing and clamming strategies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Cahill http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-696020 Mark Cahill Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-696020 Be sure that home mega disk is replicated somewhere...probably out in the cloud. I'm picturing the a room that is fast morphing into the Churbuck Server Room. Play your cards right and it may someday heat the house for you. ;-) Be sure that home mega disk is replicated somewhere…probably out in the cloud.

I’m picturing the a room that is fast morphing into the Churbuck Server Room. Play your cards right and it may someday heat the house for you. ;-)

]]> By: David Churbuck http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695990 David Churbuck Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:30:34 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695990 I thought of the counterpoint part -- archive management should be able to take care of incremental adds and edits to the "blob" -- lesson learned though -- I now have an X41 blob and a Z60M blob parked on the home mega disk. I thought of the counterpoint part — archive management should be able to take care of incremental adds and edits to the “blob” — lesson learned though — I now have an X41 blob and a Z60M blob parked on the home mega disk.

]]> By: jim Forbes http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695871 jim Forbes Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:33:05 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695871 hey guys, i have an X62 review unit. i'd love to radically improve its disk throuput. thoughts? jim Forbes Escondidio, CA fighting off the marauding avocados on a day by day basis hey guys, i have an X62 review unit. i’d love to radically improve its disk throuput. thoughts?

jim Forbes
Escondidio, CA
fighting off the marauding avocados on a day by day basis

]]> By: Mark http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695796 Mark Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:59:25 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695796 David, Great thought! The counter point will be the countless updates to the mega file as all the pieces are updated, and worse, that with a single mega file to download - it will take a lot longer to download when you just need the one file. There are also some financial impacts - suppose IT infrastructure costs were based on GB of downloads...? It would then be in both the company and the customer best interest to just get the files that are absolutely needed. So long as you stay on XP, the 5400 rpm drive should be fine, but the 7200 ones do offer a significant performance boost. I just traded out a 5400 for 7200 rpm on a T61p and was really impressed by the difference. It's more an issue on Vista as Vista keeps hitting the drive updating all those widgets and that adds overhead. Kudos on keeping the Z61 running strong.. Mark David,

Great thought! The counter point will be the countless updates to the mega file as all the pieces are updated, and worse, that with a single mega file to download – it will take a lot longer to download when you just need the one file.

There are also some financial impacts – suppose IT infrastructure costs were based on GB of downloads…? It would then be in both the company and the customer best interest to just get the files that are absolutely needed.

So long as you stay on XP, the 5400 rpm drive should be fine, but the 7200 ones do offer a significant performance boost. I just traded out a 5400 for 7200 rpm on a T61p and was really impressed by the difference. It’s more an issue on Vista as Vista keeps hitting the drive updating all those widgets and that adds overhead.

Kudos on keeping the Z61 running strong..

Mark

]]> By: David Churbuck http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695750 David Churbuck Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:08:55 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695750 yeah, sure, but ..... I challenge you to get TVSU running on a fresh ThinkPad due to the .NET framework issue. I'm just saying -- one whopping "all-in" archive would be a nice option. yeah, sure, but ….. I challenge you to get TVSU running on a fresh ThinkPad due to the .NET framework issue. I’m just saying — one whopping “all-in” archive would be a nice option.

]]> By: David http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695741 David Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:05:49 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695741 Use System Update for getting the drivers you need in (mostly) one batch. Use System Update for getting the drivers you need in (mostly) one batch.

]]> By: David Churbuck http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695709 David Churbuck Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:09:58 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695709 I ordered up a half-a-terrabyte for $99. Not going SSD -- too rich for my blood. But a classic 5400 HDD (I went slower for heat reasons). Thanks Tim. I ordered up a half-a-terrabyte for $99. Not going SSD — too rich for my blood. But a classic 5400 HDD (I went slower for heat reasons). Thanks Tim.

]]> By: Tim http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2009/02/pimp-my-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-695571 Tim Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:47:36 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2523#comment-695571 The processor actually is your last bottleneck for daily usage. Even a Celeron could benefit from a fast SSD, so a 7200rpm drive would be fine. I do believe the Z series used SATA drives, so you're in luck there. I'm sure someone around the office has a spare drive they can ship up to ya... The processor actually is your last bottleneck for daily usage. Even a Celeron could benefit from a fast SSD, so a 7200rpm drive would be fine. I do believe the Z series used SATA drives, so you’re in luck there. I’m sure someone around the office has a spare drive they can ship up to ya…

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