Why should I choose a T400 over a E6400?

I'm a graduate student about to start a master's program in a field of engineering. I need something that is sturdy, dependable, non-intrusive, quiet, cool (temperature), light and compact. This is why I'm interested in the T400 and E6400.
For around $750 (incl. tax) this is the T400 I want to get:
P8400
2gb, 1DIMM ram
250gb hdd
14.1 LED WXGA w/camera
CDRW/DVDROM
Intel 5300 Wifi
Intel graphics
Media card reader
6-cell battery
Vista basic (will buy vista ultimate and upgrade with student discount)
1-year warranty
For less, I can get this refurb'd E6400:
P8700
2gb, 1DIMM ram DDR2
160 gb HDD, 7200rpm
14.1 WXGA+ LED backlit
Intel 5300
Intel graphics
Vista business
6-cell battery
DVD/RW
3 year warranty
I'm really torn between the two. I like the T400 for its understated design, rubberized outer surface, and rollcage. I like the Dell for its value and offering more for less.
I havn't been able to see them or try them in person I and probably won't be able to.
So I'd like to here from owners why they prefer their Thinkpad over other notebooks, and if you're tried both I'd like to hear about your experiences.
Thanks.

Hi thesundandthemoo,
Welcome to the Lenovo forum
If you haven't already, I'd recommend heading to notebookreview.com and reading their reviews of both the E6400 and T400. Also visit their forums and see what users have to say.
As this is a Lenovo users' forum, the opinions you get here are biased. But I guess you know that.
Anyway, my opinion: The Dell E6400 looks great on paper, is a great design. I've never set fingers on one, but from the reviews I looked at before getting my T500, it seemed it is somewhat flawed in execution. I recall reading reports of malfunctioning hardware and general flakiness. Those reports were anecdotal only, and to be fair in this forum you will read of some users having trouble with their T400's too. No manufacturer is immune from letting an occasional lemon slip through. If we had accurate statistics about quality control we could make a rational choice. In the absence of those, we're left with:
Anecdotal user experiences and evaluations of laptop quality;
More anecdotal user experiences of quality of service in addressing any problems.
In my case I bought my T500 (over E6500) based on my personal experience with earlier ThinkPads and excellent support and service from IBM / Lenovo / EasyServ when the occasional problem arose. My T500 was not 100% perfect from day one: it had a somewhat flexible keyboard (by ThinkPad standards), and a problem displaying digital video through the dock's DVI to one of my monitors. To Lenovo's immense credit, they have fixed both problems to my complete satisfaction. It is this willingness to listen to customer complaints (in this forum and elsewhere) and commitment to make things right -- in combination with excellent design, build quality and driver support -- that makes me such a fan of ThinkPads. They are the first laptops I consider when making any new purchase for myself or others.
Good luck with your search, it would be great if you let us know what you decide and why.
Best regards,
Frank
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ESOA : Why should we choose ESOA

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Hi Pavani,
Lot of questions. If you have gone through the ESOA Architecture/framework, you would have find answers to most of your questions.
> 1) how customer gets benifit out of this esoa...??? how it solves customer problems in present market.??
SOA architecture is spreading with a good pace. Its always better to walk with market trends.
Customer can benfit from less implementation costs, fast implementations and finally the maintainace would be quite easier with ESOA
> 2) In which form these services are served? (wsdl/ any common format acceptable by all kinds of applications or it is completely based on Netweaver platform?)
Yes it is WSDL. It is based on standards and acceptable to all SAP, Non-SAP applications.
>
> 3) If it is a wsdl, why should we go for PI 7.1 only...we can also generate wsdls from all previous versions ?
PI 7.1 contains ESR where you can define/design your new Enterprise services with some governace mechanism. Technically Enterprise Services are Web Services but it has strong governance mechanism. You can develop/define simple web services from previous PI versions.
> 4) According to my understanding from all the blogs & forums, all services will be developed and registered in ESR ( which resides locally in my company), then how these services are said to be global??
Nope, they will be developed in ESR( Enterprise Services Repository) and would be registered in Service Registry not ESR.
>
> 5) what is the big difference PI 7.1 makes over the previous versions?
PI 7.1 is coming with lot of new features, but related to ESOA , main is the ESR.
> 6) How ES workplace is helpfull to my development?
ES Workplace provide test servers where SAP has already hosted implemented services. You can consume that services using your applications. And documentation is provided along every Enterprise Service. SAP has hosted ES Woorkplace for evaluation purpose only
> 7) I have installed ESR & CE 7.1 into my system.. but i am unable to find proper support from SDN ? Is it still have to come up? or Is no one using PI7.1 yet? or any other reasons??
A lot of documentation is available and also forums are available for both CE and ESR. But it will take time to reach at atht level when compared to other Netweaver products
> 8) and most imortantly, I have not found any architectural details about ESR or PI 7.1 or CE 7.1. please ignore this question if i m wrong.
Go through recent Teched Material, you will find a lot.
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Why I've choosed Oracle Certifications over SQL Server's : Highly Specified

Since doing my Internship on SQL Analysis/Optimization on both Oracle and SQL Server as we support both for our Products, I wanted to target a relevant certification to enforce my experience and as a consequence my CV.
I was in hesitation on choosing between an SQL Server certification or an Oracle Database Certification.
Instinctly I would have gone for SQL server for the following reasons
1. As I'm new and totally unexperienced it feels much easier and appealling to me
2. It is more simple and thus easier than Oracle
3. I've Experienced it more - since the first weeks as introductive, while Oracle was and is a more misty field
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In my placemnt, I primarly analyse and optimize preset API SQL Statements. So what I learn and do, is SQL and SQL optimization techniques.
And on Oracle I can be provided certifications specifically for this. SQL Expert, PL/SQL, SQL Tuning.
On the other side, Microsoft hasn't such a thing at all, with the only Certification available being MCSA.
To get the MCSA certification I need 3 different Exams 1 Querying 2 Administering 3 Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Sector on which I dont have a clue. So a logic +"Either Everything or Nothing"+ No thank you sir I wont take.
At the best I can take just the 1.Querying BUT
1. It combines SQL, T-SQL, Optimization in one Exam. But I dont work much with T-SQL, I would prefer an exam just on SQL or Optimization. AND
2. Its not even considered a full Certification
While in Oracle I can (if I'll make it and find time for their bigger extend) take a Certification on SQL, and a Certification on Tunning which are the exact fields of my Placement.
And if i suceed I can extend to PL/SQL, but until then I dont have to bother for PL/SQL which I dont use much.
I dont care if I need separate payments and procedures, since I can organise Studies & Exercise one field at a time, than having to care for both PLUS a field I dont actually use much.
And then there is also the positive that you will gain certification for the Top and mos advanced DBMS. And that its not only about that Oracle Devs are less and thus maybe more easy to get hired but also that "if you learn the Difficult(Oracle), then if you have to learn the Easy (SQL Server) it would be easier possible, than the opposite"
So Oracle Certs have in my case that positive Frame
1. Specified Certifications Mirroring Exactly your Sectors
2. Helps self-organisation your Study-Learning Distincting each sector
3. No1 DBMS, more promitment,
4. As more difficult, it will be surely easier to transfer to SQL Server if there will be need afterwards , than the opposite
While SQL Server Certifications on the opposite have a negative Frame
1. Only Full Certification is MCSA for the Entire SQL Serve Set, things I dont know
2. Only an Exam 1.Querying is possible, which is Not A full Certification
3. Mischiefs 3 fields to 1 SQL, Optimizing, T-SQL in one for which I dont operate all on the same level and will fragment the study organisation (no educative logic at all)
4. SQL Server is Easier than Oracle. Being 22 yet, if need comes up it will be harder to transfer to Oracle. The opposite will be easier i think.
Well under these circumstances for my situation, to set on Oracle Path I think it was more than clearly better.
It outpasses even the needing of X4 funds for the same knowledge (SQL+Tuning+PL/SQL)

Goodfire George wrote:
1. As I'm new and totally unexperienced it feels much easier and appealling to me
2. It is more simple and thus easier than OracleWhy do you say that?
It might seem easier on the surface, a point and click interface might be easier acessible for some, but both are complex product suits and neither database engine/platform has a small or "easy" feature set.
My view is sort of the opposite of yours (of course, it might be a natural view from a long experience with databases and data systems); Oracle DBAs have to be good at what they do, when on the other hand almost anyone can fool themselves thinking they are MSSS DBAs (clicking around in a "explorer" like interface, how hard can it be?). But in reality, it will takes ten's of years of learning and doing on each platform and their applications to be really great at it.
3. I've Experienced it more - since the first weeks as introductive, while Oracle was and is a more misty fieldSeems like this is the key - you'll only really learn when you dive in and try, fail and try again... (different thresholds on learning curve/steps may vary).
On the other side, Microsoft hasn't such a thing at all, with the only Certification available being MCSA.You seem to have completely missed the Pro, Master and even Architect levels. Also, for the more "specified", there's implementor, db developer, BI developer tracks with TS and ITP exams/certifications.
For your case you may want to compare with MCITP Developer track, which has a certificate after each exam (TS, then ITP).
Remember that MS has a different certification layout. There may be 3 or even 5 steps (exams) before you'll get certified on some level, where as you might need 1 or 2 exams completed to get a Oracle Database cert.
To get the MCSA certification I need 3 different Exams 1 Querying 2 Administering 3 Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012See previous points :)
At the best I can take just the 1.Querying BUT
1. It combines SQL, T-SQL, Optimization in one Exam. But I dont work much with T-SQL, I would prefer an exam just on SQL or Optimization. AND
2. Its not even considered a full Certification Again, look at and compare with Querying/Development and Designing Database Solutions.
Depending on your outset and "point of view" on things, on the road ahead you could choose to not be blind to "the other side" (whichever one) but learn to discern and apply, reinforcing knowledge from whatever aspect you'll learn and see and know. Be open and open to re-learning stuff. If you don't take things too literally, sql and performance and scalability matters exists on both platforms. You might be able to learn e.g troubleshooting and optimization, not O* troubleshooting and optimization. Also this is a wast area, about performance, becuase you'll need to know systems, how systems fit toghether and maybe more importantly how the users use the system, how they think they use the system, getting to know them and how to hear and control their expectations (yes, you'll be amazed in ten or twenty yers from now how much "psychology" this really is about).
The (hopefully long) road towards/before exams and certification is what you should put your mind and effort to. As with most other aspects of life; there are no quick fixes - that is just how we "ignore" things we not really want to invest in.
>
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And if i suceed I can extend to PL/SQL, but until then I dont have to bother for PL/SQL which I dont use much.This might be a sign of "narrow tracking" too early. Learning a little PL/SQL or whatever skills will help in ways you do not yet know. Read what EdStevens has written on the forums on the topic of studying (learning systems from having a major within music).
It outpasses even the needing of X4 funds for the same knowledge (SQL+Tuning+PL/SQL)Knowledge does not come from taking exams (if you don't mean the "I know how to do multiple choice tests"-kind of knowledge).
Perhaps it is better in the long run if you study and experience and do the things you like to do, and let the certificates come later on when the time is right.
Edited by: orafad on May 26, 2013 12:00 PM
Edited by: orafad on May 26, 2013 12:01 PM

Help! Why should I choose Aperture?

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... among others. I presently have Aperture 1.5 (educational, not for upgrade) and have been rather disappointed in it. I can see that Aperture 2 is a good leap ahead, and seems to have resolved many problems, but new ones have cropped up and some old ones still remain.
My main computer at this time is a MacBook Pro Core Duo, 2 gig of RAM, running Leopard. My photos are stored on two external Firewire 500 gig HDs. I may be moving the entire catalog to a larger HD soon, a 1Tb Firewire 800.
Photoshop will still be my main program to do major work to photos. Aperture can handle the overall toning, cropping, sorting, etc. aside from cataloging.
I've been tempted to get Photo Mechanic and skip everything altogether (other than Photoshop) but Aperture looks very good. But then, so does that other program.
I'd love some constructive suggestions!

I don't know if I will help you at all, but I downloaded the other program after I tried Aperture 1 on my old powerbook beacuse Aperture 1 was painfully clunky. I used it for a year and was "basically" happy with it.
But since I got my new MBP, I've tried the trial version of Aperture 2 and love it (and bought a serial number). The small things, as iMacYou said, will change with the updates in the future. I like that Apple has come out with several updates already. I can see the plug-in potential and I am excited I got in at the beginning to see the changes.
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And keep in mind, this is the forum where people come when they have a problem. There are many happy users out there who have no problems and never come here.
I guess the best thing, if you haven't already done so, is to download the trial of 2. I was pleasantly surprised with how it handled my photos on my laptop. I have since moved my library to an external FW drive and enjoy the little speed bump. (my MBP has a 4200 speed drive in it)
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I hope this helps.

Why should I choose an XServe?

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yeah id for the 16GB, I have this and about 120Apps, 400 Songs and about 1200 Pictures (more than enought space).
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I chose creative over ipod because...
st I don't like the way their navagation weel looks.
2nd they are made by apple... I never did like apple because they have their own operating system.
3rd they have there own music format, (AAC aka i tunes) and i likes microsoft's wma format.
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by the way, how many creative mp3 players do you own?
me, well i own a creative zen micro that's about 5 months old, and a creative zen touch that's about a week old.

I chose Creative Zen Micro 5g over iPod first of all because I received a 25% off discount on my original SB Audigy due to a class action lawsuit and they threw in a free pair of headphones that originally cost $39.99. So the whole package was $69.22. Pretty good deal I think. I love it so far.
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Should we choose Java over ABAP

Hi, My company is moving to SAP recently and we are all new to SAP. Here I have question about should
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Thank you for the response. Regarding to system installation, we will install JAVA stack and ABAP stack to have full function of SAP . We are interested in the following area for development: BI, Portal, workflow, Adobe interactive form.
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Firstly I'm using Adobe InDesign 5.5
I have document A, which has over 50 pages.
Then document B, with over 40 pages.
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AdobeReaderDocumentCouldNotPrint.txt
Glyn Price Tue 17 March 2015
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MS Window 7
File > Print > Print
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Here is an elaborate method of troubleshooting this problem. There may be a simpler method if anybody wants to suggest one.
There is a general technique that is helpful in this situation. I can't give you complete instructions here, and I haven't tested this with regard to bluetooth devices, but here's the gist of it.
Create a second log-on account for your music projects. Configure it so that when you log in to the new music account, the drivers needed for the Bluetooth devices don't load. You do this in System Preferences: Accounts.
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When you install drivers for any peripheral, you have the option of installing them "for all users" or only for the user account that is active during the installation.
This governs whether the drivers go in root/library or root/Users/your name/library.
If drivers are in root/library, they will load whenever the Mac is booted up and will run for all users.
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To get this working right you need to be knowledgeable about moving or deleting files in the /library/ directory and subdirectories, and you need to be careful because you can unwittingly cause some damage if you are not careful.
There is also the root/System/library directory, and in general you should never mess around with anything in there or you might hose your system.
In summary, I would start by using the installer programs for your BlueTooth devices and DE-installing all drivers. Reboot. Log back in as your usual user account. Then RE-install each driver and see if the installer program gives you the OPTION to installl for all users or just for this user. Choose the latter. Then log on to your new Music account and see if the problems go away.

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Hi,
I dont know whether we can pose this type of questions here or not.
Why should we calculate cumulative balance as per the posting period?
How is it going to work?
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Hi, you've got a couple of issues with the formula the biggest being that EARLIER() needs to be used in an iterator so should be contained in a FILTER() here. Suspect you also don't need the ALL().
That said, I think you might be over complicating the problem. Based on you output at the bottom, all you really need to do this is a flag on each order to say whether or not that order date matches the latest order date in that year for that customer. Assuming
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=
IF (
[Date]
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"Y",
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Why should texture size be less than power of 2?

Hi!
I just read in the packagerforiphone_devguide.pdf
Make bitmaps in sizes that are close to, but less than, 2^n by 2^m bits. The dimensions do not have to be power of 2,
but they should be close to a power of 2, without being larger. For example, a 31-by-15–pixel image renders faster
than a 33-by-17–pixel image. (31 and 15 are just less than powers of 2: 32 and 16.) Such images also use memory
more efficiently.
can someone explain me this? As Gamedeveloper i'm used to have power of 2 textures. why should they be smaller than power of 2 instead of exactly power of 2?

I have read that too, and it doesn't make sense. The article would have been a lot clearer if they had used 32x16 as the second example, instead of 33x17. Like you, I would almost expect advice that said to not exceed a power of 2, but it does't seem right to say that the exact power of 2 isn't recommended either.
Hey, I just found an earlier passage that pretty well states that we're right, on page 34:
"The GPU uses memory allocations that are powers of 2 for each dimension of the bitmap image. For example, the GPU can reserve memory in 512 x 1024 or 8 x 32 sizes. So a 9 x 15-pixel image takes up the same amount of memory as a 16 x 16-pixel image. For cached display objects, you may want to use dimensions that are close to powers of 2 (but not more) in each direction. For example, it is more efficient to use a 32 x 16-pixel display object than a 33 x 17-pixel display object."
So there you go, a 32x16 bitmap does use less memory than a 33x17 bitmap.
I think, or hope, that the later part was just making the point that you don't have to use exact powers of 2, but in doing so you want to not go over the power of 2. Hence using examples of 31x15 and 33x17. They didn't use 32x16 as an example because those are powers of 2, which wasn't what was being illustrated.

Open Question to Adobe - Why Should I Stay?

Okay, there are now thousands of posts complaining about Adobe Creative Cloud. There are over 31,000 signatures gathered in protest. So far, Adobe is eerily silent. So I am asking Adobe, why should I stay with you? Why? Why should I use Creative Cloud at $600 a year when I have been updating my Creative Suite about every other year for $700 (that's $350 per year)? Why should I stay with you when you do not seem to be responding to your customer's complaints? Why should i stay with you when you act as if everyone is so very happy with Creative Cloud and you seem to be ignoring the uproar as if it is not even happening? Why should I stay with you when you act more and more like a monopoly that is strangling its customers? I am a professional that has used your products for almost fifteen years. Why on earth should I stay with you?
Others are invited to post but I am curious if Adobe will ever respond to this.

Do you know a little bit of marketing rules?
Do you know, how difficult it is to bring some one to action - espec. protest?
Do you know about the % returning of feedback surveys (compareable... = 2-5 %)?
(Believe me and follow regarding blogs: That are many more than 33.000 protests - no question)
These subscribers in the last Q are because they spared all their new features to their "great CC day" on June 17th and because the discounts for CS6 users will end soon.
These numbers (and in my eyes they are anything else than good) are a result of their forcing evil plan.
They will drop down in August, when their are no longer discounts for CS6 users. We will see.
Also let´s wait on the numbers, when they have to rise prices, and there is no longer income from CS6.
700.000 of 12 Mio & the same amount of pirates (estimated) during a year a great success???
Throwing half of the usership into garbage a good plan? = Reinventing economy?
If you think, there will be no users who will replace Adobe with competitors - I´m one of them.
Always was working parallel with QuarkXPress (and I like a lot - faster than InDesign - espec. in case of big documents (lots of text)). Also OWN the lifelong Right to use my Apple Video solutions (and thinking about investing to Avid now). My FreeHand still is running (also faster than Illustrator - even it is so old) ang still good for 95% of Vector Graphic. In case of Web-Design I have no great problem - Flash is slowly dying and competition is given. The only App not 100% replaceable is PS. But if it´s necessary, my MasterCollections will work the next 10 years on their actual MAC PROs (or virtualization). There is nothing I´m missing of their overwhelming solution.
If I would estimate: CS6 will become the WIN XP of Adobe. It will still survive over decades
(...or Adobe is bought by better managers after it´s end)

64 bits: why should I use it?

Just for the sake of discussion: If I have a program offered in 32 and 64 bit modes, why should I use the 64 bit version?
For example, the well known Videolan Player, aka VLC Media Player, recently updated to version 1.0.2, comes in 32 an 64 bit flavors. When would one version be used in lieu of the other?
And saying "because it is bigger and hence better" is not true. Even Apple points out in the developer pages about the 64-bit fallacy: in that mode, all data structures duplicate in size and if the hardware remains the same, performance will suffer cause you have to push twice the amount of information.

I just did a test with VLC Player (version 1.0.2), I played the same video in both 32 bit and 64 bit modes (NOTE: NOT talking about the kernel, but the program). Played it several times in both modes and even alternated between modes. In 64 bit mode it caused one of my processors to spike to 104% usage for the first 20 sec before dropping to 4-5%. In 32 bit mode processor usage remained at 4-5% the entire time.
Played the same video in Quicktime Player X in both modes and saw no difference (used 5-8% processor usage).
So to answer the question about when to use one version over the other I would say if one version causes notable problems/issues and the other doesn't than use the one that doesn't. Generally you shouldn't see a noticeable difference except in high-end programs that are crunching massive amounts of data.

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