From Richard.Hoskins@DOH.WA.GOV Tue Jan 25 12:44:52 2005 Received: from mxe5.u.washington.edu (mxe5.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.168]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with ESMTP id j0PKiqmM104434 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:52 -0800 Received: from dohmxoly02.doh.wa.lcl ([192.230.9.87]) by mxe5.u.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with ESMTP id j0PKiqQQ017923 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:52 -0800 Received: by DOHMXOLY02.doh.wa.lcl with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:53 -0800 Message-ID: <6B71CB3313983A4C860B1A7CCD6F0D220773E73C@DOHMXOLY02.doh.wa.lcl> From: "Hoskins, Richard E." To: "'waphgis@u.washington.edu'" Subject: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:52 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5031E.B80FB654" X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__C230066_P5 0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __IMS_MSGID 0, __IMS_MUA 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0' This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5031E.B80FB654 Content-Type: text/plain Indeed, "wonky" is a perfect word. When I sit in front of a GIS for 12 hours, I tend to get a bit wonky... Does anyone know if there is any practical limit for size of a pen drive? Could there be 300GB pen drives? Are they as fast as regular drives? I use one to transfer data too (i had forgotten) from my GPS enabled laptop to a work station. Since we are talking hardware, does anyone have a recommendation for a 20" or greater monitor (at a good price of course) Dick H _____ From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurent, Amy Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:18 AM To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu' Subject: RE: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files? USB pen/flash drives are great - although mine has started to get wonky (do I get points for my usage of the special technical term?) after a year. But it's seen a lot of use, and was not one of the better ones. However, one thing to be aware is if one is running lower than Win 2000, one will need to restart the computer in order for the drive to be recognized. For W2K and above, they're fantastic!! Amy -----Original Message----- From: Peter H. Van Demark [mailto:peter@caliper.com ] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:57 AM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: RE: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files? Dick: >One item I recommend is a Maxtor external drive, 250MB which can be >used for backup and a place to store GIS files. Also convenient for moving >stuff back and forth to a work station. In that vein, I find a USB flash hard drive to be the sneakernet of the 21st Century. I have a .5GB Pen Drive (www.pendrive.com) that goes between any computers with a USB port, and at least with MacOS and Windows it is automatically recognized as an external drive. It has worked flawlessly for over a year of heavy use. I Googled "pen drive" and saw an ad for a 1GB unit for $89, and there are units up to 8GB! One thing to note is the read/write speed; better ones are noticeably faster at writing. Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Van Demark Director of GIS Products and Training Phone: 617-527-4700 Caliper Corporation Fax: 617-527-5113 1172 Beacon Street E-mail: peter@caliper.com Newton MA 02461-9926 Web site: http://www.caliper.com ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5031E.B80FB654 Content-Type: text/html RE: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files?
Indeed, "wonky" is a perfect word. When I sit in front of a GIS for 12 hours, I tend to get a bit wonky...
 
Does anyone know if there is any practical limit for size of a pen drive? Could there be 300GB pen drives? Are they as fast as regular drives?  I use one to transfer data too (i had forgotten) from my GPS enabled laptop to a work station.
 
Since we are talking hardware, does anyone have a recommendation for a 20" or greater monitor (at a good price of course)
 
Dick H

From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Laurent, Amy
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:18 AM
To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu'
Subject: RE: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files?

USB pen/flash drives are great - although mine has started to get wonky (do I get points for my usage of the special technical term?) after a year.  But it's seen a lot of use, and was not one of the better ones.

However, one thing to be aware is if one is running lower than Win 2000, one will need to restart the computer in order for the drive to be recognized.  For W2K and above, they're fantastic!!

Amy

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter H. Van Demark [mailto:peter@caliper.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:57 AM
To: waphgis@u.washington.edu
Subject: RE: laptop requirements for running GIS and census data files?


Dick:

>One item I recommend is a Maxtor external drive, 250MB which can be
>used for backup and a place to store GIS files. Also convenient for moving
>stuff back and forth to a work station.

In that vein, I find a USB flash hard drive to be the sneakernet of the
21st Century. I have a .5GB Pen Drive (www.pendrive.com) that goes between
any computers with a USB port, and at least with MacOS and Windows it is
automatically recognized as an external drive. It has worked flawlessly for
over a year of heavy use.

I Googled "pen drive" and saw an ad for a 1GB unit for $89, and there are
units up to 8GB! One thing to note is the read/write speed; better ones are
noticeably faster at writing.

Peter

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Peter Van Demark
Director of GIS Products and Training        Phone: 617-527-4700
Caliper Corporation                            Fax: 617-527-5113
1172 Beacon Street                     E-mail: peter@caliper.com
Newton MA 02461-9926            Web site: http://www.caliper.com

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