From: "Geo" 

There is another option you can get if you are doing this, buy a big
external USB2 drive, it's probably faster than the laptop drive and will
certainly hold more.

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:44182792{at}w3....
> Hey, Antti,
>
> Have you actually run largish test datasets on your 610, locally?
Painful?
> The classic advice is not to bother with notebooks for this, but I see
more
> and more developers carrying one machine around everywhere, doing builds
and
> quick fixes on site, both, on one notebook.  As long as they back up, it's
> very convenient.  I make it a point to slap them upside the head until
they
> do, when I have the authority.
>
> Two years ago, 7200rpm drives ran too hot for many laptops.  Things seem
to
> have gotten better.  This is a hint to install a SMART temperature
monitoring
> util and tell me the HD temp after a build on your 610 (pretty please).
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -f
>

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