{"id":296,"date":"2009-07-19T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.cottee.org\/2009\/07\/jaunty-%e2%80%93-compiz-%e2%80%93-emerald-%e2%80%93-dell-studio-15\/"},"modified":"2009-07-19T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-19T10:56:00","slug":"jaunty-compiz-emerald-dell-studio-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottee.org\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":">Jaunty \u2013 Compiz \u2013 Emerald \u2013 Dell Studio 15″"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"IMG_0235\"<\/a> I hate Dell with a loathing that is hard to put into words. Nevertheless, I now have a Dell laptop. I love screen space and this 15\u201d monitor has a 1920×1050 screen. Portable (it\u2019s bigger but lighter than my MBP) and with a great screen resolution it\u2019s great for developing. <\/p>\n

Build wise it sucks. A lot of keyboard flex which doesn\u2019t bother me but doesn\u2019t say much about quality. The surround around the screen is also very flexible. It also has NO indicator lights for wifi \/ hard disk \/ pretty much anything. Very sparse. It came with Vista, which lasted for ten minutes (just long enough to check the laptop worked) before I wiped it and put Jaunty on. The lid design has been roundly mocked by my colleagues and my eldest daughter. Personally I like it although it does have the look of have being vomited on. The overall look of the laptop is slabish. If I hadn\u2019t used the name \u2018pig\u2019 for the little NC10, I would have given the name to this laptop but for less affectionate reasons. Here are the basic specs:<\/p>\n\nBase
<\/font><\/td>\nIntel\u00ae Core\u0099 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz)<\/b>
<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMemory
<\/font><\/td>\n4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2×2048]<\/b>
<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKeyboard
<\/font><\/td>\nInternal UK\/Irish Qwerty Keyboard<\/b>
<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nVideo Card
<\/font><\/td>\n512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570<\/b>
<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHard Drive
<\/font><\/td>\n500GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Screenshot-1\"<\/a> The nice thing I like about it is the Compiz environment which *is* just so much eye candy but I actually like how I interact with it. First of all, the screen resolution gives a lot of space. I can easily run emacs with two 80 column spaces side by side and have space for a couple of terminals. Yes, the machine is called \u2018Picard\u2019. Yes, it does have ST:TNG sound effects on it. Yes, I am a sad sad man. <\/p>\n

\"Screenshot-2\"<\/a> The screen is set into six virtual desktops. As you can see, we go into eye candy heaven with this. I can rotate around easily just using the keys if I want, but also easy to do with a mouse or the track pad. Being able to see stuff like this works very well for quickly navigating around multiple windows and desktops. <\/p>\n

\"Screenshot-3\"<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s great for showing off as well \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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> I hate Dell with a loathing that is hard to put into words. Nevertheless, I now have a Dell laptop. I love screen space and this 15\u201d monitor has a 1920×1050 screen. Portable (it\u2019s bigger but lighter than my MBP) and with a great screen resolution it\u2019s great for developing. Build wise it sucks. A lot of keyboard flex which doesn\u2019t bother me but doesn\u2019t say much about quality. The surround around the screen is also very flexible. It…<\/p>\n

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