WINDOWS SP2 AND SWX 2004 SP3?

I have a zd7000 coming and was wondering, in short, what issues if any I can
expect. TIA

 

is this the thing:
http://www.gamers-depot.com/hardware/notebooks/hp/zd7000/001.htm

wow. big power. not very good reviews.
:~)>

lets see... issues. yes, burning your leg if you put it in your lap!

bob z.

 

I spent last evening cleaning up the CR*P that autoinstalling SP2 and then
removing it caused. The user is now a much happier camper (and smarter).
And SW2004 SP4.2 is also happy about it.

Here is the first paragraph from Bob Zee's quoted article:

Have you ever heard the phrase "rowing through the water with a boat anchor
attached"? That's what describes the latest ZD7000 Laptop from Hp. At its
core, we see the fastest available CPU - an Intel 3.2GHz P4 EE (Extreme
Edition with 2MB of L2 Cache) - a great display, built-in wireless, video
capture and more. What plagues this notebook is Hp's decision to use a
sub-par GPU and mediocre hard drive.

Don't shoot the messenger now.

Fastest available? I thought that honor went to AMD at least if fast is
counted in getting work done and not how hard you pedal.

 

I just returned mine! --- very sad!

SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1 would NOT work with the Nvidia graphics card (geforce
fx go5700).
I don't know if 2004 would have any problems tho.
I was sad to let go of it however the problems with SolidWorks were just
unacceptable.
I'd open a assembly with 10~20 parts then RMB from the FM open a part and
the display
would go crazy! couldn't do anything but shut down SolidWorks.
The customer service at HP told me that the zd8000 is coming out soon and
has better graphics choices - we'll see.
The notebook is great if you can get the display problems worked out or
better yet apply
the notorious soft quadro patch to it.
I had this thing on my desk with a nice cold drink setting right beside the
exhaust port...
it wasn't cold for very long! This thing really cooks! and eats up the
battery quick then running SWs.

On the positive side this thing had everything 4 USB ports, Firewire, RJ45,
RJ11, Wireless 802.11G,
4 different smart cards, even inferred! 8X DVD +/-R and the 17 screen WOW!
I had the 3.2 EE pentium with 1.5 GB Ram and the 60GB 7200 RPM HD.
It cut 30% off the rebuild times from my old Dell 1.5 Ghz and 20% off my 2.2
Ghz.
This thing really cooked but was just too expensive to be a DVD player.

 

well f()ck. if i had bought brand B some hill jack would've killed that one
too. didn't know about the 8000 it will probably offer the quadro go card
(we can only hope). maybe mine will be headed back too. all i can tell you
is you can't get a qudro go card unless its on a dell m60 or an alienware
mj12 i think it is. and bothe of them were in the 4k+ range byt he time you
got all the shit you need. o well live and learn. at least i can watch my
dvds on it! oh by the way f u bob! >8~(<

 

i was looking at www.cyberpowerpc.com because that my workstation and ive
had decent luck with the box other than the PS going to shit but from a
stabilty standpoint i went for the pentium because my laptop experience is
none.