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bowlingbrad
2005-10-05, 04:47 PM
I was doing some research and found that Tristar is still in existence! I haven't used these guys for 8-10 years.

Is anyone using Tristar? If so, any comments or suggestions? I'm trying to find an alternative to Dell. For us, their support has dropped of the charts recently.

TIA,
Brad
Andre Baros
2005-10-05, 05:31 PM
I don't know much about Tristar (but since I know you're looking for a laptop) I have to recommend Thinkpads. They're not IBM anymore but they're still the best. My old thinkpad still beats our office Dell at a lot of things and it's technically slower. The difference is in the integration and details. If you can't have a Powerbook (since they can't run Revit) then Thinkpads are the next best thing.
christopher.zoog51272
2005-10-05, 05:33 PM
Wow, they are still around.:shock: The last machine(s) we had from them was a Dual Pentium Pro 400mhz running NT4.
Steven Campbell
2005-10-05, 06:14 PM
My first pc was a tristar 486DX50... it was fast compared to my brothers Zeos 486DX66.

Steven Campbell
bowlingbrad
2005-10-05, 06:23 PM
My first Tristar was a 486/dx2-66. BLAZING FAST!

Hey Andre,
About thinkpads... Do they come in 2gb RAM versions? I was looking at them and the website doesn't offer 2gb. What's your config?
Steven Campbell
2005-10-05, 08:37 PM
The T43p (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-58315) supports 2 Gb and also comes with an ATI FireGL V3200.
bowlingbrad
2005-10-05, 08:58 PM
Great! Thanks!

I'm probably going with the Thinkpad!
Andre Baros
2005-10-05, 09:49 PM
Mine is an old X20, which I have because it's so small and light that I can always have it with me. I don't run Revit (or any other cad) on it, just Oulook, Office, Database type stuff. I use it as a notebook and ebook more than for work, but I've compared it again our Dell Latitude D600 and found it faster at some tasks.

The T43p looks great.
Wes Macaulay
2005-10-06, 04:24 PM
That Thinkpad - esp with the ATI Fire card - would be the bomb. Thanks for posting that Steven!
bowlingbrad
2005-10-06, 04:44 PM
:Puffy: Oooo goodie! I was waiting for your input Wes. Thanks! I'm ordering today!
Steven Campbell
2005-10-06, 05:41 PM
That Thinkpad - esp with the ATI Fire card - would be the bomb. Thanks for posting that Steven! I have one on order too.. :D