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My laptop is Toshiba Satellite A215-S6816
the configuration is as follows :

Toshiba Satellite A215-S6816 – Turion 64 X2 TL-64 2.2 GHz – 15.4" TFT specifications

• General
• Built-in Devices Wireless LAN antenna , Stereo speakers
• Width 14.3 in
• Depth 10.6 in
• Height 1.5 in
• Weight 5.7 lbs
• Color Onyx blue metallic
• Localization United States
• Screen type Widescreen
• Processor
• Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology TL-64 / 2.2 GHz
• Multi-Core Technology Dual-Core
• 64-bit Computing Yes
• Data Bus Speed 800.0 MHz
• Features HyperTransport technology
• Chipset Type AMD M690
• Cache Memory
• Type L2 cache
• Cache size 1.0 MB
• RAM
• Installed Size 3.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
• Technology DDR2 SDRAM – 667.0 MHz
• Memory specification compliance PC2-5300
• RAM configuration features 1 x 1 GB + 1 x 2 GB
• Environmental Parameters
• Environmental standards RoHS
• Min Operating Temperature 41.0 °F
• Max Operating Temperature 95.0 °F
• Humidity Range Operating 20 – 80%
• Storage Controller
• Storage controller type Serial ATA/IDE
• Storage Controller / Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150
• Storage
• Floppy Drive None
• Hard Drive 250.0 GB – Serial ATA-150 – 5400.0 rpm
• Storage Removable None
• Hard drive type Portable
• Optical Storage
• Type DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM – Integrated
• CD / DVD read speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)
• CD / DVD write speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL)
• CD / DVD rewrite speed 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)
• Disc Labeling Technology Labelflash Technology
• Optical Storage (2nd)
• 2nd optical storage type None
• Card Reader
• Card reader type 5 in 1 card reader
• Supported flash memory cards SD Memory Card , Memory Stick , xD-Picture Card , Memory Stick Pro , MultiMediaCard
• Display
• Display Type 15.4 in TFT active matrix
• Max Resolution 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
• Widescreen Display Yes
• Features TruBrite
• Video
• Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
• Video Memory 128.0 MB
• Max Allocated RAM Size 255.0 MB
• Total Available Graphics Memory 383.0 MB
• Audio
• Audio output type Sound card
• Audio Input Microphone
• Notebook Camera
• Camera Type Integrated
• Input Device(s)
• Input device type Keyboard , Touchpad
• Features Toshiba EasyKeys
• Telecom
• Modem Fax / modem
• Max Transfer Rate 53.0 Kbps
• Networking
• Networking Network adapter
• Networking / Wireless LAN Supported Yes
• Data link protocol IEEE 802.11b , Fast Ethernet , Ethernet , IEEE 802.11g
• Networking standards Wi-Fi CERTIFIED , IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g
• Expansion / Connectivity
• Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x ExpressCard/54 , 2.0 ( 0.0 ) x Memory
• Interfaces 1.0 x Display / video – VGA – RJ-45 , 1.0 x Display / video – S-video output – RJ-11 , 1.0 x Hi-Speed USB – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Network – Phone line – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) , 1.0 x Microphone – Output – Mini-phone 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Modem – Input – 4 pin USB Type A , 4.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) , 1.0 x Headphones
• Miscellaneous
• Compliant Standards RoHS
• Power
• Power device form factor External
• Voltage Required AC 120/230 V
• Battery
• Technology Lithium ion
• Installed Qty 1.0
• Battery capacity 4000.0 mAh
• Operating System / Software
• OS Provided Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

I would appreciate all helps and suggestions . As I do not have the money to buy a good desktop now , i am a bit puzzled and need u guys help .Thank you so much.

Amlan

It’s been quite a long time i ‘ve been going through very strange problem with my PC that gets hung-up very often during my windows starts or running an application. I tried to solve it by using all the ways which i know but i couldn’t. I hope you guys can help me out to find appropriate solution.

My workstation is custom built configuration…

Processor is Dual core AMD Opteron 1222 3.2 Ghz

Mainboard is ASUS M2N- LR workstationboard

GPU is Nvidia Quadro FX 1700 512 MB

Memory is 4 Gig

ATX case is Vertex from Mercury

currently i am using Win32 OS

I have a couple of questions that I was hoping someone could answer for me!

Firstly I am a newbie to vfx, not to say I have dabbled in maya and other programs for a year or so, but am now in a position to speed up the learning process.

Firstly I am getting a new machine, as my pc is relatively old, and can’t really handle what I plan to use it for. I am going to subscribe to a well known training site that has someawsome tutorials etc and was wondering if the new iMac 27" quad core i5 could handle complex animations, renders composit’s etc.

Another reason for purchasing the iMac is because my other half wants to it to run the creative suite etc.

I don’t really want to get into the whole mac vs windows debate, just some advice as to whether or not I’d be happy for a couple of years learning basics of the vfx trade.

in a nutshell, the machine is the i5 quad core, 8gb, 27" iMac with 4850 ati graphics card. I will mostly be using maya, nuke and real flow…. Would the machine be good enough….?

Thanks guys, any help would be greatly appreiated.

Fresh

Any of you guys have an idea for how to setup something like this .. specifically for nuke comps? Need something which is free.

I checked smedge and.. it isnt free anymore

DrQueue goes on top of my head

if there is anything or a workaround etc, i’d like to hear it.