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Asus is a great company, and that looks to be a really nice setup!

THANK YOU each so much for the valuable input! I ended up with an ASUS G73Jw!

I apologize for not re-reading the blog that was referenced after the initial time I looked at this thread. You defined what you meant ny evocative and provocative and it really is a very interesting subject. By your definition, I do “evocotive” plantings almost all of the time.
 
Perhaps rain gardens are often some of the more “provocative” p…[Read more]

Thinkpad (use to be IBM, now Lenovo). Very solid laptop. Always reliable.
I’ve been using a T60 for a few years. Never had a problem with any of the afore mentioned software…even Sketchup is smooth navigating high MB files.
The other nice thing is you can customize each component (give and take) to help balance the price-to-performance ratio for…[Read more]

We have had nothing but luck with refurbished Dells. Someone told me that they manually rebuild them.

Yes, you are correct that providing food = success. My original post was really about looking for encouragement and we have gotten some great suggestions from this post, including from you. We are/have been successful especially considering starting our own business during the recession in a small area. We meet this standard for success.
I have no…[Read more]

If your drawings have any complexity (or x-refs/blocks), you will need a beefier processor than the i3.
 
Also, make sure the laptop has a SEPARATE graphics processor AND separate memory, many of the i3 models (since they are the the least powerful) do not have this. They share the graphic processing on the main CPU and share the 4gb m…[Read more]

Here you go… these should suit your needs…
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=17&sel=Detail;116_35_41237_42734,Detail;98_266_9898_49588,Detail;112_458_10937_14910
I’d look for at least a 2.0Ghz processor, 4GB of Ram and a 500GB HD. 64 bit operating systems seem to be the way things are going but if all of…[Read more]

That looks like a really nice machine… but, aren’t you a little ‘iffy’ about a refurb unit at all? I am also really HATING this process, but it must be done!

Maybe it was you that I heard the 2-week thing from, Chu!  You work for the Forest Service, right?

I HATE looking for new computers on a budget…but I’ve only had good luck with Dell.

Look for a refurbished Dell.  Got mine for 1200.  Runs great.
 
Here’s the specs:

Vostro 3700 Laptop

Information

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Processor: Intel Core i7-740QM Processor (6M cache, 1.73 GHz)

Certified Refurbished

8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

Processor Label

Palmrest W/O Finger Print Reader

Software

Back-lit Ke…[Read more]

We know that LA may and often does involve long hours…and that clients drive the workload. Jon already has experience with this being a business owner. 🙂
I could redefine BIG to mean impact…not size of a project. We are not afraid of long hours…I am in fact not applying and as I believe it was Mark that mentioned…would be happy with…[Read more]

Could the Treaty Grounds be the Coeur d’ Alene Ale House now?
Good advice on not sending out mass mailings…Jon is very good at studying up on the firms he applies to…then again that takes HOURS away from paying work. Wait, it is middle of the winter in Northern Idaho…haha…not a lot of landscaping going on now.
We do love Moscow…but it is…[Read more]

Hey, you would at least be memorable. 😉 No wallpapering the walls with YOUR resume. hehe.

lol To who!? Do you know anybody that’s hiring that has an appreciation for bad poetry?

I believe that planting design can be both, evocative and provocative.
I have always tended toward an eclectic planting aesthetic.
Evocative: context-based indigenous planting palette
Provocative: ornamental planting palette (cultivars propagated for provocation!)
The massing and interweaving of the two creates form, expression, exaggeration,…[Read more]

Send it in!

A design position at your firm is what I seek
drafting, drawing, researching
and anything else you might need
Monday through Friday
Even seven days a week
I can do it all
from concept to CDs
 
the desk is empty let me sit there AS AP
when you need it done right give it to me
nothing too big too small all things between
if it need be done right…[Read more]

My fellow Vandals,
Let me give you a quote from one of my favorite movies: “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies.” – Shawshank Redemption. I’m sure we all have our own stories to tell and others here already offered some great advice. I started out in the profession charting through rough waters! My first…[Read more]