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Yesterday I received my new laptop, the Dell Precision M6500 (see review on AnandTech ).


Too happy, shoot me some its features:

• Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-820QM Processor (Quad Core 8M Cache, 1.73GHz - 3.06GHz)


• Memory: 16GB ( 4x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM


• HDD: 1TB - 2 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA RAID 0 (Data Striping)


• Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M Video Card


• Monitor: 17 "UltraSharp WUXGA LED Display (1920x1200) Resolution


• Operating System: Genuine Windows (R) 7 Enterprise 64bit (Français)

First impressions: despite its size it remains relatively thin and compact. The design is amazing, and gives an impression of solidity (aluminum hull brush stiffness satisfying the standards business). After several days of use, I am very happy: ultra stable, ultra fast, we never feel limited by the hardware!

architecture I7 is top wig, with its Quad Core with Hyper Threading and Turbo Boost is available up to 8 aa in simultaneous threads (which appear in the Task Manager) and a speed of 1.73GHz which fits was 3.06GHz. This laptop is also the only one I know has to have 4 slots memory (16GB of onboard memory now) and have a RAID controller (parameter here in RAID 0 for performance).

The screen is definitely the best I've ever seen on a laptop: LED technology allows a uniform distribution of light, which is very pleasant. The icing on the cake, the graphics card, although type Quadro (declination of the Geforce GTX Pro 280M with 1GB of memory, with drivers more oriented CAD) and enough to run Crysis at 1920x1200 so as smooth!
Windows 7 Enterprise is super stable and I was surprised to see that there is no problem of availability of drivers 64-bit, 64 bit has really become mainstream!

What will I do with all that power: use as a portable mini-server replication facilities SAS solutions on multi-tier multiple simultaneous VMWare and GRID (Compute Third, Metadata Third, Mid-Tier, Data Third). Compute Third Third and Metadata are exclusively for SAS components. Mid-Tiers include JBoss, Websphere, Weblogic, Tomcat. Third Party Data will be dedicated to Oracle, Teradata, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Firebird ... all with a mix of Windows, Linux and Solaris.

Oh, I forgot, and of course this toy was offered by my box! If AC is not
The Ultimate geek's toy!?

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Home sweet home: [part 2] - Sweet golden sources?

After you look at the real estate, you realize very quickly that buying a house is influenced by a number of criteria: budget, old / new, location, size of land, type of land, house size, quality ...

us begin with the budget. As I already said, only the houses are under $ 750,000 now qualify the "first home owner grant" of $ 7000 (in Queensland, that limit may vary from state to state). Furthermore, when purchased, it must fulfill the "stamp duty" to overcome them completely, the house must cost less than $ 500,000. Beyond, if it is a "first" home, it was still entitled to a discount. Basically, a house $ 850 000, you pay $ 24,000 stamp duty $ 31,000 rather than the normal rate. Ok, the budget has an impact on aid and other tax reductions, and even if it may influence your choice, this is not the key aspect.

In Brisbane, the properties for less than $ 500,000 were mostly a few characteristics in common was that price you get:

• A new apartment reasonably sized downtown (2 rooms in the 100 meters square) . You choose the urban lifestyle, you have no children or dogs


• A reasonably sized townhouse within 10-15 kms from the city (3 bedrooms, garden almost nonexistent in the 150 square meters ). For budgets greenhouses nonetheless seeking to buy the modern place and not too bad with some semblance of a garden


• 20-50 years old house in the 10-15 km from the city (3-4 bedrooms, garden of reasonable size or large depending on the location, within 200 meters square). For those willing to roll up our sleeves and do some renovations


• a new house or new but located beyond 25 kms from the city (2-4 bedrooms, garden of modest size, in square meters 200-250). For those who want something new and are willing to travel long distances to town

For Sydney, I guess you'll have much less choice and only to the price you will have to confine the apartment ... and yet not downtown with views of the Opera!

then surely we can differentiate the homes of $ 500.001 to $ 700,000, those of $ 700.001 to $ 800,000, those of $ 1,000.000 $ 800.001 and that has a + $ 1,000,000. I focus here on the houses, but these prices, feel free to consider a penthouse in downtown!

• From $ 500.001 to $ 700,000, houses are still very similar to those under $ 500,000, with some small improvements alone, mostly for a better location ... But basically, you expect the same thing as in the previous category, except that you have to pay the stamp duty. Of course, when you approach the bar, it's improving greatly, but do not expect to find nirvana, even at $ 700,000, it will be very difficult to find the home that meets all your expectations. During my research, $ 700,000 seemed like a bar rather differentiation in terms of quality homes


• From $ 700.001 to $ 800,000: the, the range narrows a bit. I noticed that in this class, we started to see houses with relatively new, large (at least 300 square meters), fairly well positioned (within 10-20 kms from the city) and therefore with a field (around of 700 square meters). I would say the best value range for money for those who do not want to go in renovations.
  
  As you approach the upper bar, you start seeing houses with pool. However, in this category, you will still, most of the time to make some compromises: the ground is sometimes a little smaller or not so well placed, the house will be modern but lacks a little je ne sais quoi .. .


• From $ 800.001 to $ 1,000,000, was the category where most of the time the houses meet all your needs: little compromise here, these homes combine location, field, pool and modern comforts ... beyond the $ 1,000,000, which often makes the difference is the size of the land in this category you can expect a large land 2000-4000 square meters of ... real luxury homes start in the $ 2,000,000 - $ 3,000,000

Although these ranges are subjective and are the result of my 8 months of research. You certainly notice that quite a few sellers position their homes in the upper class while the house is worth much less objectively. But in general, I think those bands are pretty realistic.


Let then the debate between old and new. We must not delude ourselves. However much you tell yourself "I'm not that hard" when it comes time to buy your house, I can assure you that you will realize that your criteria are higher than you think. Yep, even when we speak of large amount, even for houses to "entry level" ... even $ 500,000 is a lot of money!

Suppose that after a list of what you believe to be of paramount subscribed in your home and your budget estimated at $ 650,000, you start to browse the real estate. After several hours, the usual reaction is ... the deception. And the more time you spend, the better your eye gets used to detect the "key points" ... more demanding and you will ... and you will be disappointed! At one time or another may then ask the question of "ah, but if I was building my own house then!

track that we have a time tracking, which allows me to you talk about (limited since we have subsequently abandoned). But what I can tell you is that the path is strewn with pitfalls:

• The grounds: first thing before building, finding common ground ... and it is not easy. Already, the grounds are very very rare despite what you might expect given the size of Australia. Indeed, the government will not validate buildable land that dropper and if you look at the deals, by suburb, they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
  
  Then, you are looking for a suitable size (about 700 square meters) and well placed, prices are reaching highs: have at least $ 450,000 just for the field. And I do not even speak of the most prestigious courses, if so, relying instead $ 550,000 - $ 700,000 ... if it is near the center and overlooking the river ... forget, it's quite $ 1,000,000 - $ 2,000,000 ... yes yes, I know it's delirious ...
  
  Ah yes, remember one important criterion: all fields are not equal in construction. The ease of building a house on land (and therefore cost) depends on the quality of soil and slope (if it is steep, it will vraissemblablement use a specific design). Of course, land is more easily made and more expensive it is


• house: you have the land? Now is the "true" trouble begins ... Everyone knows that building a home is a stressful process. Ok you can designate exactly to your liking, but already the, problem ... Who said you had good taste? Indeed, the houses that are found on sale because the owners were disappointed with the outcome are legion (and not just because the house was poorly finished by the manufacturer). No but I mean it, creating a house of good taste requires a lot of work and research. Browse real estate and tell me how many houses were designed with taste and intelligence? Among those in the Rococo style, they readily mixes genres and colors, those ultra kitsch with Greek columns, those with a huge balcony overlooking Street (and who does not serve as a great thing) ...
  
  etc. Ok, you have good taste ... now remains to rub you the construction worker has downunder ... go a little look here to comment on the major manufacturers www.productreview.com.au , it makes chilling!
  
  Another very interesting link if you want to get started nonetheless: forum.homeone.com.au , especially the list of blogs of people who build and you can follow the progress from day to day.
  
  Advice, go to "display homes", there was a huge North Lakes, comprising the majority of major manufacturers. To summarize: a great display Metricon Homes and are at the forefront of design. That said, the display of Metricon homes are "optioned" to death so if you want the same, it'll cost you far more than the price "standard" display. Plantation home looks pretty, but very bad reputation, and hosting of business I was not impressed ... Clarendon seemed to want a lot involved. Also Kaha Homes make great houses, fairly original alone, mostly if you have a slope.


• Budget: If you are already $ 400,000 - $ 500,000 for the land, know that $ 300,000 will help you build a house just right and that $ 500,000 would be a more realistic budget (with pool) ... hey yes, the house Your dream is a "Million Dollar Baby"!

In conclusion: if you build, not to make savings and that is a lot of work to unpredictable results! So if possible, hang up and try to find the home of your dreams already built ... what we have done and I'll talk to the next post!

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Home sweet home: [part 1] - To buy or not to buy? Happy Easter Little

In Australia, more than any other country, be "owner" is very important, even the No. 1 priority for most families who have no qualms about going into debt up to his neck 30 years (or more, with a growing tendency to see pensions still paying their credit). A recent

study reveals that 70% of households own their own home, one of the highest rates of all countries. There are also fewer disparities by income, with 55% of households have low income owners against 80% of households had high incomes. In addition, the Australian built "more and more", with living space averages has 208 square meters, against 102 square meters for the Europeans, for example.

Since we are in Australia, there has been a tenant, first in Melbourne, then Brisbane. But it's true that after a while, this can become frustrating and a desire to own our own home has been felt. It can be done six months we started to look at properties for sale http://www.realestate.com.au/ . The permanent visa was a little troll, but we finally received last month ... When you're expats in Australia, it is preferable to wait to have this visa before becoming famous owner.
To this, several reasons. Firstly it makes sense .. as we will be able to stay on before taking steps heavy and expensive and start on such a long term investment. Then, even if it is possible to buy it as a temporary resident, it is subject to certain constraints, such as having to buy new, post a file which must be accepted by the authorities ... Also, from a financial point of view, it will be harder to find a bank agrees to lend to a resident and temporary rates will be less favorable.

You think that buying a home is a pleasure. Think again, you become disillusioned very quickly. The experience of many similar friends confirms: buying a house in Australia is littered with disappointment, frustration and stress. Take a look at this website realestate and you quickly realize ... $ 500 000 in Brisbane (345 000 Euros) will indeed become the owner, but at best, an old Queenslander distant city.
Another site that few people know, is really very helpful: http://www.onthehouse.com.au/ . It must first register (free), then click on "Reports" that allow you to see sales history according to some criteria such as suburb, street address ... It can also be interesting to see the profit a seller can do (and help you negotiate) ... You will see that in 10 years, prices have double and sometimes triple ... The most impressive is when you look at the price of land has more than quadrupled.

several reasons for this inflation. First a very poor management by the government: land exist but are made available on the spot market drop. Do a search to buy land, you see, those available on a suburb can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
The other reason is the nature highly speculative real estate market of Australia. Real estate is seen by Australians as a highly profitable investment vehicle, with unlimited growth. A lot of Australians "invest" in real estate, ie they buy, rent some time to cover a part of drafts, and then resell a profit ... The same practice is widespread for the land they buy, keep the ground a number of years and then resell a profit later. All this of course has the effect of compelling the offer even more and drive prices up (which is the purpose of research): the Australian is indeed responsible for his own "inaccessibility to the property."

The GFC had a slight effect on prices, with a significant drop in 2008. Some government aid are coming mitigate this, such as the tripling of the "first home owner grant. Initially with support from $ 7,000 households become owners for the first time that it rose temporarily to $ 21 000 for the nine and $ 14 000 for the former. This aid is returned to its original level in 2010 and a ceiling was introduced. Since 1 April 2010, houses more than $ 750,000 no longer give relief of this assistance (dates and ceilings depend on the state, the figure I gave is that of Queensland). This assistance has resulted in strong support of the application, especially for homes under $ 500,000 (category or "stamp duty" tax, a purchase is also canceled).

However, in 2009/2010, the market is considerably and the hause with prices equal to or better before the CFA ...
Knowing that the Australian economy is distributed at 100 miles an hour, it is regarded as one of the strongest in the world and the population continues to grow ... Prices seem to be left for infinite growth over several years.

Time to buy.


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Super, this year has been full of public holidays in April / May For starters, a big weekend of Easter, or as usual, was right to "Good Friday" in addition to Monday!

This year, we went nowhere. It is simply remains in Brisbane to take advantage of our free time and continue our research to finally find the home of our dreams. Ah yes, I must hold you jus ... So in a previous post, I talked about buying land to build ... In fact, it was not bad flashes on a great land has Bridgeman Downs ... We made an offer of $ 35 000 less than the asking price (which looks really had very high) ... after much negotiations, the seller did not seem too want to be ashamed of our offer, so I dropped ... Status quo for now ... we will return in search of a house already built (will be simpler and less hassle cheaper) ... and it has just spotted a perfect day (big favorite)! Exactly what we were looking for months, the location, size, design ... and even the price. Tomorrow we visit, we are not disappointed if I go out the checkbook! So stay tuned!

Friday, we made a stroll along the banks of Eagle Street, across the bridge.
He he, nothing special, just the opportunity to show you some pictures of Ai-Vy in stroller (less and less), "ergo baby" (she loves AC) and "a foot" (phew 's parents is blowing!)


Sunday we find ourselves with our friends Laura and Nico for a small meal and try p'tits eggs. The guy's have joined the clan Nikon, decided to take the photograph more seriously! This after noon will be an opportunity to shoot at anything that moves.


Look at me this looks good, happy ... him that he does not milk in his coffee in the morning!


Lola as she has, lends itself willingly to the game and I received the Medal of the most photogenic baby!


Yummy, the famous beagle / pit bull larva as usual ...


And Theo is very cute little smile ... it is already in the footsteps of her sister ... the competition for the title of "most photogenic" looks daunting! (It was really an air of "mini me" you find not?)


Jean-Luc, Evelyn and Chloe are in the fete. Them is rather Canon ... nobody is perfect. Of course you'll understand I'm kidding ... but it is well known, there is like a "squabble" between Canon and Nikon ... Me I do not agree at all to this kind of conflict ... a bit like the war between PC and Mac ... AC has no reason to be, Mac, it sucks ...


As usual with Laura, there is the background (yum) ... but also the form (it's good) ... and above all very colorful, perfect for taking some nice shots (and regale)!


My little favorite wife, faithful to itself, remains empty-handed. Easter is an opportunity to suck up free chocolate (too) guilty! Yes, make no not rely too much behind this smile lies a cruel angelique-eating chocolate!


Ai-Vy, she is following in the footsteps of her mother and has willingly tasted anything that is edible. But she shares ... hmmm Taste me that muffin!


But anyway, the top is chocolate ... she has this great advantage of after Noon Easter!


Happy Easter everyone! I hope you have many rabbits gates too!