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I’d settle just for the open bar.
—–Original Message—– From: cciestudy [mailto:cciestudy@mid-world.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:52 AM To: smorris@internetworkexpert.com Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: RE: Lab question….
My experience was when I clicked on the documentation link, it would “grind” the hard drive for 10-15 seconds at each page. It was almost impossible to lookup anything. (Maybe that was the intent?) In addition to that the PC would be sluggish when switching between different telnet sessions. There was something wrong with the PC.
Yes, I do see your point. I should know everything in the DOC cd and not need to look anything up. I should have rebooted. Yes, I was able to use telnet and do the lab.
I take most of the blame for failure on my first attempt. Maybe I am too used to surfing the doc cd at fast speeds.
I guess my point is if you are paying to be tortured during the test, at least they could do is having a PC and network access that performs adequate.
Maybe they should have an open Bar and provide a massage during the exam too…

—–Original Message—– From: Scott Morris [mailto:smorris@internetworkexpert.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:28 AM To: ‘cciestudy’; ‘Matt Bentley’ Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: RE: Lab question….
Are you telling me that currently you type/perform faster than a Pentium-II?
While the computers may be big and ugly, once you open up your telnet window and Acrobat/IE, you shouldn’t be doing any heavy processing.
Whenever you look at any documentation, make sure to just close the document if you want and not the entire program. That will make your day more efficient.
Scott
—–Original Message—– From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of cciestudy Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:54 AM To: ‘Matt Bentley’ Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: RE: Lab question….
I’ll have to ask the proctor if I can reboot it at the start of the lab. I should have done that the first attempt, not that it would have helped much.

I’ll have to dust off my old Pentium II and practice.

Thanks.

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From: Matt Bentley [mailto:mattdbentley@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:50 AM To: cciestudy Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: Re: Lab question….

Hi CCIESTUDY:
I used to work in building 3 - where they offer the lab in RTP. I am afraid you’re stuck with the old stuff unless something’s happened since they moved me to a new building. Those boat anchors aren’t going to get updated to paperweights in the near future either. Sorry this did not help.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:34 AM, cciestudy wrote:
Anyone taken the lab at RTP recently? Did they replace the PC’s? The one I had back in December was a real “boat anchor” and appeared to not have been rebooted in months. It was difficult to browse anything. (maybe this was by design?)
Yes, I know quit my complaining, real CCIE’s can do the lab with an Apple IIc and a 1200 buad modem…