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On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@×××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 15:42 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: |
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> > On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > Yeah, however, I see all these people buy a cheap laptop from Dell and |
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> > expect it to run stuff like Doom 3. |
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> Soon, they'll have to but it from Alienware which dell just bought |
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> recently. They're pulling the plug on the discrete graphics even on the |
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> inspiron. /me hates those built-in graphics. Makes things slow. |
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> Seriously does make a difference. |
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However, at the same time, you really shouldn't expect games out of |
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any but the most expensive laptops. Maybe 5-10 years from now that'll |
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be a different story, but for now that's about right. |
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> > > the available desktop without zooming in so far that he couldn't see |
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> > > the overall diagram. On my 17" screen at 1920x1200 though, neither of |
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> > > us had any problems with the display. |
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> If you're not concerned with battery nor weight. I suggest you go for |
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> the Dell XPS Mobile concept (when it becomes available) |
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> Now, that is one _*#$*#_ of a laptop. |
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> Here are some shots. (hope I don't get flamed for this. I've resized the |
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> pics to the smallest. |
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That's not so much a laptop as a new breed of ultraportable desktop, IMHO. |
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