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