On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:41 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[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. > > > /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
I'm not even talking about playing games. I'm just talking about graphic rendering. eg: Desktop Wallpaper rendering/eye candy. My wife's home desktop is a Dell w/ 768MB Ram, 2,8Ghz P4 and integrated graphics. It runs slower (feel) than my laptop which has discrete graphics. > > If you're not concerned with battery nor weight. I suggest you go for > > the Dell XPS Mobile concept (when it becomes available) > >> Here are some shots. > > That's not so much a laptop as a new breed of ultraportable desktop, IMHO. heh.. I like that. Ultraportable desktop. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:24:15 up 1 day, 3:02, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.74, 0.95 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
