Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-04-07 Thread Lord Sauron
On 4/7/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 09:35 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Eng

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-04-07 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 09:35 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > 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. > Engadget just ran one of these. http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/07

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/30/06, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just my .02c, but it seems like the 64-bit processors come with more > hype than benefits. Not that the 64-bit move is a bad thing at all, > but I mean it just seems like people tend to expect much more out of > them than what they should. You'r

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Mike Myers
Just my .02c, but it seems like the 64-bit processors come with more hype than benefits. Not that the 64-bit move is a bad thing at all, but I mean it just seems like people tend to expect much more out of them than what they should. It would seem like a more accurate, but oversimplified explaina

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Lord, on Wednesday, 2006-03-29 at 17:41:49, you wrote: > However, at the same time, you really shouldn't expect games out of > any but the most expensive laptops. You know, "games" includes stuff released before January 2006 =^> The 486/100 laptop I bought for EUR 150 some 8 years ago runs Zork

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > www.alienware.com I beg to differ. I could have sworn I saw a laptop > with more than 2G... where was it... wow! You appear to be right! > Darn.. I could have SWORN I saw something with > 2G... Actually, you are right. I neglected the monst

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread John Jolet
On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:04 PM, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 18:53 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:41 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My wife's home desktop is a De

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 18:53 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:41 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > > > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My wife's home desktop is a Dell w/ 768MB Ram, 2,8Ghz P4 and integrat

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
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

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
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 h

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
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.

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:34 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? > > Summer. Got to have them out in time for back-to-school purchasing, right? > > > > > Elsewhere (perhaps o

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:35 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > /me goes to get 3rd mortgage to pay for more gadgets... > /me surprised that 'whom must be obeyed' actually OK'ed the idea. Hehe.. /me have to go work out a budget report and write up a 200page brief for getting funds from the Ministry of H

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:47 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425155337&storeId=1001&langId=-1&categoryId=2059153&dualCurrId=173&catalogId=-840 > > That's the cheapest X60 with Core Duo. HOWEVER: Hmm.. you obvi

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:36 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have no idea what portable is. One month on a 3.7lb. 12.1 inch > X40 and you'll never go back - even if you wanted to! It depends actually. Like Richard, I like/love the high res on m

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use > > (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather > > get the massive 9 pound thing you use at work, or a

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use > (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather > get the massive 9 pound thing you use at work, or a nice small 14" > portable? Even this is a tough decision fo

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? > > Summer. Got to have them out in time for back-to-school purchasing, right? > > > > > Elsewhere (perhaps on thi

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? Summer. Got to have them out in time for back-to-school purchasing, right? > > Elsewhere (perhaps on this list on a different topic) someone > recommended not buying an

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure that it was a Pentium M and not a Pentium4-M or just the It's ID is a Pentium-M Ultra-Low Voltage 1.0GHz Processor. It's basically whatever you'll find in the IBM X40 type 2386-1CU. My serial # is KV-AC277. Proud owner of a IBM.

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Always interesting discussions on this list. > > I have two questions for everyone (not just the person I'm responding > to): > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? AMD says the release will be within 4 mo

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have no idea what portable is. One month on a 3.7lb. 12.1 inch > > X40 and you'll never go back - even if you wanted to! > > Well, everybody has different needs/tastes. Frankly, I woul

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread michael
Always interesting discussions on this list. I have two questions for everyone (not just the person I'm responding to): How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? Elsewhere (perhaps on this list on a different topic) someone recommended not buying anything except for 6

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Mike Myers
Are you sure that it was a Pentium M and not a Pentium4-M or just the p4s? There is a signicant difference. With all the benchmarks I've seen, the Pentium Ms beat all the other processors in terms of power consumption and heat and in a lot of cases, performance. it even outdoes the P4s and t

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd still highly recommend a AMD Turion. Well... I'd even more > strongly suggest just waiting, all you prospective laptop buyers. I didn't wait, but I am guessing my e1705 will be going to a family member in about a year so I can buy a dual-c

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have no idea what portable is. One month on a 3.7lb. 12.1 inch > X40 and you'll never go back - even if you wanted to! Well, everybody has different needs/tastes. Frankly, I wouldn't even want to _touch_ something with a 12.1in screen. ;-

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425155337&storeId=1001&langId=-1&categoryId=2059153&dualCurrId=173&catalogId=-840 That's the cheapest X60 with Core Duo. HOWEVER: I'd still highly recommend a AMD Turion. Well... I'd even more strongly

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread Lord Sauron
On 3/29/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm.. seems to me, you do like your laptops big and heavy and bulky. :-) > > IIRC, you had a P4 chip in your last laptop? (was that you?) > > Yep, except that 'luggable' incurred severe lid