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 _*#$*#_ of a laptop.
Engadget just ran one of these.
On 4/7/06, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 09:35 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
If you're not concerned with battery nor weight. I suggest you go for
the Dell XPS Mobile concept (when it becomes available)
Now, that is one _*#$*#_ of a laptop.
Engadget just ran
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're
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
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
On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone has one of these Core Duo Processors? How do they perform?
Benchmarks I've seen on the web _does_ show that they perform better
then a 2G Pentium-M.
Excellent. The benchmarks are not lying, and when it comes to
something like compiling,
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 00:55 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone has one of these Core Duo Processors? How do they perform?
Benchmarks I've seen on the web _does_ show that they perform better
then a 2G Pentium-M.
Excellent. The benchmarks
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 cracking last summer
and I had to replace it. So I purchased a
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 cracking
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425155337storeId=1001langId=-1categoryId=2059153dualCurrId=173catalogId=-840
That's the cheapest X60 with Core Duo. HOWEVER:
I'd still highly recommend a AMD Turion. Well... I'd even more
strongly
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. ;-
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
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
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 wouldn't even
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 months or
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.
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
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 this list on a
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 for
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 nice small
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 my
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:47 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote:
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425155337storeId=1001langId=-1categoryId=2059153dualCurrId=173catalogId=-840
That's the cheapest X60 with Core Duo. HOWEVER:
Hmm.. you obviously
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
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 on this list
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.
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
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
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 hates those
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 integrated
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 Dell
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 monstrous
Anyone has one of these Core Duo Processors? How do they perform?
Benchmarks I've seen on the web _does_ show that they perform better
then a 2G Pentium-M.
Under linux, I would presume that one uses an SMP enabled Kernel?
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Ow Mun Heng
Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM
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