Suitable for Gaming (ideally advertised as a "gaming laptop") 17" screen Intel Core Duo processor 4GB RAM (of whatever flavor) Any other hardware requirement to support Aero Glass as well as can be hoped for given the shortcomings of the technology.
Price no object? Dell XPS. The Alienware stuff won't do 4GB that I know of, 2GB is the max there. Aero Glass means Vista, I guess, but I can tell you as a gamer that there's no compelling reason to need DX10 at the moment, as no DX10 games have yet shipped. Another thing to keep in mind is that as of right now there is no mobile graphics card capable of taking advantage of DX10 anyway. Maxed out with a four year warranty and theft insurance, the Dell, which I "pretend configured" with Windows XP Pro, a carrying case and Office Professional, was $6000. The Thinkpad T60p similarly configured was about $4000, but has a 15" screen and not quite as good graphics hardware. I didn't see any Thinkpads with 17" screens, they tend to be more business type machines. But aesthetically they just look cooler :-). ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
