From what I remember, this is a system that instead of having separate
VideoRAM on a graphics controller, the graphics chipset uses system
memory for video processing. This means two things:
1. you have less system memory for the OS and apps
2. you're using slower memory for graphics than systems with dedicated
VideoRAM.
However, these days systems have a lot of RAM to throw around, so losing
64MiB is not that big a deal. Also, RAM is a lot faster now so using it
for graphics is not a big deal either.
Obviously, if you're buying your laptop to play the latest and greatest
Windows games, then this is not going to give you the kind of frame
rates that'll make the local kids green with envy. But for most business
applications, it's ok.
Glad to be corrected, if I've got this wrong.
David wrote:
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:28:28AM +0800, james wrote:
If you get a dell, and there are lots of nice things about dell plus a
few uuugh
price
ease of setup
compatibility
heat generation (the centrino's are better)
then
1) you buy it
2) return winders for munnie ($80 as I recall)
Call Dell
Dell are offering very cheap prices right now.. but they talk about
ram shared with graphics ???
Does anyone have any comment about that? Does it matter?
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