Hi All : Asked recently for help on choosing a laptop , and maybe it's a good thing I didn't get any because I ended up getting an ASUS (A3000 Series) Z91N . Cheap ($745USD) and _ALL_ the basic stuff .
It has a Pentium Mobile CPU and these things are amazing ! I had heard and read a bit about them , but never any solid bench- marks until I did the RS "Fish" benchmark . You're not going to believe this , but this cheap little laptop with it's 1.5Ghz CPU did the Fish in 43 Seconds ! I was stunned ! This is what a single Xeon 3.2Ghz is capable of (my Dual 3.2Ghz Xeon does it in 25 seconds) . Anyway , very happy camper , will certainly throw this tiny unit on my rendering network (never planned to before) and if I want to , I can easily upgrade to a faster Mobile CPU too . Man , so much fun to do the benchmark while sitting on my bal- cony , looking at the stars ! Cheers ! studio www.niagara.com/~studio www.studiodynamics.net
