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Postby Kenshin17 » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:37 am

Has anyone seen this monster!

3.6 ghz Intel Pentium 4 proccessor 560J w/ HT Tech and 1mb cache

17" WideSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 LCD Display with Built-in Camera Includes Clearview Enhanced Display Technology

2 gig of ram with a max of 4 gig

ATI Mobility Radeon X800 w/ 256mb of DDR 3 memory

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 PCMCIA sound card

Dual 60 gig 7200 rpm hard drives in a RAID-0 array

Dual 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW 24xCD-RW Combo drives

Free (worthless) USB floppy drive

Internal 802.11 a/b/g wireless network card

This is a laptop!! Oh yeah baby :rock:
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Postby TheMelodyMaker » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:54 am

When I first saw the title of the thread, I thought you were talking about some new spyware/virus hybrid and figured I should check it out right away! :lol:

But that does sound like quite the computer, especially for a laptop -- I figured one would only find that kind of configuration in a desktop. :thumb:
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Postby blkmage » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:59 pm

The thing about those gaming laptops is that the battery life is going to be extemely short, it's going to be super heavy, and in my opinion usually overpriced.

There was a time when I thought that those premium gaming PCs were awesome, but realistically, I can't see myself getting one (much less being able to afford one).
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:22 pm

:drool: Me, want!
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:10 pm

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Postby glitch1501 » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:32 am

Volt wrote:Congradulations! You just described the Laptop Full Sail (multi-media college) gave me. It wieghts freaken 10 pounds and has a massive screen, has dual fans for the Pentium 4 which is a really a small Oven, and has a battery life of 2 hours.

It does rock and all, but it's mostly a desktop.


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Postby Kenshin17 » Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:01 am

Volt wrote:Congradulations! You just described the Laptop Full Sail (multi-media college) gave me. It wieghts freaken 10 pounds and has a massive screen, has dual fans for the Pentium 4 which is a really a small Oven, and has a battery life of 2 hours.

It does rock and all, but it's mostly a desktop.


Thats why they call them desktop replacments. Those machines arn't intended to be used by heavy travelers. You move them and then set them up. The idea is to have a computer that is mobile yet doesn't sacrifice on preformance. The biggest thing is having a mobile moniter. The machines
heavier but it screams. At most you would need to bring along an external mouse (or mabye a keyboard)
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:45 am

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Postby Fsiphskilm » Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:53 am

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Postby Kenshin17 » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:00 pm

Laptops are just plain cool. I guess part of my love for them comes from my dad. His motto goes something like: "If it aint broke there must be some way to make it better" My motto: "If it aint broke DON'T MESS WITH IT"

With a laptop there aint no way to mess it up. Less modularity is more stability, and as a plus its portable.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:07 pm

i see no point in gaming laptops.

i perfer the computers at
http://www.cyberpowerinc.com

custom made, and their prices are really good! I can get a good gaming system for around $2,000-3,000
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Postby Kenshin17 » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:29 pm

Alienware makes the best gaming machines, Desktop and Laptop, period. Price is good for what you get. And it will scream past any other machine.
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:12 pm

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:41 pm

Kenshin17 wrote:Alienware makes the best gaming machines, Desktop and Laptop, period. Price is good for what you get. And it will scream past any other machine.


http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/lobby.htm
http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/Default.asp
http://www.voodoopc.com/

the first 2 are companies for custom made computers. Voodoo PC is like... a company that is pretty much very customizable as well

all 3 of those companies are MUCH better than alienware
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:51 pm

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Postby Kenshin17 » Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:15 pm

Voodoo is cool. But I hate to break it to ya dude, but Alienware is like the preffered gaming rig. I do like that voodoo has AMD-64 based laptops, however they don't come with Radeon X800 256 meg cards like Alienware. Alienware has a better Intel based system. If you have to have AMDs 64 chip then Voodoo is better.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:34 pm

Kenshin17 wrote:Voodoo is cool. But I hate to break it to ya dude, but Alienware is like the preffered gaming rig. I do like that voodoo has AMD-64 based laptops, however they don't come with Radeon X800 256 meg cards like Alienware. Alienware has a better Intel based system. If you have to have AMDs 64 chip then Voodoo is better.


LOL

dude... did you even bother checking out ibuypower and cyberpower??? they rock the socks of alienware. And alienware is overated

any why would you want an intel system when gaming? AMD is always better for gaming

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Postby Kenshin17 » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:43 pm

They must have changed the options since I was there last. I wasn't aware Voodoo's AMD-64 system was avalible with a 256 card. Cool. If that is the case then that would probobly be the gaming rig I would buy. However right now in my life I am going for Toshiba's Protege m200.

Forgive me but I have heard so much great stuff about Alienware (particularly from my dad whom I trust) I have a bit of an affection for there PC's. Not to mention they look really cool.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:17 am

meh alienware's are like the same thing as ibuypowers but overpriced way much

custom is the way to go. Not retail manufacturer
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