Need Laptop

[AmdMELTDOWN]

point out some really cool laptops for me. thx!

Amd mongrels, you can post some too, I really need a laugh.

 

[endyen]

Just go to Dell. For Centrino technology, it's hard to find better.

 

[Atolsammeek]

Well working on getting a second laptop.
Here the frist one. Desktop replacement

great for fast games.

P4 NW Processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition 3.4 Ghz at 800 Mhz FSB / 2MB L3 Cache
17" 1680 x 1050 WSXGA+ GlassView Display with Super-Wide Viewing Angles Active Matrix Display
8X AGP ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9700 3D Accelerator
256 MB DDR SGRAM Video Memory
1024 KB On-Die L2 Cache
1024 MB PC3200(400MHz) DDR SDRAM Memory
2 Hard Drive 80/5400rpm GB total 160gb
Built-In Digital Video Camera
Built-In 7-IN-1 Flash Memory Card Reader
Integrated Wireless 802.11g Turbo/108 Mbps LAN Card (Optional)
Built-In 56K V90 Fax/Modem and 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Lan Card
Full Size Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Double-Layer DVD±R/RW
One DVI Video Port, One IEEE1394 FireWire Port, 3 USB 2.0 Ports
One Serial Port, One Parallel Port
One PS/2 Port, One TV-Out Port
4 Speakers Stereo System,
6-Channel External Audio Output
2 Running 12 cell batterys.

This laptop just came out when Presscott did not like heaters for computers.

Now I'm looking into Mid range that has longer battery life 6 Hours or so and 120gb of hard drive space. Plus it runs 64 bit OS.

 

[liquidpaper007]

ive seen a go 7800 gtx somewhere

 

[emogoch]

The latest Dell XPS laptop model has the Go 7800GTX in it. I think you can also find them in Voodoo's, Alienware's, and a couple others' laptops.

 

[dchen2]

Yep. I had the Del XPS M170. Ran relatively cool and was pretty small for the specs too. It had a 2GHz Centrino, 100GB HDD, 2GB DDR2 RAM, Nvidia 7800GTX, DVD-burner, and a 17" 1920x1200 screen. Amazing thing is it would actually run 2.5hours on battery power. Bought it and used it for 1month... ended up selling it on ebay for $2900 to some dude in Hawaii.

One thing about laptops, for top of line performance, you are gonna be paying for it. For Voodoo, Alienware, Falcon-northwest, or Dell XPS notebooks, the pricetags new are $3000+.

Decided a 24" Dell LCD hooked up to a koolance tower with dual raptors and a 6800 ultra was plenty for me. All for about $1500. Now just gotta decide what I am gonna do with the other $1400 .

For a cooling running high performance desktop, I totally recommend dell for their bang for the buck. I used a Dell 9300 with a 17" LCD, 2.13GHz Centrino (about a 3.4GHz P4 equivilent), 1GB RAM, nvidia 6800 graphics and originally bought it new for $1400. Also only weighed 7.8lbs (not bad for a 17incher), could go for 4hours on battery, and with fan control software, system ran cool enough that I could leave all fans off majority of the time.

 

[HardWareBoss]

point out some really cool laptops for me. thx!

Amd mongrels, you can post some too, I really need a laugh.

What's your price range? :mrgreen:

 

[Zoron]

*Shrug*

I like Dell's laptops... about the only computer they put out that I like. I also like Intel's performance in the laptop segment... so I'd have no problem recommending a P-M notebook or buying one for myself.

Just because you see Intel as the only viable CPU manufacturer out there (which is a load of BS, of course), doesn't mean that those of us that are pro-AMD are completely opposed to recommending an Intel product... at least when Intel has a competetive product.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Thinkpad?

 

[Atolsammeek]

Thinkpad was not bad. My brother had one when they frist came out. I like the button mouse on them.

 

[danizaken2]

Thinkpads are very solid and stable laptops.
The latest T series seem powerful, such as: T43p, T43, T42p

 

[Schmide]

The coolest Intel based portable ever!!!

If you're willing to go AMD I'd look here?

 

[emogoch]

The largest problem that I have with thinkpads is that you have to pay an extreme premium for any models with a screen larger than 1024x768. That's a problem for me as I use 1600x1200 as the base for my desktop system, and want the large desktop area.

 

[theholylancer]

is it just me or why the hell is alienware using VIA chiopset for their lkaptops....... i mean..............

or is VIA good in laptops?

 

[endyen]

There really has never been that much wrong with via silicon. The problem has come from poor firmware, and even worse corporate atitude.
If you have the backing of someone like Alienware. or abit, you are probably ok. Of course, it is not a guaranty.

 

[Schmide]

As chipsets go, the K8T890 is a darn feature rich and efficient chipset with better audio. It doesn’t have SLI but I doubt you would want that in a laptop. If you check the energy consumption from Tom’s

http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050713/energy_crisis-15.html

It consistently consumes 5 watts less than the equivalent nforce4 chipset while being within 2% of the benchmarks. I’ll bet it was a bit cheaper to design around as well.

 

[K8MAN]

Grab an X2 based notebook if u want ultimate. P-m or turion for anything else.