b1tz3r Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 Does anyone know of a better* laptop than the alienware area51m? Here are some general specs: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.06GHz 533MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache w/H-T Intel® 845E+ICH3M Chipset - FC-PGA DDR 1024MB DDR PC-2100 - Two SO-DIMMs 40GB 5400 RPM ATA100 15" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 64MB DDR Sound-Blaster Pro Compatible 3D Audio Secondary Lithium-Ion Smart Battery - Optional 24x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD Combo w/Software MPEG2 Decoder Integrated 10/100Mb Ethernet NIC 56K Modem with V.92 Technology More here: Click Me *Note that the term "better" is meant to apply to the performance/hardware of the laptop. price isn't the issue at hand, unless you've found the same, or better, for less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Does it really need to be a laptop? Those small Shuttle boxes look pretty cool, and you can put nearly any video card in them!! They come in both flavors now, AMD and Intel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1tz3r Posted February 3, 2003 Author Share Posted February 3, 2003 yeah. daddy wants a laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Good luck on the Laptop adventure "Daddy". Definitely keep us informed as to what "Monster" of a laptop U end up getting. -- Nem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Hmmm, I didn't see the GeForce4 Go 4200 as an option.... I think that is the most powerful mobil vid chipset to date... Also, if you plan on running Doom3 on it, wait for the next mobil chipset (if you can) generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1tz3r Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Oh, this isn't going to be something I purchase over the next couple of weeks. I won't get it until I have cash in hand, which is being skimmed off the money I'm making working overtime. Even then, it's a pipe dream and a bit down the road. By the time I end up getting one, Alienware may not be the best one I can find, and even then, there's will most likely have different specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 You'll probably get an off-shoot of this type of system: http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/index.html The 3D performance you'd probably want to take with a grain of salt, since they have different video chipsets (but the nVidia does smoke the ATI) but is quite impressive never-the-less!!! Also has built-in 802.11b.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1tz3r Posted February 8, 2003 Author Share Posted February 8, 2003 Actually, I may be setting my sights a little lower and get an iPaq 5455. o0o0o0o0o0o0o biomelectricity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 Wow, surprised you'd buy PocketPC.... mostly just because a flavor of windows on it... Kinda cool that is has bluetooth and 802.11b built-in thou!! Hmmm, if a bunch of people got these, you could have a wireless lan party!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1tz3r Posted February 9, 2003 Author Share Posted February 9, 2003 hey, i'm not anti-microsoft by any means... linux on my server, but xp on my desktop. *sniff* and both are 10 hours away from me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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