20-12-2002 03:58									#1
	New Laptop: I joined the darkside! Full PM-box? Change here!

Finally gave in to my inner-child and bought myself and expensive toy. I persuaded myself using such arguements as: 'It'll be good to use in lectures' and 'You can do Uni work more often as you'll always have the necassary equipment'. Though that didn't stop me buying a machine that was geared for gaming

I decided to not go with Athlon this time as they seem to run pretty damn hot, plus while I was shopping around I found a 2.53 GHz P4 for £1100

Here are the vital stats:

P4 2.53 GHz
512mb RAM
40GB HD
GeForce 4 Go (440 - 64MB)
15.1" TFT

It's a great little system. It's matched my 2100+ Athlon desktop in performance, but it still can't beat my trusty GeForce 3 in any becnhmarking test

So Asher, you win. I finally went to Intel.

	20-12-2002 04:01									#2
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Actually I don't know much about mobile computing. Do Mobile Athlon CPU's run as hot as their desktop counterpart? I know our P4 downstairs runs at 29oC but this little bugger runs a little hotter

	20-12-2002 04:17									#3
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welcome to the dark side.

	20-12-2002 04:29									#4
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thats really a awesome monster... don't play games in college.. it reminds me that i was so bored and forgot to take off the sound.. (last month)

	20-12-2002 04:41									#5
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Did you get a P4 or a P4-M?

	20-12-2002 04:44									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Comrade Chris thats really a awesome monster... don't play games in college.. it reminds me that i was so bored and forgot to take off the sound.. (last month)

what game was it?

It'd be funniest if it was Unreal Tournament 2003 ..... shouts of "Eat that *****" and "OWNAGE!" coming from the back of the lecture theatre would be priceless.

	20-12-2002 04:50									#7
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For a minute I thought you meant that you got an i-Book.

	20-12-2002 05:12									#8
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it was good old counterstrike.. but it really must have been some noise..glad that the prof found it all funny aswell.. go buy a webcam and do it all over, you are on the darkside or what?

	20-12-2002 05:16									#9
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Darkside is always more fun

	20-12-2002 06:51									#10
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No it isn't a P4-M. Here are the exact specifications: http://www.dixons.co.uk/store/martp...#Specification.

	20-12-2002 07:08									#11
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You were using a pc and now you're on a pc? What the heck has changed?

	20-12-2002 07:12									#12
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AMD -> Intel

You see, monolith, there are choices in the world of PC.

	20-12-2002 07:14									#13
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Only problem with using a desktop processor is it eats power. Though I can't complain, for the same price I'd only be able to get a mobile 1800+ Athlon.

	20-12-2002 08:37									#14
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Hm, I hope the battery for your notebook is the size of a yellow page directory. Otherwise you'll be forever attached to a wall outlet.

	20-12-2002 09:01									#15
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quote: Originally posted by CapitanGarlic For a minute I thought you meant that you got an i-Book.

don't be silly. No one is THAT stupid.

	20-12-2002 09:17									#16
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"don't be silly. No one is THAT stupid."

"PC Killer on the Loose"
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http://www.infoworld.com/articles/p...plpowerbook.xml

"After spending quality time with the PowerBook running Mac OS X 10.2.2, we don't care if we ever touch another $3,500-plus top-end PC notebook. Yes, it is that good, and its value has nothing to do with its sleek looks.
Apple packaged the PowerBook G4s so exquisitely that at first we were afraid to get our fingerprints on them. Our reverie lasted about 15 minutes. Then we dragged two systems -- an earlier 867MHz model and the newest 1GHz unit -- through hell for several weeks, both in the lab and on the road. We beat them twice as hard because they're so pretty and because, well, we're not Mac people. When it was over, the PowerBooks owned us utterly. Trust us; that never happens."

	20-12-2002 09:23									#17
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quote: Originally posted by MattHiggs No it isn't a P4-M. Here are the exact specifications: http://www.dixons.co.uk/store/martp...#Specification.

you bought a 'puter from Dixons?

you must have money to burn

	20-12-2002 09:23									#18
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PowerBook == iBook now?



The PowerBooks are decent laptops, but they're hardly a "PC Killer". InfoWorld is just all gushy since Apple shipped them a free demo.

The new iBooks are crap. I used to think they were decent also, but seeing how much trouble my best friend's nearly-year-old iBook has been now I've changed my mind.

You shouldn't need to send the notebook in for quirky repairs twice in the first year you own one.

	20-12-2002 09:38									#19
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Ah, yes, that was my bad.
That said, my roomate down the way has an ibook and it hasn't failed on her at all, and the ibook mleonard owns (he won it in a contest actually) hasn't given him any problems either.

	20-12-2002 09:50									#20
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I just recently bought a laptop myself... but a bit more modest than MattHigg's...

P4 1.7ghz
256MB RAM
40GB HD
32MB Nvidia Geforce 2

perfect for moving my comp around to play Civ III anywhere.
I use it mostly in library for word processor and cd player though

I'm gonna save all my spoiling for my new desktop...

	20-12-2002 11:34									#21
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Damn, I thought someone came over to the real dark side.

It seems Monolith and I will need to concentrate our conversion attempts on someone with a weaker will. Or a bigger brain.

Vive la resistance!

	20-12-2002 12:18									#22
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I don't need to convert, dammit! I just show people the machines, and they sell themselves!
easy as

	20-12-2002 12:19									#23
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They sell themselves so well Apple just laid off a couple hundred more people.

	20-12-2002 12:32									#24
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One of my former roommates is now a campus Apple representative or something. He got a free 20 gig iPod out of it, too! I told him he should ask them for a 20 gig one for windows so that he can compare them*, but he hasn't gotten back to me on that yet.


*give it to me

	20-12-2002 12:43									#25
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Yes. Sign me up for that job. now.