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Maziar   06-26-2008 at 05:49:30 PM

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4471

Looks nice,isn't it?

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   06-26-2008 at 08:03:01 PM
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Looks pretty good. I wish they would offer these "mainstream" notebooks with a little beefier graphics unit (thinking 8800m GTS). Nothing extreme, just enough to keep customer's options open.

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drfelip   06-26-2008 at 11:24:49 PM
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lostandwandering wrote :

Looks pretty good. I wish they would offer these "mainstream" notebooks with a little beefier graphics unit (thinking 8800m GTS). Nothing extreme, just enough to keep customer's options open.



A 8800M GTS is too expensive and too power-hungry for the vast majority of users. But I agree that most laptops struggle with lastest games.

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   06-27-2008 at 06:10:35 AM
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^Yeah I see your points. I kinda meant it as an "upgrade". Like the base would come with the 3650 or an 8600 or 8700GT and the upgrade would be to the GTS for xxx dollars.

If you think about it, the way Dell does it is really crappy. If you want to have any sort of gaming experience you have to go with the expensive and ugly (IMO) XPS 1730. Otherwise you are stuck with mediocre graphics. I just think there needs to be something in between. Gateway would have had it right if they offered a stronger CPU on the FX-6*** notebook.

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Maziar   06-27-2008 at 08:44:59 AM
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ACER ASPIRE 8920, ASUS M70, DELL STUDIO 17 are all solid laptops BUT they really lack from a good GPU, for example ACER ASPIRE 8920 is a solid laptop with very good sound quality, excellent display but it lacks from a good high end GPU

Also logan the XPS M1730 isnt ugly :D u have to see it closely :D

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cjl   06-27-2008 at 06:55:34 PM
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Well, it must change a heck of a lot from pics to close up then, because from pics alone, I think it's pretty ugly (the 1730).

 

I have to say - I'm a fan of the access panel on these new notebooks. Looks like a really good way to get in and clean out the heatsinks and such.


Message edited by cjl on 06-27-2008 at 06:56:27 PM
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