Apple at the moment makes the most portable computers
Portable as in what sense? Because Dell makes a laptop that are tiny and weigh less than 3 pounds, that is more portable than the smallest Powerbook out there.
I do not believe that there is a PC Centrino equivalent to Apple's 17in and 15in Power Books
ok, equivalent in what sense? price? performance? size?
For instance, Dell's D800 when fully equipped is similar to either the 17in or 15in, but it costs about the same
Ok, you lost me here tell me how you configured the D800 and the 15 and 17inch powerbooks because I cant follow you here. By the way, you know dell has a lot of good deals? you can even go to passwird.com and get 10% off discount cupons that can easily take 200 - 300 dollars off the price? An this D800, it shows you that PC laptops can have 1000gig ethernet.
But Alienware's Sentia Extreme costs $2800
Buddy, look for other laptops, alienware doesnt reflect the other laptops that are out there, you will be surprised how much the price can change. here is an example, I was looking for a laptop a few weeks ago, i found out that a voodoopc laptop which was configured the same (I MEAN SAME) way as a hypersonic-pc laptop was worth around 1000 bucks more. 1000! bucks for no reason. and they were the same equal laptop with same parts, motherboard, even chasis!
Apple's Power Books have practically every feature a desktop does
Err.... not quite, not even close buddy. dont over exagerate your comments.
it is not possible to get a PC equipped with a DVI port, 1000Gbit, 1394b, built in Bluetooth, and so forth.
You can get 1394b firewire and built in bluetooth for sure. And judging by your laptop needs, I doesnt seem to me that you need a DVI output. First off, to buy a DVI monitor, it will cost you so much, you can almost buy a computer with that money. Those are used for movie composition and edition where color and image quality is very important, plus, since you want portability, the DVI output is useless, since you will be using your own laptop screen.
the laptop also must be light
Trust me, look harder and you will find lighter and better laptops than those powerbooks, dont get me wrong, they are fast and nice but they come in handy in really specific tasks, but for general stuff, they are bad. Not to mention all the software available to PC laptops. You dont like PC laptops because they are unstable? take windows off and put linux and use wine to run office, games, etc... and since linux doesnt have to emulate a x86 processor because its running on it, its better than emulating windows programs on a powerbook.
Finally, I am aware that VoodooPC and Alienware are not the only laptop makers. However, it is my belief that those two companies are the best PC laptop makers. Of course, those two happen to make some of the most heavy laptops
SOrry buddy, u are completely off here, they arent the best pc laptop makers and they can be as light as a powerbook. Just look harder.
Besides, is it my imagination or has quality in laptop makers like Dell gone done? To me, current Dell laptops seem more flimsy and seem to have lower quality components than laptops two or three years ago. Like I said, it may just be me
Its just you, Dell is one of the best OEM manufacturers out there regardless what other people say about their "bad" support. They build high quality products. If rapture was here, he would support my argument.
Next Tuesday AMD is suppose to unveil 64bit chips for both desktops and laptops. So, technically 64bit laptops do exists, despite the fact that most people on this planet cannot buy them yet.
I never said they would NEVER exist, I said they dont exist now, and for now, my statement is still true. You cannot buy one yet. I dont even know why you bother looking after those 64bit anyways, your needs dont show that you have to buy a 64bit laptop anyways. First, you would need 64 bit applications to take advantage of it, second, you would need a 64bit OS also to take advantage of the chip and programs, third, they would be expensive now and since they are new chips, noone knows what could happen to them, they could be very hot? they could suck a battery out in 30 minutes? who knows? And just because they will announce it (which according to AMD's site, it was announced today then 19th) that doesnt mean all companies will carry it right away. It will take time for companies to assimilate new chips
And I suppose what I ultimately want to know is, am I over looking anything? ... And I am, I believe, very aware of what Apple is offering
I believe you are overlooking the PC laptops and concentrating on the powerbooks too much. Just a few facts:
- Powerbook's faster memory is ddr333, where PC laptops can reach DDR400
- Powerbook has a crappy Radeon 9600 which is not the Pro version and uses agp 4x. Where a PC laptop can reach a Radeon 9600 pro with 128mb and agp8x, and yes the chipset supports it which means it will take advantage of it.
- Powerbook's fastest hard drive is 5400rpm, where the PC laptops can have the 7200rpm ones.
- PC laptops can have 1394 firewire, 1000gig network and bluetooth
- PC laptops will have way more software than powerbooks.
- If you want portability, a PC laptop can be configured so they can be cheaper and lighter.
- If for any reason, you dont like the pentium m, have you heard of the Pentium 4-m? they are another alternative you know, they can be faster too, and offer good mobility.
- Apple is now known for their deceit and cheats. IF you havent read their problem with the G5's and their unfair comparison to Intel's chips, then you should. It might give you a new view on Apple. They might have used the same tactics while benchmarking their new powerbooks to make them look as gods, when in fact, they arent anything more than just good performing and good looking machines.
At the end, the choice is yours.
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