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Subject: Re: Need a new laptop? Want it to spank most desktops? :)

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 22:33:00 01/25/06

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On January 26, 2006 at 00:12:47, Hristo wrote:

>On January 25, 2006 at 22:59:18, enrico carrisco wrote:
>
>>http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/index.php?section=specs&model_id=1054
>>
>>Move over Turion and Centrino laptops..  :)
>
>Enrico,
>I don't know about "spanking most desktops" but if you want something really
>good then try this:
>http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
>It has features that will make you squirm with joy, while at the same time
>kicking the living cr*p out of you when playing chess. :-)
>
>There is nothing better on the market, as of this moment, that I know off.
>Of course, I'm sure that you can get something faster, but at the end it is not
>going to be better, IMHO.
>
>Regards,
>Hristo

Hello Hristo.

Yes, I posted the link to the Macbook Pros here on the day they were announced.
You'll have to define "really good" and "nothing better on the market."  They
are a nice package, but I don't think it is fair to compare them to this 64-bit
dual core laptop.  Essentially they are just dual-core Pentium-M CPUs...  The
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB, though quite good, is not the same card as the
NVIDIA 7800 GTX either.  Then you have the SATA-100 (Macbook) vs. the SATA-150
and RAID option in the Xtreme..

They really don't compare -- but for the price, the Apple is a nice laptop.

-elc.



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