From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FOmwO-0006Ow-0V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:31:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2U2UQsX001605; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:30:26 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([202.146.86.84]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2U2PJo0020255 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:25:20 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2U2OHeC021072 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:24:17 +0800 Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone? From: Ow Mun Heng To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1143616641.29453.15.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603282355t7ab5a526tfd619e0c9c45a03@mail.gmail.com> <1143646905.21205.31.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603290845h3bedb131m209cc6323aee5848@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640603291228s93d3dc4o64edfe2adef0aa54@mail.gmail.com> <1143682552.19064.26.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:24:16 +0800 Message-Id: <1143685456.19064.36.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3a8ab0c6-d391-49e0-aa73-d2fff8d1a7dc X-Archives-Hash: e92210fc5973f21ecb20fc81fa92f6d7 On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:41 -0800, Lord Sauron wrote: > On 3/29/06, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > Yeah, however, I see all these people buy a cheap laptop from Dell and > > > expect it to run stuff like Doom 3. > > > /me hates those built-in graphics. Makes things slow. > > Seriously does make a difference. > > However, at the same time, you really shouldn't expect games out of > any but the most expensive laptops. Maybe 5-10 years from now that'll I'm not even talking about playing games. I'm just talking about graphic rendering. eg: Desktop Wallpaper rendering/eye candy. My wife's home desktop is a Dell w/ 768MB Ram, 2,8Ghz P4 and integrated graphics. It runs slower (feel) than my laptop which has discrete graphics. > > If you're not concerned with battery nor weight. I suggest you go for > > the Dell XPS Mobile concept (when it becomes available) > >> Here are some shots. > > That's not so much a laptop as a new breed of ultraportable desktop, IMHO. heh.. I like that. Ultraportable desktop. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:24:15 up 1 day, 3:02, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.74, 0.95 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list