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 1FOljs-0001Vq-6F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:14:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2U1BHqE014373; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:11:17 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2U12Umo010125 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:02:30 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 34so299923nzf for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:02:30 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Sfpvt2ZoOO1eRcdAW/Vn2O0VqyUa2azYSIR9wDTfrEpTiEwTKzvXhrJpggXRC8I9iseoJXuMfgmCFn6kp4Yzob5fodQfhlaXZXw/dB6CEcjhGswNvLEaWYj9oJWZz1RN9M10dudhNAairI6JIKXGmhmH+Ldl/elin6eiclqATV8= Received: by 10.36.66.10 with SMTP id o10mr30059nza; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:02:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.154.3 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:02:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:02:29 -0800 From: "Lord Sauron" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone? In-Reply-To: <7573e9640603291646k5a103e97ub7f6b14e5955e574@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline 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> <7573e9640603291646k5a103e97ub7f6b14e5955e574@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k2U12Umo010125 X-Archives-Salt: ff3242c7-6a01-40ab-96a7-e3dc958286a5 X-Archives-Hash: fed79c19cb311cfb721d0e83eb0d8242 On 3/29/06, Richard Fish wrote: > On 3/29/06, Lord Sauron wrote: > > Great for you. However, if you got a laptop for non-work use > > (personal, communications, mobile DVD viewing, &c) would you rather > > get the massive 9 pound thing you use at work, or a nice small 14" > > portable? > > Even this is a tough decision for me...I do occasionally like to watch > DVDs on my laptop, even when I am at home, because at arms length my > screen takes up more of my visual field than my 65" TV across the > room! There is just something about that that makes me smile... Yeah, even with my amazing 12.1" "Theatre-in-a-clamshell" display it takes up more of my field of view than anything other than my dad's massive 51" DLP HDTV (1080i, I hope to plug my hilariously overpowered graphics card into it someday!) > Probably the same smile you get after you panic because you think you > forgot your laptop, and then realize it is on your shoulder... Yup! What really puts it into perspective is the X4 Ultrabase dock that I use. When I take it with me (when I know I'll need it - otherwise it sits next to the Athlon64) I can really feel the extra 1.1lbs. It's more noticeable than you would think, for those of you who never owned a laptop. > > Before I forget: I lied. I doublechecked the #s and my X40 is really > > 2.7 lbs. Srry... won't let it happen again ; ) > > Thank goodness for competition and market analysis....we both get > laptops that we are really happy with, and that work well for us! Yup. Thank God for lassiz-faire, or you we would both have laptops (if we were lucky) that would be the best for us - according to what the state says is the best for us : ( > Anyway my advice to people is to figure out what your needs are and > buy the best laptop you can afford that comes as close to those needs > as possible. Bigger is not always better. Neither is smaller. I love consulting on these things. Just email me - I'm totally neurotic about making sure you find what you need and not what they say you need (which also just so happens to be the most expensive item on their list... what are the chances of that?) -- ========== GCv3.12 ========== GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+ L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+ V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+ DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y ========= END GCv3.12 ======== -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list