now that i have waited so freaking long to buy a next generation laptop worth a serious investment what are the real options the next few months will bring
For me I have wanted to buy both a desktop and a laptop for nearly 2 years. Finally its starting to look like a buying a top end system is worth the wait versus investment. On the desktop side, I will wait until 3-6 months post Vista (yes, that might be 2008). On the laptop side things are looking good for a go real soon...
I'm talking a pimped out gaming, desktop-replacement, laptop that will hold me over on the desktop until that fateful day and provide me a kickass mobile platform for 3 years+.
I don't really care much about gaming on the go. I'm gonna dock this baby at home with a disk array on a firewire 1394b series of hubs, various 1394a devices, various bluetooth devices, 2 20' lcds, and alternately a 50" 1080i plasma and optical sound connection to the home theatre system. External USB keyboards and mouse.
On the go, I will be conducting business and using the internet and occasionally gaming with friends. Battery use will be average. Heavy mobile usage will find an ac outlet or a power converter.
i am concerned about heat. i can utilize (insert recommended cooling method here) at home/office, so maybe heat isn't so much a concern for long 6-10 hours stretches of usage. It will be in use 6-12 hours daily till the new desktop day dawns.
So say I want to buy this by Xmas, I'll even charge it on the wife's cc and send myself a card
rubbing the magic lantern now and asking the KN oracle (and any others)
What do I have to look forward to under the xmas tree this year? Or the labor day weekend? :?:
os
- currently all boxes xp pro 32, is 64 ready for primetime?
- will upgrade to vista at some point
17' wuxga or ?
- could 19' could be a better choice?
video
- dual dvi (or #2 being rgb) out for 2 monitors setup
- bestest baddest card(s)
- not planning on upgrading or should I?
cpu
- fastest without wasting $ available, what?
- upgradable to ?Merom? really worth considering?
ram
- fastest matched to rest of build
- 4G minimum, 8G worth it? more???
flash ram drive
- how big?
- how much $
- is it really worth it?
hd
- 7200(+?) single or RAID 0 ?
- 100G sufficent, more is gravy
dvd/cd
- standard dl capable high performance
- forget hd, i'll just plug one in someday, maybe
wireless
- no need for internal, will use card
connectivity needed (other than the usual for the high end)
- 1394a/b firewire, can punt to 1394a only but don't want to
- internal bluetooth
what did any self respecting pimp forget?
and most importantly when it it time to quit worrying about it and be happy with what i am ordering not saying to myself, oh sh*t, 1 more month and i coulda got xxx...
thanks for your consideration!
For me I have wanted to buy both a desktop and a laptop for nearly 2 years. Finally its starting to look like a buying a top end system is worth the wait versus investment. On the desktop side, I will wait until 3-6 months post Vista (yes, that might be 2008). On the laptop side things are looking good for a go real soon...
I'm talking a pimped out gaming, desktop-replacement, laptop that will hold me over on the desktop until that fateful day and provide me a kickass mobile platform for 3 years+.
I don't really care much about gaming on the go. I'm gonna dock this baby at home with a disk array on a firewire 1394b series of hubs, various 1394a devices, various bluetooth devices, 2 20' lcds, and alternately a 50" 1080i plasma and optical sound connection to the home theatre system. External USB keyboards and mouse.
On the go, I will be conducting business and using the internet and occasionally gaming with friends. Battery use will be average. Heavy mobile usage will find an ac outlet or a power converter.
i am concerned about heat. i can utilize (insert recommended cooling method here) at home/office, so maybe heat isn't so much a concern for long 6-10 hours stretches of usage. It will be in use 6-12 hours daily till the new desktop day dawns.
So say I want to buy this by Xmas, I'll even charge it on the wife's cc and send myself a card
rubbing the magic lantern now and asking the KN oracle (and any others)
What do I have to look forward to under the xmas tree this year? Or the labor day weekend? :?:
os
- currently all boxes xp pro 32, is 64 ready for primetime?
- will upgrade to vista at some point
17' wuxga or ?
- could 19' could be a better choice?
video
- dual dvi (or #2 being rgb) out for 2 monitors setup
- bestest baddest card(s)
- not planning on upgrading or should I?
cpu
- fastest without wasting $ available, what?
- upgradable to ?Merom? really worth considering?
ram
- fastest matched to rest of build
- 4G minimum, 8G worth it? more???
flash ram drive
- how big?
- how much $
- is it really worth it?
hd
- 7200(+?) single or RAID 0 ?
- 100G sufficent, more is gravy
dvd/cd
- standard dl capable high performance
- forget hd, i'll just plug one in someday, maybe
wireless
- no need for internal, will use card
connectivity needed (other than the usual for the high end)
- 1394a/b firewire, can punt to 1394a only but don't want to
- internal bluetooth
what did any self respecting pimp forget?
and most importantly when it it time to quit worrying about it and be happy with what i am ordering not saying to myself, oh sh*t, 1 more month and i coulda got xxx...
thanks for your consideration!