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It comes down to how well are they in support?
The ASUS A8JP that I referenced in the OP might fit your bill.I'd be curious to see what people recomends as I am myself in the market for an ultra portable machine that can attack some lower end games.
That's not bad for a gaming-grade lappyBad parts about the Asus, the battery life is 2 1/2 hours with no extended battery available. :\.
The one that switches is a sony laptop....cant remember the model tho...
I really think that's a good middle ground... but VAIO laptops are so expensive...
I didnt think the 1210's had both the 7400 and the GMA, I thought one was the upgrade....
I do like that option.I think the Asus G1 is a good solution for smaller gaming lappy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834220124
Without going to a 17 incher i don't think you're going to find anything with a better vid card than the 7700/x1700 class.
you know what, you're right, i've been missinformed
I am actually thinking of going the 1210 route from Dell.
Now before somebody says I can get a certain Asus lappy that will be much better,I get a very nice discount because of my employer. (Employee & Affliates Purchase Program)
That gets me 7% off. Then 12% off systems priced $1600 and up with 3/4 yr At-Home service. Cap that off with 18 months no interest financing.
I need to replace my Dell M140 with the crappy Intel Graphics.
I am not expecting 7950 type graphics, just need better than what I have now.
A 17" is way too big for me to be lugging around. (My job is travel related and I am spending more time on the road than home lately.)
I need to get to the Dell kiosk at the mall in the next week and get physical with the 1210 and see if it will do.
Hoffy, double check your EAP price vs the normal dell price. Unless they've changed things it's essentially a scam since the EAP machines have lower generic discounts than normal ones. I never saw more than $20 savings on a $1k class machine.
Hoffy, double check your EAP price vs the normal dell price. Unless they've changed things it's essentially a scam since the EAP machines have lower generic discounts than normal ones. I never saw more than $20 savings on a $1k class machine.
By May, there should be one already, now it may be a low end gaming laptop.
Also depends if you "need" it right at May, or if you just "want" it around May.
Well I want it around May, but don't really need it until August. I just want to know if it would be smarter to wait until laptops are released with the 8800 Go or some other DX10 video card. I want my laptop to be as "future-proof" as possible.
it is going to awhile before laptops see dx10. The battery drain from those power hungry cards is going to be crazy. We won't see dx10 in laptops until the gpus are on the 65nm process. Gaming on a laptop is nice but I don't want 230 watt lamprey in my thin and light.
I configured it up at $1996 on both regular and EAP.
Regular gives 7% off for the PC-Care Plus bundle for a final price of $1856.28 before tax.
EAP gives 7% off for the PC-Care Plus bundle and 12% off systems priced $1600 and up with 3/4 yr At-Home service for a final price of $1633.53 before tax. That's an extra $222.75 off.
BTW this is how it was configured. (I will upgrade the HDD and Mem myself through newegg.) (Already have someone who will buy the 80GB and 1GB Ram)
PROCESSOR Intel® Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce Go 7400 TurboCached
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® AudigyHD Software Edition
SERVICES & SUPPORT PLANS 3 year PC-Care Plus Bundle
BATTERIES 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
WIRELESS CARDS Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g
My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with 1GB of memory edit
LCD PANEL 15.4 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM edit
HARD DRIVE FREE! 120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 TurboCache* edit
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Audio edit
Sub-total $1,466.00 at Dell
I pulled the trigger and ordered an XPS M1210. WOW is it sleek and sexy.
My only bitch is Vista.
I have an XPS M1210What specs and what price did you get?
If that 7400 Go was a 7700 or even 7600 I would be typing away on an M1210 right now....I have an XPS M1210
2Ghz T7200 4MB L2
2 GB PC5300 from Frys.com for $120 (Ordered with 1GB DC)
100 GB HDD 7200rpm Seagate SATA
7400 Go 256Mb shared video