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Friday, September 28, 2007
G4TV's Review Of Alienware's new Area-51 m9750
Attack of the show had a chance to play with 'Alienware's new Area-51 m9750 Gaming Notebook. And if you didn't get a chance to see it, check it out here.
It's pretty sweet!!!
I need to start saving now, or sell my kid!!! (I'm kidding)
Look, I'm not gonna compare my "Desktop replacement" Laptop to this machine; but you can get a machine that does damn well better than good enough for half the price. No, you're not gonna get a contact high, but my PC does the same native resolution, has dual core, has 6 usb, and among other things will last 2-3 hours per battery. If you've got money to waste; I'd pour it into a shuttle before I'd dump it into a notebook over $2300.
I have to agree with Fredzilla on this one. The main problem with desktop replacement laptops is the graphic processing power. Even though they've made great strides, you can build a shuttle or other small form factor pc and still get way more graphic processing power than can be put in a laptop gpu. As it is, I can still upgrade my 1 1/2 year old card (still holding my system back from greatness) and that still has almost better graphics processing than the best laptop gpu's now.
I think both of you bring great points. But you both know that having a great gaming laptop is a lot easier to cart around to LAN parties (do people still have LAN parties?) than even a small shuttle. Mind you still have to bring a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Look, I'm not gonna compare my "Desktop replacement" Laptop to this machine; but you can get a machine that does damn well better than good enough for half the price. No, you're not gonna get a contact high, but my PC does the same native resolution, has dual core, has 6 usb, and among other things will last 2-3 hours per battery. If you've got money to waste; I'd pour it into a shuttle before I'd dump it into a notebook over $2300.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Fredzilla on this one. The main problem with desktop replacement laptops is the graphic processing power. Even though they've made great strides, you can build a shuttle or other small form factor pc and still get way more graphic processing power than can be put in a laptop gpu. As it is, I can still upgrade my 1 1/2 year old card (still holding my system back from greatness) and that still has almost better graphics processing than the best laptop gpu's now.
ReplyDeleteI think both of you bring great points. But you both know that having a great gaming laptop is a lot easier to cart around to LAN parties (do people still have LAN parties?) than even a small shuttle. Mind you still have to bring a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
ReplyDeleteI was at a LAN party the week before last. We were playing Civ 4 with all the fixins. (expansions)
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