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Ask Engadget: Best "desktop replacement" laptop? {Engadget}
Aug 29th 2008 6:37AM For the Sager, here's a good configuration that stays within the $3000 budget (including shipping):
[-] Sager 9262
Sager 9262 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Desktop Replacement Gaming Notebook Qty: 1
17" WUXGA Super Clear Glossy w/ Wide Viewing Angle (1920x1200) Qty: 1
Intel® Core 2Quad™ Q9450 | 12MB Cache | 2.66GHz | 1.066MHz FSB Qty: 1
Arctic Silver 5 High Performance Thermal Compound Qty: 1
4096MB (4GB) DDR2 800MHz (Requires 64 Bit Operating System) Qty: 1
1X nVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX w/1GB Qty: 1
RAID 0 (Data Stripping - Requires 2 Identical Hard Drives) Qty: 1
160GB | 5400 RPM | SATA Qty: 1
Add 2nd 160GB | 5400 RPM | SATA-150 HDD Qty: 1
No 3rd Hard Drive Qty: 1
8X DVD±R / RW / 4X + Dual Layer Drive with Software Qty: 1
Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN / 802.11N Qty: 1
Built in 10/1000 Fast Ethernet / LAN Network Card Qty: 1
Microsoft Windows VISTA Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition Qty: 1
2.0M Integrated Digital Video Camera Qty: 1
Free Notebook Carrying Case Qty: 1
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000 USB Qty: 1
No Office Software Qty: 1
Built-In Bluetooth Module Qty: 1
Sager 1 Year Warranty, Lifetime Tech Support Qty: 1
(No Accidental Protection Policy) Qty: 1
Sony brewing up 1:1 motion tracking sword game for PS2 and EyeToy {Engadget}
Aug 14th 2008 3:08PM So many acronyms!
HP says to expect multi-touch laptops "long before" Windows 7 {Engadget}
Jun 13th 2008 10:14AM @Glen
Wrong. .NET, Java, Python, C/C++ (at least after a recompilation), etc. apps would run fine. Only Win32 apps wouldn't work, and why should the whole OS suck just because of some legacy applications. Just as with Apple's move to OS X and later Apple's move to Intel, that's what compatibility layers (e.g. Wine) and virtual machines are for. If Microsoft just keeps letting devs make these buggy legacy applications, the OS is just going to keep getting worse.
HP says to expect multi-touch laptops "long before" Windows 7 {Engadget}
Jun 11th 2008 9:42PM @mike
The cereal or the board game?
HP says to expect multi-touch laptops "long before" Windows 7 {Engadget}
Jun 11th 2008 7:09PM I don't think so. Sure, Microsoft could create a x86_64-only non-bloated lightweight OS based on the NT kernel, eliminate Win32, the Registry, and all that other legacy cruft, implement a POSIX subsystem, embrace open standards, get rid of DRM, not make unnecessary components like IE unremovable, open up where it won't hurt their business, ensure high-quality drivers by only allowing drivers to be integrated directly into the kernel or through unsupported kernel modules ("if you don't want to work with us to get your hardware working on our OS, then too bad"), implement some sort of package management, implement and/or create a decent filesystem (ZFS perhaps?), add some cool features, polish it up, and make it pleasant to use in general, but I just don't see that happening. We've been waiting for that for years; hasn't happened yet, probably won't happen now.
France not exactly rushing to adopt HD {Engadget HD}
May 28th 2008 8:07PM Yes, HDTV was invented in France, but only technically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_high-definition_television_system#French_819-line_.28755i.29_system
LG's 5 megapixel KF750 with DivX rebranded Secret, shhh {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2008 11:31AM Any chance of running Android on this thing?
Microsoft patent application shows off wearable mouse concept {Engadget}
Apr 17th 2008 4:40PM @Tobias
1337 points +1
Sales cease on Dell 3008WFP 30-incher due to "technical issue" {Engadget}
Apr 12th 2008 10:49PM The title does not, in fact, say '2008'.
Yet another Microsoft white space device fails FCC testing {Engadget}
Mar 30th 2008 9:49PM @Blaktornado
http://ssp.gbassi.org/graphics/HellFrozeOver.jpeg
