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  From: Joseph Tan <j.tan@softhome.net>
  To  : Sam Pohlenz <retrix@dingoblue.net.au>
  Date: 04 May 2002 19:16:42 +0930

Re: Dell Inpspiron 8200 and Linux?

Hi Sam,

I've brought my laptop in to a number of LANs when the games were mainly
Half-Life Counterstrike. Even on a ATI Rage 128 8MB and a Pentium III
700Mhz it ran fairly well.

I think that with the ATi Radeon Mobility 7500 and GeForce 4 Go, they
will make decent gaming machines at least for games now.

Cheers,
Joseph Tan

On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 18:23, Sam Pohlenz wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> > Currently now a high-end desktop replacement notebook costs around
> > $5000-$8000. For that kind of money you could be buying a brand name
> > server-class dual-CPU 2Ghz+ Pentium 4 Xeon or Athlon MP, 1Gb+ RAM, a lot
> > of hard drive room, and room for more expansion.
> 
> This is true but laptops also hold their value slightly better than desktop
> machines do. They also become cheaper if you are able to salary sacrifice.
> 
> > Again, I don't know if you require a full desktop on the go.. if you do
> > then a laptop would be perfect.
> 
> A laptop makes it much easier to attend LAN parties, although you do see
> very few laptops at LANs (most likely because of the cost factor).
> 
> -Sam Pohlenz
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Tan" <j.tan@softhome.net>
> To: "Sam Pohlenz" <retrix@dingoblue.net.au>
> Cc: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 3:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Dell Inpspiron 8200 and Linux?
> 
> 
> > Hiya Sam,
> >
> > > I'm also looking at getting a similar beast to replace my desktop
> machine
> > > (putting Linux as well as XP on it). Laptops nowadays are powerful
> enough
> > > for anything you can throw at them including games (especially now with
> the
> > > GF4). Good luck getting everything working with Linux. Let us know how
> you
> > > get on.
> >
> > Being somewhat of a tech junkie and game player, I would have to say
> > that a notebook does have its purpose. If you're a traveler, it's
> > perfect.
> >
> > But as really as a desktop replacement it's going to cost around 2x-3x
> > of a similar desktop and it excludes major upgrades in the future. With
> > the kind of games coming out this year, a GeForce 4 MX will not provide
> > the kind of features necessary for Doom III and the like.
> >
> > Currently now a high-end desktop replacement notebook costs around
> > $5000-$8000. For that kind of money you could be buying a brand name
> > server-class dual-CPU 2Ghz+ Pentium 4 Xeon or Athlon MP, 1Gb+ RAM, a lot
> > of hard drive room, and room for more expansion. A full GeForce 4 Ti
> > would easily outclass the GeForce 4 Go by a large margin in higher
> > resolutions, since the notebook variety is a GeForce 4 MX.
> >
> > Again, I don't know if you require a full desktop on the go.. if you do
> > then a laptop would be perfect.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joseph Tan
> >
> 
> 


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