Posts by Sivar

They appear to be the same laptop from the same ODM (Arima). I'd bet good money that Voodoo is using higher quality parts, but not $2300 of it. I am wary of HypersonicPC after reading all of the stories, and their rating--compared to...

Quote: Originally posted by Dragserb Need expert advice from the brains on the board. Does having 128 megs of ram for the ATI 9600, which the AW uses, make a really big difference in gaming and video quality compared to the...

Just increase the font size if it looks too small...

The M:855 has two SODIMM slots, so when 1GB modules are available, you can put 2GB in it. (I am happy with 512MB myself) And considering that the screen is fairly low-res to support a fast response time, that extra 64MB isn't going to...

For that price, honestly, I would rather get a Voodoo M:855 with an Athlon64 and 3 hrs battery life.

Clock speed is not, and has never, ever been, a measure of speed that even resembles accuracy, much like the number of pistons in an internal combustion engine is not, and has never been, an accurate measure of the acceleration...

Ciro, Pentium 3's run quite cool, so don't look down upon Dell too much for poor cooling. The typical heat dissipation of a Pentium 3-900MHz 0.18µ desktop was around 20W, and if you have one of the newer, 0.13µ ULV (Ultra-Low Voltage)...

Does anyone here have experience with VoodooPC.com or their laptops? They seem to be incredibly expensive compared to Sager for their rebranded models, but they are the only company offering an Athlon64 laptop. I asked a few questions...

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It looks like the IBM T41p is exactly what I was looking for--great battery life and an ATI Radeon9600 (or very similar), except, ouch, $3499 for the base unit! Granted, you can't have everything, but that is some serious cash. That is...