Same here, I am thrilled about a 17" screen, just not sure how thrilled I'd be at XGA. Never owned a laptop before (used lot of business ones..Dell's, Ibm's, Tosh's at Boeing) and this will mostly be for fun (either 9200 or 9300)...
HD speed is only noticed on initial load time of the OS and Applications into Memory, if you have enough memory (512mb or more) the entire application (like word or a game or...) is loaded in full into memory. In the days before WinXP...
Can you use coupons on the Outlet site? Saw a couple with WUXGA and other options I like, but they're only offering $100 for 2 days....prices are still up there compared to new with discounts.
You have a Gamer Machine.....a P-M with a 9700GPU with 1GB of DDR is nothing to sneeze at. Most games are much more sensitive to CPU and Memory Bandwidth anyway. My homebuilt desktop (nForce2 Abit NF7-S with a XP1700 OC'd to 2.2Ghz) ran...
I'm in the same boat. The 9200 is almost perfect except I'm curious about the WXGA screen and how well it handles DVD's and Games. Would really like a WUXGA, anyone know about what the upgrade price on the 9300 is for the WUXGA over the...
