Posts by proles

Well I'm not totally giving up portability, just giving up ultra-portability. I still think a 10.04x13.98x1.18 inches 6.39 lbs package with ~3hrs battery life is pretty portable, just not small enough to really carry around without a...

I'd love 12", but I want at least some semblance of a graphics card (e.g. not embed), so from what I can tell 12" is out. Next closest is 13.3", but only Sony does that (S series) and it carries the Sony premium. Hence,...

I know they're different classes of notebooks, that's the point of the comparison. They're my favorite within their classes, so I'm wondering the experiences of people with these different classes (14" thin/light versus 15.4"...

Addendum: actually, the MSI has about a $50 edge over the Compal, as well as the free HL2 (~30), plus the Compal will basically have crippled performance til I shell out ~120 for RAM whereas the only upgrade the MSI needs is wifi (which...

Update: it's basically come down to Compal FL30 (via Xmeld) versus MSI 1029 (via Cyberpowersystem). Both will cost me essentially the same for the following different configurations: Compal FL30...

Thanks for the reply (and the HHG2G allusion in your mini-profile thing), but I'm pretty sure that 15.4" widescreen is as big as I want to go. I'm going to be carrying this thing around a fair bit, and with other stuff (books,...

Thanks for your post, and I have looked at it. In fact, from what I've heard, the 1013 has better embedded graphics than the normal Intel solution (it's like ATI 200m or whatever), so it might actually be passable for some games (e.g. I...

...but I promise, I've done my homework. My notebook odyssey has been as follows: I first discovered the Asus W3V, rebranded as "Portable One MX", and thought it looked fantastic. Once I realized it was actually Asus, I did...

Hold it, so is the Newegg MSI card the same as the MS 6855 or not? There seems to be some confusion. If it's different, is the 6855 better? Or does the wireless of the 6855 still suffer (in comparison to Atheros, Intel,...

So I'm planning to likely buy the MSI 1029 from Cyberpowersystem (what can I say, best deal). I'll get it fully loaded except for OS (install self) and wireless (get and install self). Planned config: MT37 (2.0ghz 25mw 1mb cache), 80gb...