Posts by Metal-Box

I forgot to add that I think they were comparing a 2.6 Merom versus a 2.6 Penryn on the Santa Rosa Platform.

The Penryn based chips are the successor to the Merom. They are based on the 45 nm and 65 nm manufacturing process, respectively. The Santa Rosa chipset supports both the Merom and Penryn. Glancing at the article, I don't think they...

I agree. Looks good, but up the warranty if you can afford it.

4 to 5 hours sounds optimistic, even with the Smartbay option. I can't see that unless you are doing almost nothing on it. I guess I am just pessimistic. Ha! Black would be sweet. I'd am still holding my breath for green. I hope I don't...

Nice specs! I wouldn't hold the estimated ship date to anything. That is an estimate. Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by blazertrek50 Because that is what we had laying around at the time...

I put a Lenovo R Series in an Odyssey backpack.

Quote: Originally Posted by mb67 Vintage hardware is pretty cool. I have a few items (relics? ) myself and enjoy connecting my Commodore Vic-20 (pre-C-64 days ) up and going through some of the Basic language programs...

Alienware attracts a lot of scammers on Ebay. However, there a ton of legitimate buyers out there looking for an Alienware on Ebay. If you use Paypal and common sense, you can be reasonably assured that you won't get scammed.

I love the XPS desktop. I saw one in the flesh not too long ago. Very impressive to say the least. Thanks for sharing!