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Slimmest/lightest + Gaming, $ no object

post #1 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:02am
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Hi everyone, I'm looking for a notebook to take with me on business trips, so it has to be light. The lighter and thinner the better. But I am addicted to gaming, and I'm going to be flying for 8 hours at a time.

Can anyone suggest a notebook with the following specs:

1. *Very* small and light and thin, 12 - 15" screen;
2. Good graphics chip, say a Mobility 9700;
3. Built-in WiFi (this is optional, really)
4. Built-in DVD (-ROM is OK, +/-RAM best)
5. Price: I don't care. Really.

If anyone knows what the very lightest notebook is with a Radeon 9700, please post it, even if it doesn't meet the other criteria.

Thanks in advance!

Pete
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post #2 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:08am
Asus M6N w/ 64mb 9700 (unfortunately it isn't available with a 128mb M11) This lappy has the option of putting a battery in the optical drive and u should get at least 8hrs. Pretty light laptop as well. Check it out at rjtech.com or proportable.
here's a link: http://www.proportable.com/detail.aspx?ID=10

15SXGA or 15.4WXGA
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post #3 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:09am
http://www.savrow.com/site/razor.html


There you go.
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post #4 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:12am
If you honestly don't care about price, you could always buy a 20K lappy from Go-L
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post #5 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:15am
Ha no way man, definatly I'd say the Voodoo M:360 or M:370. You can a free case plus an awesome paint job and of course a Voodoo gaming PC thats very light. If not go with Falcon Northwest's Centrino model.
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post #6 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:17am
Dont buy voodoo, the 370 only has a 9600... and the 360, you can get for a better price and better equiped at Hypersonic PC.
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post #7 of 89
7/6/04 at 1:19am
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Originally Posted by Enderet
I agree with Enderet. 4.9 pounds for a ati 9700 15" uxga laptop.
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post #8 of 89
7/6/04 at 2:21am
This is slightly OT, but HOLY CRAP go-l laptops.....

I just spec'ed out a 32,000 laptop...

my favorite part, that showed just how overpriced they are was this:

Premium DVI to VGA Adapter [add $59]

You can get one on eBay for $5 or less.. I know... I did... and how Premium can you get?? it simply converts a signal!!
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post #9 of 89
7/6/04 at 2:23am
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Originally Posted by Enderet

I'm curious, who's the OEM for these razor laptops? I haven't seen that website before.
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post #10 of 89
7/6/04 at 2:24am
yep, the razor will do it. i mean that, or a 15" powerbook
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post #11 of 89
7/6/04 at 2:36am
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Originally Posted by ungcas
I agree with Enderet. 4.9 pounds for a ati 9700 15" uxga laptop.
doesnt seem to be uxga

am i reading wrong ?? - lol

the ODM btw, is Arima

they list 1400x1050 as uxga - LOL
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post #12 of 89
7/6/04 at 2:56am
Just out of curiousity, does Voodoo somehow lighten the CL56 (aka m360). Voodoo PC says it weighs 5.5 lbs. I thought it was like 6.3 lbs? If they lightened the notebook, that might help make the $3000 price tag a bit more paletable. The paint job on their laptops are amazing, but I am a bit too utilitarian when it come to laptops.
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post #13 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:10am
I may be wrong, but I think the voodoopc one is the g556e, not the CL56.
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post #14 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:15am
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Originally Posted by Cyb3-RR
I may be wrong, but I think the voodoopc one is the g556e, not the CL56.
It is the CL56. They at one point sold the 556, but they dont sell it anymore, by the looks of it.
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post #15 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:19am
a 12" powerbook
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post #16 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:30am
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Originally Posted by mackol
a 12" powerbook
Powerbook for gaming?
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post #17 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:42am
http://www.dynamism.com/x30/
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post #18 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:42am
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Originally Posted by mackol
a 12" powerbook
He said he was "addicted to gaming", not "sick of gaming and looking for a gaming impaired platform".
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post #19 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:43am
haha.. well u can always run an emulator and then run a windows based program.
i know its possible
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post #20 of 89
7/6/04 at 3:46am
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Originally Posted by mech42
While the X30 is a good notebook... its 64mb 5200 is not that good. Besides that.. at 5.28 lbs, you might as well go with the extra .72 lbs and get a CL56. Or you could lose some weight and get a Savrow Razor with a 9700

The x30 used to be at the top of the game... but now its pretty much fallen behind. Still a notebook I wouldnt mind having though.
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