Thinnest/lightest 15.4" notebook ?? - Page 2

It is pretty nice though the hefty price tag.

http://www.dynamism.com/x30/index.shtml

It is not a discussion wheather Mac is better than Win. We're talking about lightest&thinest. If win is your primary platform tell us whats the best FOR WINDOWS!!!!

/me is a mac people.

No.

Lose all hope all ye enter here.

You might want to check out Sony. They've got some new models that are quite nice, light and pretty good power as well.

Hmmmm... Isn't WoW out for the Mac?

--Bakxs

Yep, came out the same day on the same discs all the PC users have as well. Blizzard has been releasing all their games as hybrid discs now for a few years, including the Warcraft III series.

MMO wise, many Mac players are looking at it. Shadowbane was another hybrid release, but the game has had major issues since day one. The other MMO is Everquest, but is is not a game compatible with the PC version. You get stuck on a Mac only server, and lack the last 4 or 5 expansions.

I'd say these days the Mac platform does get about 40% of the major titles out these days. In many cases though it takes time for one of the porting houses to move it over. FPS wise, Unreal Tournament 2004 came out on both platforms almost at the same time. Halo did as well, and iD still has a big commitment to the Mac platform as well, though Doom 3 won't ship tell Feburary.

Only reason I keep up with Mac gaming is due to wanting to play some games on the road. The Powerbook series is as powerful as typical PC laptops for gaming, but it definitly is not a desktop replacement system, and is never likely to have the absolute top of the line burn the battery in 30 minutes graphics cards.

But in the end, I do know the Mac is not a good gaming platform when compared to the Windows arena. Hence me owning a 9100 now as well for portable gaming. Before that, I had a Shuttle XPC as a Wintendo.

Oh, and technicially the Powerbook series on the 15 inch line uses 15.2 inch widescreen displays at an aspect ratio of 3:2 at 1280x854, instead of the typical PC laptop being a 16:10 display at 1280x800.

The next PowerBooks are rumoured to have the Radeon 9800s in them. And if Apple goes the way of modular PCI Express, you could, theoretically, put any video card into your machine.

New notebooks are out now.. and I'd like to find the thinest/smallest and lightest 15.4" WXGA notebook with SOME sort of dedicated graphics.

So far I've found the MSI MS-1029 and Sony FS-690. What else is there?

Asus W3V

The thinnest/lightest 15.4" widescreen is the Samsung X50. Google it and look at the UK retailers. You can also get one from a company in Germany for around $2600 with a US keyboard. Let me know if you want the website, I have it written down somewhere.

I think a MSI 1029 is what your looking for. Its a 15.4" WXGA and about 1 inch thick. I put the thing on a scale and will every thing on it with battery it was about 6lb 2oz. Its a AMD Turion 64 25W MT that come in 1.6gig to 2.2 gig now and has a ATI X700 with 128 meg.
Heres a thread about the MSI 1029 with pics from one of the companys that build them.
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...light=MSI+1029
If you want more info then do a search in the fourms. There are many threads about the MSI 1029 here.

I think that X50 is it.. It sure is expensive though. I might go a little cheaper..

The current lightest is the Asus V6V

He's right the X50 is the lightest 15.4" widescreen at 5.3 lbs with everything included. The V6V is heavier than the X50 by 0.3 to 0.4 pounds.