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Actually, do you know what I want?

post #1 of 9
Thread Starter 
Note: This topic is not for the faint of arms.

What I would like is a laptop with the following:
17" widescreen LCD, preferably WSXGA+ or higher.
Full-size keyboard, preferably with number pad.
An internal TV tuner with no delay.
A Radeon x800 Mobility or a GeForce Go 6800 in a STANDARDIZED (MxM/AxIOM/whatever) socket.
A Low Power Mobile Athlon 64 processor.
The use of a mobile version of the AMD chipset/motherboard/whatever you'd like me to call it with support for PCI-Express and Athlon 64 processors and the integrated graphics core.
The option to turn the power-sucking main video card off and run entirely off of that lovely, surely barely battery-sipping integrated graphics card.
Four hours or more of maximum battery life (while the machine is IN USE for word processing or other light tasks, with the gaming battery performance dropping below that being acceptable, particularly with the discrete graphics activated.)

That's about all. I'm willing to pay an extra $100 or even $200 for that integrated graphics card, provided that it gives a serious boost to battery.

My point? I don't have one. I just felt like saying this and hoping that someone who works for a magical company that loves me will read this and announce sometime in January (my personal cutoff) that this machine is coming. Soon.

And yes, I do realize that it would probably need to be built like a DTR to handle the cooling and power for that video card. No problem. I may have skinny little girl arms, but I don't have a problem with ten pounds.
post #2 of 9
You need it to have a retractable handle and wheels built in
post #3 of 9
Thread Starter 
Why do I need that? Backpack. My legs are accustomed to holding about seventeen times ten pounds. What's another ten?
post #4 of 9
I hope this laptop is under 4 pounds too
post #5 of 9
Hmm that would definitely be one crazy 'notebook' I'm not seeing the integrated graphics thing happening though. Good luck! (maybe start your own ODM business? )
post #6 of 9
Sager 9860
ProStar 9095
Eurocom D900T
Alienware Area-51m 7700
...and a few more - check Go 6800 Launch Partners
Edit: they're P4, not AMD64. If you want AMD64 check this thread - New LV Athlon 64 notebook w/ ATI PCI-Express GPU
post #7 of 9
Take a look at Eurocom's line of beastly 17 inchers:
http://www.eurocom.com/products/show...rkstations.cfm
post #8 of 9
Thread Starter 
I'm familiar with the Pentium 4 ones, and even with the Athlon 64 ones that seem to be coming.

What I would like to see if a combination of the features I mentioned. A powerful, low-voltage CPU, a powerful video card and another less battery hungry (though less powerful) integrated one is a combination that simply does not exist (to my knowledge) at the moment. What I described is based on the currently available desktop motherboard technology (and a mobile version is allegedly in the works).

No need to acquaint me with the 9860/Phantom/7700 or anything. They're close, but they miss the mark with battery life (and the processor period.) I'll probably end up buying that low-voltage PCI-Express-using Athlon 64 notebook. This topic was just to express my whimsical fancies.
post #9 of 9
<----- I guess we all would have work out a little to carry this thing...
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