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Laptop for 2006

Poll Results: Would you buy this notebook?

 
  • 8% (7)
    Yes, I would absolutely love to own one. ROCK OUT WITH YOUR PROC OUT!
  • 15% (12)
    Yes, but I can't afford to throw down that much serious bakery on a new computer.
  • 3% (3)
    I am clueless, disinterested, or undecided.
  • 70% (56)
    No, because it's too big or heavy.
  • 2% (2)
    No, because I have battery life/heat concerns.
80 Total Votes  
post #1 of 42
7/28/05 at 8:27pm
Thread Starter 
Pure speculation. I would like to see how many people would be willing to purchase a laptop similiar to this.

In the second quarter of 2006, Dell releases it's new flagship notebook. It is a 19" Widescreen design, sporting a 2.39 Ghz Pentium-M processor with 64-bit technology. It comes standard with 2 GB of Ram and is upgradable to 4 GB. The hard drive is an 80 GB 7200 RPM, but this upgradable to a 120 GB 7200 HDD. It features an onboard 5.1 sound card, 6 USB 2.0 ports and 4 Firewire ports. DVI, DVD burner, multi-format memory card reader, and all that jazz present on the current XPS2.

Added to the design is a full numpad, even better speakers, and hot-swappable disc drives.

The size of the notebook is 1.9 x 18 x 13.2 inches. It weighs approximately 10.8 pounds without the a/c charger.

The crown jewel of the system is dual Nvidia Geforce Go 7800's, offering equal to or slightly better performance than their desktop counterparts.

The base price for this notebook is $4800.
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post #2 of 42
7/28/05 at 8:51pm
too big, too heavy and too expensive for my needs, but then I don't game.
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post #3 of 42
7/28/05 at 8:53pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by g00nter
too big, too heavy and too expensive for my needs, but then I don't game.
That's what this poll is to find out! Obviously a notebook of such proportions wouldn't be targeted for the general marketplace. I'm just curious as to a general % of people who are interested in such a powerhouse.
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post #4 of 42
7/28/05 at 9:21pm
In the end, people will do whatever they want with their money but for me personally, this is WAY too big and way too expensive. I'm a heavy gamer and I'd say you'd be better off getting a SFF system that has some upgradibility and is still somewhat portable.

And I thought my Inspiron 9100 was big...
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post #5 of 42
7/28/05 at 11:43pm
It's too big, it's too heavy. If you're going to buy a system that big for gaming, why not a desktop? This is where price comes in. Let's say you need a system to carry around every day, but you would also like to play games. How about a desktop and a laptop? Desktops are way cheaper than laptops, which means you could probably buy a nice desktop and a cheap laptop for the price of that one laptop. Or, here's another suggestion, and personally, it's what I would do. You guys ever heard of an XBox or a PS2. Those new ones are better than any computer out there, and they're like at the most, $500.
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post #6 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:10am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Freak4Dell
It's too big, it's too heavy. If you're going to buy a system that big for gaming, why not a desktop? This is where price comes in. Let's say you need a system to carry around every day, but you would also like to play games. How about a desktop and a laptop? Desktops are way cheaper than laptops, which means you could probably buy a nice desktop and a cheap laptop for the price of that one laptop. Or, here's another suggestion, and personally, it's what I would do. You guys ever heard of an XBox or a PS2. Those new ones are better than any computer out there, and they're like at the most, $500.
The new consoles aren't out yet. When they are released, the PC video cards will certainly be able to keep up. Dual 7800's can do a lot for a gaming experience, and the games can't even really take full advantage of a 6800 right now.

Besides, I'm not going to pay $500 just to play games. A computer can do thousands of things, a console just a few.

As far as the desktop+laptop point goes, it's a valid one. Still, someone might want to bring along some portable power and not have to fuss with a second computer. Price isn't really an issue to everyone, as evidenced by VoodooPC's line of computers.
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post #7 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:20am
Does anyone remember a few years ago when people thought a 17" notebook was crazy? Now 17" is becoming very popular, AW, Sager, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway... even sony has 17" notebooks. The way I see it is ONE company is going to have to be brave enough to attempt it then it might explode the way Seventeen Inchers did
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post #8 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:33am
cant wait for those 54" laptops. you work the touchpad by walking on it i hear.
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post #9 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:36am
Can it even be called a laptop I mean, Im not a small guy but a 19 in system is still alot bigger then my lap. This is more of a brokenbacktop.

I just dont understand why someone would want a system that is that big, why not just get a desktop at that point.
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post #10 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:42am
It will take a backpack the size of one of those mountain climbing gear packs to carry it around.
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post #11 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:43am
If you can carry it, they will build it...eventually.

-- From the new movie, "Notebook of Dreams"
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post #12 of 42
7/29/05 at 12:45am
NO way it would start $4800 that is more expensive than Alienware, Falcon Northwest, VoodooPC .... all the overpriced brands.. and I wonder how many people will buy a laptop with the price starting at 4800..
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post #13 of 42
7/29/05 at 1:29am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by AzN
NO way it would start $4800 that is more expensive than Alienware, Falcon Northwest, VoodooPC .... all the overpriced brands.. and I wonder how many people will buy a laptop with the price starting at 4800..
Please pay attention before you start dismissing things.

http://www.anandtech.com/news/showne...R_START=21&p=2

Mmkay now.
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post #14 of 42
7/29/05 at 3:31am
I still think it's too big. The Dell one probably won't be as big as the other manufacturer's, when they come out, at least. I can't wait to see the Toshiba one, if they decide to make one. I went to Best Buy the other day, and while I was there, I reminded my self of how big their highest-end notebook was. What is it, the Quasimoto or something? It's huge. I would never want to carry that around anywhere, much less a 19".
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post #15 of 42
7/29/05 at 3:36am
too big+heavy
the 15.4 size screens should be the maximum size for a laptop
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post #16 of 42
7/29/05 at 3:38am
lol who would name their laptop quasimoto. wasnt it that hunchback from notre dame? maybe thats what u become after lugging it around.
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post #17 of 42
7/29/05 at 4:06am
Ummm, i'll buy a Dell XPS Gen 2 and build a awesome desktop for that price

2 for 1!!

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post #18 of 42
7/29/05 at 4:07am
wow 5 G's but thats gonna be a BEAST OF a laptop no doubt!...Someone whips that out its game over.
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post #19 of 42
7/29/05 at 4:12am
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Originally Posted by DNE
too big+heavy
the 15.4 size screens should be the maximum size for a laptop
Agreed!
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post #20 of 42
7/29/05 at 4:36am
"lol who would name their laptop quasimoto. wasnt it that hunchback from notre dame? maybe thats what u become after lugging it around."
That could quite possibly be the reason it's called that. Actually, I don't know what it's called, but it does sound something like Quasimoto.
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