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TSFroggy · 01-11-2005, 11:12 PM

Compman55: It's decent, but it's nothing to write home about. You'll get a couple hours of battery life just running the internet, but that's about it.

UPDATE: As cool as this laptop is, I've decided it's not enough. I'm going to take advantage of ibuypower's 30 day money back guarentee and return it for a future mobile solution, namely Turion or Sonoma.

MrMsyvc · 01-12-2005, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TSFroggy

UPDATE: As cool as this laptop is, I've decided it's not enough. I'm going to take advantage of ibuypower's 30 day money back guarentee and return it for a future mobile solution, namely Turion or Sonoma.

Bummer Frog. Hard to see what's not to like other than battery power. A-prox when do the spirits think the Turion or Sonoma might be available. I'm preparing to upgrade to a new lappy. Thanks.

TSFroggy · 01-12-2005, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMsyvc

Bummer Frog. Hard to see what's not to like other than battery power. A-prox when do the spirits think the Turion or Sonoma might be available. I'm preparing to upgrade to a new lappy. Thanks.

January 19 for the Sonoma, Mid 2005 for the Turion.

Yeah, it's a bummer, and I love the laptop... the only thing is the gfx card. It's just not powerful enough.

MrMsyvc · 01-12-2005, 12:08 PM

Guess I'll wait at least until the 19th and the Sonoma. I'm heavily leaning toward a Centrino. I like those Uniwill Centrinos with the ATI 256MB graphics. I need to sell the 8887 first anyway, and I want to get a new battery for that before I do so I'll have a "complete" set, though the 1 3/4 hour 8887 is no better or worse than the current crop for the high-powered lappies. My 8887 reallllly performs well for a 2-year old high end system.

TSFroggy · 01-12-2005, 10:40 PM

256 MB for a Radeon 9700 in a Dothan computer isn't any better than a 128 MB. The difference would be negligible.

01-12-2005, 12:08 PM	#19
MrMsyvc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,947 Reviews: 3 Credits: 830	Guess I'll wait at least until the 19th and the Sonoma. I'm heavily leaning toward a Centrino. I like those Uniwill Centrinos with the ATI 256MB graphics. I need to sell the 8887 first anyway, and I want to get a new battery for that before I do so I'll have a "complete" set, though the 1 3/4 hour 8887 is no better or worse than the current crop for the high-powered lappies. My 8887 reallllly performs well for a 2-year old high end system. __________________ (May2007): Dell Lat. D420 (Da' spare lappie rvw) (May2006): Dell XPS M1710 T7600 (2.33GHz/667Mhz), 4GB RAM, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX, 80GB@7200, 8XDVD+/-RW, 17" WUXGA M1710 Review vs. Acer 8104 D/Dock, Pers Shield rvw (Jan2005-Jun2006): Acer TM 8104 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X700 128MB 8104 review, Acer ezDock review (Feb2003-Jan2005): Sager 8887X

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01-11-2005, 11:12 PM	#16
TSFroggy Postmodernist Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 103 Credits: -319	Compman55: It's decent, but it's nothing to write home about. You'll get a couple hours of battery life just running the internet, but that's about it. UPDATE: As cool as this laptop is, I've decided it's not enough. I'm going to take advantage of ibuypower's 30 day money back guarentee and return it for a future mobile solution, namely Turion or Sonoma.

01-12-2005, 10:40 PM	#20
TSFroggy Postmodernist Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 103 Credits: -319	256 MB for a Radeon 9700 in a Dothan computer isn't any better than a 128 MB. The difference would be negligible.