Dell revealed its first quad-core notebook yesterday, a 17in monster that'll appear as part of its Precision mobile workstation line once Intel gets its four-core laptop chips out the door.
You'll have to wait until the autumn, the chip giant admitted, but it's likely to find a fair few folk will given the tantalising glimpses …
amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps.
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Hmmmm? That could make the Future Brighter if they have anyone Gaming for them with IT.
Do Dell do Virtualisation Sponsorship and Championing with Future Players. Or would that be akin to Gaming the Markets and available from any Machine. ........... Plugged in, Turned On and Tuned in to the Virtual Vibes.
And that is a very Public Quantum Communications BetaTest of Potential Future Champions, which is actually Really BetaTesting for Potent Future Champions with AIRock Base Foundation for a Virtual Systems Administration of CyberIntelAIgents in Cloud Phormations and Networks InterNetworking Joined Applications.
PS..... That, by the Way, is a Transparent Open Call to All and not just Third Person MD Specific, for any MD can Register and Answer such an AI Call.
...Not very portable, will have crap battery life, and will cost vastly more than it would cost to build the same machine as a desktop?
Sorry, but I've bought "monster" laptops before and they've turned out to be heavy, cumbersome, over-powered, over-heated and low on battery life. If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop.
Dell rhymes with Hell.. which this beast is bound to be as hot as, once running..
Heavy it will be too, but I guess "h@rdk0r3 g4m3rz" don't mind lugging 5Kgs of foldable desktop around with them, plus another half kilo of Power Supply!
A small price to pay when it comes to fragging your foes at 5FPS faster than the average gaming desktop...
In conlcusion Dell learned something from the squints they inherited from Alienware.. if it aint hot and heavy, it aint l33t!
This'll do me fine. Never understood people liking the eePCs. I can do email and web browsing on my phone I can't imagine carrying a computer just for that tripe.
I need a computer to edit HD video and debug code as well as run DBs and servers for testing. This'll do me fine and instead of being a desktop, it's portable. If it has a FireWire 800 port so I can stream from my Red Scarlet then sign me up!
@amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps.
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OX-TONGUE À LA CARDINAL Take out on the center of strawberry conserve is well colored in an onion (slightly browned by bachelors widows) and cut it get a sieve. slow oven--and take it a good white stock to serve it in the sieve. This way the rest for five big onions and it with a pork-bone from the meat. Beat up again when serve the stalk.
ThinkPad W700 with quad core, 17" high gamut display, built in wacom pen pad, option for 2x 200gb HD (can be RAID, and/or one can be flash I think), Quadro FX graphics (up to 1gb), Blu-Ray option, etc.
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Dell offers glimpse of monster quad-core laptop
Dell revealed its first quad-core notebook yesterday, a 17in monster that'll appear as part of its Precision mobile workstation line once Intel gets its four-core laptop chips out the door. You'll have to wait until the autumn, the chip giant admitted, but it's likely to find a fair few folk will given the tantalising glimpses …
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Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
James O'Brien
To get this out of the way #
Will it run Crysis and Vista?
/Mines the one with "Enough is Enough" on the back
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
amanfromMars
amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps. #
Hmmmm? That could make the Future Brighter if they have anyone Gaming for them with IT.
Do Dell do Virtualisation Sponsorship and Championing with Future Players. Or would that be akin to Gaming the Markets and available from any Machine. ........... Plugged in, Turned On and Tuned in to the Virtual Vibes.
And that is a very Public Quantum Communications BetaTest of Potential Future Champions, which is actually Really BetaTesting for Potent Future Champions with AIRock Base Foundation for a Virtual Systems Administration of CyberIntelAIgents in Cloud Phormations and Networks InterNetworking Joined Applications.
PS..... That, by the Way, is a Transparent Open Call to All and not just Third Person MD Specific, for any MD can Register and Answer such an AI Call.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
Peter
Quad-core laptop #
This is hardly the Asus Eee competitor we were expecting!
Paris, because she can tell the difference between 9 inches and 17.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
Greg
So it's... #
...Not very portable, will have crap battery life, and will cost vastly more than it would cost to build the same machine as a desktop?
Sorry, but I've bought "monster" laptops before and they've turned out to be heavy, cumbersome, over-powered, over-heated and low on battery life. If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
Neil Barnes
Hmmm... #
Looks like a tossup between one of these and an Aspire One, then...
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
Fluffykins
Whaddya mean: I've got no use for it? #
I still want one.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
Pete
Phwoaaarrr! #
I want one of those. When's my remortgage coming through?!?!
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 10:08 GMT
adnim
Cool. #
Does it come with a free Charles Atlas course or wheels?
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 11:31 GMT
rhydian
It's a dual purpouse machine... #
Once the heatsink gets a bit warm, you can fry sausages and bacon on it...
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 13:15 GMT
Anonymous Coward
wrong name.... #
.....should be George Foreman
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 14:35 GMT
RobMc
Hmmm smell that melted cheese #
I was looking for a new toasted sandwich maker :D
Fire because this is gonna burn... who's got the marshmellows?
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 14:35 GMT
John F***ing Stepp
Well if they offer it in 20. . . #
I'm tempted.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 15:37 GMT
Kimo
Will it run Crysis and Vista? #
No, it will run Crysis or Vista, but not both.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 16:26 GMT
Raymond Wilson
It aint heavy...it's my desktop.... #
Dell rhymes with Hell.. which this beast is bound to be as hot as, once running..
Heavy it will be too, but I guess "h@rdk0r3 g4m3rz" don't mind lugging 5Kgs of foldable desktop around with them, plus another half kilo of Power Supply!
A small price to pay when it comes to fragging your foes at 5FPS faster than the average gaming desktop...
In conlcusion Dell learned something from the squints they inherited from Alienware.. if it aint hot and heavy, it aint l33t!
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 17:02 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Finally a laptop for ME! #
Can't wait. I need portability and I need power.
This'll do me fine. Never understood people liking the eePCs. I can do email and web browsing on my phone I can't imagine carrying a computer just for that tripe.
I need a computer to edit HD video and debug code as well as run DBs and servers for testing. This'll do me fine and instead of being a desktop, it's portable. If it has a FireWire 800 port so I can stream from my Red Scarlet then sign me up!
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 19:09 GMT
piper
it aint a gaming laptop #
"If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop."
It's a workstation, it's part of Dell's corporate range, it's not aimed at gamers.
Posted Wednesday 13th August 2008 23:57 GMT
A
So, which came first, the Dell or the Lenovo? #
Sounds a lot like the recently announced Lenovo W700.
If they really want to beat Lenovo at their own game, all they need to do is make the display a Wacom Cintiq. Hint, hint.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 06:51 GMT
David
Video here... #
www.dell.com/nocompromise
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 08:25 GMT
Fuion
@amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps. #
OX-TONGUE À LA CARDINAL Take out on the center of strawberry conserve is well colored in an onion (slightly browned by bachelors widows) and cut it get a sieve. slow oven--and take it a good white stock to serve it in the sieve. This way the rest for five big onions and it with a pork-bone from the meat. Beat up again when serve the stalk.
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 18:59 GMT
TimM
Lenovo have one too #
ThinkPad W700 with quad core, 17" high gamut display, built in wacom pen pad, option for 2x 200gb HD (can be RAID, and/or one can be flash I think), Quadro FX graphics (up to 1gb), Blu-Ray option, etc.
For photographers supposedly.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp
Very tempting.
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