We suppose it's a bit of a stretch to call buying a
Turion-based laptop "sticking it to
The Man" now that AMD is
clearly becoming "The Man" in their own right, but we're sure you can find some other excuse here to get your Turion on.
NEC's new Turion 64 X2 laptops manage 15.4-inch 1,280 x 800 displays, ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 integrated graphics and dual-layer DVD burning across the board. There's also Firewire, four USB 2.0 ports, a PC card slot, multi-card reader, gigabit Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g WiFi. The
Lavie L line tops out with the 210,000 Yen (around $1,819 USD) LL590/GG, which includes a 100GB HDD, 768MB of RAM (2GB max) and WMCE '05, powered by an AirTV external TV tuner. Two other lower-end configurations are available, along with a 125,000 Yen ($1,082) build-to-order LaVie G type L option. The biggest downside of all this seems to be the lame 1.9 hour battery life, though the 1.5-inches of thickness and 6.8 pound heft are close contenders. Maybe we'll keep our anti-The Man tendencies in check for the time being.
posted Aug 1st 2006 1:12PM
Whats the point of this? It seems to suck in every respect.
The laptop isn't impressive but this is one of the best laptop posts I've ever seen on Engadget!!!
They posted -
The processor type and speed
The screen size AND resolution!
THE WEIGHT!!!
Hell, they even posted the video card type!
Other good specs were posted but I would say these top out the 4 things necessary to decide if it is even a laptop worth reading more about.
I'm very impressed - most posts contain a processor speed and possibly the screen size - one of the most important things about a laptop is portability. Outstanding post!!!
So does anybody know about this AirTV wireless external tv tuner that is compatible with Windows Media Center Edition? This must be brand new and I want one (not the laptop, the wireless tuner) Let me know!
Is it possible that this is the same AirTV as has been getting so much press on airplanes? It's like XM sattelite radio, except for TV signals?
New PC/Laptops should have BD drive or they are useless to me :)