If it's going to cost the same as a an actual machine (15.4", 3GB - 4GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 2.0GHz Core2, and dedicated video laptop from an overpriced company like Dell hit in at around 450 bucks these days), I'd at least expect some sort of tablet functionality to set it apart from the rest. MiniPCs (call 'em what you want) are a great idea, I agree, but they're not meant to be used like typical laptops, so they should have atypical features (and be cheaper! sigh..)
I don't know where you priced out a rig like that for 450 bucks, but hook me up with a link, big dog. I recently got an XPS 1530 with pretty much the specs you described and a 2.4 GHZ proc, and it clocked in at around 1700.
@ivybat: Not quite. They are pretty damn competitive and they have been putting out some nice notebooks lately. Still, not counting specials (of which there are many) their base model is $499 and that is only 2ghz, 1gb RAM, 80gb HDD, and integrated graphics. Granted you can spend a couple hundred more and bump up the RAM and video but it's not quite as good as you paint it.
ivybat is probably quoting a promo price - still, it seems a little unrealistic, but then bottom tends to drop out about now with everybody doing back to school sales.
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If it's going to cost the same as a an actual machine (15.4", 3GB - 4GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 2.0GHz Core2, and dedicated video laptop from an overpriced company like Dell hit in at around 450 bucks these days), I'd at least expect some sort of tablet functionality to set it apart from the rest. MiniPCs (call 'em what you want) are a great idea, I agree, but they're not meant to be used like typical laptops, so they should have atypical features (and be cheaper! sigh..)
I don't know where you priced out a rig like that for 450 bucks, but hook me up with a link, big dog. I recently got an XPS 1530 with pretty much the specs you described and a 2.4 GHZ proc, and it clocked in at around 1700.
@ivybat: Not quite. They are pretty damn competitive and they have been putting out some nice notebooks lately. Still, not counting specials (of which there are many) their base model is $499 and that is only 2ghz, 1gb RAM, 80gb HDD, and integrated graphics. Granted you can spend a couple hundred more and bump up the RAM and video but it's not quite as good as you paint it.
ivybat is probably quoting a promo price - still, it seems a little unrealistic, but then bottom tends to drop out about now with everybody doing back to school sales.
I reckon he might just be having a joke exagerrating.
Im happy with my vostro tbh. Had an eee, wasen't fast enough, got a 14" laptop. happy :D