[laptop-discuss] Need a new laptop

[James Cornell]

Paul Gress wrote:
> Paul Gress wrote:
>   
>>  have 17" wide 
>> displays, at 1900 x 1600, so you'll have enough real estate.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Correction,  1900 x 1200
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Yes, the 17" MacBook Pro rev 3 models have 1920x1200 as an option.  One 
thing to note, although not worthy of remembering cause it won't help as 
we're talking x86 here, is that Apple offer 1440x960 displays, such as 
the G4 Powerbook, but nowadays it's 1440x900.  Personally I would had 
benefited from the 960 vertical since I use VMware.  My friend had a 
Dell 3 years before his 15.4" MacBook that could run 1920x1200 
resolution, although of course you get a nice stinky ATI card with the 
deal.  ATI is the norm in notebooks of that age, but they are on the 
decline, although Intel mostly takes the cake when it comes to brand new 
laptops at large.

Ironic since GMA and Intel Extreme graphics are not suited for Vista 
Home Premium due to amount of VRAM, yet vendors keep pushing them out.  
It matters why?  90% of the desktop world continues to use Windows, and 
most vendors phased out XP.  An upwards of $30 or more billion dollars 
(USD) are made in the gaming industry, it's an indication of vendors 
getting cheap even though price and demand are up.  We were discussing 
this though, you're hard pressed to get everything you want in a 
notebook.  Style, power, NVIDIA graphics, Atheros wireless, gigabit, 
15+" screen, 64-bit capability, under ~$2200-2400 USD.  I opted for a 
MacBook Pro (rev 3) at a grand total of $2600 USD with tax, wasn't a bad 
deal, also another OS to do testing on.  I inquired about rebates, and 
had ordered it the first day it shipped at 6:00am, so I saved $100 and 
got it fast.

James