I would say that everything depends on the charm of the new comer, ie mercury. After all, I like to have a new machine every season and people asking me "Oh, is this the new one?..…

[quote] But it would be easier and cheeper for me to upgrade the cpu and vram.[/qoute] Upgrading the processor is, as we have seen, relatively easy. Upgrading the VRAM is some ver…

What I want is a 3D card that you can add to a notebook via PCMCIA. It's fast enough, right? The only problem is getting the signal from the PCMCIA slot to the display without cau…

Both Newer and Magma make PCI expansion chassis which give the PowerBook the ability to add video cards, SCSI, etc. I don't know how the performance is with video, but it might be …

Quote: What I want is a 3D card that you can add to a notebook via PCMCIA. It's fast enough, right? I would imagine. ATi and 3dfx make and sell PCI versions o…

http://www.internetishop.com/pictures/newlap.jpg WEIGHS 7.0 x lbs (7.0 x 10?!?!?!!?!) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2016106106 Right down the tibook's isle!!! Pe…

Now *that* is funny. Quote: Mobility A DeskNote performs at the same speed of a desktop, uses less space than a desktop, and functions as well as a desktop, With ad…

Doesnt sound all that practical to me... a laptop format for a desk use only, where you need an external battery, and where the thing weights 7 pounds? Heck the web site says that…

Place your bids now!! You just know that this is going to be a popular one!

I would much rather remove my Ti battery and make it about 3 lbs.

anyone (apart from a collector or someone with way too much money) who buys this hunk of crap is a complete idiot.

I don't know.... it's not for me but I can see how this type of machine (maybe not this one in particular, but this type) could appeal to some people. I happen to use my laptop in…

Hmm, that looks exactly like a laptop my no-brand-name local computer reseller just started selling... and at $500 less than what this e-bay guy wants, too. http://www.ditcorp.com/…

Here's a link to a product that looks identical, and has a essentially the same name (ECS i-Buddy 4 DeskNote): http://www.mobileperipherals.com/extibuddy4.html Lame name, stupid …

I have a feeling Elitegroup (ECS) is producing these shoddily-designed notebooks.

Their name is corny too! The Humbee Desknote! (lol) Edit; sig update [ 04-17-2002: Message edited by: Mac Zealot ]

Basically, this machine combines all the bad features of laptops (higher price/performance ratio, poor upgradaebility, poor ergonomics) without the major benefit: portability! Do…

Quote: Originally posted by Fyre4ce: <STRONG>Does it really have a 2.2 GHz processor?</STRONG> It does. They reach such high clock speeds in no…

http://www.alienware.com/main/images/a51_medium.jpg If your thinking Apple is providing sub par technology, have a look at this beast Area 51-M This beast sports a 2.4GHZ P4, a …

That Alienware comp is pretty nice...

They don't specify the weight or battery life. I wonder why... But the do say this: "Sticking with Alienware� tradition, each unit is packed full of fans and exhaust units to ensu…

This laptop is a powerhouse, it sports a *desktop* P4 and a 64MB video card amoung other things, at yet it is still $2800, i would be interested in some benchmarks to see how this …

Those Alienware machines look FANtastic. True hardcore gaming machines capable of doing anything else thrown at them. I wish a Powerbook had that power with the same PBG4 design an…

Quote: I wish a Powerbook had that power with the same PBG4 design and battery life. Sadly Apple is more than a year away from that. I bet WinTel companies ar…

I'm not sure why everyone is so hepped up over clock speed. hell, most software doesn't even take advantage of it, and adding memory, a faster hard drive and/or a faster graphics c…