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News Intel announces mobile quad-core processors

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Tim S, 20 Aug 2008.

  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 20 Aug 2008
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  2. Tyrmot

    Tyrmot Minimodder

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    Even a big ol' gaming laptop is still a hell of a lot more portable than a full size ATX gaming case plus a 22"-30" screen...

    The battery is pointless, why do they even bother with them still? Who uses one of these without plugging it in? They should ditch the battery and stick in extra cooling or something....
     
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  3. Jojii

    Jojii hardware freak

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    You can cook your jewels even faster!
     
    Jojii, 20 Aug 2008
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  4. Arkanrais

    Arkanrais What's a Dremel?

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    why isn't overclocking even an option for the mobile workstation?
    is it cause of battery life?
     
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  5. chrisb2e9

    chrisb2e9 Dont do that...

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    I'd like to have kids someday though...
     
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    D B What's a Dremel?

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    A laptop is best as a small and light portable computer .. you can get them that way now and there is many to choose from
    A laptop is best as a portable version of a desktop rig .. you can get them that way too

    Improving one leads to improvements that can be used in the other, cooling, procesors, power requirments, batteries .. I think there's room for both camps
     
    D B, 21 Aug 2008
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    Timmy_the_tortoise International Man of Awesome

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    Mainly because of cooling, I believe.. Understandably, Notebooks don't get a lot of airflow.
     
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    Having had a £2000 Dell XPS gaming laptop a few years ago, and then moving to my first custom built PC, I can confidently say that uber powerful laptops are a total waste of money. You're better off spending the £2k on a decent desktop and the rest on a 15.4'' laptop with reasonable power.
     
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