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marklight

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Apr 6, 2006
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In the coming months, especially when the towers come out- will we see more customization in terms of processors (dual 2.0 ghz isn't really that fast, even for a laptop) and the graphics card? I'm especially wondering about the graphics card now that we can run windows- I'm hoping we'll be able to get something top of the line to play games on windows.
 

Shamus

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Feb 26, 2006
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marklight said:
(dual 2.0 ghz isn't really that fast, even for a laptop)

o_O (hehe always wanted to do that). Dual 2.0Ghz is bloody fast when compared to the pentium M processor. If your comparing the Dual 2.0 Ghz to a Pentium 4 3.6Ghz, or an AMD 64, your battery is going to run out REAL fast with them, and your laptop will get hot real quick.
 

EricNau

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Apr 27, 2005
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2.16 GHz Core Duo is very fast (it is Intel's best mobile processor at the moment). Don't fall for the MHz myth . ;)

And what's wrong with the 'ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory'? Seems pretty nice to me.
 

Shamus

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EricNau said:
And what's wrong with the 'ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory'? Seems pretty nice to me.

Most definately, considering i have an ibook with ATI 9500 32MB :p
 
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