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It's a desktop replacement laptop. (Seriously) It's got the power of a desktop, but mobile if you need it to be.
That idea is about as old and lame as laptops are. There will always be a faster, higher capacity, bigger display-equipped desktop.
...As in you can drag it across the airport floor, while curseing Dell at the top of your lungs...
Big deal 
- it's an old XPS which boasted a 3+Ghz P4 when the top-dog Apple laptops were grinding along on the low 1.xghz G3s.
The current model, while not as svelte as the MBP (I'd say 1.5x thicker), is a lot thinner and still tops the highest-spec MBP in terms of power, although with the switch to C2D the MBP isn't that far behind in terms of CPU. But the GPU - the 7950GTX vs X1600 - is a 'no contest' in terms of specs as well as in real life use.
It's also a pretty bombproof 'notebook' (unlike the MBP), and has replaced the Apple for the 'luggable desktop' duty here, as for that purpose I don't need something that threatens to catch fire as soon as it's a little stressed, let alone when used for gaming.
- it's an old XPS which boasted a 3+Ghz P4 when the top-dog Apple laptops were grinding along on the low 1.xghz G3s.The current model, while not as svelte as the MBP (I'd say 1.5x thicker), is a lot thinner and still tops the highest-spec MBP in terms of power, although with the switch to C2D the MBP isn't that far behind in terms of CPU. But the GPU - the 7950GTX vs X1600 - is a 'no contest' in terms of specs as well as in real life use.
It's also a pretty bombproof 'notebook' (unlike the MBP), and has replaced the Apple for the 'luggable desktop' duty here, as for that purpose I don't need something that threatens to catch fire as soon as it's a little stressed, let alone when used for gaming.
Big deal
Apple's "top dog' was never a 1.xghz G3. Also, as we can see from sub 1.x Ghz Core processor whooping those very 3+Ghz P4s, that wasn't really an amazing processor.
Oh... are we talking those lovely optimised, PPC-centric benchmarks Apple used to roll out again?
I thought the absolute top was something like 1.5ghz for the G4 (sorry, not G3) in mid 2004.
I thought the absolute top was something like 1.5ghz for the G4 (sorry, not G3) in mid 2004.
Why is it such a problem to just say it correct the first time?
And sorry XPS is buttox ugly, even the new "thin" ones.
Not a problem for me. And 'ugly' for this purpose isn't as big an issue for me as 'works properly'. Given the choice I'll take the lesser of the two evils - but for now, I can choose either. Unlike you... but I guess you wouldn't want to, right?
