Oh, that's what you were referring to... IIRC, even with MXM-I/II/etc., there's still no real standard as notebook manufacturers sometimes use their own versions of a card or something like that. And even if you manage to get a GPU that'll maybe fit into your notebook, it's soldered onto the mainboard already, so I wouldn't quite call that user-upgradeable.max wrote:
sure you can upgrade the GPU yourself. Read up on MXM
I've swapped graphics cards between my laptop and an Acer. Worked flawlessly.Smithereener wrote:
Oh, that's what you were referring to... IIRC, even with MXM-I/II/etc., there's still no real standard as notebook manufacturers sometimes use their own versions of a card or something like that. And even if you manage to get a GPU that'll maybe fit into your notebook, it's soldered onto the mainboard already, so I wouldn't quite call that user-upgradeable.max wrote:
sure you can upgrade the GPU yourself. Read up on MXM
Or maybe a lot has changed since I last heard of it. Aside from the C90, I can't think of any other notebook that you can actually buy and install another GPU.
Got me 1 of thosesjames@alienware wrote:
HP Mininote
92% full size keyboard.... enjoy!
17"ers aren't that heavy in comparasion with 14-15.4" ones. They're pretty much the same. I carry my 17" around every day to school, including 1-4 books, charger, tablet, mouse and about 20 papers without any strain, and I find the extra weight more than worth it over a netbook, considering the considerably better performance, and screen that allows for proper multitasking.Smithereener wrote:
Hold on, upgradeable graphics on a notebook? Surely you don't mean user-upgradeable right?Freezer7Pro wrote:
I know that, but in my case, portability ends at 18", as my bag is 17". I don't see the real use for a mininote, unless you're a 50kg anorexic with severe bone growth problems..Sup wrote:
The point of those mini laptops is portability not upgradeability.
And performance is just lovely.
At any rate, 17" notebooks aren't by any means not portable, but every pound/kg counts when you're carrying a notebook, nalgene bottle, notebooks (paper), and a few textbooks in your backpack/bag. Screen space is nice, but most people won't actually need that high of a resolution to do what they need to do IMO. I'm doing quite fine with a 1280x800 13" screen; doesn't strain my eyes at all.
I have 100% full-size keyboard AND numpad. Beat that, netbooks!Afroman.exe wrote:
Got me 1 of thosesjames@alienware wrote:
HP Mininote
92% full size keyboard.... enjoy!
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all the time. Typing numbers is so much fastCapnNismo wrote:
How often do you really use that numpad of yours, though?
yesAnd can you take your full-size notebook out and use it comfortably ANYWHERE?
so can I. Connect via bluetooth to my phone, go online. I still have space in my bag for books. These days however I leave the bag at home and just carry the laptop in my handsI can pull my netbook out, connect to the 3G network and be on the Net in under five minutes anywhere in Austria, even underground. I'd like to see you carry your full-size notebook in a single bag with all your school books and be able to take it out in a train (or a car for that matter) and use it until your stop. Then close the lid, walk to your destination and pull it out and continue where you left off (or change trains).
I'm pretty much wider than my notebook anyways, so I don't really affect my neighbors. Then again I don't use trains. The only time I use public transport is when I go to university and that's 10 min by crammed tram. For everything else I drive.If you can do all that without any real hassle at all and without making yourself uncomfortable or your neighbor on the train AND use a single backpack or messenger bag to do it all AND still have school books - then I will admit defeat.
Draw.CapnNismo wrote:
Whatever. Call it a draw.
I think I'll make a thread about this when I get home. A nice debate of whether is better at what etcCapnNismo wrote:
Whatever. Call it a draw.
fair enoughCapnNismo wrote:
Whatever. Call it a draw.
what about me? I said I have an ASUS S96SCapnNismo wrote:
So who has one?
1) CapnNismo - ASUS EEE PC 900
2) FFLink13 - Acer Aspire One
3) .Sup - Acer Aspire One
4) james@alienware - HP Mininote
5) Afroman.exe - HP Mininote
Too small to join the Meganote club. Get out, commoner!jamiet757 wrote:
what about me? I said I have an ASUS S96SCapnNismo wrote:
So who has one?
1) CapnNismo - ASUS EEE PC 900
2) FFLink13 - Acer Aspire One
3) .Sup - Acer Aspire One
4) james@alienware - HP Mininote
5) Afroman.exe - HP Mininote
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