what happened to the 14.1" notebooks?

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Have you all seen the ABS Mayhem Blackhawk?

Linkage

Looks promising to me. I can get one with a T7200, 2GB of Corsair DDRII-667, and a 160GB hard drive for $1750 shipped.

You should tinyurl that link. ABS is blanked out in the link.

I'd still go for the Asus A8Js over that though since the 7700Go is better than the 7600Go (12 pixel pipes vs. 8).

tinyURL'd. Thanks for the idea. :thumbsup:

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Have you all seen the ABS Mayhem Blackhawk?

Linkage

Looks promising to me. I can get one with a T7200, 2GB of Corsair DDRII-667, and a 160GB hard drive for $1750 shipped.

You should tinyurl that link. ABS is blanked out in the link.

I'd still go for the Asus A8Js over that though since the 7700Go is better than the 7600Go (12 pixel pipes vs. 8).

tinyURL'd. Thanks for the idea. :thumbsup:

I was looking somewhere else, but that ABS notebook appears to be a variation of the Compal GL30: link

 

[Megatomic]

I found the same info at notebookreviews forums earlier. It seems that Compal makes lots of lappies for lots of companies.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I found the same info at notebookreviews forums earlier. It seems that Compal makes lots of lappies for lots of companies.

Compal is one of the big ODMs like Quanta.

Asus is another ODM, but I think it is a little bit smaller than Compal and Quanta.

 

[Traveler]

Originally posted by: supafly
Oh yeah, that ABS looks niiiice!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/abs-...-pounds-of-merom-and-geforce-goodness/

Wow, 14.1" weights 3.8lb?!

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Traveler

Originally posted by: supafly
Oh yeah, that ABS looks niiiice!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/abs-...-pounds-of-merom-and-geforce-goodness/

Wow, 14.1" weights 3.8lb?!

"3.8-pound enclosure".....

in other words....no battery, no DVD drive.......

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: Traveler

Originally posted by: supafly
Oh yeah, that ABS looks niiiice!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/abs-...-pounds-of-merom-and-geforce-goodness/

Wow, 14.1" weights 3.8lb?!

"3.8-pound enclosure".....

in other words....no battery, no DVD drive.......

I think it is more like around 5lbs as the link I provided shows (the compal barebones notebook).

 

[Parasitic]

Compaq/HP still makes 14.1" widescreen notebooks I believe.
I have one of those value lines - cost me $400 or so.

 

[R3MF]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I have noticed that there's more 13.3" notebooks coming out now.

- M4H

i have a 14.1" widescreen laptop for work, but i think the 13.3" widescreen is the perfect size.

i would never use own anything bigger than 14.1".

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Parasitic
Compaq/HP still makes 14.1" widescreen notebooks I believe.
I have one of those value lines - cost me $400 or so.

The dv2000 series is an excellent example; however, HP's monumental stupidity means they don't sell the Core 2 Duo version in Canada. We get only the Turion X2 version - which has lower performance and battery life.

- M4H

 

[3chordcharlie]

I just picked up a great 14.1" notebook... but it was a discontinued core duo model, and from what I can see the model was not updated to core 2.

16x10 @15" I wouldn't have minded so much., but 15.4 is excessive for a WXGA screen size on a notebook, and since higher resolutions seem to have become rare, too, 14.1" (or smaller) was my only absolute criteria when I was shopping.

 

[R3MF]

my ideal laptop is:
11.1" @ 1366x768 - easy to get an external screen with the same res
low power dual-core with 64bit
DX10 onboard graphics with 256MB ram

 

[corkyg]

Here's a really tough 14.1 unit - a bit heavy at 13.5 lbs - but then - you can check it - no need to carry it.

Miltope

 

[Traveler]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Here's a really tough 14.1 unit - a bit heavy at 13.5 lbs - but then - you can check it - no need to carry it.

Miltope

LOL, it is a military station.

Has anyone checked out LG's R400?

But LG's notebooks are outside US so far.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I have noticed that there's more 13.3" notebooks coming out now.

Give me a good deal on one of those - basically, a Macbook sans the turtleneck-wearing latte-sipping Starbucks attitude and pricetag - and it'd sell nicely.

- M4H

Don't forget the "I don't get viruses (virii?)" and "Oh, you're one of THOSE PC users"

I once heard someone commenting that his ASUS was a good laptop to a Mac user. The poor fool didn't know when to keep quiet and claimed his laptop was "better". I promptly informed him that his beloved "Apple" notebook was manufactured by ASUS

I like Macs, but please, don't be a fanboy. This post brought to you on an OSX Intel C2D based Mac Mini.

 

[R3MF]

Originally posted by: Traveler

Originally posted by: corkyg
Here's a really tough 14.1 unit - a bit heavy at 13.5 lbs - but then - you can check it - no need to carry it.

Miltope

LOL, it is a military station.

Has anyone checked out LG's R400?

But LG's notebooks are outside US so far.

looks good.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Traveler

Originally posted by: corkyg
Here's a really tough 14.1 unit - a bit heavy at 13.5 lbs - but then - you can check it - no need to carry it.

Miltope

LOL, it is a military station.

Has anyone checked out LG's R400?

But LG's notebooks are outside US so far.

I have never a keyboard like that on a 14.1 incher.....

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Traveler

Originally posted by: corkyg
Here's a really tough 14.1 unit - a bit heavy at 13.5 lbs - but then - you can check it - no need to carry it.

Miltope

LOL, it is a military station.

Has anyone checked out LG's R400?

But LG's notebooks are outside US so far.

I think you can get LG notebooks in the U.S., they are just hard to come by. Milestonepc.com sells a few LG notebooks to U.S. customers if anyone was interested.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Traveler
Has anyone checked out LG's R400?

But LG's notebooks are outside US so far.

The best news is that all of this appears to be going for the perfectly reasonable price of $1,199 Canadian

:Q

Totally in for that.

- M4H