Few months ago I bought top-of-the-line Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I got 1.7GHz Pentium-M (Dothan), 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200rpm HD, ATI Radeon 9600Pro 128MB video, a/b/g Wireless, DVD+RW and most importantly 15.4” 1920x1200 LCD.
Note very high resolution screen. Dots are a bit small for my taste, but not too much. The whole machine with 3yr of Complete Care service (that's at home next business day repair + you're covered for accidental damage like dropping the laptop, spilling Coke/coffee etc) cost a bit more than a single desktop LCD with that kind of resolution.
Why are desktop screens so damn expensive? I don't see them being better except in speed (20 agains 35ms for the laptop screen) but that's important for games only, so what gives? Besides, much to my surprise, 35ms is not bad at all - I am playing Doom3 on my laptop and I didn't notice ghosting at all?
I don't think I will buy another desktop ever again. Soon, my only complaint with laptops - non-upgradeable video card - will be thing of the past. Being able to take your computer with you everywhere and use it for several hours (I get around 8 hours when I swap out DVD and swap in extra battery) plus being on the Internet all the time (wireless) cannot be beaten. My Pentium-M 1.7GHz is as fast as 2.4GHz Xeon at work, and the most critical speed component (not counting enough RAM) - hard drive - is as fast as desktop counterpart.
Did I mention already that I love my laptop? ;)
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