Do You Own a LapTop?

Post by **Derek** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:11 am

Do you own a laptop?

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:31 am

Nope, I don't but I would like to have one. I just haven't found a good reason to buy one yet, especially since I got one through work.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:42 am

I had a "vintage" laptop once. A Compaq 486. It did everything they are supposed to do but it was too much hassel to keep up with it that I never used it away from the house. I realized the risk of loosing it was greater then the any value I gained from having it. I lost it in the flood when tropical storm Allison hit Houston 3 years ago. I doubt I would get another unless it was free or really cheap.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:10 am

I would like one to keep my legs warm during the winter months.

Were there ever any SMP laptops made? That would be ace.

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:01 am

InactiveX wrote:Were there ever any SMP laptops made? That would be ace.

I don't think so but they are predicting that the dual core processors will be a big hit in laptops.

Post by **Derek** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:38 pm

purrkur wrote:
InactiveX wrote:Were there ever any SMP laptops made? That would be ace.
I don't think so but they are predicting that the dual core processors will be a big hit in laptops.

The first laptop with dual processors should named the “BP6”

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:51 pm

I've just found this:

PC Company to Bring Dual-Processor Notebooks

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:24 am

InactiveX wrote:I've just found this:

PC Company to Bring Dual-Processor Notebooks

Xbit labs is usually pretty good but this article was pretty poor.

For 2-way machines Intel and AMD supply Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron microprocessors that require special chipsets and special mainboards with pretty complicated layout and a number of layers inside the PCB

Well, duh. First they forget to mention Athlon MP's which are still out on the market. The note on the complicated layout and layers seemed to have only one purpose in the article and that was to fill out an otherwise boring article that didn't have that much content.

Dual-processor configurations also require very efficient cooling, as two chips generate more heat than one CPU.

Whoa! I did NOT know that!

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:42 pm

Got a wide-screen HP on a spur of the moment purchase at Costco. It was a -$300 deal from a return and at $1399 could not resist? Had it for 9 months now & very pleased overall. runs a bit hot & sucks a LOT of power - melted the cigarette adapter plug in my van on a summer trip.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:27 pm

InactiveX wrote:I would like one to keep my legs warm during the winter months.

Think "girls"