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Post by Steve Farrelly @ 01:18pm 04/09/08 | 26 Comments
 Toshiba’s latest multimedia beast is jam-packed with the latest high-powered components, including a top of the line graphics card, lightning-fast DDR3 RAM, two Hard Drives and flaming looks for maximum entertainment and game performance from any battlefield.While I'm not too sure about the language used in the press release (or the "flaming design for a fiery experience"), the price-point and cashback offer do sound cool. 
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Posted 01:25pm 04/9/08
Actually, a "gaming laptop" is cool in concept, but really a bad idea in execution. A desktop is always going to be easier to upgrade, cheaper to buy and provide a much better gaming experience. That's not to say that you can't play games on your laptop, I do all the time, but buying one "for gaming" seems a waste to me. Imagine the desktop you could get for $4k?!
Posted 07:15pm 04/9/08
You can put together a mid-range micro-atx system for about the same cost as a full size one, albeit upgrade choices and part selections can be pretty limited by the case design. And considering the sheer size of every gaming laptop I have seen (they are always luggable and bulky, rather than conveniently portable) there's little difference in the effort required to transport it.
Posted 09:05pm 04/9/08
Posted 09:13pm 04/9/08
When you get into high end performance and gaming laptops they start to get very bulky and heavy and also gaming kills your battery really quick. Almost defies the point really.
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Posted 10:57am 05/9/08
LanBox FTW
Posted 11:21am 05/9/08
Yes its bulky, but i got a good carry bag for it, and rarely take it anywhere.
I have taken it to a few tutorials for my grad study, and i was worried it was gonna be huge and annoying. I had like 6 hours of tutes that day, so i had to have it plugged anyway, and i just made sure i had a seat near a powerpoint. It was fucking awesome, could take notes on the fly, make changes to calcuations etc. Didn't find that it was too big or anything.
I have also used it on a flight back from fiji, and got almost 3 hours of tv ep watching, and the extra headphone jack came in handi for my gf.
Battery life is really my only gripe and only in areas that don't have power (like an airplane)
Posted 12:40pm 05/9/08
Also are they trying to make a selling point out of the case or something?
Posted 01:07pm 05/9/08
That looks neat :o I was wondering if there was something like that around.
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Posted 11:54am 09/9/08
+ I like to be able to customize and upgrade my computer, and also not have it look like everyone else's. Ie, same case etc, I like to have it looking unique.
like I couldnt buy those mini Atx lanbox's, i'd rather make my own... because chances are heaps of others will have the same thing, and thats shit tbh.
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If I did not travel, then I would just stick with the Desktop.
Posted 12:35pm 23/9/08
Or the new shuttle.
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Posted 07:09pm 23/5/09
Posted 10:27am 24/5/09
What about just using PSP and NDS