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Intel Targets High-End Gaming Laptops
Intel has begun selling a faster processor designed to attract computer gamers to laptops. The new processor is the ”Core 2 Extreme” mobile processor. It is claimed to be 28 percent faster than the previous top-of-the-line model. It’s the first model to carry the Extreme brand, previously reserved for Intel’s fastest desktop chips. Analysts say Intel is hoping to stimulate laptop sales, […]
Are Gaming Laptops A Joke?
The Inqurier thinks so:
Let’s look at the pros of the current crop of gaming laptops. They are, in no particular order:
1. More portable than a desktop
2. Fanbois think you are cool
Now let’s look at the down sides, again in no particular order:
1. Very expensive
2. Proprietary hardware that is unfixable if it breaks
3. Proprietary hardware that […]
Evesham Laptop With 8700 GT
I saw over on TrustedReviews that Evsham will shortly be shipping the Zieo NX600-HD which features a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2, a 120GB SATA hard-drive and an nVidia 8700M GT with 512MB of dedicated memory - nice spec for a gaming laptop!
The standard spec is available for £1,399 inc. […]
The Asus C90 Gaming Laptop
Asus’ C90 is a configurable gaming laptop. Unlike most other laptops that require some effort to swap components (if it’s actually possible at all), the Asus C90 notebook is designed so that you can easily change the RAM, hard drive, CPU, graphics, and optical drive.
The Asus C90 comes with the super expedient Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz) processor, has a […]
Genius MaxFire Pandora A Gamepad For Laptop Users
The MaxFire Pandora Gamepad is ideal for gadet gamers, the controller itself opens to store its USB cord while traveling (think glasses case). It has six face buttons, two shoulder buttons, a digital d-pad, and a turbo mode.
IGN is reporting on it’s premier today.
Haier Creates A Transformers Laptop
Engadget is reporting that Haier has created a Transformers-themed laptop. It’s got a good spec too with the G70 notebook running on Intel’s PM965 chipset, and featuring a 1920 x 1200 pixel 17-inch display, 2GB of RAM, a 120GB Hard Disk, and a GeForce Go 7950GTX with 512MB of VRAM.
It’s just not a transformer, sigh.
Win An Alienware m9700
To celebrate the launch of Halo 2 on Windows Vista, Crave are offering a powerful Alienware m9700 gaming laptop, an Xbox 360 and a copy of Halo 2 for Vista to one lucky winner. Vist their site to enter.