yay new laptop :D

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:08 am

im posting this from my brand new laptop, and im enjoying the fuck out of it

i can finally play ut2004 on the move now, and my new screen is simply gorgeous

specs:

MSI S271
AMD turion X2 TL 56 (dual core 1.8 GHz)
1 gb ram
100 GB hdd
Ati mobility x200
12.1" 1280*800 screen

JellyWarrior · Post by **JellyWarrior** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:12 am

good stuff, not as good as mine, but still a bit of alright

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:15 am

JellyWarrior wrote:good stuff, not as good as mine, but still a bit of alright

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:19 am

MulletMan13 wrote:
JellyWarrior wrote:good stuff, not as good as mine, but still a bit of alright

APE · Post by **APE** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:56 am

I can't see how you can enjoy a game on a 12.1" screen.

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:18 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... TC-Froogle

looks like a bastardized ibook

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:58 pm

Darconov Agentovsky wrote:
MulletMan13 wrote:
JellyWarrior wrote:good stuff, not as good as mine, but still a bit of alright

well i know i could have gotten better, but compared to my old laptop this thing is a powerhouse, and except for the graphics, it comes quite close to my desktop (x2 3800, 2 gb ram), im quite happy with the peformance so far

APE wrote:I can't see how you can enjoy a game on a 12.1" screen.

well it off course doesnt compare to my 19" lcd, but if you dont mind sitting a tad closer to the screen then normal, it doesnt matter at all, and the widescreen sort of compensates (besides, the DS/PSP/GBA all have sub 5" screens)

SuperMegatron wrote:looks like a bastardized ibook

thats why i got the black version

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:02 pm

Sorry for giving you a hard time, it is very nice

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:04 pm

APE wrote:I can't see how you can enjoy a game on a 12.1" screen.

My MacBook has a similar sized screen and at 1200x800 games look fine.

Post by **melancholy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:39 pm

Sony called, they want their PSP logo back.

All jokes aside, it's a pretty nice laptop. Way more powerful than mine, though mine was awesome when I bought it a little over a year ago. Technology just changes too fast.

JellyWarrior · Post by **JellyWarrior** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:21 pm

I got a mate something similar a while back (nowhere near as good as yours) and the quality of the laptop is quite good, and yours looks more classy than his.

With regards to the screen size, just hook it up to your 19" CRT and you're fine, you could also consider using it dual screen, having MSN on your laptop and your game on your 19".

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:09 am

I love its design its like a much more reasonable priced ibook. Thats runing a much better os, windows.

Post by **|darc|** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:12 am

RMD wrote:I love its design its like a much more reasonable priced ibook. Thats runing a much better os, windows.

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:51 am

People who use mac os are like people who use linux. They are like ZOMG i love linux and then the first thing they do it put cedega on it so they can actually run games worth playing.

Post by **|darc|** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:01 am

RMD wrote:People who use mac os are like people who use linux. They are like ZOMG i love linux and then the first thing they do it put cedega on it so they can actually run games worth playing.

Yeah, because even with Windows, an iBook can run games.

Post by **pixel** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:20 pm

RMD wrote:People who use mac os are like people who use linux. They are like ZOMG i love linux and then the first thing they do it put cedega on it so they can actually run games worth playing.

You have issues.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:05 pm

RMD wrote:People who use mac os are like people who use linux. They are like ZOMG i love linux and then the first thing they do it put cedega on it so they can actually run games worth playing.

I beg to differ. My MacBook Pro is my only computer, and the only games on it are a Mac-native version of Scorch3D, and the OSX version of ScummVM.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:44 pm

MulletMan13 wrote:Sorry for giving you a hard time, it is very nice

oh no offence taken, i didnt buy this as a gaming machine, sure it payed some attention to its capacity, but its not its main purpose, it runs C&C generals and ut2k4 smooth enough, so i am happy

and mel, i do believe the MSI S250 (older version, same styling with intel pentium M) was out before PSP

as for the macbook and playing games, i briefly considered a macbook, but the 300 euro price premium for the same class of hardware combined with the intel integrated graphics made me quickly forget about that option

oh and RMD, if not for some specific future work related software, this laptop would have been running ubuntu already... sure windows is OK, but by now i prefer Kubuntu as a general purpose desktop OS

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:58 pm

melancholy wrote:Sony called, they want their PSP logo back.

Marvel and DC Comics called Sony and said they want their Batman Beyond and Spiderman logos back.

Anyone notice that the "Play Beyond" is in the same font as Batman Beyond, and that the "Playstation 3" is in the Spiderman font?

Anyway, that laptop looks decent. A hell of a lot better than mine.

I've still got an ancient Toshiba Satellite.

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:24 pm

curt_grymala wrote:
melancholy wrote:Sony called, they want their PSP logo back.
Marvel and DC Comics called Sony and said they want their Batman Beyond and Spiderman logos back.

I didn't even think of that!