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Posted March 8th, 2004 02:00
I would also love to get my hands on a 17" notebook. If I dont see anything from dell within next month. I might consider Toshiba or Fujitsu or recetly intoduced Acer Aspire 1710 (weighing at 16lbs)367
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Posted March 8th, 2004 03:00
17 in laptop is too big. Unless your a gamer the 17 in. wide display is useless since all the websites are set up at a 4:3 ratio where the widescreens are 16:9.
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Posted March 8th, 2004 04:00
I'm a Software engineer and an avid gamer too. Ability to view multiple applications is very crucial. I dont believe 17" inch would be too much of concern in terms of the size.367
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Posted March 8th, 2004 10:00
Don't hold your breath on this one. Dell is not going to sell a 17 inch anytime soon or ever. Just my thoughts. Go ahead and buy from someone that does.399
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Posted March 8th, 2004 14:00
Acer Aspire 1710 (weighing at 16lbs). You call that portable?
I don't think dell is going to produce these notebooks as they still have a too small market share. At these sizes and weights they start to compete with mini PC's who are far more powefull, configurable and almost in the same weight class
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Also, if they were interested in doing so they should have introduced it in the XPS/9100 (which is allready big enough as it is).
Also protecting such a large screen will require a very strong, reinforced display or even the slightest force applied on top of the laptop when closed may break it. Quite some chalenges to overome...
For those who can' wait. As these things are not portable anyway and will only be used on a desk. Get a powerfull laptop or mini pc and a 17" LCD-dipslay seperately :-)
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Posted March 8th, 2004 17:00
The 17" laptops are way too big. We have a few of the new 15.4" laptops and I would definately prefer a 15". Actually, when on the road, I prefer a 14". Why would a gamer or a serious user be tinkering on a slow laptop when they can get a much faster desktop for same/less money anyways? Just my thoughts!
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Posted March 9th, 2004 00:00
The Toshiba Sat P20 17" weighs in about the same as the new XPS/9100 15.4" - HT, 800MHZ, DVD writer, etc.It would seem that every manufacturer except Dell has a 17" notebook available.
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Posted March 9th, 2004 01:00
You are right, Randy. Even Gateway has a better one.
Gateway's M675XL boosts 17.1" WXGA+, 3.2Ghz, 1Gb Ram, DVD Writer, 80Gb 5400rpm and more just under 9lbs (which is even lighter than Inspiron XPS, 9100 series)
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Posted March 9th, 2004 06:00
A 17 inch screen with only a poor XGA resolution (which is 1024 x 768 or little wider in widescreen). That must give a very poor quality and huge pixels!
. One would expect such a large screen would enable WSXGA or even WUXGA resolutions without the fonts getting too small.
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Posted March 8th, 2004 00:00