New year’s resolution
30-Dec-20041400 x 1050
It’s the quiet time between Christmas and New Year. Even though yesterday was quite productive it’s about time I burnt some hours to finally start using my new D600 laptop in anger instead of clinging to my reliable old dual 800MHz Pentium III.
Dell uses the buzzphrase “balanced mobility” to describe the D600. I conclude that this has something to do with:
- It’s in the middle of Dell’s laptop price range,
- The carry case weighs the same as the laptop,
- The slippery “tri-metal” case is surprisingly non-slip for those moments when you need to balance a fresh cup of coffee while you’re running late for a meeting,
- The slim, spare, functional design is balanced by the stupidity of this* docking station’s features, or
- That it can be used for both gaming and productivity!
I might even attempt to test the last item’s thesis and whether a Mobile Radeon 9000 sucks, or not by benchmarking Half Life 2, World of Warcraft and Everquest on it.
* More to come.
Don't expect too much. The radeon mobility 9600 in my
Alastair | 30-Dec-2004Don’t expect too much. The radeon mobility 9600 in my powerbook devolves to slide-show-vision pretty quickly.