I recently took out comments and re-directed them to our forums. Due to the large amount of traffic on the site over the last week I found it hard to manage, although because of our forum structure and the fact that I have people administering this site now, I have decided to re-add comments to the weblog for now. 10.18.2005
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I recently took out comments and re-directed them to our forums. Due to the large amount of traffic on the site over the last week I found it hard to manage, although because of our forum structure and the fact that I have people administering this site now, I have decided to re-add comments to the weblog for now.
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Hi Rahul, I'm gonna use your comments section to pose a quetion that I have been wrestling with for a long time.
Why are there no good lightweight gaming laptops?
Voodoo's notebooks are definitely nice - x700 in a 5lb pcakage is not something to sneeze at. But where are the 7800's and the x800+'s in a sub 5lb form factor?
As far as I know, nobody plays 3dgames on a laptop on battery power, so power draw really shouldn't be an issue.
As far as I know, the current gen video chips run even cooler than last gen. (at least in nvidia's camp)
So whats the hold up?
I travel a lot so I don't want to lug anything over 5lbs anywhere.
I watch dvd's and do excel spreadsheets while i'm on the plane, so can't everything be downclocked to save power?
When i get to the hotel, I jack into the power socket for some 3d gaming action.
This was all great when my IBM t40 with radeon 9000 was top of the line.
Now that games have woefully outpaced my equipment, where can I turn?
An x700 isn't sufficient for FEAR, Quake 4, BF2...etc....
I'd pay $3000+ for something in the 4lb neighborhood that could play those games at 1400x1050 and a reasonable frame rate.
don't bother with a subwoofer, built in camera, or other gimmicks. Don't even bother with a fast hard drive - its not necessary.
summary - I need:
1. less than 5 lbs
2. plays current gen heavy duty games above 1024x768 at 30+fps WHEN PLUGGED IN
3. 4hours or more of battery life for playing dvds or office apps
Will anyone take up this cause?
I still think it has to do with cooling... Even if the newer components do run slightly cooler, the difference between 50C and 45C really isn't all that big. So, to help disperse the heat, you need more airflow, which in turn means a bigger case - which means more weight.
That's just my take on it...
Robert
Use a 1.8in HD from an ipod....60GB is more than enough, and i'm sure it will go to 80-100gb soon. And maybe some of the flash HD lovin for speed reasons if its available anytime in the near future. a flash chip is like .0000001 lbs
use the extra space for more heatsink/heatpipe action....Aluminum or some other lightweight metal (Mg? Ti? maybe Cu is better for weight/heat dispersion ratio?)
same for the pcmcia slot...just lose it. include a mini-pci EV-DO or Wifi instead. include a pcmcia usb adapter if ppl really scream. Oh yeah, get rid of any memory card readers too. Any decent camera or mp3 player should be able to connect through usb. ditto for the printer port. (thats a big vent/intake space right there)
maybe use a corrugated/finned metal surface on the exterior to add even more heatsink capability. probably not on the bottom... (watch out for groin burns). The space above the keyboard should be prime real estate for this.
lets get some ideas going....
Great comments guys, thanks.
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