Hi, Guest
A few things stick out to me (in the bad way):
1 - what Mo said.
2 - that's an awfully low-res 15.4" widescreen LCD. The refresh rate and/or pixel quality is probably poor as well.
3 - lots of processing horsepower and RAM but only integrated video? That will also vampire some system RAM for the frame buffer (video RAM). Dedicated laptop vid cards are plenty cheap these days. Going integrated is just for the uninformed and it places too much strain on your subsystems for the stuff you likely take for granted (content-rich media and any video rendered/displayed beyond 720x480 with any real quality to it come to mind). FWIW I can play most of the recent NFS series on a laptop with the same processor, 1GB less RAM and a dedicated Nvidia video card (Quadro NV135M 256MB).
4 - Vista Premium on integrated video? You won't be running the Aero interface smoothly at all. It'll require some fussing with in order to get the desktop experience running smoothly. Conversely, we never worry about our (limited number of) Vista laptops because all our laptops here at work have dedicated video cards. They just run. :)
If I find anything in the next day or so, I'll let you know. :)
1 - what Mo said.
2 - that's an awfully low-res 15.4" widescreen LCD. The refresh rate and/or pixel quality is probably poor as well.
3 - lots of processing horsepower and RAM but only integrated video? That will also vampire some system RAM for the frame buffer (video RAM). Dedicated laptop vid cards are plenty cheap these days. Going integrated is just for the uninformed and it places too much strain on your subsystems for the stuff you likely take for granted (content-rich media and any video rendered/displayed beyond 720x480 with any real quality to it come to mind). FWIW I can play most of the recent NFS series on a laptop with the same processor, 1GB less RAM and a dedicated Nvidia video card (Quadro NV135M 256MB).
4 - Vista Premium on integrated video? You won't be running the Aero interface smoothly at all. It'll require some fussing with in order to get the desktop experience running smoothly. Conversely, we never worry about our (limited number of) Vista laptops because all our laptops here at work have dedicated video cards. They just run. :)
If I find anything in the next day or so, I'll let you know. :)
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.