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    Laptop Shootout

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by mhooper1125, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. mhooper1125

    mhooper1125 Notebook Evangelist

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    I was thinking about it earlier today. If we could get a side by side test done by a thrid part source. Using the Arima chassis and have every reseller and system builder send in their best "whitebook" with their twinks etc and have them run al kinds of benchmarking, heat test, stress test, mods etc. ANd just see who reigns king.

    Sorry for the hype and the promotion pitch lol. Just came to mind.
     
    mhooper1125, Oct 25, 2008
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  2. Fringe

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    Not hype, i actually think this is an awesome idea. I have still not commited where i am getting mine from.

    It would be nice to see the results of this :D
     
    Fringe, Oct 25, 2008
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  3. NGH

    NGH Notebook Evangelist

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    Why not? This is definitely of interest to the forum members. Coordinating it is something else...
     
    NGH, Oct 25, 2008
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  4. afireinside

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    Wouldn't they all end up having the same/similar top end components and it would just be a showdown of who pretweaked the OS most? Sounds pointless to me.
     
    afireinside, Oct 26, 2008
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  5. Redline

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  6. leonyeo1001

    leonyeo1001 Notebook Evangelist

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    not true.. its actually who can build a better complete system with the most competitive pricing. aka, best of both worlds.
     
    leonyeo1001, Oct 27, 2008
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  7. Johnksss

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    sorry friends...but their was already one shootout and k|n pretty much killed all the competition!. guess they didn't understand the concept of the fastest notebook in the world competition. so k|n should keep that title until next year this time when they decide to do it again. and this time.... all will understand what they should send and what they shouldn't....
     
    Johnksss, Oct 27, 2008
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  8. OmegaATL

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    Link to shootout.
     
    OmegaATL, Oct 27, 2008
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  9. BMW135i

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    Desktop cpu quad vs dual core notebook cpu's...HMMM why bother even having a shootout?
     
    BMW135i, Oct 27, 2008
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  10. Johnksss

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    that was then and this is now...*LOL* and intel has a notebook quad running at 3.5 to 3.7 ghz..... so now the plot thickens as time goes on.... besides...with desktop cpus, the e series chip was king for quite sometime while the quad made its debut
     
    Johnksss, Oct 27, 2008
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  11. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Don't forget that the companies involved had the choice to send in whatever they wanted. If they chose to send in a dual core notebook CPU, it's within their rights. Not necessarily a smart thing, but they did it anyway. This doesn't detract from K|N's performance in the shootout.
     
    dtwn, Oct 27, 2008
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  12. Johnksss

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    yeah......what ^^ he said.

    they all had the same chance to win...k|n sent in a Lamborghini while everyone else sent in vw's....
     
    Johnksss, Oct 27, 2008
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    it just makes the shootout null
     
    samwY, Oct 27, 2008
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  14. Johnksss

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    null? what do you mean null?
     
    Johnksss, Oct 27, 2008
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  15. leonyeo1001

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    don't get the 'null' part. if you were trying to say that it wasn't quite a shootout because of the different systems used, then the explanation for that would have to be: they asked different companies to send in "their best and brightest example of a gaming machine."

    so if a certain company chose to send in a lesser, well built system, then.. ..
     
    leonyeo1001, Oct 28, 2008
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    here...here, to that one.... im sending in my best system over clocked by hardware...because i heard they wipe all the systems and reinstalled the os on all of them.... but like they said...it's a competition not an exhibition....
     
    Johnksss, Oct 28, 2008
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