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Well, you knew it was coming some day
They are already out and someone probably already scooped it up.
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benchmarks please
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lol, possibly because PCMark Vantage and 3dMark Vantage no longer runs on Win 7 RTM. It makes it hard to benchmark at this point.
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I have that patch installed already, yet still BSOD.
I'll try the compat mode, but changing the testing parameters isn't going to give valid results is it?
The screen is nice, the speakers are really nice.
The keyboard SUCKS. Flat and featureless, but it IS really a desktop replacement so "at home" use you would probably have a full size keyboard that you prefer.
I did a full review for laptopvideo2go.com. When the owner posts it, I'll copy the link. He already said he didn't mind me sharing.
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Mine's backlit, but I still don't like the flat keys. I don't care tho, I use a Logitech DiNovo BT keyboard for daily work. To me, it's my desktop computer. Have to have a laptop because of my job and because of where I PUT and USE my computer. Otherwise, I would get a desktop, but this is a darn good alternative to the desktop I can't have.
Hopefully in the next year, RAM prices come down a bit. I'd like to replace the 2Gb SODIMM with a 4Gb one to match and get the full 8Gb. It'd be helpful with VMWare. Oh, VMWare wkstn 7 is out and works great on here.
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I've done a "better review" and have mailed it to them directly. I have NO benchmarking tools that seem to work at this time. I don't do any HD video work, so wouldn't know how or with what software to use. Quick google search shows up several benchmarks out there if thats what you want. Unfortunately benchmarks don't really tell me REAL WORLD usability, only how certain things perform. My "review", tho I am NOT a professional reviewer, just an end user is based on that kind of usage.
There will be plenty of canned benchmarks available very soon, I'm sure here and everywhere. People are looking to "bash" or "praise" Win 7. From being an early adopter of Win 7 and beta tester of it from way back in the early states, you'll find the OS performs NEARLY identical to Vista with the exception of front end user experience which is significantly more optimized. According to those same canned benchmarks, about 10% faster.
Do those benchmarks translate into real world? Sometimes, sometimes not. How efficient and speedy do 3 VM's switch between each other and the host OS? How well does it handle high memory usage with those 3 vm's with a full load of regular user apps running? Say Outlook, Excel, Word, Pidgin, a few browser windows open and maybe my debugger window open looking at some developer's mistakes? Will it crash? How much disk thrashing occurs? How much lag. All those things are important to me. During the work day, that is about what my system is used for. My time = money. I'm on a small team that supports over 6,000 servers and those VM's are my life.
I'm not a gamer. I can't tell you how well this card is going to work on the very latest high end game. Hell, I still play Battlefield 2 and you do NOT want to compete against me at Spider Solitaire.
I will tell you real world usage. As a 65+wpm touch typist, this keyboard sucks. Keys are way too flat for a good feel. You really wouldn't want to type 10 pages of text and be comfortable doing it. Screen is nice, but res is still WAY too high for my aging eyes. LOL.
The machine is "huge". It's not something you are going to want to carry around with you all the time.
It's quieter than my X205-sli3, it's WAY faster and so far, a bit more stable. With all my apps listed above running, my processor utilization (for all "8" processors that show up 4 core, 4 HT), I average about 65-70 during the workday. It's more efficient of a machine for my use than the X205 Core2Duo machine. More accomplished in less time. I suspect I'll be upgrading to the full 8gb ram sooner than I would like, especially if I attempt to run yet another VM machine concurrently which I probably WILL end up doing.
So, like I said, you want generic benchmarks or a review from a gamer's perspective, I can't help you there. -
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It's because they are prohibitevely expensive at this size. Most of laptop LED backlights you see now is below 16"
As for me, I am waiting for AMOLED screens, not just LED backlit ones
The screen on X505 is ordinary I would say. They ramp up the brightness, but it loses contrast because of that - but it hard to decide what is better, dim screen with pure black and impure white (X205), or bright screen with impure black and pure white (X505).
1680x945 matrix has one CCFL, but, its quite bright and has good viewing angles
1920x1080 matrix is a dual CCFL - but I decided against it, since DPI of it is just too high, even at this screen size a lot of stuff is too small. Also GF 250M is not really up to task of gaming at this res, so no real point. -
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Personally I find that precise calibration for LCD screens is useless, mainly because even gamma changes simply if you move you head slightly up and down LCD screen response values are just too head position-dependant, and it's a lot worse with laptop screens.
Still, some degree of calibrarion is beneficial, mainly to adjust gamma down a little, bringing it to be approximately around 2.2-2.4 with your average head position and lid angle.
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