Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 4th Jun 2006 12:56 UTC
Dell has gone mad and designed this really weird portable computer that's not really a laptop. Cnet has a set of pictures of the Dell XPS M2010. "Dell's new XPS M2010, which starts at $3500, includes two hard drives with up to 120GB capacity each, a Core Duo processor and 4GB of dual-channel (667MHz) memory."
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RE: This isn't a laptop, it's a luggable.
by DigitalAxis on Mon 5th Jun 2006 19:33
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Ok, having looked at C|net it looks like this new luggable isn't even as powerful as some of Dell's own 17" laptops of much smaller size. Sorry, no thanks. I'm willing to sacrifice weight and size for more power and functionality, not sheer ostentatious bigness (if you'll pardon the term).
I still like the idea, but the execution of this luggable stinks. For that weight and price I'd expect something utterly spectacular.
RE[2]: This isn't a laptop, it's a luggable.
by suryad on Mon 5th Jun 2006 19:59
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This is the sort of computer I've wanted for a long time. I don't really buy the "let's get the thinnest, lightest thing possible" crowd... how many people bitched that Apple removed the superdrive from the Macbook Pro just so they could make it thinner?
A friend has a 2 pound Sony laptop with a 12 inch screen, that's so thin the keyboard has to retract onto its base so it doesn't scratch the screen. It's barely tall enough to fit a USB plug, and about the only internal thing is the hard drive itself (and that's a small and wimpy thing too)- ethernet or modem have to fit in the single PCMCIA slot. The fact that I called it "wimpy" is probably a good indicator that I'd be in the market for a desktop, except that I want the option of moving my system around if necessary.
A 20 pound luggable OBVIOUSLY isn't going to sit on anyone's lap, nor is it the computer an executive would want to take with them to presentations, but it is good for one thing: people (like me) who don't move their computers much (like desktops) but want to be able to move it somewhere else quickly (like a laptop). My laptop usually sits on my desk for weeks, but occasionally I'll find cause to move it elsewhere... Even my laptop is a bit hefty (seven pounds) to carry around every day, but since I don't I wouldn't mind a little extra weight or a taller case if I could get more features. I'm pretty sure I've said that several times in postings here, too.
Granted, 20 pounds is a LOT of extra weight, and I'm not sure the gains are really that spectacular. But the intent of the machine is at least right. Maybe if they could cut the weight to 12 pounds... and if it wasn't Dell...