Ars reviews the Alienware Sentia m3200, a 12″ laptop which is not unlike Apple’s iBook in case of features. Ars concludes: “The Sentia m3200 is small, light and fast enough to be a very good machine for many tasks. It’s not built to handle the latest 3-D games, as it uses onboard graphics, but it makes up for that by being a well-rounded multimedia machine and the fact that it runs cool is a nice plus. When the kinks are ironed out of PowerCinema, the Instant-On feature will make more sense.”
Strange.Usually Alienware sells gaming PCs.Could Dell be the reason for this?
No not really. Alienware has made thin and light laptops for a while now.
“Intel GMA 900 graphics”
Maybe to make porting OS X onto it much more easily?
“Intel GMA 900 graphics” Maybe to make porting OS X onto it much more easily?
First, please tell me you didn’t just post that! Seriously. 😉
Second, if for some bizarre reason they did, they should have used a GMA950, like the Mac mini. In that very same article, a ThinkPad with a GMA950 had *twice* the FPS as the Alienware Sentia m3200:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/sentia-m3200.ars/5
In any case, US$1,477 is way too much for what this machine delivers.
And people say the ibooks are overpriced and underperform.
Not only is the fugliest thing for an adult to carry around, but none of the specs are really impressive.
There are Lada laptops?! Where do I sign?
“If you’re like me-not rich and in need of a tan-then that last claim is a big sell and the idea of not having to settle for the Lada of laptops if you’re on a budget is significant.”
Too bad Alienware are more or less just rebranding such “Lada” laptops, eh?
As the owner of a “Lada” laptop (I’m guessing he is talking of non-brand/unbranded laptops) I can honestly say I much rather buy a “Lada” for ~$500 than an Alienware with a fancy case for ~$1000.
Sure, it’s just a sleek mousepad with their logo on it. But it’s not just any mousepad: it’s a Func Surface 1030. This is a household name in gaming and it’s still the king of accurate optical pads in my opinion.
Wow! a Mousepad! I was like “wow thats a nice mousepad”, and then I looked at mine.. and it was exactly the same. Except mine cost me $10 on sale and has an “Allsop” logo on it instead.
(for reference http://www.allsop.com/mouse-pads/pc-gamers-mouse-pads/model-27814/c… you cant even see the logo 99% of the time.)
And my Windows laptop cost me less than a $1000USD – two years ago, its 12″ and less than an inch thick. Good old Averatec.
Edited 2006-04-04 17:46