Kahna

HP Announces New Laptop Models; This time, in Glorious HD | Maximum PC

Apparently Sony already has something similar out, I just haven't been paying attention I guess.

The HDX X18 seems pretty good for the price of $1,550:

Windows Vista x64 w/ SP1
Intel Centrino 2 - Core 2 Duo @ 2.26Ghz w/ 3mb L2 Cache, 1066mhz FSB
4GB DDR2 Ram (2GBx2) w/ 8GB max (Note they don't list the memory speed...)
Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT w/ 512mb
500GB HDD (2x250GB 5,400rpm SATA)
Blue-Ray Rom Drive, DVD+-R/RW Double Layer
18.4" Diagonal Screen, 1920x1080p
WiFi, Bluetooth, yada yada usual goodies
Full Specs: http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content...icture-122.png

Man if I hadn't bought this Toshiba I might have given this Laptop a spin, the specs are pretty good at $1,550, but you've got a Blue Ray player and HD screen in there too, not bad. There's a cheaper version, the X16 for $1,300 which sacrifices the Blue Ray player to be less expensive.

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Pinski

Maybe I'm confused, but uhm, you can get Dell 15" widescreen laptops that are 1920x1200 and have been able to for a while now?

This isn't exactly new.

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Kahna

They're High Def screens with 1080p capability of the X18 and the 720p of the X16?

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Pinski

If a LCD Screen is 1920x1200 that means they *gasp* have 1920x1200 pixels which means they can display 1080p content! They're not new, in fact I would say they're like 3 years old technology.

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Vaanir

Indeed, this is just smart advertising. Most people fall for it cause it says 1080p!

Edit: It's more because of the Blu-ray player

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Thelounge

I still like how some think that dvi and hdmi are different quality

But anyways, like the above have said, eh, gimmicky. Also, I have a ps3 connected to my 42 inch 1080p, why use an 18" screen? GF just got a laptop last month for 350$, nice one 3gb of ram, dual core yadda. Also got like 40-50$ knocked off afterward for a price error, which they price matched to in form of a gift card.


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Oh yea, you can also get a laptop with hdmi output, 4gb of ram etc, for like 500$ these days...

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Laodaron

Link for those please. I want a laptop that I can play current games on, has at least 3gb ram for Vista Home Premium 32, or 4gb for Vista 64. I don't believe you can get a laptop to play current games on for 350-500. If so, please prove me wrong.

Pinski

Dual-Link DVI > HDMI, because HDMI is just single-link DVI.

DisplayPort = Dual-Link DVI.

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Kahna

Sadly I'm agreeing with Lao.

Where the fuck do you buy gaming laptops for that price, assuming you're just an average joe without connections...?

A damn Centrino 2 and 512mb-1GB Mobile GPU together cost about that much on their own.

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Laodaron

For some reason, everyone always prefaces their agreements with me with "sadly" or "I can't believe this" or something along those lines lol