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Acer 5930 coming soon

LordGrimm — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:41:03 +0800

I know Acer doesn't get a lot of love here but for those who are interested:

This is available early Aug on Acer's Singapore website so presumably it's on its way here. (I expect the price to be slightly lower in MY)

Acer 5930 - Centrino 2 with 9600 GT

Dealers to buy laptops?

LordGrimm — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:57 +0800

hi all,

Anyone know whether the shops at lowyat or anywhere else etc take used laptops and what kind of numbers are we looking at (25%, 10%?? of original value, assuming decent condition)

thanks in advance

HP dv5t review

LordGrimm — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:34:58 +0800

HP Pavilion dv5t review here

Long story short - it sounds really good and will be on my shortlist....At last HP are putting decent GPUs into their 15" machines.

The only thing now is to harass HP Malaysia to bring it quick!

AMD Integrated GPU murders 8400M!

LordGrimm — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:13:42 +0800

According to the below review on HP's dv5z, it seems like the AMD's latest integrated offering (ATI 3200) really murders Intel's integrated offerings and even Nvidia's 8400 GM from a price point perspective.

Too bad about the poor battery life though (~ 2.5 hrs)

Can't wait to see more in the coming months from both Intel / Nvidia / AMD.

See full review here

News Article: Problem with Nvidia laptop GPUs

LordGrimm — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:12:49 +0800

Excerpt from an article dated 02 July 08:

Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in "significant quantities" of laptop PCs, the company said Wednesday. Nvidia hasn't determined the exact cause of the problem but said it relates to a packaging material used with some of its chips, as well as the thermal design of some laptops. Modern processors generate considerable amounts of heat.

Link

No mention of what specific chips were impacted - so Nvidia owners take care.....

Centrino 2 - A short description

LordGrimm — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:58:33 +0800

FYI

What's in the Centrino 2? (By Cnet)

Benq X31

LordGrimm — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:05:14 +0800

Finally!

A decent graphic card in a 13.3

Take that, XPS1330!

Benq MY website description

Cnet Asia's description