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Dark Helmet · Sep 17, 2006, 10:54 AM

"Making the rounds in Manhattan with Dell's 18-pound monster."

18 friggin pounds?!

http://laptopmag.com/Features/Attack...h-Notebook.htm

macintologist · Sep 17, 2006, 11:17 AM

I wonder if Apple has one up their sleeves

mitchell_pgh · Sep 17, 2006, 11:18 AM

Hilarious... I really wonder who would buy such a system. I can accept that there is an audience out there that needs a "portable" system [a system that you would need to move from location to location on a semi-regular basis]

Obviously this isn't going to be replacing my 12 iBook any time soon.

The photo you have linked is hilarious. I'd get upset if someone opened up such a monster on the DC metro!

Jawbone54 · Sep 17, 2006, 11:38 AM

Absolutely ridiculous. That's all.

rickey939 · Sep 17, 2006, 11:39 AM

Atrocious.

dcmacdaddy · Sep 17, 2006, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

The photo you have linked is hilarious. I'd get upset if someone opened up such a monster on the DC metro!

Having just moved from DC to NYC I think this is especially true. Dc'ers are a pretty buttoned-down lot whereas in NYC, folks have a studied world-weariness about them. Just look at the guy to the right of the laptop user (on the left in the photo); His expression says, "Huh, more subway weirdness. Oh well!" with utter resignation.

I have only been here for six weeks but I have seen a lot on the NYC subways that you would never see in DC. I haven't seen any muggings or sex on a late-night train, though. But give me time, I'm sure I will.
(Regular rider of A C and 2 3 4 5 lines between Brooklyn and Manhattan.)

TETENAL · Sep 17, 2006, 11:52 AM

YouTube - Best Portable Computer EVAR!

Zeeb · Sep 17, 2006, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Having just moved from DC to NYC I think this is especially true. Dc'ers are a pretty buttoned-down lot whereas in NYC, folks have a studied world-weariness about them. Just look at the guy to the right of the laptop user (on the left in the photo); His expression says, "Huh, more subway weirdness. Oh well!" with utter resignation.

I have only been here for six weeks but I have seen a lot on the NYC subways that you would never see in DC. I haven't seen any muggings or sex on a late-night train, though. But give me time, I'm sure I will.
(Regular rider of A C and 2 3 4 5 lines between Brooklyn and Manhattan.)

I rarely see people take out any notebook on the subway in NYC. I think if this guy regularly took out a 20 inch notebook on the 4 train he would be beaten eventually. Plan and simple. It gets so crowded I've seen verbal fights break out because someone breathed on someone else.

stevesnj · Sep 17, 2006, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

YouTube - Best Portable Computer EVAR!

ROFL!!! thats great!!!

Gossamer · Sep 17, 2006, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

YouTube - Best Portable Computer EVAR!

I've never heard of 'Brain Donors' before...have to check that one out sometime.

dcmacdaddy · Sep 17, 2006, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Zeeb

I rarely see people take out any notebook on the subway in NYC. I think if this guy regularly took out a 20 inch notebook on the 4 train he would be beaten eventually. Plan and simple. It gets so crowded I've seen verbal fights break out because someone breathed on someone else.

Yeah, I've seen some "your taking up too much of my space" encounters on the A C line.

Where are you in Brooklyn? I am just south of Atlantic Avenue in the Crown Heights/Weeksville area, two block from the Kingston/Throop stop. I usually take the A C lines in the morning and the 2 3 home. I get off somewhere on Eastern Parkway and walk home from there.

macroy · Sep 17, 2006, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

YouTube - Best Portable Computer EVAR!

Is that the albino from Princess' Bride?

mitchell_pgh · Sep 17, 2006, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by macroy

Is that the albino from Princess' Bride?

That is correct. He is also the hotel manager in National Lampoon's European Vacation.

mitchell_pgh · Sep 17, 2006, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Having just moved from DC to NYC I think this is especially true. Dc'ers are a pretty buttoned-down lot whereas in NYC, folks have a studied world-weariness about them. Just look at the guy to the right of the laptop user (on the left in the photo); His expression says, "Huh, more subway weirdness. Oh well!" with utter resignation.

I have only been here for six weeks but I have seen a lot on the NYC subways that you would never see in DC. I haven't seen any muggings or sex on a late-night train, though. But give me time, I'm sure I will.
(Regular rider of A C and 2 3 4 5 lines between Brooklyn and Manhattan.)

I've been on the NYC subway and London Underground a number of times and found the DC Metro to be the best. That being said, it's much smaller, and has new overcrowding issues to worry about.

f1000 · Sep 17, 2006, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

"Making the rounds in Manhattan with Dell's 18-pound monster."

18 friggin pounds?!

:: LAPTOP Magazine • Attack of the 20-inch Notebook ::

Crikey! Dell should just add wheels to the thing and turn it into a Dellmobile.

Oversoul · Sep 17, 2006, 01:08 PM

I saw a 20" laptop on display at Compusa a few weeks ago and remember thinking at the time, "It's gone to far."

We need mass market flexible LCDs pronto.

Dark Helmet · Sep 17, 2006, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by macroy

Is that the albino from Princess' Bride?

Damn, I didn't recognize him!

Gossamer · Sep 17, 2006, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Oversoul

I saw a 20" laptop on display at Compusa a few weeks ago and remember thinking at the time, "It's gone to far."

At this point it's technically a 'notebook' and not a 'laptop.'

Oversoul · Sep 17, 2006, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

At this point it's technically a 'notebook' and not a 'laptop.'

Oh right, the lawyers...

Salty · Sep 17, 2006, 02:08 PM

At this point it's a lapcrusher not a laptop.

Dark Helmet · Sep 17, 2006, 02:11 PM

what did he mean when he said the keyboard automatically detaches? When you open it?

CleoW · Sep 17, 2006, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Yeah, I've seen some "your taking up too much of my space" encounters on the A C line.
.

I have lived in Manhattan all my life, and noticed that people rarely busted out notebooks in the subway, but I never thought it was because of space; I believed it to be because laptops are relatively expensive items. I'd never even pull my laptop sleeve out of my backpack for fear of getting it snatched.

I used to also worry about that with my iPod, but now they are as common as **** in a toilet, so that fear's gone.

Chuckit · Sep 17, 2006, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

At this point it's technically a 'notebook' and not a 'laptop.'

No, at this point it's technically a "table."

C.A.T.S. CEO · Sep 17, 2006, 03:53 PM

HOLY ****!

Velocity211 · Sep 17, 2006, 05:20 PM

When I read the title, I thought you were talking about the acer 20".

Dakar · Sep 17, 2006, 05:36 PM

Somehow, my 17" iMac feels inadequate.

Zeeb · Sep 17, 2006, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Yeah, I've seen some "your taking up too much of my space" encounters on the A C line.

Where are you in Brooklyn? I am just south of Atlantic Avenue in the Crown Heights/Weeksville area, two block from the Kingston/Throop stop. I usually take the A C lines in the morning and the 2 3 home. I get off somewhere on Eastern Parkway and walk home from there.

I live over in the North side of Park Slope. I'm 4 blocks from the Atlantic terminal(the huge subway hub) and 2 blocks from the Bergen street stop on the 2 and 3.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 17, 2006, 10:11 PM

If that thing had an Apple logo on it you'd be tripping over yourselves to buy one.

word.

edited: But only if it had 2 Firewire 800 ports - and a sub-par integrated graphics system.

mitchell_pgh · Sep 17, 2006, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

If that thing had an Apple logo on it you'd be tripping over yourselves to buy one.

word.

edited: But only if it had 2 Firewire 800 ports - and a sub-par integrated graphics system.

If it had an Apple logo and looked like that, I don't think I'd be tripping over myself for it.

IMHO, it looks like a monster. I'm sure someone needs such a machine...

starman · Sep 17, 2006, 11:11 PM

That pic looks fake

Oisín · Sep 18, 2006, 10:42 AM

I just saw one of those in a Fona shop today (well, not necessarily that exact model, but a ginormous twenty-incher*, anyways). It was heavy as hell—felt like a lot more than 18 pounds; felt more like 25-30 pounds.

*Notebook! A twenty-inch notebook, damnit, a notebook!

Velocity211 · Sep 18, 2006, 03:03 PM

Doesn't dell call it a hybrid desktop/notebook?

olePigeon · Sep 18, 2006, 09:37 PM

That's gonna be one hell of an explosion when the battery blows up.

ghporter · Sep 18, 2006, 09:49 PM

I thought my 15" "desktop replacement" laptop was heavy at about 9 pounds. I must be a wimp-or the dude in the subway picture does curls with his "laptop" to stay in shape.

Stupid huge. And just plain stupid. It's a desktop computer with a tiny CPU box and a huge flat panel screen. That's no ~~moon~~ laptop, it's a ~~space station~~ desktop.

SpaceMonkey · Sep 18, 2006, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

That's no ~~moon~~ laptop, it's a ~~space station~~ desktop.

*Chewbacca roar*

CollinG3G4 · Sep 19, 2006, 12:59 PM

The picture pretty much sums up America...oversized computers, shitty beer.

sek929 · Sep 19, 2006, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

If that thing had an Apple logo on it you'd be tripping over yourselves to buy one.

word.

edited: But only if it had 2 Firewire 800 ports - and a sub-par integrated graphics system.

If it was made of copper tubes then you'd need new jockey shorts.

turtle777 · Sep 19, 2006, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by CollinG3G4

The picture pretty much sums up America...oversized computers, shitty beer.

-t

Shaddim · Sep 19, 2006, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

I haven't seen any muggings or sex on a late-night train, though. But give me time, I'm sure I will.

Sex on a train/subway at 4am is awesome. I highly recommend it.

Put in the list of "things to do before you croak".

Edit: and yes, a 20" laptop is moronic.

Gossamer · Sep 19, 2006, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

If it was made of copper tubes then you'd need new jockey shorts.

Ouch

ghporter · Sep 19, 2006, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by CollinG3G4

The picture pretty much sums up America...oversized computers, shitty beer.

Where did beer come into this? If it came with good beer, I might be tempted to look into it.

Ever had Shiner Bock beer? Or their Blonde? They make GOOD beer, and they're in Central Texas. Don't judge America by Anheuser-Bush.

Oisín · Sep 19, 2006, 04:38 PM

Where did beer come into this?

Top right corner of the picture is a Budweiser Light ad.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 19, 2006, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

If it was made of copper tubes then you'd need new jockey shorts.

OK...now that was completely uncalled for.

What has it been? Like 2 years since my Deliverance machine topped 4GHz?

And Apple has yet to match a PC I built on my livingroom floor.

But, 2 years later you can buy a Mac with GMA950 integrated graphics in a plastic enclosure. Better yet, for only $200 more you can get your plastic in black.

Color me unimpressed.

-=Spliffy-out=-

Chuckit · Sep 19, 2006, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

What has it been? Like 2 years since my Deliverance machine topped 4GHz?

And Apple has yet to match a PC I built on my livingroom floor.

My phone is 5.8 GHz. Your PC is pathetic. (As long as we're using context-free numbers as a measure of quality.)

paul w · Sep 19, 2006, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

OK...now that was completely uncalled for.

But it was funny, you have to admit it.

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

uninspired and unrelated anti Apple rant.

Why are you defending your own oranges by dissing someone else's Apples? By the way, nobody was hatin' your hardware.

besson3c · Sep 19, 2006, 09:13 PM

I don't think your computer is that good or fast, Spliffdaddy.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 19, 2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

I don't think your computer is that good or fast, Spliffdaddy.

They don't make a faster PC than my quad Opteron.

That's what you get for thinkin' - grasshopper.

ghporter · Sep 19, 2006, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Top right corner of the picture is a Budweiser Light ad.

Like most ads, I had tuned it out. Thanks for the illumination. And to me, "Budweiser Light" is good for rinsing out one's beer glass in preparation for real beer. "Light" beer is just too lacking in all the beer-like qualities I like.

Performance-wise, the XPS M2010 offers the sort of numbers one would expect from a multimedia system in this price range. The 2.16-GHz Intel Core Duo T2600 processor combined with a whopping 2GB of RAM racked up an impressive 253 in MobileMark 2005 with Wi-Fi off. The notebook's Dual 6-cell battery managed 3 hours and 12 minutes of runtime, a remarkable score for a system of its size.

Uninspiring. Not faster than anything Steve McQueen owned, not faster than a lot of new (and human-portable) Macs. Just bigger. Really, as I said earlier, a more easily moved desktop with a big screen.

Railroader · Sep 19, 2006, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

OK...now that was completely uncalled for.

What has it been? Like 2 years since my Deliverance machine topped 4GHz?

And Apple has yet to match a PC I built on my livingroom floor.

But, 2 years later you can buy a Mac with GMA950 integrated graphics in a plastic enclosure. Better yet, for only $200 more you can get your plastic in black.

Color me unimpressed.

-=Spliffy-out=-

I'll bet you run Firefox .003045% faster than me. Damn, I really need to get a faster computer.

sek929 · Sep 19, 2006, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

And Apple has yet to match a PC I built on my livingroom floor.

How about the one they sell that doesn't require putting it together on said floor?