in the notebook arena. Here, 3D graphics aren't as important and, at the same time, are much more difficult to implement. It still seems somewhat disappointing that since the inception of the first full-blood notebook 3D accelerator chip (NVIDIA's GeForce2...

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The "open" Notebook Platform Meanwhile, it's still possible to counter the quasi-monopoly that current prevails in the notebook arena. A few months ago , AMD launched a high-performance but energy-saving processor as part of its Turion 64 offering, whose relatively...

arena. Pure 3D-power is not one of the most important things. ATi's new Mobility RADEON offers some real nice features for notebook makers, in addition to its respectable 3D-performance. 'DualDie' will save space inside of the notebook and combined with its...

a touch pad are going to be disappointed, as a touch pad isn't built in to the A31 Series. It would have nice for IBM to have provided the user with the freedom of choice, such as is provided by several of IBM's competitors in the notebook arena. A picture...

rhymes with "die") battery remained the most widely used of rechargeable battery for consumer products. But in the notebook arena, this kind of battery is no longer used today. That's because the intervening years have witnessed the development of newer, more...

in the online-offline arena is whether your notebook is online or offline. Because they are designed to move around, there will be times when your notebook is not able to reach your local backup environment, whether an external disk drive, a tape drive or another...

the notebook meet gamers' expectations?. The Mayhem crushes the Asus with the best 3dMark2001 I have ever seen on a notebook. The desktop system wins because of its much faster ATi 9800 Pro. Quake III Arena The Mayhem beats the other notebook again, by...

than the VIA-ProSavage core of the KN266 in the Averatec 3150P. However, compared to Intel's integrated graphics solution (the 855GM in the Asus mobile PC), the AV3220H1 falls way short. Quake3 Arena This benchmark also shows that the Wintel notebook has much...

Quake 3 Arena. ati. While other markets are shrinking, the notebook market is still standing strong and generating handsome profits. AMD's slice of the mobile cake used to be based on inexpensive low-end consumer stuff that was rather uninspiring from a performance...