Wednesday, December 13th 2006

L Computer Promises Notebooks with 8-Cores

L Computers International announced new limited edition Hollywood Pro X8 laptop equipped with two quad-core CPUs. The company said its new Hollywood Pro X8 laptop will feature two Intel Xeon 5300-series microprocessors with four processing cores and 8MB L2 cache in total, up to 8GB of PC2-5300(DDR2 667MHz) memory, up to 160GB hard disk drive, NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 512MB graphics accelerator and a 17" liquid crystal display with 1920x1200 resolution. The company also noted that the new notebook will feature various HD-DVD and Blu-Ray swappable devices. L Computers has not showcased photos or prototypes of the new Hollywood Pro X8 laptop, yet, it demonstrated some conceptual art, and also did not announce when it plans to ship the device and at what price points.
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12 Comments on L Computer Promises Notebooks with 8-Cores

#1
Casheti
Wow..that's one helluva laptop...
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#2
Alec§taar
CashetiWow..that's one helluva laptop...
IF you like that? You ought to see their designs of DESKTOP machines...

:)

* Their ideas are a LOT like my own, & mostly I say that, because they equip them w/ SOLID-STATE DISKDRIVES...

APK
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#4
Alec§taar
CashetiSolid State?
RamDrives/RamDisks, albeit NOT ones from software (which cut into your SYSTEM RAM), but ones on a card w/ RAM on them!

The one I use is older (PCI 2.2 bus slot used), but, there are SATA I/II units out there, & soon? A PCI-Express unit x1 slot type (fast in burst AND seek/access - perfect combo imo, & faster than what I use now, in the CENATEK RocketDrive).

These units get recognized by the system & OS as another harddisk... but, one that has UNBELIEVABLE seek/access times on it!

(1000's of times faster than std. mechanical hdd's are)

:)

Good stuff, if you can make use of them!

(There are many uses for these)

E.G.-> I put my pagefile.sys onto the 1st partition of mine!

Then, on 2nd partition?? I place:
  • %temp% ops
  • browser caches
  • logging by OS & apps/services
  • print spooling location
  • %comspec%
Onto its 2nd partition - for SPEED, mainly!

(To not to clutter up my first Raptor X raid 0 setup w/ that data, & also to free it for other operations it does!))

* Good stuff, & it WORKS!

APK

P.S.=> L computers COST a great deal, but they are HELLISH in design... apk
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#5
wtf8269
And it's estimated to have a battery life of two and a half minutes.:laugh:
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#6
newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
Oh now, there will be no batteries. This thing runs on the souls of orphans...:roll:
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#7
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
That has to be one bitching gaming laptop to boot.
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#8
Casheti
Alec§taarRamDrives/RamDisks, albeit NOT ones from software (which cut into your SYSTEM RAM), but ones on a card w/ RAM on them!

The one I use is older (PCI 2.2 bus slot used), but, there are SATA I/II units out there, & soon? A PCI-Express unit x1 slot type (fast in burst AND seek/access - perfect combo imo, & faster than what I use now, in the CENATEK RocketDrive).

These units get recognized by the system & OS as another harddisk... but, one that has UNBELIEVABLE seek/access times on it!

(1000's of times faster than std. mechanical hdd's are)

:)

Good stuff, if you can make use of them!

(There are many uses for these)

E.G.-> I put my pagefile.sys onto the 1st partition of mine!

Then, on 2nd partition?? I place:
  • %temp% ops
  • browser caches
  • logging by OS & apps/services
  • print spooling location
  • %comspec%
Onto its 2nd partition - for SPEED, mainly!

(To not to clutter up my first Raptor X raid 0 setup w/ that data, & also to free it for other operations it does!))

* Good stuff, & it WORKS!

APK

P.S.=> L computers COST a great deal, but they are HELLISH in design... apk
How much does one of these Solid State thingies cost then?
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#9
newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
CashetiHow much does one of these Solid State thingies cost then?
Take how much you think they are worth, now quadrople it.
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#10
lemonadesoda
Buy a IDE to CF converter... only about $5-10. Buy a "prosumer" CF card, only about $100 for a reasonable "partition" size. Make sure you get HIGH HIGH speed. There you go! Not as pricy as you thought.
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