Re: [Thinkpad] OT: reccomendations for desktop

Honestly, I wasn't really commenting on the idea of the 'best' desktop but
rather the technical details of AGP.

I expect that there's a market segment that agrees with you. Asus has been
selling laptops with no internal battery (and hence pretty much the portable
desktop) for a while now.

J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "romjulian" <fidel@webcoast2coast.net>
To: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: reccomendations for desktop

> You are all missing the point. the request was for a desktop
> recommendation. In my book, the BEST desktop is a thinkpad of your
> choice [the best you can afford] in a docking station. Add your monitor,
> printer, scanner, USB CDR/DVDR, external monster HDD ETC.
>
> When you get more money you can buy a "Better" thinkpad. and just plug
> it into your dock. you can add a "better" DVD or whatever with out
> messing with anything. No matter how you slice it and dice it, a good
> thinkpad will do what ever you want to do as well as a desktop. You
> can't take your desktop with you!
> But what do I know?
> Ron
>
>
> Jonathan Graham wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 02:57:14PM -0500, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> >
> >>(although ALL AGP memory is somewhat shared as to texture memory)
> >>
> >
> >This is kinda backwards, it's normal memory that is shared to the AGP
card for textures. The GART allows the AGP card to use an in-memory
texture. It's not all memory either just the memory you allocate via the
"AGP Arperture" setting in your BIOS (bet you were wondering what that was
for).
> >
> >Perhaps you're confusing it with the AGP memory being mapped into the
address space?
> >
> >J.
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Cottrell, Eric" <ecottrell@doble.com>
> >>To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; "Dennis Breslin"
> >><dbreslin@ctol.net>; "Thinkpad list (new)" <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
> >>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 2:49 PM
> >>Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] OT: reccomendations for desktop
> >>
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>>From what I hear built-in AGP graphics is not recommended for gaming.
It is
> >>slow.
> >>
> >>73 Eric
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Bruce Markowitz [mailto:scosgt@worldnet.att.net]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:52 PM
> >>To: Dennis Breslin; Thinkpad list (new)
> >>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: reccomendations for desktop
> >>
> >>
> >>I agree about the AGP slot, but it does have AGP graphics built in, so
with
> >>additional memory it can do games.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Dennis Breslin" <dbreslin@ctol.net>
> >>To: "Thinkpad list (new)" <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:35 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: reccomendations for desktop
> >>
> >>
> >>>Last Friday they were selling their low end for
> >>>$323 with an education discount! Thats with
> >>>a free 15" flat or 19" crt. Problem is the 2400
> >>>is crippled - it has no AGP slot. But even now
> >>>for $500 (w/shipping) its a tempting offer.
> >>>
> >>>Dennis Breslin
> >>>
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