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Posted by Quaoar on September 15, 2005, 11:42 am
Please log in for more thread options i'm good wrote:
>> i'm good wrote:
>>> Is it for people who look at spreadsheets all the time?
>>> Going crazy coming across this overused term in reviews and ads.
>>> The IBM R52 is getting my interest, but it is appropriately coy
>>> about providing
>>> as much as other laptops in terms of connections and included
>>> software. It has an ATI 300 graphics card. I'm trying to work out
>>> what a 'business' user
>>> usually gets from a graphics card. Do spreadsheets look better with
>>> them?
>>>
>>> ig
>>
>> There was a time that "business" meant stripped down to bare
>> essentials with Office installed. Now it often means "thin and
>> light" since so many people carry the laptops around; "wireless" for
>> travel connectivity; "more substantial construction" for surviving
>> travel; "more substantial components" for long life; "more costly
>> on-site multi-year warranty" for obvious reasons.
>>
>
> It seems to mean low expectation, a glorified word processor,
> yet why would anyone need a recent high performance computer for that?
> 'Preparation of reports' would mean a word processor, a spreadsheet
> and a powerpoint presentation.
>
>> Q
The high end, or high $$, is the "thin and light". OTOH, many business
users want very good battery life for watching DVD movies and that
requires the Pentium M CPU, for $$. ...and don't forget the "style"
factor - you don't want to be seen (or personally experience!) carrying
some low style 10lb desktop replacement, but a 3 lb ultralight. A
dedicated GPU/VRAM is a waste for most people, but with all the other
cost factors cranked in, the dedicated video is just an incremental cost
(although, if you look at the ultralights they usually have basic shared
video).
Q
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