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Notebook with Huge 20 Inch Screen Reviewed
An anonymous reader writes "Trusted reviews has a look at the Acer Aspire 9800. This massive machine has a 20.1" screen, two 120GB hard drives in a RAID 0 array, super-multi DVD burner, analogue and digital TV tuners and an Intel Core Duo dual core CPU. And at over 17lb you can even use it for weight training!"
It almost gets to the windows loading screen before the battery dies.
Included with the purchase of a new unit: one year of free adustments by the chiropractor of your choice.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
...but can I use it as cell phone?
And a battery capacity to power the unit for 4.5 seco...
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Color MacBook?
"but still has enough battery life to give you a full days work on the move."
What does it come with? a power plant attached?
> Anyway, if I had the cash burning a hole in my pocket, I'd pass this one by.
And soon after the cash did, the laptop would as well.
Acer Canyonero!
The average American lap is increasing is no reason for laptops to follow suit.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
... can it run windows vista?
"Go into the hall of mirrors and have a bloody hard look at yourself" - HG Nelson
I did that long ago. The problem was that the CRT made the laptop a bit top heavy.
Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.
And at over 17lb you can even use it for weight training!**
** Applies only to those reading this Slashdot article
Given that, as pointed out, the units used in the US are not actually Imperial units, the question must be asked as to what exactly to call that particular unit system. Some suggestions: "Archaic", "Irregular" "Primitive", "Obsolete", or "Wrong".
Jedidiah.
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Can you name the 'top with two hard-drives
A built in webcam and a screen that's wide?
Ninety-eight double-zero-oooooh,
9800.
Well it goes real fast with dual-core brain,
It's the super-size 'book too big for a plane,
Ninety-eight double-zero-oooooh,
9800.
380 mills deep, 490 mills wide,
7.8 kilos of Taiwanese pride,
Ninety-eight double-zero-oooooh,
9800.
Top of the line in weightlifting sports,
Knackered elbows are a matter for the courts,
Ninety-eight double-zero-oooooh,
9800.
She stuns everybody with a CrystalBrite screen,
She's a 20-inch dual-core computing machine,
Ninety-eight double-zero-oooooh,
9800.
"The Nadburner(TM): 'Ave You Got The Balls?"
What could possibly go wrong?
The next Mars Rover exploring your backyard?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?