ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Looking around forums, most people seem to be able to play 720p on the MSI Wind fine.

Being able to play some 720p vids properly doesn't mean being able to play 720p vids properly. You need to be able to play absolutely every (in realistic terms, almost all reasonable) 720p vid properly in order to make such a claim.

I do agree it can play some, or maybe even a pretty large amount of 720p vids properly (assuming you use CoreAVC), but from personal experience, some of these 720p fansubs need the 2GHz overclock in order to play properly (Code Geass is one example, especially the ending). Even when overclocked to 2GHz, some of the high bitrate 720p game trailers still fail pretty hard.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

Assassinator Wrote:By carry over I mean when you upgrade, you don't have to buy a new one. I don't mean moving it around or anything. When you buy a new laptop, you buy new everything. Buy a new desktop, and you possibly only need to buy half the things.

Netbooks don't come with an optical drive, so you save there.  HDDs, I guess, though you're really not paying much for it.

Optical drives, also things like the power supply, case, speakers, keyboard, mouse, monitor, HDDs...

So buying expensive PC parts (works for cheap parts too) like expensive speakers, or an expensive computer case, you can carry them over, and won't need to spend the money again next time. While for laptops, you'll find it extremely difficult to pry your laptop case off your current laptop and stick it onto your next one.

Assassinator Wrote:Think of it this way - would you pay extra for performance you don't need, or portability?  I'd say the average user would value the small form factor and ability to move it around more than redundant power.

Probably true, but then again, they can probably spend less and get a weaker desktop if they don't need the performance. Won't save them that much money though, as the desktop you listed is almost as cheap as it gets.

(This post was last modified: 03/04/2009 04:01 AM by Assassinator.)