The BIGGEST, HEAVIEST, Laptop EVER - $9,000 Acer Predator - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: slicendice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 03:50:35 pm
content: hahah, I saw that one too! Crazy device!Maybe it serves it's purpose for some gamers who often get together for some LAN party, but I would not buy one.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 04:20:56 pm
content: OK, so... how many will be sold? Seven?

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 04:35:44 pm
content: They should just call it a portable computer.http://gtello.pagesperso-orange.fr/t3200_e.htm

author: slicendice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 04:53:42 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on January 08, 2017, 04:20:56 pmYou'd be surprised how many gaming enthusiast are out there who will purchase one once it comes to their attention.

author: Tinkerer
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 05:17:16 pm
content: At that point its better just to get a customized desktop. For the price you can get a desktop thats loaded with much more, or pay less and get the same specs.And yes, there are alot of hardcore gamers out there. In fact, there are so many, they are one of the primary things that drive the high end pc market. They wouldnt push to make a computer like that unless they knew alot of people would buy it. I wouldnt bet much against the the fact that were it not for gamers, high end computers would not be nearly as far along as we have come.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 05:51:24 pm
content: >should i buy a car or some acer crap?

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 05:52:29 pm
content: QuoteErm, I'm a 'gaming enthusiast', but saneFor that price I can have pretty much any desktop gaming rig, with several GPUs and nine monitors includedAt the weight and size it kind of loses the notebook qualities.

author: slicendice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 06:04:46 pm
content: Quote from: JPortici on January 08, 2017, 05:51:24 pmNeither, use the bus!

author: slicendice
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 06:11:26 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on January 08, 2017, 05:52:29 pmThe Acer is still portable though it weighs "a ton". But you are right, there's a fine line between being sane and insane when it comes to gaming and portability.For pretty much any price level laptop one could have at least twice as good desktop gaming rig for the same money. That's the price we have to pay for size, efficiency and portability.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2017, 06:23:37 pm
content: I like the one with 3 LCDs as I already have a reasonably decent gaming PC.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 01:05:58 pm
content: Quote from: RGB255_0_0 on January 08, 2017, 06:23:37 pmI already have 3 monitors connected to my Dell Latitude 6420 through my docking station and it really is portable after undocking.

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 01:16:57 pm
content: Does it include a battery?Alexander.

author: senso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 05:19:10 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on January 08, 2017, 04:20:56 pmYou would be surprised about how many MSI GT83 are sold weekly just in Spain, and that is a laptop that costs you in the 5k € range...

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 09:57:29 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on January 09, 2017, 09:54:26 pmFrequent travellers (driving and staying in hotels). Students (either rich or ones who blow their grants). Rich people with kids so they can hide it away, maybe.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2017, 10:03:33 pm
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on January 09, 2017, 01:05:58 pmIt's portable enough that two were stolen from under Razer's noses.https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/09/razer-prototypes-stolen-ces-2017/

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2017, 04:44:07 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on January 09, 2017, 09:54:26 pmOnes like my brother (Dentist in Mt. Gambier, 33 with no girlfriend). Last month on his trip to visit relatives here he bought the previously mentioned MSI GT83 (top configuration, 6K USD).

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2017, 10:27:26 am
content: Quote from: RGB255_0_0 on January 09, 2017, 09:57:29 pmGiven how many airlines now have absurd 8kg weight limits on carry-on luggage, you can barely travel with this thing! Road trip computer indeed...

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2017, 02:00:39 am
content: That's alot of cash for a Laptop, especially one that weighs so much and doesn't even come with a holographic heads up display with a built in fusion power core with a Quantum processor.

author: dave_k
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2017, 03:19:22 am
content: Quote from: firewalker on January 09, 2017, 01:16:57 pmYes, I believe it does

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2017, 04:03:00 am
content: Is it really the heaviest EVER? The Toshiba T5200 weighed in at just shy of 19 lbs; pretty much the same.The Dolch NotePAC with its expansion pod is up there, too.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 13, 2017, 05:37:20 pm
content: For context, both theMac Portable(which literally used a sealed lead acid battery, desktop floppy and hard drives, etc.) as well as the original 1984desktopMac 128Keach weighed just 17lbs.

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 13, 2017, 09:34:25 pm
content: 2x 350W powersupplies, that must be a hell of a battery if there actually is one.How much does this puppy weigh? At work we have HP workstation laptops and I think they are quite heavy with 4,3kg.