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February 22nd, 2004 10:00

....... depending on who you talk to people will say it looks like a neanderthal laptop .

stu

Message Edited by sakor1 on 02-22-2004 10:30 PM

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February 22nd, 2004 16:00

There are those who theorize that neanderthals were assimilated into modern-day humans through interspecies breeding...

Think of it: neanderthals (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) were muscular, stout in stature and completely specailized for their cold environments (they were POWERFUL in the ecological niche they occupied, but not very ADAPTABLE).  At that time, "modern-day" Homo sapiens was comparatively more lithe and more energy efficient (able to adapt to MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS) and most assuredly possessed a rudimentary language base (communication and the ability to analyze the abstract and convert into something communicable).  The brain of the neanderthal is generally accepted to be larger than Homo sapiens sapiens from examination of cranial endocasts

Raw power + limited adaptibility (specailization) = XPS with P4EE?

Many environments (high battery life) + Communication and neural complexity in a "smaller package" = 9100 with Dothan?

Yinnie and Sakor, I see the parallels!

Who says an introductory course in anthropology isn't useful? 

Now, the hybrid offspring of such progenitors would be interesting, providing DELL decides to assimilate the two species of notebook.  Of course this would represent a version of evolutionary theory in that DELL would propose a notebook ["evolution (or mutation) proposes"] and the consumer would, or would not buy ( "natural selection selects"). 

 I need to get out more.

Inspiron 5150
BIOS A26
3.06GHz Mobile P4
Travelstar 7K60
1GB PC2700 DDR RAM
DVD/CDRW
64MB nVidia GeForce FX Go5200
UXGA Display
WinXP Home

 

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February 22nd, 2004 18:00

03/26/02 Main System Sits in the Dock
Dell Latitude C840 BIOS A12, WindowsXP Media Center Edition, 15" Ultrasharp, P4 2.5GHz-M, 1024MB DDR, 60GB 7200rpm, 60GB 5400rpm, 40GB 5400rpm, USB2.0 Enclosure, 8X/24X Combo, 24X CDRW, 1.44MB Floppy, 66WHr Battery x 3, GeForce4 440 Go 53.03 StarStorm, 1300 802.11b/g, USB2.0 PCMCIA, IEEE 6-pin PCMCIA

01/30/04 Sits in the Corner
Inspiron 8600 BIOS A03, WindowsXP TabletPC Edition, 15.4" Ultrasharp, P-M 1.6GHz, 1024MB DDR, 60GB 7200rpm, 40GB 5400rpm, 4x DVD+R/+RW, 1.44MB Floppy, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo w/ Omega 54.14, 1300 b/g

02/02/04 Dell Auction for $511.01 - Work System
Latitude L400, XP Pro, pIIIm 700MHz, 256MB, 20GB 4200rpm

09/19/02 Old School System
Latitude X200, XP Pro, pIIIm 800MHz, 384MB, 30GB 4200, TM1150

11/15/03 New School System
Latitude X300, XP Pro, P-M 1.2GHz, 640MB, 40GB 5400, TM1300

02/03/04 Just for Kicks
Axim X3i, Windows Mobile 2003, 400MHz, 64MB ram, 64MB rom, integrated 802.11b

02/12/04 Axim X3i Redux
Axim X3i, Windows Mobile 2003, 400MHz, 64MB ram, 64MB rom, integrated 802.11bsorry - 9100 isnt what you are expecting.

 

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February 23rd, 2004 09:00

Exactly Catarrhine! could'nt have put it better myself .
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