Two firsts for Fujitsu-Siemens; their new Amilo A1630 has both a widescreen 1,280 x 800 display and is powered by their first Athlon 64 processor. It’s a healthy young scamp, as reviewed, at least, with 512MB of RAM, a 128MB Radeon 9700 Mobility, DVD writer, 802.11g, and 5.1-channel sound (yes, this is a notebook). It’s got some quirks, like a Fn key where the Ctrl should be, and a processor that seems to be throttling itself too often due to heat issues, but for the price — around $2,000, give or take — it’s a lot of machine. If these desktop replacements keep dropping in price — and continue to keep pace with the desktop 3D graphics — I might finally be dropping my handbuilt gaming rigs for good.
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