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Desktop Replacement laptops are becoming more and more popular due to the fact that the components contained within them are now more than a match for many high end PC’s. The laptop we have in for review today is the Xtreme TI from Rock, and it is indeed a match for any desktop PC based going by its paper specs… for starters it has a 3.6ghz Intel Socket 775 CPU and Radeon X800 mobility graphics card running over PCI-Express… when you add to that DDR2 support you begin to get an idea of how serious a machine this is. Let’s see how it stacks up against a similarly specified desktop…
The Rock Xtreme TI is a very nice laptop to look at, on the top of the system we have a nice brushed metal cover with the rock logo (in mother of pearl) set in the centre.
Opening up the lid of the system we see a full keyboard including num-pad and touchpad for moving your pointer etc. Above the screen is a webcam built in which provides decent quality pictures, quite surprising considering the size. The screen of course is lovely. The X-glass technology provides an ultra bright and crystal clear display and really is one of the nicest laptop screens we have used, if not the best.
The front of the system has a unique LED display which shows the time when the machine is powered on and also acts as the display for the CD player mode. The CD player mode allows you to listen to CD’s through the onboard speakers or headphones when the system isn’t in windows and is a very nice feature to have. You will get upwards of 15hours CD play time on the battery (we gave up at 15hours and it was still running) and the volume provided is enough for most uses. An additional plus point is that the stand alone CD player works without a CPU being installed in the system…if the mood takes you to remove yours …
The left side of the system handles a large number of the connections for external components. We have the audio in/out connectors, memory card readers and 4 USB 2.0 ports, quite enough for most people. Mini fire wire connectors and an IR device are also present. Above the card reader is the PCMCIA slot and finally on the left of the machine is the S-video port.
Moving to the rear of the machine you have serial and parallel ports, DVI out, power in, RJ45, RJ11, PS2 and video in ports (S-video/CATV).
The right hand side of the unit is sparsely populated compared to the other sides with only the CD/DVD drive slots. Our system has 1 NEC 6500 DVD (8x) writer and a slot spare for an additional drive if required.
On the base of the machine you can see the many component covers and fan grills that hide the innards of the system, speaking of which…
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