For you who haven't seen a 20 inch laptop IRL I can tell you that they are monstrous. I saw my first one a year ago and was blow away. The 20 inch widescreen is gigantic. It completely dwarfs my laptop the way it dwarfs a 14 incher.
I remember that I grabbed a hold of the right corner with the laptop unfolded and I could see how the whole computer was quirking. It was a wiggly as a Saab 900 convertible. This was an Acer laptop for you who wonder. Real life battery time? Around 40 minutes, but then again this is the type of laptop which isn't manufactured to be used on the go.
It was also dead heavy although the battery wasn't in it. Weighing 8kg which is more than twise as my computer with even has powerful graphic card, Dual Core CPU and two harddrives. With that being said 20 incher are really movable laptops rather than portable computers, and good luck with finding a case for it.
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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck  This may surprise you, but it would be well worth checking out Apple before you make the jump. Even if you're not interested in running Mac OS X, you're now able to install Windows on any new Mac (Since they all run on Intel processors).
Apple has a reputation for being a pricey bang & Olufsen type of company when it comes to hardware but, pound for pound, their laptops are a competitive value, come backed with a well-regarded service guarantee and are about as good at it gets when it comes to construction and industrial design.
For connecting media with your TV and stereo you may want to give Apple TV a look: Apple - Apple TV |
Ever since the introduction of intel Macs, Apple's laptops have become so much more competitive and have a much higher value than the G5 and G4s. Still one problem remain. Apple don't have any proper gaming laptops. The Macbook is completely worthless when it comes to gaming. The Macbook pro on the other hand has a proper GPU but is still not powerful enough to satisfy an occasional gamer.
As for the Apple TV i don't think it is a good product and i would want it to control med media library. Apple imposes to many stupid technical and format limitations on their products in oder for them to tie you to all their products. Apple TV doesn't support MPEG-2 and can't even properly stream 720hp because of it's 5Mbit bandwidth limitation. Worst of all it doesn't stream Divx or Xvid, making it almost useless for anyone who doesn't spend an hour or two at the iTunes store everyday. Heck one is even better of with a modded Xbox or even an Xbox 360 which syncs seamlessly with computers equipped with Vista Home Premium.