2 laptop questions

[Egeides]

Since my first message about buying a laptop, I did some research and so on. I now have HP's NX6110 - PG820ET in mind. Having answered the rest, I still arrive in front of two questions though:

1- Of course, nVidia and ATI separate video cards are best. But how does a card such as Intel 128 VRAM fare? It's 128 separate video ram.... how good?

2- I never got a laptop, so I dunno if 15 inches is really "too big" to carry around. This is my only computer, so daily use (no desktop). Only lower-grade laptops are 14 inches at Apple's, and many people seem to carry 15 inches without problem... Comments? How do you find it?

Thanks :)

[DukeLeto]

All Intel IGPs are just that...integrated, shared-RAM chips.  That 128MB will be set aside from your system memory.  Integrated cards are horrible for any type of 3D gaming at all (all FPS, most RPGs, and newer RTS games) or for any graphics design.  If it's a pure productivity machine, shared is fine.  But since you say this will be your only computer, if you ever intend to play games, you will need dedicated graphics.

I carried around a 15.4" Gateway 7422GX for a while, and I didn't have a problem with the size.  You'll want to watch the weight though.  Anything over 6.5 lbs. (about 3 kg) will quickly grow tiresome to tote around.

[gryphon]

same here. . . carring just about 15 inch of HP. And no problems.

but then I have the extra small mobile version. If I had to carry the bigger one with a desktop cpu my back whould have collapsed. :P