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Desktop replacements are becoming a far more common site as desktops start to take second place to notebooks in terms of sales.
And as people begin to realise how restricted a standard notebook is compared to a desktop, more and more features will be demanded.
Of course, when notebooks start gorging on features they soon pile on the pounds. Weighing in at a hefty 5.75kg, Mesh's Pegasus 7800GTX must be positively packed with goodies and gadgets.
The weight is partly accounted for by the stocky construction of the notebook. While there's no design requirement for this (it isn't going to be carted around by many people other than weightlifters, so there's no real reason to make it particularly rugged), the construction is still admirably sturdy.
The 17.1in screen is of a decent thickness, meaning that unlike some other notebooks we've seen, the display isn't easily bent.
It has less of the anti-glare coating that's become popular recently, but gives far better contrast and brightness than other TFT screens.
As for features, the Pegasus comes with a 256MB Nvidia Geforce Go 7800GTX - hence the model name. This helped it to a very respectable 6,681 in 3Dmark05.
Although this is nothing compared to what you'd expect to get from a similarly priced desktop, it's extremely impressive for a notebook.
Continuing the high-performance theme, it scored 200 Sysmark 2004 SE. Given that it's powered by an Athlon64 X2 4400+, complete with 2GB of DDR400 Ram, we expected no less.
See the full performance results at Reportlabs.
The notebook comes with a dual-layer DVD drive, 80GB hard disk and a multi-format memory card reader. Networking options are provided in the form of Gigabit Lan, Bluetooth and 802.11g Wifi.
To make further use of the large high-quality display, Mesh has included a TV tuner, complete with remote control.
Battery life isn't especially important as the Pegasus isn't designed to be away from a power socket for very long. But at 89 minutes for DVD playback and 104 minutes of general use, it's actually quite respectable.
The Pegasus 7800GTX from Mesh is certainly not cheap, but there really isn't a lot more to ask for from a notebook - aside from some sort of ant-gravity lifting device that is.
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