Toshiba to install HD DVD in laptops

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   8 Jun 2007 ~ 6:52pm Qeldroma Ahem. I wonder how long it will take for a dual-mode player laptop to appear (I may have to let my kids inherit that one).
   
   Also, my guess on this is that the laptops will also have to have a different level of technology to do this right. 5400RPM HDs can stutter on Hi-Def videos and many LT FSBs are pretty anemic at 533/667. I think we will only see this on high-end LTs that will have at least 7200RPM HDs, Merom or better CPUs and a likely FSB speed of 800 or better. Otherwise, it may be too difficult to work with the Hi-Def video files.
   
   BTW- HP, Acer + Toshiba are all in the top 5 LT makers with HP pulling away from Dell at #1. There's some clout to this and a dual-mode player may have to be 3rd party? At any rate- with all the frustrations around HiDef- I'm tempted to say "an HDMI port is much cheaper".