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Survive air travel: Make your gear work

When traveling by air, it's important that all of your gear is up and running. If you're using your laptop to stay connected, for instance, be sure it has Wi-Fi; if you're traveling abroad, bring a world phone.

Top tips to make your gear work on the road
FAQ 1: What is the best, lightest laptop that can handle games such as Doom 3 or Half-Life 2?
FAQ 2: Use your cell phone as a modem
FAQ 3: Are there any MP3 players with removable rechargeable batteries?

What is the best, lightest laptop that can handle games such as Doom 3 or Half-Life 2? 
Submitted by Chris B, via e-mail

Justin Jaffe by Justin Jaffe, senior editor
Grandiose games such as Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 have system requirements that'll sizzle the processor of the average laptop. Still, gamers need not be tethered to their desks or desktop PCs to engage in high-performance gaming.

The days of the hot, heavy, and humongous Pentium 4 gaming machine are numbered. In its place comes a new breed of gaming laptop powered by powerful Pentium M processors, with big high-res screens and prime-time graphics chips.

At the moment, the Dell XPS Gen 2, equipped with a top-shelf Pentium M processor and a mighty graphics engine, is the most powerful and portable gaming machine we've seen. We anticipate seeing more and more of these potent but portable laptops in the near future





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