He was probably feeling pretty untouchable up to that point after coming out unscathed from the other little upset they had a while back.
Good choice of words.
my matte screen at work makes putty look abysmal
I'm confused by this statement. Are you implying there is a type of screen with which PuTTY doesn't look abysmal? (For the record, I love PuTTY. But let's be honest...)
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".
That'll show me to do my research. Checked up on the Radeon HD 3300 (which is not part of the HD 3000 series...?). True enough, it does look pretty damned good. However, I will refer to my point above that although this may be enough for some, even most people, there are still those of us who either require or desire more power than even that particular set has to offer.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series of discrete graphics allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".
Who needs a proper graphics card these days? Only people who need real-time high-def geometry rendering. They are free to chose a CPU without an on-die GPU. Everyone else is happy they won't need additional cooling infrastructure on their mainboard.
Have you ever tried playing anything but Farmville on integrated graphics? Apparently the Clarkdale CPU/GPUs are only about 1.5x more powerful than integrated at this point. While I realize the Sandy Bridge (who comes up with these names, anyway?) should improve on this, I'm guessing that even playing TF2 on one of these things would be rather unsatisfactory...
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs