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buying a laptop by Choli on 11-20-2004 at 11:31 PM
I'm thinking about buying one and I've found this offer:
Toshiba Satellite A50-Campus
:: Intel® Centrino Pentium® M @ 1.5 GHz
:: 512 MB DDR RAM (max: 2 Gb)
:: HD 40 Gb 4200 rpm
:: Screen TFT 15" 1.024 x 768
:: Intel® 855GME 64 MB DDR RAM
:: DVD±RW
:: Included software: Microsoft Win XP Home, Office OneNote 2003, etc...
:: Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
:: Modem V.92
:: Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
:: Weight 2,7Kg
:: Warranty 2 years
:: 3 x USB 2.0,
:: 1 x I-Link® (IEEE 1394)
:: 1 x TV out (S-video)
:: 1 x RJ-45
:: 1 x RJ-11
:: 1 x external screen (connector)
:: Integrated sound and speakers
:: etc...
It costs 1099€ ($1435.02).
What do you think?
RE: buying a laptop by _Humphreys on 11-21-2004 at 12:06 AM
Seems cool to me! 
I prefer desktop pcs as you can get faster speeds but I suppose if you need to work on the move you need a laptop.
RE: buying a laptop by .blade// on 11-21-2004 at 01:39 AM
Sounds like an alright deal. How big is the video card and what are you mainly going to be using it for?
RE: buying a laptop by Garndell on 11-21-2004 at 01:23 PM
The Video Card is this: Intel® 855GME 64 MB DDR RAM
Try to find one that uses the ATI Radeon Mobility M6 onwards if you plan on any game playing.
RE: buying a laptop by user27089 on 11-21-2004 at 01:52 PM
Toshiba Satellite A50-Campus
:: Intel® Centrino Pentium® M @ 1.5 GHz 
a little bit slow, but meh
:: 512 MB DDR RAM (max: 2 Gb) - nice
:: HD 40 Gb 4200 rpm 
:: Screen TFT 15" 1.024 x 768 bit small lol 1.024 
good
:: Intel® 855GME 64 MB DDR RAM
:: DVD±RW hell yes.
:: Included software: Microsoft Win XP Home, Office OneNote 2003, etc... fair enuff
:: Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
:: Modem V.92
:: Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
:: Weight 2,7Kg s'alright
:: Warranty 2 years screw it, better than nothing
:: 3 x USB 2.0, most have 2
:: 1 x I-Link® (IEEE 1394)
:: 1 x TV out (S-video)
:: 1 x RJ-45
:: 1 x RJ-11
:: 1 x external screen (connector)
:: Integrated sound and speakers
its sounds good lol
RE: buying a laptop by saralk on 11-21-2004 at 02:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
:: Screen TFT 15" 1.024 x 768 bit small lol 1.024 good
Since he is using euros, im assuming he is from europe mainland, where they use "."s where English speaking countries use ","s and vice versa
RE: buying a laptop by Millenium_edition on 11-21-2004 at 02:41 PM
quote:pentium M's have double clock speed
Originally posted by traxor
Toshiba Satellite A50-Campus
:: Intel® Centrino Pentium® M @ 1.5 GHz
RE: buying a laptop by Choli on 11-21-2004 at 03:16 PM
quote:well, i'm not sure
Originally posted by blade
what are you mainly going to be using it for?
I need a PC asap. My Pentium II @ 266 is quite old and my current 20Gb HD is small for all what I need. I think I'll buy it.quote:It's a centrino. Those processors cosume much less power (the batery of this one can power the laptop about 3.7 hours) than mobile or normal ones and they're smaller (the laptop is 27 mm thin) so they are a bit slower. 1.5 GHz for a centrino is quite good, imo.
Originally posted by traxor
:: Intel® Centrino Pentium® M @ 1.5 GHz
quote:lol, yes it was a copy paste from the web page, in spanish. It's 1024*768 (one thousand twenty four
Originally posted by saralk
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
:: Screen TFT 15" 1.024 x 768 bit small lol 1.024 good
Since he is using euros, im assuming he is from europe mainland, where they use "."s where English speaking countries use ","s and vice versa
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RE: buying a laptop by .Roy on 11-21-2004 at 03:17 PM
hmm maybe get a faster computer as i mean in 1.5 g hz is crap.. At least get 2.0 or so.. It depends what u use it for also
it wont be good for games...
RE: buying a laptop by saralk on 11-21-2004 at 03:46 PM
considering he has a 266mhz and it does what he needs it to do, a 1.5ghz centrino would be pretty decent, I have a centrino 1.2ghz and it is excellent.
RE: RE: buying a laptop by scapeg0at on 11-21-2004 at 04:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by DureX
hmm maybe get a faster computer as i mean in 1.5 g hz is crap.. At least get 2.0 or so.. It depends what u use it for also
it wont be good for games...
Pentium M 2.0GHz isn't on the market yet. He would be waiting a long time!!!
RE: buying a laptop by .Roy on 11-21-2004 at 07:30 PM
Pentium M?? Whats a pentium M.. Sorry but i am n00b
i thought he was talking about Pentium 4
RE: buying a laptop by .blade// on 11-21-2004 at 07:38 PM
Well Choli, I'd go ahead and buy it if you like it 
Just a note - The Pentium M's, Centrino's and G3/4/5 processors have a lower Ghz rating, but may perform at a higher speed.
RE: buying a laptop by .Roy on 11-21-2004 at 07:41 PM
wait im confused.. how can they have lower ghz and higher speed? Isnt ghz the main speed next to ram?
RE: buying a laptop by .blade// on 11-21-2004 at 07:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by DureX
wait im confused.. how can they have lower ghz and higher speed? Isnt ghz the main speed next to ram?
It's prety hard to explain, but let me TRY to put it this way (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).
There are two guys, Bob and John.
Bob has an IQ of 120
John has an IQ of 140
Bob has a lower IQ, but can still do mental things faster than John.
Another example is that a Apple Powerbook with a 1.5 Ghz processor is faster than a Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz processor
RE: buying a laptop by Vazza on 11-21-2004 at 08:48 PM
Well I'm using a laptop with roughtly the same specs (its a Toshiba as well) and I can that I have had any trouble with mine. I suppose it depends what you want to do with it though. I'm only suppose to be using it for university stuff (so someone explain why I have webpage creator,ringtone/picturemaker for mobile etc. on it). If you've seen something else similar, I go for it.
RE: RE: buying a laptop by scapeg0at on 11-21-2004 at 10:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by DureX
Pentium M?? Whats a pentium M.. Sorry but i am n00b
i thought he was talking about Pentium 4
Pentium M is designed to be used for laptops and increase battery life. The term "Centrino" is used when there is both a Pentium M processor and WiFi on board.
RE: buying a laptop by Choli on 11-21-2004 at 11:10 PM
quote:that isn't right.
Originally posted by scapeg0at
"Centrino" is used when there is both a Pentium M processor and WiFi on board.
Pentium M comes from Mobile, and those are a special-dessigned processors that cosume less power therefore they're used in laptops. Centrino is a Mobile processor much more optimized for laptops: they require less power and so the battery life increases.
The wifi has nothing to do with processors.
Durex: The speed of the processor isn't the only thing that counts when you use a computer and think: "oh! it's fast/slow".
Imagine a car: you can have an engine that spins at 7000 rpm. Does that mean that that car is faster than another whose engine can only spin at 5500 rpm? No. Well, with processors something similar happens (and it's quite more difficult to explain). A computer with a 3 GHz processor isn't twice faster than one with a 1.5 GHz. A lot of more factors count: RAM, HD, OS, DMA, main board, etc....
RE: buying a laptop by scapeg0at on 11-22-2004 at 11:55 AM
quote:I left an exclusion about Centrino in my post, it also contains the accompanying chipset and all components are under the Intel brand. So, Centrino describes a laptop which contains a Pentium M processor, Intel chipset (855) and Intel Pro/Wi Fi. This can all be found using google. Centrino is not a processor, Centrino only exists as a label/abbreviation and a selling point. You said yourself Pentium M is Mobile, which means for laptops and would mean the same processor is called Pentium M and Centrino
Originally posted by Choli
quote:that isn't right.
Originally posted by scapeg0at
"Centrino" is used when there is both a Pentium M processor and WiFi on board.
Pentium M comes from Mobile, and those are a special-dessigned processors that cosume less power therefore they're used in laptops. Centrino is a Mobile processor much more optimized for laptops: they require less power and so the battery life increases.
The wifi has nothing to do with processors.
. Pentium M is one of the components of Centrino.
RE: buying a laptop by CookieRevised on 11-22-2004 at 05:25 PM
quote:You're both right....
Originally posted by scapeg0at
quote:I left an exclusion about Centrino in my post, it also contains the accompanying chipset and all components are under the Intel brand. So, Centrino describes a laptop which contains a Pentium M processor, Intel chipset (855) and Intel Pro/Wi Fi. This can all be found using google. Centrino is not a processor, Centrino only exists as a label/abbreviation and a selling point. You said yourself Pentium M is Mobile, which means for laptops and would mean the same processor is called Pentium M and Centrino
Originally posted by Choli
quote:that isn't right.
Originally posted by scapeg0at
"Centrino" is used when there is both a Pentium M processor and WiFi on board.
Pentium M comes from Mobile, and those are a special-dessigned processors that cosume less power therefore they're used in laptops. Centrino is a Mobile processor much more optimized for laptops: they require less power and so the battery life increases.
The wifi has nothing to do with processors.
"Centrino" is a type of overall mobile technology, not a type of architecture of the processor. Although Centrino notebooks have improved Pentium M's over the non-Centrino notebooks, so there is a direct relationship there. Centrino notebooks indeed also include fully integrated wireless LAN+ capability (although, as Choli said WiFi has nothing todo with the processor itself), together with improved overall technology so that performance is better, battery life is larger and the notebooks are lighter.
http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/centrino/index.htm
http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/processors/pentiumm/index.htm
