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I was sent a new ad, and I noticed a kickass laptopfor the price.
AMD 2600 Barton Core
256 PC2700 ram
40GB
DVD/CDRW combo drive. I am sure they use the 24X max cd-r write speeds
M10 64DDR
WSXGA 15.1 inch screen wide screen
for 1500$
If ya ask me thats not bad at all. also there laptops are well made. I own a Centrino laptop from them. Strudy, light, and good crisp screens.
Wow, that looks like an awesome system. I think I may consider it. How's battery life though? And that M10P gfx card is a 64MB Mobility Radeon 9600 right?
I don't see anything special about it. I bet you can find Intel laptops around $1300 (maybe $1400) with similiar specs (not sure about DVD-RW though).
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)
You don't know what you're talking about. First off if you mean a Centrino system with a Pentium-M there are none with an M10 card. Also, you cna get a 1.4GHz P-M, M9 card, 30GB HDD, combo drive, and a 15" LCD for around the same price. Not sure which you prefer. One has a better gfx card and one has a better cpu. I do believe the cpu difference isn't too big, I think battery life may be greater on the P-M laptop though, probably not by much though. So, yes, this is a good deal, IMHO.
No longer true. The Gateway M505 (aka Gigabyte N601); HP nc6000, nc8000 & nw8000; and IBM T41p & R50p all have Pentium M CPUs and ATi M10 GPUs.Quote:
Originally posted by ATilaptops
Centrino system with a Pentium-M there are none with an M10 card.
Also, you are correct, M10 = 9600 (or the workstation version called the FireGL T2).
Link to Gateway M505
Link please?Quote:
Originally posted by lightbulb8817
I don't see anything special about it. I bet you can find Intel laptops around $1300 (maybe $1400) with similiar specs (not sure about DVD-RW though).
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)
OMG! The P-M laptops with the M10 cards are out! I didn't even realize it! They will cost a lot, but they are the best out there IMO.
Most cost a lot, but the Gateway M505X goes for $1599 without the optional carrying case. Link to M505XQuote:
Originally posted by ATilaptops
The P-M laptops with the M10 cards are out! They will cost a lot
Never thought I'd say this but that Gateway is one **** of a laptop!
In favor of the Gateway M505:
- You can go down to your local Gateway Country store and try it before you buy it
- It is produced for Gateway by Gigabyte, a good company with a good reputation for quality and technical support.
- You get three levels of technical support: local store, Gateway national and Gigabyte
Against the Gateway M505:
- It has very limited customer customizability
To be honest, for that kind of money, you can have an absolute monster from dell small business, like a 3.06 ht, 512 ram, 40 gb Hard drive, and the really good screen i think its called uxga or usga.
Absolutely untrue. No Dell laptops are currently available with ATi 9600 graphics. As to why this is important, see the AnandTech review here.Quote:
Originally posted by superxeroguy
To be honest, for that kind of money, you can have an absolute monster from dell small business, like a 3.06 ht, 512 ram, 40 gb Hard drive, and the really good screen i think its called uxga or usga.
If you think you can measure the performance of a laptop by the clockspeed of its CPU, then see the article here