IBM Notebook With Centrino, Anyone have one?

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  • Ray@TastyDollars
    www.TastyDollars.com
    • May 2002
    • 6797
    #1

    IBM Notebook With Centrino, Anyone have one?

    Anyone have a note book with Centrino? Whats the diff.? I called IBM concerning their ThinkPads and they told me "even though its only a 1.3mhz, Centrino tech. makes it faster". Im not sure I want to spend $2200+(Canadian) for a 1.3.

    I looking for a bullitproof notebook. I already have a Toshiba with a P4 1.6 with 512M and I want to throw the fucker out the window, it sucks!

    Anybody have any recomendations?

    thx,
    Ray
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    • jawanda
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2003
      • 6040
      #2
      I have a new Gateway laptop with Centrino and it is great!

      I get 3+ hours of battery life out of a 50 minute charge, and speed is no problem. I have the same thing, 1.3 ghz chip but they say it's equivalent to 2.0 ghz, and I can't argue.

      Go for it!

      -P

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        • Ray@TastyDollars
          www.TastyDollars.com
          • May 2002
          • 6797
          #3
          Originally posted by jawanda
          I have a new Gateway laptop with Centrino and it is great!

          I get 3+ hours of battery life out of a 50 minute charge, and speed is no problem. I have the same thing, 1.3 ghz chip but they say it's equivalent to 2.0 ghz, and I can't argue.

          Go for it!

          -P
          Hmm..equivalent to 2.0 ghz. Do you do any video editing, converting from wmv to mpeg or vice versa?

          One of the problem with my Toshiba is it takes 11-12 sec to convert a 10second wmv to mpeg. When I use my desktop(i know you cant really compare to notebook) it takes 3-4 seconds for the same job.

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            • jawanda
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2003
              • 6040
              #4
              Originally posted by Ray


              Hmm..equivalent to 2.0 ghz. Do you do any video editing, converting from wmv to mpeg or vice versa?

              One of the problem with my Toshiba is it takes 11-12 sec to convert a 10second wmv to mpeg. When I use my desktop(i know you cant really compare to notebook) it takes 3-4 seconds for the same job.
              Nah, I don't do much video editiing/encoding, but my laptop does a bang-up job rendering giant 3d scenes.

              *shrug*

              is there a program that tests the actual speed your processor is running at?

              Would be interesting.

              -P

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                • http
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2001
                  • 1811
                  #5
                  You should get the THINKPAD R40

                  with Centrino 1400, 15.1" TFT 1400x1050 and 6.1 hrs battery


                  - longest battery life of all notebooks (only one toshiba model lasts a bit longer)

                  - super silent it makes basically NO noise at all

                  - very solid built & IBM is supposed to have superb service for their notebooks (didn't use it yet)

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                    • http
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2001
                      • 1811
                      #6
                      Originally posted by http
                      You should get the THINKPAD R40

                      with Centrino 1400, 15.1" TFT 1400x1050 and 6.1 hrs battery


                      - longest battery life of all notebooks (only one toshiba model lasts a bit longer)

                      - super silent it makes basically NO noise at all

                      - very solid built & IBM is supposed to have superb service for their notebooks (didn't use it yet)
                      forgot to mention it has all the wireless lan stuff already built in, incl a double antenna built into the tft.

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                        • Ray@TastyDollars
                          www.TastyDollars.com
                          • May 2002
                          • 6797
                          #7
                          Originally posted by http
                          You should get the THINKPAD R40

                          with Centrino 1400, 15.1" TFT 1400x1050 and 6.1 hrs battery


                          - longest battery life of all notebooks (only one toshiba model lasts a bit longer)

                          - super silent it makes basically NO noise at all

                          - very solid built & IBM is supposed to have superb service for their notebooks (didn't use it yet)
                          The R40 is the model im looking at.

                          Do you run it all day without it getting too hot? How about video editing, do u do any?

                          thx,
                          Ray

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                            • http
                              Confirmed User
                              • Oct 2001
                              • 1811
                              #8
                              I work about 10 hrs a day on it and its on 24/7. At night I just close it and it goes into standby.

                              Video editing I didn't do anything yet. But performs well overall. Your bottleneck might be the IDE drive and a small 2.5" one too, which are usually slower than the big versions for desktops. And it's 5400 rpm I think. But still, I think it can do the occasional dvd rip and mpeg encoding etc quite well. But for full-time video processing a desktop may be preferable


                              I have 512 MB, upgraded from 256 right when I bought it




                              added:

                              as for heat, it doesn't get hot at ALL. I have it running for like 5 days or so now and it barely gets a bit warm now and then, if at all

                              Definitely still get a centrino if not the R40, no noise no heat long battery times
                              Last edited by http; 01-07-2004, 03:54 PM.

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