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01-07-2004, 03:47 PM
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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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01-07-2004, 03:50 PM
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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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01-07-2004, 03:59 PM
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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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01-07-2004, 04:33 PM
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*shrug* is there a program that tests the actual speed your processor is running at? Would be interesting. -P |
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01-07-2004, 05:06 PM
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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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01-07-2004, 05:09 PM
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01-07-2004, 05:14 PM
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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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01-07-2004, 05:50 PM
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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 |
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