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  • 30-01-2008 12:06pm
    #1
    Krsnik87
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    Satellite Pro A210-1B3
    Part Number : PSAFHE-01500PEN
    € 748.00 (inc.VAT)

    Key Features
    - AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0 GHz)
    - Windows® Vista® Home Premium
    - DVD-RW SuperMulti (Double Layer) drive
    - 2,048 (1,024 + 1,024) MB DDR2 RAM (667 MHz)
    - 15.4" Widescreen XGA TruBrite® display (1280 x 800)

    http://ie.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=IE&PRODUCT_ID=145749#
    1. Is this a good system?
    2. Overpriced or Bargin?
    3. Is AMD good?
    4. Is the ATI Radeon® X1200 crap?
    5. Should I get a Dell Vostro?
    6. Is there any other laptop options in this price range?
    I'm lost and I need help!

    Thanks!


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    My own personal opinion:
    1. Yes, Better value with a Dell Vostro
    2.Middle of the road bordrering on overpriced.
    3.Amd is good, but you'd get a better performing Core 2 Duo processor in a Vostro.
    4.Yes.
    5.Yes.
    6.Plenty, goto Dell.ie and configure yourself up a Vostro for a smilar price and let us know what you find.


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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    This is the same price, what you think?

    BASEIntel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5470 (1.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)

    OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Business -English

    HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business

    Hardware SupportLCD15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display

    INTEGRATED WEBCAMMatte Jet Black without Camera

    MEMORY3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)

    HARD DRIVE160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

    GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100

    OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive

    PRIMARY BATTERYPrimary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Is that a Vostro? £GB Ram in there which is Tons,good 160GB HDD aswell. Not bad, no need for a webcam? Did you look at the Dell XPS 1330?


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    What about
    http://outlet.dell.com/Emea_Dfo/EuDispatcher?target=SpecPage&serviceTag=09VFWT5W&sessionID=Hglpq3pH!398862536!1201694110542
    Ex Vat and Delivery however.


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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    webcam isnt important, i was lookin at the xps's but there all extremely expencive, my limit is about 750 tbh...

    Between the Vostro above and the Toshiba what would be the best? Vostro has more RAM but the Toshiba has a faster processer (I think :p ).

    Any others you can think of that would be worth a look?

    I'll be using it for media such as photoshop, dreamweaver, video editing ect I wana be able to run a few programs at the same time without the laptop exploding...


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Check out the Dell Factory Outlet here for more options
    http://outlet.dell.com/Emea_Dfo/EuDispatcher?target=InventoryPage&action=sort&sortColumn=price_constraint&lob=INSP&sessionID=Hglpq3pH!398862536!1201694110542#inventoryTable


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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    Ok I'll have a look through that and see what suits me, thanks for the help!


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Use the link in this post and go for the one furthest on the right. It's a great laptop for the money and will be great for video editing and the like.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Krsnik87 wrote: »
    This is the same price, what you think?

    BASEIntel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5470 (1.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)

    OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Business -English

    HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business

    Hardware SupportLCD15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display

    INTEGRATED WEBCAMMatte Jet Black without Camera

    MEMORY3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)

    HARD DRIVE160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

    GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100

    OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive

    PRIMARY BATTERYPrimary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
    That couldn't conform to DDR2 specification :eek:, suprised dell would have that tbh, you may get better performence with matched pairs of 1 gig DDR2s or 2x2Gig modules, odd combination there for a dell I'd think :eek:

    Nick

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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    I was thinking that myself but I remember reading something on the site saying that the extra gig is can be used for helping other hardware, not too sure, I can't find the link to where I saw it...


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    yoyo
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    Krsnik87 wrote: »
    I was thinking that myself but I remember reading something on the site saying that the extra gig is can be used for helping other hardware, not too sure, I can't find the link to where I saw it...
    Yeah it will work fine but wont run in DDR2 mode, seems rather pointless, I've seen desktops with 3 gig and they have 2x1gig & 2x512mb sticks which makes sense, I just find it wierd really, you'd be better off getting 2 matching 2 gig DDR2 laptop ram instead...

    Nick

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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    In what way will it effect preformance? Will it still be faster then running 1 2GB stick or 2 1GB sticks?

    I can't afford to upgrade to 4GB of RAM (€165+VAT)...

    *EDIT*

    Found it...

    Starting with the Intel 965 chipset, there is a new flex mode that allows asychronous memory to operate in dual channel mode up to the level of the smallest module on the bus. In this case of a 1 GB and a 2 GB chip, the full 1 GB of the 1 GB chip and the first 1 GB of the 2 GB chip will operate in dual channel mode. The last 1 GB of the 2 GB chip will be single channel.

    I would not worry about the insignificant speed loss on the remaining GB at that point. You are still better with that extra GB in most situations. The only time you will ever be able to notice that speed difference is with artificial testing programs like SiSoft.

    Here is a link to the description of all the memory modes directly from Intel themselves to prevent any confusion.


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Because the ram sticks aren't the same size the memory won't be running in dual channel. This means that the throughput will be halved compared to what it would be if the ram sticks were the same size. This is going to kill your performance.

    The best thing to do is get the 3GBs. Buy a 2GB stick online and put that in instead of the 1GB stick. This will give 4GBs ram running in dual channel.

    You can get a 2GB stick from shop4memory for €54. Shop around though you might find it cheaper elsewhere.

    http://www.shop4memory.com/products/ddr2-so-dimm.asp


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    #15
    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    Thats madness, dell intentionaly sellin the RAM like that but it fits their profile... Thanks for the help :D


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    THIS IS SPAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*


    I've actually seen a few others do it as well. The reason is that vista 32bit can only recognise around 3.25 - 3.5GBs of ram. If they put 4GBs of ram into a system then people would be cursing them for not giving them the 4GBs of ram they paid for. It's a bit of a lose/lose situation. The only way around it is to install vista 64bit but I can't see this happening for a while.












    *Yes, that is still funny.


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    #17
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Krsnik87 wrote: »
    In what way will it effect preformance? Will it still be faster then running 1 2GB stick or 2 1GB sticks?

    I can't afford to upgrade to 4GB of RAM (€165+VAT)...
    Upgrade the RAM yourself, it doesnt cost near that price, and its a 2 min job prob less aswell

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



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    #18
    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    coolbeans

    Can't wait for my new laptop :D


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Krsnik87 wrote: »
    coolbeans

    Can't wait for my new laptop :D

    Which one did you go for in the end?


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    #20
    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    BaseIntel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)Microsoft Operating SystemGenuine Windows Vista® Business - EnglishMemory3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)KeyboardInternal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)Video Card256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GTHard Drive160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard DriveModem56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/SpainOptical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW DriveWireless Networking Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - EuropeShipping DocumentsEnglish Documentation with English Power CordGedis Bundle ReferenceN0115004Microsoft Application SoftwareMicrosoft® Works 8.0 - EnglishStandard WarrantyBase Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware SupportEnhanced Service Packs Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware SupportProtect your new PC No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - EnglishPower Supply90W AC AdapterBluetoothNo Bluetooth UpgradeOrder InformationVostro Laptop Order - IrelandPrimary BatteryPrimary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)Carrying CasesLarge Nylon Carry CaseDell System Media KitResource CD - contains Diagnostics and DriversColour ChoiceMatte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel cameraAccidental Damage SupportNo Accidental Damage SupportOnline Promotion Option for GEDIS ConfigsDell Internet Order.LCD15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display


    Think I'm gettin this one, haven't completely decided yet but prolly this...


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    #21
    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Is it a Dell Vostro model? Whats the final price for it? Good spec's on it all the same.


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    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    Yeah its a Vostro. It was €775 last night but this moring it was €805. I think I can stretch a little out of my budget since its alot better then most of the machines I've been looking at for the price.


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    #23
    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Dell offers change every Thursday alright so something msut've changed to bring it up that small bit. Still worth it for the money!


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