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iQon
Intel Centrino 1.6ghz (With wifi)
512mb DDr ram
40gb hd
dvd/cdrw
4 x usb 2.0 ports

Best thing about the laptop is the battery - gets 4 - 5 hours on a full charge

gandalf

Hmmm didn't know we had a laptop forum.

Here is the specs of my 16 month old Toshiba Satellite Pro A10

Intel Celeron 2.5Ghz
512MB Memory
30Gb HDD
DVD/CD-RW
15" TFT

Only used really for the Internet and hardly ever gets used on the move (except for the odd work presentation).

One thing is the HDD, how simple is it to upgrade one for a lappy, done it loads of times on a desktop.

Infini

gandalf wrote:

Hmmm didn't know we had a laptop forum.

Here is the specs of my 16 month old Toshiba Satellite Pro A10

Intel Celeron 2.5Ghz
512MB Memory
30Gb HDD
DVD/CD-RW
15" TFT

Only used really for the Internet and hardly ever gets used on the move (except for the odd work presentation).

One thing is the HDD, how simple is it to upgrade one for a lappy, done it loads of times on a desktop.

It shouldn't be very hard. There should be a panel on the bottom most likely with a screw in it. Take out the screw and you can open the panel to see the HDD. There's another one for RAM too. It should be a simple job of changing the old one for a new one. Peats sell the 2.5 inch floppy HDD's about 150 for a 60GB afink. You can even get a small HD case from Maplin round the corner to put the old hard drive into and use it as a small mobile HDD.

Rew

One thing to watch for thats caught a few people I know is some laptops have a tray that the disk loads in to and there may be an adapter that plugs in to the HD that extends the pins out further then you would norammly see them. Some gentle persuasion is needed to get it off.

kasintahan

Dell Latitude CS R400XT.

PII 400MHz, 192MB PC100 SDRAM (was 128MB), 40GB HD (was 6.3GB), 14.1' TFT, 2 Hour battery (6 years old!). No CD/DVD, no Floppy, 1 USB port (bought USB2/firewire card), bought 802.11g wireless.

Mag Alloy case, VERY thin and light.

Best €200 I ever spent

AlienGav

Processor: Intel Centrino 1.7ghz :eek:
Ram: 1024mb :eek:
Hard Drive: 80 gb :eek:
Graphics: ATI Radeon 9700 mobile :eek:

Bought mine from Aldi last year, had the RAM upgraded from Gericom in Germany. These lappy's rock! A definite bargain!

MR DAZ

"very nice set-up ...if you dont mind me asking how much did a baby like that cost you ....some very nice spec's ...i'd say that it as fast as hell 2ghz mmmmm "


Yeah it's a flyer havent really tested any games on it yet...but below is a link to the intel website to the 915chipset and what games it should be able to play

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915gm/sb/CS-020153.htm

I'll let you know how it goes... its actually a samsung laptop built for Dell, but its not on the dell website yet....should be later this week.

Dazza

CrowdedHouse

Sony Vaio PCG-FR215E

Athlon XP-M 2200 +

40 GB HD

512 MB memory(256 added by me)

15" TFT

CD-RW/DVD Rom

3 USB 2.0 and 1 Firewire

(Bought Sept 2003)

penexpers

Dell 9200c
1.7GHz Intel Centrino
60GB HDD
1GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB
17" widescreen
DVD +/- RW
Wireless, ethernet, modem etc...
Currently working out at 4 hours battery life, depending.

optiplexgx270

Dell 8200 (2002)

2.2GHz P4m
60GB HDD
512Mb RAM
ATI Radeon something 64MB
15.4"
DVD / CD +/- RW
Wireless, ethernet
250Mb Zip drive
Currently working out at 1 hours battery life, depending.

Dell 8600 (2004) Work Laptop So Free
1.7GHz Intel Centrino
40GB HDD
1GB RAM
Onboard i think Ati 64Mb
17" widescreen think
DVD / CD +/- RW
Wireless, ethernet, modem etc...
Currently working out at 5-6 hours battery life, depending.

DEmeant0r

HP Compaq nx7000: (Costed close to 1500 Euros about 2 years ago)

15.4" XSVGA+ (Or something similar, can't remember what sort of VGA it was)
1.4Ghz Intel Centrino
60GB HDD
512MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9200
DVD/CD Writer
Onboard JBL Speakers
Wireless, Ethernet, Modem etc...
Battery life about: 3 hours

Rew

Rew wrote:

Acer Travelmate 800
Centrino 1.7 ghz
60 gig disk
512mb RAM
ATI 9000 64 meg GFX
Bluetooth
WiFi (b)
15" screen
4 x USB 2.0
1 x Firewire
1 x PCMCIA
4 x quick launch buttons
Smart Card reader (and security software)
CD-RW/DVD reader
2 x Lion batteries which get about 3 hours each
56k
10/100 ethernet
S-Vid out
Dock port
parallel printer
VGA out

This was about €2300~ including an extra warrenty and was bought about 14 months ago.

Stark

Athlon4 1.2GHz
512MB RAM
30gig hard drive
crappy s3 twister K shared memory graphics
dvd/cd-rw
built-in ethernet/v.92 modem
USB 1.1 & Firewire
14" 1024x768 screen.

petes

Dell 8600

1.7 Centrino 64 L1 cache 2meg L2 cache
80Gb Hard Drive
1Gb Ram(2x 512)
DVD +RW
ATI Radeon 9600 Turbo 128mb
Wireless
Ethernet
Modem
Firewire
2 x Usb
17" Widescreen

etc.

Grand for me. It was also for work so free and I get to keep it. Plays games grand too

Niall - Dahlia

Pentium 4 3.40 GHz
15.4" UltraSharp™ WXGA Widescreen
512MB RAM (Looking for 2 x 512MB Modules if anybody has them for sale)
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
60GB HD
Internal 56K
DVD+/-RW
Belkin Wireless Card
Firewire
5 x USB

Didn't have to pay VAT...:D

Anybody know what the story is with upgrading a graphics card on a laptop? Is it even possible?

Rew

Its only possible in newer machines that have PCI Express.

condra

(p4)Purely performance. I bought mine as a desktop replacement, not as a portable toy (that's what my Centrino work laptop is for

I dont have a problem with my p4 either- even when I travel with it theres usually a plug socket about and 3 hours lifetime seems plenty- I mean - its IRELAND- we dont go to the park with our laptops or use them on the bus!
anyways my spec:

Dell Inspiron 5160
3.2 p4
512 RAM
15 inch screen
USB soundcard - behringer BCA 2000
nice leather dell laptop travel case bought on ebay for only 25 quid.

have it about 6 weeks and very happy with its performance as a desktop replacement. 2 Minor issues would be the lack of USB ports [only 2] and the noise of the p4 - I do audio work. Its dead fast tho.

ambro25

IBM Thinkpad 240X
_PIII 500 Mhz, 256k cache
_maxed-out 192 MB RAM
_12G HDD
_10.4 TFT @ 1024x768 (Lynx SMEII+ 2MB video)
_PS/2, USB, VGA-Out, Nipple Mouse, 4MB IrDA, Microphone and v90 RJ11
_original standard battery giving a good 1h35-1h55

Running XP Pro & 802.11 like a dream.

Single-spindle, ultra-portable form factor, under 2.5 lbs. Best £120 on eBay yet (after a DELL C600 850Mhz/256RAM/20GHDD/DVD-CDRW @ £225 and a Tosh Portege 7020CT PII 300/128RAM/6GHDD with DVD base @ £120).

thejollyrodger

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D
P 4 3.0GHz
512 RAM
60 GB HD
15.2" Widescreen
128Mb Radeon Graphics Card
XP Home Edition
Battery life 1.5hrs
€1,700 in August 2004

sci0x

Do you think this laptop is good value for the specs that are in it?
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=308859&cks=PRL