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Peats sony laptop

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  • #2
    Chalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Chalk


    slow processor and slow ram.
    youd get a similar dell or acer cheaper,
    but it does look nice ;)


  • #3
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    The 'M' CPUs have higher performance at a given clock speed than the standard P4/Celerons. 1.6ghz equates roughly to 2.4ghz. Apparently the Celeron M performs quite well compared to the Pentium M but lacks SpeedStep and so will eat the battery more.

    If you are not a gamer than any modern CPU is more than fast enough for just about any use; I'm typing this quite happily on a PIII-1.2ghz. I find the Sonys have very good ergonomics, which I think is more important than CPU etc. Looks like a nice machine. I am sure you would get it cheaper online however, Peats is almost never a good deal.


  • #4
    Captain Trips
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭Captain Trips


    mjquinno wrote:
    Is this a good deal do you think?

    negatives and positives

    http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/shop/db.cgi?view=1&id=8546&type=6&path=14x164x433

    cheers,

    M

    It has integrated graphics, so you can outrule playing any games on it basically.

    The RAM from Sony is expensive, but Crucial UK ship 1GB DDR2 PC2-4200 for €130 which works flawlessly ( I did this just a few days ago) and had it over from UK in 36 hrs (!). From Sony, 512MB is around 300 quid.

    The screen is just beautiful. If you haven't used X-Black before, you will have a hard time looking at anything else. It really is a thing to behold and the widescreen res makes doc and spreadhseets, browsing, etc., excellent.

    For that price, if you don't need 3D games, you will not get a better laptop for web, mp3s, typing, etc., for the money, especially in such a slim unit (it is very very slim).

    I bought an FS215 2 weeks ago but the one with 100GB drive and 6200 video card. I returned it to get an a series as I needed to replace my aging desktop but as far as I can tell you won't go wrong.

    Sure Dell will give you a CPU with 200MHz extra or something, but like I said, if it's for non-game work, it's just beautiful to work on. No other LCD screens compare to the X-Black, IMHO.


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