MartinM

Toshiba Tecra S1 ???????

Intel Centrino Mobile Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
256Mb RAM
40Gb hard disk
15" TFT screen, 1024 x 768 pixels, 16.7 million colours,
Internal removable CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
32Mb Mobility Radeon 9000 DDR video RAM
Integrated 10/100 ethernet and V90 modem
Wireless Networking, Dual Point Mouse with Trackpad and Accupoint Windows XP Professional
3 year warranty

More expensive (£1522 on student purchase), more warranty, less RAM and disk - but a better long term bet?

[Edited by MartinM - 9/1/2003 7:24:40 AM]

MartinM

Any good? Reliability? Robustness? etc etc

Quite taken with the new GRT-785B:
2.66 Ghz Pentium 4
512Mb RAM
60Gb hard drive
n VIDIA (GeForce FX420) 32MB
15" TFT (NOT the onyx one )
DVD player/CD rewriter
3 x USB 2
Firewire
Sony Magic Stick (whatever that is!)
10/100 LAN
Video out
Parallel printer port
2 years warranty

£1199 inc VAT at John Lewis
External floppy drive at £50

..I can't spec an equivalent Dell for less than £1550 or so.

Only downsides seem to be limited battery life (1hr 30 min tops) and no DVD write capability - but I need a Centrino based top of the range Inspiron 8600 to solve those two..and they're £1900-£2000

Thoughts please?

TIA

Jonto

my old mans sony is tosh, it just doesn't seem to be built very well, he's had about 3 batteries on it to.

His toshiba satellite was leagues ahead, but some scum bag knicked that out of his car !

babber

I had a Sony Viao laptop and it was rubbish IMHO, always going wrong!! I ended up giving it away and buying another IBM

Phill

Bas

Had no problems with my Vaio PCG-Z1MP in the four months or so I've had it. Centrino based so battery life is 3.5-4 hours with normal use and it's got full wireless capability

Bas