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**thefultonhow** · 11-18-2005, 08:07 PM

Toshiba is a good brand, and that particular laptop has solid specs. I especially like the 512 MB of RAM. The only thing is that if you're planning on using it on battery a lot, you should spring for a more expensive laptop with a Pentium-M. The Celeron-M offers similar performance levels to the Pentium-M, but lacks the power management circuitry that allows the Pentium-M to have such great battery life. If you're mostly going to be using the laptop on AC power, though, I'd say go for it.

EDIT: I saw that you'd like to use it for gaming -- don't get your hopes up too much, because it has integrated graphics that use the system RAM. I'd recommend getting at least a laptop with Radeon X300 dedicated graphics, and preferably GeForce 6600 or Radeon X600 graphics, if you really want to game.

11-18-2005, 08:07 PM	#2
thefultonhow Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,918	Toshiba is a good brand, and that particular laptop has solid specs. I especially like the 512 MB of RAM. The only thing is that if you're planning on using it on battery a lot, you should spring for a more expensive laptop with a Pentium-M. The Celeron-M offers similar performance levels to the Pentium-M, but lacks the power management circuitry that allows the Pentium-M to have such great battery life. If you're mostly going to be using the laptop on AC power, though, I'd say go for it. EDIT: I saw that you'd like to use it for gaming -- don't get your hopes up too much, because it has integrated graphics that use the system RAM. I'd recommend getting at least a laptop with Radeon X300 dedicated graphics, and preferably GeForce 6600 or Radeon X600 graphics, if you really want to game. __________________ Computer: Intel Core i5-750 2.66 GHz quad-core processor @ 3.71 GHz \| Asus P7P55D-E motherboard \| Crucial 4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM \| nVidia GeForce 8600GT \| 2x WD Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB hard drives in RAID 1 \| Antec Sonata III case with Antec EarthWatts 500-watt PSU \| Dual Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24" widescreens \| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Other: 2005 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT sedan 5MT \| Samsung Epic 4G Smartphone \| Mamiya M645 1000S medium-format SLR with 55mm f/2.8, 70mm f/2.8, 210mm f/4, teleconverter, 120 and 220 film backs \| Olympus E-PL1 Micro-4/3s DSLR with 14-42mm and 40-150mm lenses Last edited by thefultonhow; 11-18-2005 at 08:09 PM.