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    Protege R600?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by ScyKic, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. ScyKic

    ScyKic Notebook Guru

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    Are there any R600 owners here in the forums?
    Because I'm interested in buying one, and I wanted to ask.

    What kind of performance can you get from the machine?

    Since it has a new chipset, is it much faster than the R500?

    Thank you in advance.

    Edited:
    I just realised maybe there aren't any R600 owners since it's really new.
    Then, can I just ask if anyone has any experience with the SU9400 1.4ghz chip. Performance, benchmark scores?
    Thanks
     
    ScyKic, Nov 17, 2008
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  2. howardpm

    howardpm Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been eyeing the A600, and I'd like to see some reviews on it too. 12 inch LCD with a dvd player. Sounds like would be a great travel laptop. 6 hours on the battery while watching movies would be great.
     
    howardpm, Nov 27, 2008
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    balefire Notebook Enthusiast

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    bjcadstuff Notebook Consultant

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    We just bought an A605, probably somewhat similar to the R's since it is 12" with the SU9400 1.4GHz processor.

    The only benchmark I've run was SuperPi 1.5 for 1M digits- total time about 35 sec., so the machine is relatively fast even with the low voltage/speed processor. My other recent laptop is a Dell E6500 with the 2.53GHz P9500 and it runs SuperPi 1.5 in about 19 sec. In normal use it doesn't seem any more responsive than the A605, probably due to Vista.
     
    bjcadstuff, Dec 26, 2008
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    bjcadstuff Notebook Consultant

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    That Samsung is a good looking machine but pricey. The A605 is around $1300, the R's are a little more.
     
    bjcadstuff, Dec 26, 2008
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