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    Satellite M50 reviews anyone?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Crof, Jul 10, 2005.

  1. Crof

    Crof Newbie

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    I think I finaly narrowed down my Laptop search to the Satellite M50-S418TD laptop. However, I cannot for the life of me find any reviews on it. I, like everyone else on here, have heard rumors about Toshiba's being of poor quality and such, but I've heard a lot of good things to. I don't REALY wanna get a dell since I'm going to be taking this computer around college and I don't wanna just blend in :D

    I had it customize this laptop so it's not the base line modle either (1.7GHz, 1Gig ram are the most noteable). And I'm not going to be using this for gaming and probibly no movies either (I have a powerhouse of a desktop for that :cool: ).

    Any pro's, con's, or general advice on this laptop would be of a great help! Thanks!
     
  2. Andrew Baxter

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    well, we have a review of the Toshiba Satellite M55 that'll be posted this week, it's the same as the M50 except it has a Pentium M instead of Celeron M processor from what I can tell. check back weds. or thurs. for the review on the front of the site.
     
  3. snoopy

    snoopy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually, if you customize the M50, it has both a Celeron AND a Pentium M processor (according to the Toshiba.com web site), while the M50 in Canada only has the Pentium M procesor.

    This is good news because I've been thinking of getting the M50 here in Canada and seeing as how it is very close to the US M55 specs, your review will help me decide. Thanks :)
     
  4. YpoCaramel

    YpoCaramel Notebook Enthusiast

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    M50's in Hong Kong (and Asia Pacific) sometimes have a X600SE 128MB plus Hypermemory (ick).
     
  5. Dexeaur

    Dexeaur Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hw's this M50's GPU? The one with the x600se? Can it doom 3 native? How bout farcry native? i tot Toshiba usually sticks with nvidia. How come they didn't put in a 6600? Think they'll put 1 in? liek that model. nice blue color
     
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    Dexeaur Notebook Enthusiast

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    How's its gaming capability?
    Wanted to know that one.
    Thanx
     
  8. scoot1212

    scoot1212 Notebook Consultant

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    I am curious how the gaming will be on the A5 with the 6200 64 meg.
     
  9. efone

    efone Newbie

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    I bought the M50 yesterday and right out of the box I had nothing but a beauty and performance. This is my 6th laptop but not all Toshiba. I've had, Averatec, DELL 1150, DELL 700M, IBM T30, Gateway 7330GZ and this is my latest one. I also added an extra 512 memory to it which screems now. Every application such as MS Office 2003 Pro, Visio 2003, Project 2003 and many other Adobe application are working and opening like a speed of light. I do digital photography and I have had no problem rendering images at any size or modify the image colors. This is truly an amazing machine and very stylish as well. As I said, I have had my share of owning or using other makes and models but this one tops them all. Go for it.
     
  10. YpoCaramel

    YpoCaramel Notebook Enthusiast

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    It would be great if you can run 3DMark2005 with everything else turned off and tell us the mark. :) Indeed you would be the first to do so.
     
  11. mjpost

    mjpost Newbie

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    Does the memory need to be paired or can I add an extra 1GB to the base 512MB?

     
  12. ilikefreestuff

    ilikefreestuff Notebook Guru

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    Played with one of these computers today at Costco.... nice screen, but i can't say i'm too too impressed with the build quality. The case seemed to flex fairly easily and the buttons weren't very well constructed. Even though i wasn't doing anything intensive at all... i could feel warmth on the right wrist area which makes me wonder what happens after an hour or two of more rigorous usage.
     
  13. mietek

    mietek Newbie

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    Hi!
    those are the results of Toshiba M50-130
    System Configuration

    General Information
    Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
    DirectX Version 9.0c
    Mobo Manufacturer TOSHIBA
    Mobo Model ECU00
    AGP Rates (Current/Available) N/A / N/A
    CPU Intel Pentium M 1729 MHz
    FSB 0 MHz
    Memory 510 MB

    Display Information
    Graphics Chipset ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE
    Driver Name ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE (Omega 2.6.75a)
    Driver Version 6.14.10.6575
    Driver Status Non WHQL - Not FM Approved
    Video Memory 128 MB
    Core Clock 715 MHz
    Memory Clock 276 MHz

    Benchmark Settings
    Program Version 3DMark05 Revision 2 Build 0
    Resolution 1024x768@32 bit
    Anti-Aliasing None
    Texture Filtering Optimal
    Vertex Shader Profile 2_0
    Pixel Shader Profile 2_0
    Force Full Precision Off
    Disable DST Off
    Disable Post-processing Off
    Force Software Vertex Shaders Off
    Color Mipmaps Off
    Repeat Count Off

    Main Test Results
    3DMark Score 1197 3DMarks
    CPU Score 3084 CPUMarks

    Detailed Test Results

    Game Tests
    GT1 - Return To Proxycon 5.5 fps
    GT2 - Firefly Forest 3.5 fps
    GT3 - Canyon Flight 5.7 fps

    CPU Tests
    CPU Test 1 1.6 fps
    CPU Test 2 2.6 fps

    Feature Tests
    Fill Rate - Single-Texturing N/A
    Fill Rate - Multi-Texturing N/A
    Pixel Shader N/A
    Vertex Shader - Simple N/A
    Vertex Shader - Complex N/A

    Batch Size Tests
    8 Triangles N/A
    32 Triangles N/A
    128 Triangles N/A
    512 Triangles N/A
    2048 Triangles N/A
    32768 Triangles N/A
     
  14. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I also tried one out at Costco about two months ago and was impressed by the screen and the build quality. Despite what some have said, the model I used at least had no noticable flex or anything like that. The screen was very bright and impressive. Can't remember if there was any heat issues.