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    Satellite vs Tecra

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by qsimpson, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. qsimpson

    qsimpson Notebook Evangelist

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    for someone who will be using the toshiba mostly as a desktop replacement but will most likely be using it around the house, occasional travel is is the satellite fine for that? it seems like the satellite is comparable (analogy) to a dell inspiron then the tecra is like the latitude more for travel roadready etc. is this true? Also I was looking at the new satellites and tecra lines but none of them from the us site have available video card options which makes me sad :[
     
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    satellite m100 has a 128mb ati x1400
    tecra a6 has a 128 nvidia quardo nvs110
    a100 i believe is listed as a x1400, but actually has a x1600 (not 100% sure)
     
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    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    ToshibaDirect.com has the new P100 customizable 17" laptop with available Nvidia 128 or 256MB video cards, and the A100 is a customizable 15.4" laptop that can have the X1300 64 or 128MB video card. The P100 will be much better for gaming than the A100 though, if that's a concern.

    Matt
     
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    In Canada, at least, the A100 jh2 comes with the ATI x1600. Pretty good for gaming.
     
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    Yeah, the U.S. is usually on the back burner when it comes to dedicated video cards especially in Toshibas, Dells, and Acers. I think they should at least offer the option of the better video cards as an upgrade.
     
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    Hey, we just got the new P105! That hot-rod's got the spankin' new Nvidia 7900 Go!
     
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    Yes for once it looks like they actually have a nicely configured machine, I just wish they a customizable version available with the 7900, that would rock, I like the specs except for the hard drive, it's huge, but I would prefer an 80 or 100GB 7200rpm drive. Oh well, ;)

    Matt
     
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    17 inch though :( too bigh;x
     
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