Toshiba M40x-189

I have just bought a TOSHIBA M40X-189
Intel Pentium M 730 processor 1.60GHz

533 MHz FSB

2 Mb cache

512 Mb RAM

60 Gb Hard Drive

DVD RW SuperMulti Drive

15.4" Widescreen TruBrite display

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

128Mb Intel 915GM Express graphics


specification

Processor Type PMP 730
Processor speed 1600 mhz
Memory Size 512 mb
Memory Type DDR
Hard Drive Capacity 60 Gb
Optical Drives DVD SuperMulti Writer Dual
CD-ROM Speed 24 x
CD-RW Speed. 10 x
DVD-ROM Speed 8 x
DVD-RW Speed 4 x
Floppy Disk Drive No
Screen Size/Type 15.4" WXGA TruBrite
Graphics Card Type Intel 915GM Express
Graphics Memory 128 mb
TV-out Yes
Sound Type AC'97 16bit stereo
Modem Type 56k
Wireless Enabled Yes
No. of USB Connections 3
No. of Firewire Connections 1
Infrared Port Included No
Other Interfaces PC Card
Battery Type LI-ION
Battery life (up to) 3.25 hours
Software Titles Included WORKS 8.0, WINDVD 4
Operating system WIN XP HOME
Weight 3 kg
Height 365 mm
Width 275 mm
Depth 37.5 mm
Colour SILVER/BLACK

cost = £520 or $910

I wondered if anyone has any views good or bad on this laptop seem like a good deal at the time.

 

Hey it looks like you got a pretty good buy. I was looking at the M40 for a while also until I bought the M60, which just arrived last night and man is that think friggin huge!. Not weight wise, it's actually lighter than it looks, but the screen is massive and I love it. The M40 is the little brother to the M60 with the 17" screen instead of the 15.4". In the end Toshiba had a great deal on the M60, 20% off, so I customized that. But if you don't need/want a huge screen, the M40 would be the perfect alternative I think. My laptop is on the higher end which put me at $1644 with tax. Hope that M40 works good for you!

Matt

 

Thanks for your reply matt the only thing that concerns me is that graphics card its a 128Mb Intel 915GM Express graphics hopefully that will be able to cope with game playing Im i right in believing the M60 has a ATI RADEON althought gaming is not the most important thing to me as i'll be using it for surfing the web watching dvd and business applications

 

yes, the m60s can be customized with the ATI card when ordering online but in my case, it had the Nvidia card when i bought it from a store.

BTW matt...what colour lid did you get?? i have the grey colour because that was the only one available...although i prefer the copper colour. too bad.

 

Thanks again for you reply one more question what case/backpacks you got for your laptops or could u recommend on that will protect my m40x

 

Mine has the standard peacock blue lid on it, which is great cause I like blue anyway. I just ordered a Targus Platinum Deluxe notebook from ebuyer.com today it was $44 (but I had the last one and now it went up to like $57 plus shipping, that's nuts!) with shipping and it will fit a 17" laptop, but I think it has a sizer inside that velcros to fit a smaller laptop so it doesn't slide around. That is what the Targus case that I have for my IBM Thinkpad T42 has anyway. You can do a search for the cheapest price but I know that you can get it thru newegg.com for $50 shipped. Take care!

Matt