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    shopping for a budget computer, Circuit city

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by luee, Oct 10, 2005.

  1. luee

    luee Notebook Deity

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    :budget: has what looks like a new model for sale. I will mainly use it as a replacement for old tower job mostly internet , DVD viewing, coffeehouse stuff, . How is the screen, is battery life really bad and how is customer support, compared to HP and Dell sempron and celeron models



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    View Larger Image Toshiba Satellite Notebook features Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370
    NEW, save $200
    549.99
    After $200 Mail-in Rebate*
    (Reg. 749.99)
    thru Oct 15
    • DVD/CD-RW reads DVDs and
    reads/writes CDs
    •256MB DDR2-SDRAM memory
    •60GB hard drive
    •Built-in 802.11g wireless
    •15" TruBrite™display
    WEB ID: L25S119
    #L25S119
     
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    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    Toshiba's screens are the best in the notebook market IMO. Celerons are usually weaker in terms of battery life and performance due to their lack of power management, which comes standard on all Semprons.
     
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  3. luee

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    Thanx, best price on a sat. i've seen with the rebate. So an HP with a sempron would give better bat. life. Their screens are rated highly as well. I am getting wary of Dell they are cutting down on the warranty times and their lower level screens do not seem to be rated highly on the forums.
     
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    Yes Sempron over Celeron every time. The thing that usually kills performance on budget laptops is the slow hard drives, not the CPUs.
     
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    improved capacity HD and lower weight looks like, I do not see this model listed here or with Toshiba;

    The Satellite L25-S119 offers:
    15"-diagonal XGA (1024 x 768) TruBrite LCD screen
    Intel Celeron M processor 370 operating at 1.5GHz
    1MB L2 cache
    400MHz frontside bus
    256MB of PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM, upgradeable to 2.0GB
    60GB 5400-rpm EIDE (ATA-6) hard drive
    DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
    Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN
    10/100Base-TX Ethernet port
    56K V.92 software modem
    3 USB 2.0 ports
    1 S-video out port
    ATI Radeon X200M graphics with from 32MB to 128MB of shared memory (dynamically allocated)
    16-bit stereo sound with integrated stereo speakers
    Dimensions: 1 7/16"H x 13 1/10"W x 10 3/5"D
    Weight: 5.88 lb
     
    luee, Oct 11, 2005
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