07-22-2004, 09:08 PM
Currently I'm running a Toshiba M30 (1.5 GHz Centrino). At first I doubted the actual performace that doubling the L2 cache would bring but now... Well, let just say that since getting it, my 2.5GHz Desktop has laid completely dormant. It's handle all my current games just fine, but I have yet to try any next gen games (read: HL2 and Doom3) on it yet. When I get my hands on them I'm going to have to run some comparative testing, but for now I'm loving it.
But I haven't even got to what I love most about this laptop: I took it on a trip and started using it at 12pm the day we were driving home. We arrived home around 5pm and I still had 12 minutes of battery life. Now that's impressive.
As for negatives... I keep missing that damn 'o' button when I type (grrrrrr!). I guess I'll get used to this keyboard some day.
I think the centrinos are up around 1.7 now, so you can get some serious power out of the higher end models. HOWEVER, it should be noted that companies are starting to simply add 12 cell batteries rather than use centrinos (which still mostly use 6 cells). What this means is that the battery life is basically comparable for 6 cell centrinos and 12 cell regular laptops. Just some food for thought.
-Ryethe
But I haven't even got to what I love most about this laptop: I took it on a trip and started using it at 12pm the day we were driving home. We arrived home around 5pm and I still had 12 minutes of battery life. Now that's impressive.
As for negatives... I keep missing that damn 'o' button when I type (grrrrrr!). I guess I'll get used to this keyboard some day.
I think the centrinos are up around 1.7 now, so you can get some serious power out of the higher end models. HOWEVER, it should be noted that companies are starting to simply add 12 cell batteries rather than use centrinos (which still mostly use 6 cells). What this means is that the battery life is basically comparable for 6 cell centrinos and 12 cell regular laptops. Just some food for thought.
-Ryethe
The government makes paper airplanes out of our lives and files us out the windows. (Obasan)