Well my old Toshy packed it in finally, and after a fair bit of waiting my new baby arrived
Still in the Toshiba family, cause, well, after the hiding mine copped (including being dropped 1m off a bench onto a concrete floor) I couldn't stay away.
I eyed off a few models, had my eyes set on one of the 14" models.
After a few weeks of waiting he never turned up
A quick call to Toshiba confirmed my fears, discontinued model.
So the hunt began for a new baby.
Having a look through a few models, found a HP i liked also. But still wanted a Toshiba.
Anyways after searching for quote a while found this bad boy.
Brand spanking Toshiba Satellite A500/02S
Intel Core i5 M520 2.4Ghz/2.9Ghz
4GB DDR3 Ram
500GB Hard Drive Sata2 Fujitsu 5400rpm
Nvidia GeForce GT330M 1GB Video Card
Wireless N
Digital TV/Analogue Hybrid Tuner
15.6" Screen
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (so I can run EPC and TIS)
Then the usual bits, bluetooth, dvd burner, card reader, webcam, numeric keypad.
All I can say is wow its quick, I also run Office 2010 64 bit and Photoshop CS4 64 bit.
It's a bloody great machine, very happy with it.
Not even gonna bother building a new desktop now, this runs Bioshock @ 1366x768 will all settings maxed, also C&C 3 with all settings maxed. Not that I will be playing many games on it, just installed em to see how they would go.
Price, well I cant let you in on secrets but it RRP for about the $1599.
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2013 Ford Focus ST
Calibra - The only car that will institutionalise you and send you broke in the mean time
its funny i read those specs
and the only difference between my new lappy and yours, is a centrino2 2.67ghz processor and blueray burner, and mine retails for $2k!! (got an undisclosed discount too)
i couldnt run officexp 2010 64 bit coz i had 32 bit office apps on the pc still, couldnt be fked removing them, so i installed 32bit instead (64 bit is really only for the epic nerds like my boss that run huge macros in ssheets etc)
Last edited by hazrd; 5th February 2010 at 11:14 PM.
Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.
This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....
32 bit programs run perfectly fine in W7 64 bit.
bet you never actually use your blu-ray burner
Last edited by poita; 5th February 2010 at 11:15 PM.
2013 Ford Focus ST
Calibra - The only car that will institutionalise you and send you broke in the mean time
i still havent used the one in my PC i bought 18 months agoOriginally Posted by poita
bluray has to become more dominant in the market for me to even think about using it imo
Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.
This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....
if discs werent $20 each it prob would be lol
solid state media will take over before blu-ray i reckon. no more discs, everything on a usb stick
2013 Ford Focus ST
Calibra - The only car that will institutionalise you and send you broke in the mean time
yeh thats a good point
bought one of these suckers a few months ago
stick it into the side of the lappy and u practically dont see it, and they go to something like 8gb+ !!
Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.
This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....
pete
have u installed firefox on yours yet? i put 3.6 on mine and it shits itself when opening it every time, cant get in to it at all.... i tried installing an older copy aswell and that did the same thing
Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.
This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....
yer no probs with firefox 3.6
2013 Ford Focus ST
Calibra - The only car that will institutionalise you and send you broke in the mean time
Dude thats one shit hot lappy....very jelous....nice buy congrates
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