Lightweight but good size, very sleek, reliable, good hardware compatability with other OS's, good battery life
Disadvantages:
No parallel/serial port (but its 2006 and you can buy USB adapters for those)
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
After owning just about every make of laptop over the years, this is the first that I have really truly liked. A sturdy but lightweight laptop, with a very decent screen and very useable keyboard. The specifications were what I thought very good for the price I paid, and after running performance tests I was delighted to find that the laptop outran my carefully built and tuned P4/2.4Ghz desktop by factors of almost 3:1. The DVD/RW drive has survived almost 6 months of intense use, the internal wifi seems to have excellent range, and the hardware is compatible with linux without any difficulties (which was my main concern as i'm not too good at configuring linux yet :-). One handy feature is the "fan" button near the keyboard. Pressing this puts emphasis on keeping the CPU running as fast as possible without turning the fan up to high speed (software cooling). This really helps when the computer needs to be silenced of the battery power needs to be saved. I could go on more but essentially this beats my boss's £1600 Dell by a long, long way in all aspects, and was a third of the price. Out of the huge choice of laptops on the market, this one I can vouch for as being a really good one (i've always had grudges with all other laptops i've owned). Its also the first time i've ditched the desktop and using the laptop as my primary computer.
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Memory / capacity
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Range of Extra Features
Good
Instruction manual
Satisfactory
Manufacturer Support
Satisfactory
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