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Advantages: 1.7Ghz, soon to bring SDRAM & DDR-SDRAM support to the P4
Disadvantages: Still very slugish, and really does not show any performance difference over the P3 series

...Well with intel releasing there Pentium 4 series not so long ago, most would agree that the performance of a 1.4 P4 was no better than the 1ghz P3. So what exactly are Intel doing to combat this problem? Well they have hit the market with the 1.7Ghz P4. But dear o dear, this latest installment seems to have the same performance as the earlier P4's. The only difference with the P4 is the power consuption. Which it soaks up 1.75v. So how does it perform with your applications and your gaming? Well to answer that in a straight forward way. It performs terribly. The more noticable software problems arise around MS Word & Excel. Also do not expect miracles with your games of Quake3Arena. Once office applications are compiled for the P4, we could see this being a benaficial contender. But as it stands it really would not grace your... Read review

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Advantages: CHEAPER THAN MOST LAPTOP'S
Disadvantages: BITS AND BOB'S

...wireless was also included which i also wanted as it ment there would be no wires or cables lieing around plus the added benefit of an infra red port was good as i could put mp3 and picture to and from my SAMSUNG infra red phone. SPECS OF THE CHOSEN LAPTOP ------------------------------------------------ Mobile Intel Pentium-M 735 (1.7GHz 2Mb cache) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 512MB DDR RAM 40GB HDD DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW 15.1" TFT XGA wireless LAN 3.5 hours battery life 2.8Kgs WHAT IT FELT LIKE AFTER PURCHASE --------------------------------------------------------- Ive been told this happens alot but when i received the laptop the specs were not the same as the one's show in the advert,this upset me alot as the place i purchased it from never sorted the problem out for me i had to phone up HI-GRADE them selfs to sort out... Read review

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Advantages: Versatile, powerful and easy to view
Disadvantages: Heavy and Sony's poor in-house software

...a joy. Good Points - 1.7Ghz centrino processor which i have to admit i was slightly cautious about (arn't we suppose to be getting faster processors) but after having my concerns removed by a guy that knows more about processors than i, it turns out to compare you should double it, which works out that it compares to 3.4GHz procesor. Still with me. Its all about architecture and how you measure procesors and benchmarks and well just trust me on this one. 512M of memory always needed, the more memory the better thats what i always say - clearly i don't get out enough. DVD RW+- Drive, in other words you can burn DVD's, cause i always need to back up my project work and it ain't small files. Ooohh and the graphic display is to die for. Its got this special screen which makes it much easier to view and since i spend half my life... Read review

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