Advantages: Compact, Larger than expected screen resolution, Stylish, Light, has USB2.0 capability Disadvantages: Sluggish graphics, no internal CD drive.
...the better designs out there. JVC actually do a pretty good job of getting the design right, it's a functional machine, while still being light enough to hold in one hand, and type on it using the other.
When the device is opened out, we've got an 8.9" screen, which looks best running at its native resolution of 1024 by 800 pixels (the picture seems to look a lot worse running at a resolution other than this). Needless to say, the picture is clear ... ...laptop from this end of the market.
Technically speaking, this machine is definately not on the cutting edge of technology, therefore it's not going to run your latest games, at all. This machine is definately ouly really suited to office productivity tasks, email, internet etc etc. This would be due to the lack of RAM (256MB, and the video device is using shared memory.
As far as storage is concerned, you get a moderate 30GB, which will be ample ...
daverave 23.03.2004
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(+) positive aspects include the speed, apperance/design of the laptop, and the enhanced performance. (-) i have a matt black laptop and it shows dirty finger prints.