Wyse WY 55 - 8032 14 MHz - 14" CRT

Advantages: Large HDD for something so small
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...So, I have recently accquired my first Laptop. This offering from Compaq boasts a Celeron 700MHz, 64MB RAM, of wich 8MB is shared with the 2x AGP graphics chip, 10GB HDD, 3.5" FDD, 24x CD-ROM, PCMIA slot, 12.1" TFT screen, 56KB modem and 2 USB ports. The screen takes some getting used after a CRT as it is very susceptible to reflections and glare however this is only a small price to pay. The battery lasts between 90mins and 2 hours depending upon what you are upto. Not too heavy on it's own, but when you stick it in a case with all of its cables etc. you soon feel the wait walking around Manchester City Centre, carting it onto trains & trams. The onboard touch pad is fine, however prolonged use did give me a lot of pain in the top joint of my mouse finger so I would recommend buying a PS2 mouse and mat if you intend to use... Read review

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Advantages: Very high quality, no flickering
Disadvantages: very bright

...I have been using this monitor for about six months now. I am impressed with the small space it takes up on my desk which allows more room for writing paper and journals for my research. A normal CRT monitor would normally give me headaches but this tft monitor has not even got close yet. It runs at 1024 by 768 pixels. I would have bought this a long time ago if I had known the quality of these monitors. I have found that the colours displayed on this screen are accurate enough for me to be able to play dvds better than on the crt I had previously. Since I bought this monitor I have found that I have a saving of money on the electricity bill. (This may have been due to the inefficiency of my crt monitor).... Read review

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Advantages: Good quality and good value for money- easily overclocked
Disadvantages: starts off slow and you have to overclock :D

...cache, 64K full-speed L2 cache Fully-pipelined, superscalar floating point engine 200MHz system bus Enhanced 3DNow! Instructions The Duron running at 800 MHz shows a great ability to pump out the frames in Quake III: Arena. Overclocked 200 MHz to 1 GHz it increases by about 20 frames/per second or a 14% increase. Right between them lies the Athlon Thunderbird 800 MHz processor, coming in at about 6% faster than the Duron. Well sorry if that was a bit longwinded... Read review

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