Davec for Toshiba Satelite P25-s487 Laptop

[kmshroom]

Originally posted by Allen Hallada:
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by kmshroom:
does anyone know how a 17" G4 powerbook 1gHz performs?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Most I've seen with the Powerbook G4 was 10 tracks on the Davec test.
<hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">that's it?! a 17" 1gHz?! that sux.

[EDurney]

Mungrin, is your Laptop noisy?....

[Mungrin]

its quiet as hell u gotta see this thing with its 17 inch screen its amazing i was hoping for 32 tracks on the Davec though
but for 1800 bucks its great its actually my dads i have an Alienware on its way,i cant wait

[Chris Cavell]

Originally posted by Michael Cottrell:
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Most I've seen with the Powerbook G4 was 10 tracks on the Davec test.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">This forum has a serious case of "Hallatosis" or else something died in here.

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
[img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] <hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I can't recall ever reading anything so idiotic. Especially with that goatboy laughter! Stick to your own watering hole. This forum is supposed to be for constructive purposes and you trance about from time to time to try and goad pc'ers. If you'd read the entire post, you'd see that we're talking about DaveC scores on Laptops. DaveC scores on both platforms aren't anything to brag about, but at least we can use all of our inputs at once in the PC world!

[adamBB]

Mungrin, what is playback perfomance like, how many plugins can you run at once?

I'm looking for a P4 laptop myself, I can't decide between the 3.06G Dell Inspiron 5150 or a Centrino based laptop

[cooocooo1]

I was just about to buy the Toshiba Satellite P25 but I'm reconsidering as those davec scores seem kind of low to me for the money. I'm seriously considering a Compaq Presario 2100Z-ATHLON XP-M 2600+,512MB,30GB,DVD/CDRW for 1100.00. I already have a Compaq Presario 910-Athlon XP1500-1.3 that I got 24 tracks with 5.3.3 and 19 tracks with 6.1 using the MBox. I'm hoping the upgrade will get me 32 tracks. Also if anyone knows of any incompatibilities with this laptop please let me know.

[Mungrin]

That Davec test i recorded 27 tracks with 5 plugins on each.The Firewire drive had 3 partitions though so that may be why i got 27 instead of 32 tracks

[Allen Hallada]

Mungrin,
Please post your new system on the Best Laptop thread please.
Thanks,
Allen [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[executivos]

coocooo...

I've looked at that athlon system as well. you can get it with just about every upgrade (sxga screen, 60 gig drive, wireless lan etc) for that price. there's supposedly a coupon code...although you enter the coupon when you enter the credit card so I couldn't test it. I did call compaq/hp and they confirmed it for me.

10% off one item SV7095 expires in a few days---2003-08-01 that will be about 120+ dollars off.

the problem with that system for me is that it's a 4200 rpm drive. I HATE slow drives. don't know how it affects pt, but just windows in general. 5400 rpm drives for laptops are rare and $$$ and I'm even scared to move down to 5400 from 7200.

also that compaq has an ali chipset which should work but whether it works well is questionable.

here's what I'm getting if I go athlon:

(anyone in the market for an amd laptop should check this out. alan might even agree!)

the notebook itself is made by prostar but being sold and configured here by this company

http://www.americancomputech.com/smo....asp?iid=88855

-it's up to an athlon xp-m 2500+
-you can get a 5400 rpm hard drive
-it's like the only one I've found with a via chipset
-you can get 333 ddr ram (most are only 266 incl compaq/hp)
-comes standard with the sxga higher resolution screen (it's an upgrade on most)
-it looks pretty thin (6.8 pounds---not too heavy)


prostar is not terrible, they are about .0 minutes from here so I'm going to try to go down there tommorow. if you can get around the name this one looks like it has all the features that we look for in desktops. well sort of anyway.

i change my mind every 5 minutes between this amd and the compaq centrino. for some reason in the centrino you can get a 5400 rpm, but in the athlon you cant. im trying to hold out for results of either but have not seen any as of yet because everyone has p4s...the notebook market is flooded with them.

[Allen Hallada]

Originally posted by executivos:
coocooo...

I've looked at that athlon system as well. you can get it with just about every upgrade (sxga screen, 60 gig drive, wireless lan etc) for that price. there's supposedly a coupon code...although you enter the coupon when you enter the credit card so I couldn't test it. I did call compaq/hp and they confirmed it for me.

10% off one item SV7095 expires in a few days---2003-08-01 that will be about 120+ dollars off.

the problem with that system for me is that it's a 4200 rpm drive. I HATE slow drives. don't know how it affects pt, but just windows in general. 5400 rpm drives for laptops are rare and $$$ and I'm even scared to move down to 5400 from 7200.

also that compaq has an ali chipset which should work but whether it works well is questionable.

here's what I'm getting if I go athlon:

(anyone in the market for an amd laptop should check this out. alan might even agree!)

the notebook itself is made by prostar but being sold and configured here by this company

http://www.americancomputech.com/smo....asp?iid=88855

-it's up to an athlon xp-m 2500+
-you can get a 5400 rpm hard drive
-it's like the only one I've found with a via chipset
-you can get 333 ddr ram (most are only 266 incl compaq/hp)
-comes standard with the sxga higher resolution screen (it's an upgrade on most)
-it looks pretty thin (6.8 pounds---not too heavy)


prostar is not terrible, they are about .0 minutes from here so I'm going to try to go down there tommorow. if you can get around the name this one looks like it has all the features that we look for in desktops. well sort of anyway.

i change my mind every 5 minutes between this amd and the compaq centrino. for some reason in the centrino you can get a 5400 rpm, but in the athlon you cant. im trying to hold out for results of either but have not seen any as of yet because everyone has p4s...the notebook market is flooded with them.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Your right I like it alot. Looks like the Allenstein machine inside a Laptop. That is the one I'd be going with. In fact I may just get one of these. Did you see the chipset? KT333, one of my favorites and one of the best performers here with PTLE. Get one and lets test it out here. I configured one with the XP2500, 512MB PC2700, 5400rpm HD 40GB, XP Pro, and it came to 1500.00.

I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Here it is:
LCD (Screen)
15.0" SXGA+ TFT LCD (1400 x 1050 Max Resolution)

Core Logic
VIA (KT333) / NB VT8367 + SB VT8235

Memory
Expansion 2 slots of 200pin DDR SDRAM module
Support 2.5V DDR SDRAM module

Video
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 M9, AGP 4X, external 64MB DDR video memory

Optical Drive
Internal DVD-Rom / CD-RW combo drive

Audio
AC’97 V2.2 compliant Audio controller with legacy mode support, 3D sound, SoundBlaster Pro compatible

Keyboard
Support WIN98 key, 88keys (US), 19.0mm pitch

I/O Ports & PCMCIA
1x 15pins CRT port, 1x 25pins Printer Port, 1x S-Video TV out, 1x Microphone-In / Audio-Out jack, 1x DC-In jack, 1x PS2/Key board/ Mouse port, 1x IR, 1x RJ-45 jack for LAN, 1x RJ-11 jack for Modem, 2x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 connector.
One type II slot, support CardBus

Battery
3S3P, 9-Cells, 3.7V/1950mAh, 64.9 Watts or 3.7V/2000mAh, 66.6 Watts
Smart battery with battery gauge IC BQ2060

Battery Life
2.0 - 3.0hrs

Battery Charge
3.5hrs fast charge when system off

AC Adapter
100-240V, 50-60Hz, 90W, 19V

Pointing Device
TouchPad - Synaptics w/ scrolling button

Communication
56K V.90 Fax Modem
10/100 Base-T Ethernet

MP3 Player
MP3 Player LCM module included

Security
Kensington lock

OS Support
Windows 98SE / Windows 2000 / Windows XP Home / Windows XP Professional

Dimension & Weight
About 3.1kg
328mm(W) 283mm(D) 26.5mm(H)

Great find bro.

Allen [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]