Posts by andrew2000

The higher spec models of the T42 have workstation video cards from ATI in either 64meg or 128meg forms. The ATI card they use is the ATI Mobility FireGL T2 which Ibelieve is a modification of the ATI 9600 card (see www.ati.com) . ...

What do people think about the relability/build quality of these two models. You can configure them to have similar specs at about the same cost. (At least in Australia). They, for the same cost, have win XP Pro, 3yr warranty etc. I...

I know that IBM note books are the Rolls Royce of notebooks but in Australia they are just so expensive for the specifications they offer. A similar spec Dell 8600 (Intel 755, DVD burner etc) is under Half the cost. A notebook (or any...

The main issues that worry me are that the vidoe card may not be good enough and the CPU they sell as standard is the 3000+. I would much prefer to have the 3400+

Hi Has anybody had much experience with the ASUS amd64 notebook. It is called a few different things but usually with L5 in the name/serial number. I don't know if it is available in the US/Europe. The one I am looking at has the...

I should correct my previous posting. The Australian price for the base model M60 is just under AU$4,000 on the Dell web site tonight.

I noticed that Dell recentliy increased the price of the m60 by $AU500. On the Sunday the price in Australia for the 735 base model was just under $AU3,300 and on the Monday the web site had been update to show a price of just under...

I just received my copy of Australian Personal Computer (APC) magazine. There are, as usual, several full page ASUS notebook ads. It looks like they have updated their AMD64 notebook to include ATI 9600 graphics card with 128meg of...

Hi This is a notebook I'm interested in so I would be keen to hear your experieces. How loud is the fan? It would be great if you are able to run some bench marks. It is a pitty they don't seem to sello it with a better graphics...

Can any one comment on the relative heat output of the different processors esp. AMD 64 vs Dothan as this has potential implications for fan noise. Thanks