Duo Core: Satellite P100-JR5

sweet.

does it have the same "touch and launch" keypad as the A100? (personally i don't like the new pad.)

btw: I had a chance to play w/ the Toshiba A100 (15.4" Core Duo) @ work. Tested RMclock on it, doesnt work... yet. stock voltage @ minium is 1.06V. But it has a 6000 mAh battery...

yeah.. saw this at futureshop... it has that same launch pad on the mousepad.. i dont like it.. i find myself accidently turning it on when i use the scroller... :P the M100 has the same processor as the A100 but smaller display and crappier video card but it doesn't have that mousepad... i wish the M100 had the A100's video.. then that would be the way i'd go :P

P100-JR5 vs Qosimo

Hey YP5-Tdot,

I have a question. I am about to lay down some serious cash for the Qosimo but now I am wondering what the future holds with these dual cores. I need a new laptop fairly quickly, but I am curious how the P100 stacks up against the top of the line Qosimo.

I do mostly photography and some light video editing, but no gaming. A desktop replacement is what I am looking for. While the Qosimo comes with a lot more harddrive space, I am not concerned about this. I need to buy an external harddrive anyhow and memory is cheap. I would really appreciate any feedback! The P100 seems to have more graphics memory 256 vs 128, for the Qosimo, for these models at futureshop. The P100 is also about a grand cheaper, though I am not toooooooooo concerned about that.

Also, are there are any problems with getting one of these brand spankn' new dual cores? It seems risky when the Qosmio is quality.

Thanks!
BB

core duo will be everywhere... its not going to go away any time soon.

the core duo in the p100 is a powerful one and will have more computing power than the single core in the qosmio. as for the graphics card it is about equal if not slightly more powerful. however the screen is nowhere near as amazing as the one that is in the qosmio, which has one of the most amazing screens on the market.


the p100 is good quality but personally i would wait a couple months and get the dual core qosmio when it is out cause really that will be the better machine in all respects.

The screen

Hey Fidget,

Thanks for the reply!

I checked out the screen at London Drugs for the Qosmio and it was brilliant . . . so bright! I do want a top quality screen. When you compare it to the Powerbook G4 17" (1680x1050), the Qosmio already has lower resolution (1440x900), so I don't want to even go lower with the P100. However, it seems that the P100 and the Qosmio have identical, or almost identical screens. Compare please . . .

P100
WXGA TFT With Trubrite (1440x900) -- this is widescreen as well.

Qosmio
WideScreen WXGA With TruBrite (1440x900)

With the added graphics RAM on the P100, and the dual core, it seems like a better buy . . . especially with the $1000 savings.

More feedback is appreciated!
BB

the screen on the qosmio is alot brighter than the p100 from what i know, although they have the same resolution and the same truebrite glossy coating the qosmio will be brighter by a pretty good margin.

the reason i said to wait for the new model qosmio (the G30 replacing the G20 currently out) is that it will have the better screen and 256mb of video ram (with a better video card too) as well as of course the dual core.

as it sits other than the screen the p100 is the better machine but that is a marginal difference because alot of programs cant use the dual core anyway, they are not coded to make real use of it. if you want a really high resolution screen you will end up not looking at toshiba sadly. i have wuxga screens on both my laptops, and i can feel your discomfort with the idea of a lower resolution.

THANKS for that!

Now I just need to decide if I can wait several months for the G30. I already have Adobe CS/2 for Windows and my mp3 player is not Mac compatible . . . so I am going to have to endure the Toshiba resolution. Thus the Qosmio, either the G20 or G30, will be a better choice than the P100 for me.

the dual hard drives are really sweet, i have 2 sata 80gb drives in my alienware and it is absolutely amazing, especially when in raid 0

My decision is made up then, though I hope this G30 comes out soon, since I really cannot wait much longer. The dual hd seems really cool with the RAID, which sounds like it speeds things up as well.

It sounds like Intel took some short cuts with their intial dual core designs in a rush to get it to market. I trust Toshiba, but I worry about getting a lemon on this first wave of dual cores. Nevertheless, Toshiba seems to have much better Quality Control than say, Dell. I imagine that the cores will be much better in even a year, but I cannot wait that long.

G30, March 2006

It seem that the Qosmio G30 will be available in the U.S. in March 2006. See the following:

See Your DVDs in HD: Well before the first Blu-ray Disc players come out, Toshiba's hot Qosmio notebook will debut with a built-in player using the rival HD-DVD format. This is the first laptop that will play HD-DVD discs and, even better, lets you use that box to play hi-def discs on your TV. Jack this baby via HDMI into a receiver and it'll support 1080p resolution. In effect, you can use this notebook as a high-end HD-DVD player. It will be available in March 2006, months before the first Blu-Ray boxes are due out. --Ramon G. McLeod (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124280,00.asp)

yep should be sweet there blue....

not all dell is bad, though they have had some bad products at times quality wise. i know my xps m170 would be a solid competition to any of the current toshiba lineup

P100.Fast -- Ferrari Fast!

Fellas,

Thanks for all of your help. I ended up going for the P100 in the end. Mostly because I went to the store and the P100 really fit my needs, was about a grand cheaper than the G20/25, dual core, etc. I love it! First of all, the website at FS is wrong. This P100 has 512 MB video memory. Unbelievable. Th salewoman at the store showed me the specs on the sample computer. I verified mine when I got home. I don't know why they and Toshiba have it wrong on their websites, but this is in fact true. Also, I just didn't need the TV, multimedia things on the Qosmio. It was all frillz to me. Maybe when my stereo goes to junk in 10 years, I'll consider an all-in-one media center.

Below is is what I wrote on a website for a review.

Thanks again!
blue

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Pros: fast, great LCD, video memory is top of the line, speakers, mouse
Cons: cramped keyboard, battery*

*battery life is 3 hrs, but for all the power I actually don't think of that as a con.

I have only had the p100 for 1-day, but I am thoroughly impressed. It has dual cores, 1GB of memory and 512MB of video memory (the Toshiba an FS websites only show it having 256) -- but it is in fact 512! I have verified this on my machine and the store employee at Future Shop where I bought it also pointed this out.

The p100 powers on in about 1 minute. There is no waiting – Period! As soon as the windows desktop shows itself, you can begin launching programs. This computer accomplishes all of my high-res photography needs with ease. I have no doubt it will handle my video editing needs as well. The 17" high-resolution monitor has great resolution (1440x900), maybe not quite as good as the Powerbook G4 by Mac (1680x1050), but it is quite close. The screen is bright and glossy. My photos have never looked so clean and sharp. It is a desktop replacement. I am able to use photoshop with 5 photographs open, firefox, thunderbird, picassa, and winamp all running at once with no perceptible slowness. I did scan an 18 MB photograph (a massive file!) and photoshop took its time (15 seconds) to process some of my requested tasks like sharpening the photo, but this was a massive file. Note: the fan remained off during the entire processing. There were no hiccups and I was able to surf the web for the 15 seconds or so during the processing.

The onboard speakers are fantastic. I will no longer use my externals.

The keyboard is a bit cramped, but it does have a number pad if you need to enter data. The mousepad is great, very functional with some extras compared to my 2000 Dell Inspiron 4000. If you think you need the Qosmio, like I thought, I would seriously reconsider the p100 . . . it is $1000 CAD cheaper and handles all the software with ease, unless of course you plan on using your computer as an all-in-one media center, like using it as your TV, then you may want the Qosmio.

The p100 also has expandability with regards to memory, but I don't expect to need this unless somebody gives me a 20 MP digital camera for my bday. Anyone? Anyone?

The fan hardly ever comes on. It is so quiet with the dual cores. When the fan does go on, it goes off within 1 second . . . NO JOKE! The keyboard is also cool to the touch.

I have no real complaints. I spent a lot of time researching this purchase and I know I made the right choice and I am so happy I did not get the Qosmio. Even the store employee made this point clear to me.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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The Intel Core Duo is a Dual Core processor

Unbelievable!

Just an update for those on this post. The p100 is unbelievable! I have zero regrets about this purchase. Everything I said before is still true. I have worked with dozens of high-res photos and have had enough programs open at once that should have slowed down most computers, but not this one. It starts up and shuts down in seconds. I admit that I've never had a top of the line computer, but this thing shames any PC that I have ever used.

YP5 -- I am curious what your impresssions are thus far.

PEACE!

does the p100 have an s-video tv out jack?