Was hoping to get a consensus from the group regarding these Toshiba 17" laptops. I purchased the S6292 recently, and was pretty happy with it until I walked into Costco today and saw the S6112.
With the exception of the following specs, they both seem identical. Here are the main differences that I can see:
P35-S6112 -
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 552 at 3.46GHz 533MHz front side bus speed
1MB L2 Cache
512MB DDR SDRAM memory (shared)
100GB EIDE hard drive (4,200 RPM)
17.0" widescreen TruBrite™ LCD display (WXGA+); 1440 x 900 native resolution
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® 9000 IGP with 64MB shared memory (user adjustable to 128MB)
P35-S6292 -
Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor 538 at 3.2GHz, with Hyper-Threading technology
533MHz front side bus speed
1MB integrated L2 Cache
512MB DDR SDRAM memory (expandable to 2048MB, both slots may be occupied)
80GB EIDE hard drive (4,200 RPM)
17.0" TruBrite™ WXGA TFT LCD display; supports up to 16M colors at 1440 x 900 resolution
ATI® MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9700 discrete video, 64MB DDR
Beyond these particulars, the units appear to be identical in every other way. Because of a special that Costco has next month, I could get the S6112 for the same price I paid for the S6292, give or take a few dollars. So...what would you do. I love the difference in screen between the WXGA+ vs just plain old WXGA. It looks phenomenal. The bigger hard drive and faster processor are obviously bonuses. I guess mainly I'm wondering about the difference in video cards. The machine I have now has the ATI 9700 and the one I looked at today has an ATI 9000.
I don't use my laptop for games, though one can never tell what will happen in the future. I use it for everything from editing photos to listening to mp3's to surfing the web - basically using it for everything but games at this time. Assuming similar prices, which machine would you go with. Am I better off with what I have now, or would it be smart to make a change while I still have the time to do so. Thanks for your input....
With the exception of the following specs, they both seem identical. Here are the main differences that I can see:
P35-S6112 -
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 552 at 3.46GHz 533MHz front side bus speed
1MB L2 Cache
512MB DDR SDRAM memory (shared)
100GB EIDE hard drive (4,200 RPM)
17.0" widescreen TruBrite™ LCD display (WXGA+); 1440 x 900 native resolution
ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® 9000 IGP with 64MB shared memory (user adjustable to 128MB)
P35-S6292 -
Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor 538 at 3.2GHz, with Hyper-Threading technology
533MHz front side bus speed
1MB integrated L2 Cache
512MB DDR SDRAM memory (expandable to 2048MB, both slots may be occupied)
80GB EIDE hard drive (4,200 RPM)
17.0" TruBrite™ WXGA TFT LCD display; supports up to 16M colors at 1440 x 900 resolution
ATI® MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9700 discrete video, 64MB DDR
Beyond these particulars, the units appear to be identical in every other way. Because of a special that Costco has next month, I could get the S6112 for the same price I paid for the S6292, give or take a few dollars. So...what would you do. I love the difference in screen between the WXGA+ vs just plain old WXGA. It looks phenomenal. The bigger hard drive and faster processor are obviously bonuses. I guess mainly I'm wondering about the difference in video cards. The machine I have now has the ATI 9700 and the one I looked at today has an ATI 9000.
I don't use my laptop for games, though one can never tell what will happen in the future. I use it for everything from editing photos to listening to mp3's to surfing the web - basically using it for everything but games at this time. Assuming similar prices, which machine would you go with. Am I better off with what I have now, or would it be smart to make a change while I still have the time to do so. Thanks for your input....
