I'm thinking of getting this notebook (available in Europe) since it's comparable in theoretical performance (and components) to the popular M68Ne series, but is cheaper:
it gets delivered with 1x512 Mb RAM and 1.7 GHz Dothan (instead of 2x256 and 1.6 Ghz for the similarly priced M68Ne)
A3G configuration example (for 1290 EUR):
>Intel Pentium M 735 Centrino 1.7 GHz (Dothan) (2 MB 2nd Level Cache)
>1x 512 MB DDR RAM
>60 GB Hitachi 4200 rpm, 8Mb HDD
>15" SXGA+ TFT LCD (1400x1050)
>8x DVD Dual Double Layer DVD+R+RW/-R-RW/CD-RW (8x4x8x/16x10x24x)
>64 MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9700
> 56k Modem
> 10/100 Mbit LAN
> Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2200G 802.11g
1x VGA
1x TV-Out
1x parallel
1x PC-Card TypII
1x Firewire IEEE 1394
1x IrDA Infrared
1x Audio in/Mic
4x USB 2.0
4-in-1-Cardreader (MMC/SD/MS/MSPro)
LiIon-Battery
65Watt AC Adapter
ca. 3 h battery time
ca. 2,9 kg
integr. Web/Videokamera
Microsoft Windows XP Prof. (Recovery-CD)
Battery 12m Warranty, Display 24m Warranty
The only reviews I found were (Both sites in German):
http://schlarb.tcs-graphix.com/
http://www.hardware-mag.de/hardware.php?id=317&page=8
(the second one states that the ATI RAdeon 9700 in the A3G is underclocked and made trouble with 3DMark. Anyone know anything about this?)
Could any of the A3843GLP or similar A3G model owners share their impressions? What's the screen quality etc.
Since the A3G is the older model, I figure there should be people around that could explain why the forum is full of M68 reviews, but no data on A3G.
I'd really like to know if there is some flaw hidden in A3G compared to the M68 to justify the cheaper price, since from all the info I could get it's even better in some aspects (1x512 vs 2x256, TV-Out...)
it gets delivered with 1x512 Mb RAM and 1.7 GHz Dothan (instead of 2x256 and 1.6 Ghz for the similarly priced M68Ne)
A3G configuration example (for 1290 EUR):
>Intel Pentium M 735 Centrino 1.7 GHz (Dothan) (2 MB 2nd Level Cache)
>1x 512 MB DDR RAM
>60 GB Hitachi 4200 rpm, 8Mb HDD
>15" SXGA+ TFT LCD (1400x1050)
>8x DVD Dual Double Layer DVD+R+RW/-R-RW/CD-RW (8x4x8x/16x10x24x)
>64 MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9700
> 56k Modem
> 10/100 Mbit LAN
> Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2200G 802.11g
1x VGA
1x TV-Out
1x parallel
1x PC-Card TypII
1x Firewire IEEE 1394
1x IrDA Infrared
1x Audio in/Mic
4x USB 2.0
4-in-1-Cardreader (MMC/SD/MS/MSPro)
LiIon-Battery
65Watt AC Adapter
ca. 3 h battery time
ca. 2,9 kg
integr. Web/Videokamera
Microsoft Windows XP Prof. (Recovery-CD)
Battery 12m Warranty, Display 24m Warranty
The only reviews I found were (Both sites in German):
http://schlarb.tcs-graphix.com/
http://www.hardware-mag.de/hardware.php?id=317&page=8
(the second one states that the ATI RAdeon 9700 in the A3G is underclocked and made trouble with 3DMark. Anyone know anything about this?)
Could any of the A3843GLP or similar A3G model owners share their impressions? What's the screen quality etc.
Since the A3G is the older model, I figure there should be people around that could explain why the forum is full of M68 reviews, but no data on A3G.
I'd really like to know if there is some flaw hidden in A3G compared to the M68 to justify the cheaper price, since from all the info I could get it's even better in some aspects (1x512 vs 2x256, TV-Out...)
