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Toshiba Satellite L775D S7226 Is It Worth Buying

Beside its 17.3 inch 1600x900 TFT display and blue-ray drive, Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7226 is generally one perfect example of how even a great laptop manufacturer like Toshiba could make a very disappointing product.
This L775D-S7226 is advertised as having dedicated M series Radeon GPU. Actually it is only using lowly G-series integrated graphics.
Actually, it is a beautiful laptop indeed. It’s brushed dark blue finish is really nice and thermally cold to the touch. Well, I love the feel of cold aluminum, but don’t know about you. Unfortunately, the finish attract lots of fingerprints and dust. You’ll definitely face problems with them unless you are using this laptop in a dust-free environment.
Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7226 is using a quad-core processor. But seems like this laptop couldn’t manage to work as fast as it is advertised. There are bloatware softwares comes pre-installed. Maybe you should do a clean OS install to make it free from them.
The worst thing about Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7226 that make it not worth buying is the GPU performance. Do some search on Google, and you’ll find that actually there is no such 6500M model available today. (Only 6530, 6550, & 6570). The GPU is just the basic integrated 6520G that all A6 3400s have. There is no dedicated 6500M series GPU in the notebook despite advertised, just the lowly integrated 6520G that can barely come close to running 3 year old games at ‘almost’ 30fps at lowest global and application settings. If youre a gamer, I assume that only light MMOs will play well.

Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7226 specification:
CPU/APU: AMD A6 3400 APU
Memory: 6gb (4gb+2gb) DDR3 PC-10600 5-5-5-15 Samsung memory modules
HDD: Hitachi Travel Star 640Gb 5400rpm
GPU: AMD 6500M Series Radeon HD 6520M
Optical Drive: Matsushita BD-rom/DVD-RW
Display: 17.3" 1600x900 TFT
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n

If you are still in doubt about this Toshiba Laptop, read more Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7226 reviews here.

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e Not a Netbook It Is Truly a Notebook

Together with the ThinkPad Edge, Lenovo has previewed other new notebook. The Lenovo ThinkPad X100e. Something that can grab attention? The dimensions! It is typically smaller than the ThinkPad X series. The screen is 11.6", slightly smaller than the X200’s 12" display. This is an ultra portable series notebook, not even a netbook.

Although the ThinkPad X100e only equipped with 11.6” display, but the 1366x768 display resolution is quite satisfying. The memory can be upgraded up to 4GB. The hard drive is also upgradeable to 320BG and 500GB. The standard Lenovo ThinkPad X100e is completed with 2GB RAM, and 250GB hard drive.

You’ll find ThinkPad X100e in black, red, and white. It uses 6-cell battery that is claimed to stand for about 5 hours of computing. It comes with Windows 7 pre-installed. If you are looking for Intel Inside logo, then you’ll be sorry, for the X100e uses Neo AMD Athlon processor.
In addition, the modem module is mounted in the unit, allowing users to surf the Internet while the SIM card is inside, when there is no possible wifi connection arround. The modem module itself is removable. There will be be two versions, with the built in modem installed and without the modem. Unfortunately, the location of the SIM card slot is not easy to reach. It is put behind the cover. To install the SIM card, we have to remove seven screws first.
But just like the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge, X100e has three USB ports, one of them is the USB port power-on, the USB port that can be used to charge USB devices like iPods as the notebook is off. Just like ThinkPad Edge, X100e does not have internal optical drive.
In US, this ultra portable notebook is sold at a low price, only $ 499. In Thailand, this approximately 1.5 kg with 6-cell battery notebook was sold 1000 units on its releasing day. With its attractive price, it can sweep the netbook market easily. Well, we’ll see.
Buy Lenovo ThinkPad X100e from Amazon!

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