
Ok, after 12mths with the laptop that was alright back then, it is now outdated/slow and doesn't want to run Gimp/Corel let alone the full Adobe Creative suite. the question is the specs on the laptop listed below, are they any good? and secondly do you thing it will be outdated soon?
I know that more RAM is good, Hard drive 400gb is shitloads, but the rest is beond me. Anybody that can decifer/and advise would be great.
PS. These are from a New release Toshiba, and the pricing is in the budget.
SATellITe A200/R01 (PSAF6A-0PR019)
Intel® Core™ 2 duo Processor T7700
dual Core 2.4GHz
4MB
800MHz
Genuine Microsoft Windows® Vista™ Ultimate
400GB (200GB + 200GB) (5400rpm) SATA
2GB (1GB+1GB) ddR2 (667) Both slots used. Total memory expandable to 4GB²
15.4”TruBrite Widescreen XGA (HB 200 WV CSV) Active Matrix colour display
1280 x 800
ATI Mobility Radeon Hd 2600 (512MB discrete video memory and upto 1279MB with shared system memory using HyperMemory technology with 2GB system memory)(128bit)”
Hd dVd-RoM dVd SuperMulti double/dual layer drive
Read: Cd-RoM 24x, dVd-RoM 8x , Hd dVd-RoM 1x, Write: Cd-R 24x, Cd-RW 4x, HS Cd-RW 10x, dVd-R 8x, dVd-R dl 2x, dVd-RW 4x, dVd+R 8x, dVd+R dl 2.4x, dVd+RW 4x, dVd-RAM 3x
Intel® High definition Audio
Premium harman/kardon® speakers
PCI express Card x1
HdMI / TV-out / RGB
external Microphone port, Stereo Headphone port, Sound Volume dial, Integrated microphone
4 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0
5-in-1 card reader Adapter (Secure digital®, Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRo™, Multi Media Card, xd Picture Card, Mini Sd (with Sd adaptor) [shared slot]) See Toshiba’s website for capacity guidelines
Ieee 1394
Windows Media Center Compatible
Integrated Biometrics - Fingerprint reader, Slot for Kensington Cable lock, Wireless lAN switch
TouchPad™ - dual mode luxpad
Cd / dVd play & 6 control buttons
1.3MP
Intel® GBit TX ethernet
International V.92 data modem + fax
Toshiba Bluetooth™ V2.0 + edR (enhanced data Rate)
Integrated Intel 802.11 (a/g/n)
2.72kg (May vary with spec)
Up to 3 hours* (6 cell)
362 x 267.8 x 33.5(front)/39.3(rear) mm
onyx blue metallic gloss finish, Silver Painted logo / Silver Keyboard
Toshiba User’s Manual, Toshiba Value Added Package, Toshiba Flash Card Utility, Toshiba dVd Player, Toshiba Hd dVd Player, Norton Internet Security™ 2007 (90 day trial), Ulead® dVd MovieWriter® for ToSHIBA, Toshiba disc Creator, ConfigFree™, Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0, Microsoft® office 2007 Professional Trial (60 day Trial)
1 year international parts and labour warranty. domestic warranty includes onsite courier pickup and return service
Just cant belive they can jam all this into the size it is
