Is this a good price????

byu88 · 11th July 2005, 9:22 PM

I'm bit new to laptops and i'm not sure if this is a good deal or not... anybody with experience would you give and honest opinion please....an alternative to this is the Dell 700m which i spec up to same as this is about $200 cheaper than the Asus. I'm after light protability, not a gaming laptop but able to use photoshop and other ram hungry applications

ASUS M6000R
Pentium M730 1.62Ghz
80Gb Hdd
XPPRO
1GB RAM
Dual DVD±RW/CDRW
ATI 9100 IGP 128MB shared graphics

$2420.00

Cheers

Ben

geelen · 11th July 2005, 11:22 PM

hmm... its alright, but I'd recommend something like the dell 600, cause you can get a better screen. You'd probably want to upgrade the cpu if you can afford it, and a faster hard drive (the asus is probably a 4200rpm). If you're doing things like photoshop, a bigger screen will give you more to work with, faster hard drive will make the program and files load faster, the cpu will make everything faster, particularly any image processing effects.

digital star's S260 is worth a look. You can pick and choose everything, which is always handy. The screen is only 1280x800 (WXGA), which is a lot better than 1024x768 (XGA) because you have room on the right to put all the photoshop panels, leaving more room for what you're actually working with. But WXGA+ (1440x900), SXGA (1400x1050), WSXGA (1680x1050), UXGA (1600x1200) or WUXGA (1920x1200) are better, naturally. But good luck finding a nice and portable laptop with a screen bigger than (W)XGA.

Oh and don't pay much attention to the video card. The newest integrated intel chip (i think it's the 915GM on that S260) is probably better than that 9100 on the Asus. In any case, 2D stuff like photoshop doesn't tax the video card too much...

Oh and Digital Star use american Asus chassis and assemble them here. Which means they're well built, but any warranty claim will mean sending the laptop back to Sydney for them to fix. Bad news if you plan to go work overseas, or something...

stroggos2k · 11th July 2005, 11:24 PM

Disregard what the previous posted said about Digital Star, I know I'm not allowed to make comments so I wont.

I'd go DELL for the bloody amazing service, if something goes wrong they have always been great for me, and their techies from Unisys are pretty knowledgable and efficent.

byu88 · 12th July 2005, 3:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geelen

hmm... its alright, but I'd recommend something like the dell 600, cause you can get a better screen. You'd probably want to upgrade the cpu if you can afford it, and a faster hard drive (the asus is probably a 4200rpm). If you're doing things like photoshop, a bigger screen will give you more to work with, faster hard drive will make the program and files load faster, the cpu will make everything faster, particularly any image processing effects.

digital star's S260 is worth a look. You can pick and choose everything, which is always handy. The screen is only 1280x800 (WXGA), which is a lot better than 1024x768 (XGA) because you have room on the right to put all the photoshop panels, leaving more room for what you're actually working with. But WXGA+ (1440x900), SXGA (1400x1050), WSXGA (1680x1050), UXGA (1600x1200) or WUXGA (1920x1200) are better, naturally. But good luck finding a nice and portable laptop with a screen bigger than (W)XGA.

Oh and don't pay much attention to the video card. The newest integrated intel chip (i think it's the 915GM on that S260) is probably better than that 9100 on the Asus. In any case, 2D stuff like photoshop doesn't tax the video card too much...

Oh and Digital Star use american Asus chassis and assemble them here. Which means they're well built, but any warranty claim will mean sending the laptop back to Sydney for them to fix. Bad news if you plan to go work overseas, or something...

Thanks for that notebooks these days hard to find a good deal that is not branded

Headkicker · 12th July 2005, 3:51 AM

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FlameTheFire · 12th July 2005, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geelen

Oh and Digital Star use american Asus chassis and assemble them here. Which means they're well built, but any warranty claim will mean sending the laptop back to Sydney for them to fix. Bad news if you plan to go work overseas, or something...

Thats not true not sure how you got that impression. That notebook that you link is based upon an MSI Barebone.

11th July 2005, 9:22 PM	#1
byu88 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NT Posts: 310	Is this a good price???? I'm bit new to laptops and i'm not sure if this is a good deal or not... anybody with experience would you give and honest opinion please....an alternative to this is the Dell 700m which i spec up to same as this is about $200 cheaper than the Asus. I'm after light protability, not a gaming laptop but able to use photoshop and other ram hungry applications ASUS M6000R Pentium M730 1.62Ghz 80Gb Hdd XPPRO 1GB RAM Dual DVD±RW/CDRW ATI 9100 IGP 128MB shared graphics $2420.00 Cheers Ben

11th July 2005, 11:24 PM	#3
stroggos2k Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Rozelle, Sydney NSW Posts: 6,155	Disregard what the previous posted said about Digital Star, I know I'm not allowed to make comments so I wont. I'd go DELL for the bloody amazing service, if something goes wrong they have always been great for me, and their techies from Unisys are pretty knowledgable and efficent. __________________ Tune in to my radio show "Adam & The Stooges" from 8-10pm every Friday night on Sydney's 2RRR 88.5FM for obscure/classic/awesome rock, game, movie & tv reviews and random fun.

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11th July 2005, 11:22 PM	#2
geelen Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 29	hmm... its alright, but I'd recommend something like the dell 600, cause you can get a better screen. You'd probably want to upgrade the cpu if you can afford it, and a faster hard drive (the asus is probably a 4200rpm). If you're doing things like photoshop, a bigger screen will give you more to work with, faster hard drive will make the program and files load faster, the cpu will make everything faster, particularly any image processing effects. digital star's S260 is worth a look. You can pick and choose everything, which is always handy. The screen is only 1280x800 (WXGA), which is a lot better than 1024x768 (XGA) because you have room on the right to put all the photoshop panels, leaving more room for what you're actually working with. But WXGA+ (1440x900), SXGA (1400x1050), WSXGA (1680x1050), UXGA (1600x1200) or WUXGA (1920x1200) are better, naturally. But good luck finding a nice and portable laptop with a screen bigger than (W)XGA. Oh and don't pay much attention to the video card. The newest integrated intel chip (i think it's the 915GM on that S260) is probably better than that 9100 on the Asus. In any case, 2D stuff like photoshop doesn't tax the video card too much... Oh and Digital Star use american Asus chassis and assemble them here. Which means they're well built, but any warranty claim will mean sending the laptop back to Sydney for them to fix. Bad news if you plan to go work overseas, or something...