Pros

  • Well-equipped

Cons

  • Touchpad is dificult to use

At A Glance

Avoid the unusable touchpad with an external mouse and you’re cooking with a fully-equipped widescreen.

The Specs

Pricing
Inventory Number 24645
Processor
Processor type Mobile Athlon 64 3000+
Processor speed 1800.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 500.0 MB
Memory type DDR-SDRAM (DDRRAM)
Memory speed 333.0 MHz
Display
Display size 17.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 900 pixels
External Monitor Interface Discrete
Vertical Resolution 900
Graphics
Graphics Type Discrete
Primary Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200
Storage
Drive size 80.0 GB
Floppy Drive No
Other storage
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
Battery
Battery Type Lithium ion
Vendor Rated Battery life 227.0 hours
Standard Number of Batteries 1
Number of Included Batteries 1
Dimensions
Width 15.4 inches
Depth 11.0 inches
Height 1.5 inches
Weight with Accessories 9.2 pounds
Weight 9.2 pounds
Sound
Speakers Stereo
Storage Media
SD card Yes
Memory stick Memory Stick
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Other Features
Docking Station Port No
Devices Phone Cord
Input devices Touchpad
Pointing Device Touchpad
Hardware List
  • Notebook
  • battery
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Microphone input Yes
Firewire 1
Headphone Jack Yes
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • FireWire Port
  • Infrared
  • Mini PCI Port
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x6)
  • Video - S-Video
Wireless connection 802.11 g
Bluetooth No
Slots
  • SD Card
  • Memory Stick
PC Card Slots 1

Performance

Battery
Battery Life (Office Applications) 2:27  (hh:mm)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 894
Gaming
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 41.51  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 74.61  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 22.33  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 33.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance
World Bench 5 Score 71
World Bench 5 Rating Good
Number of Included Batteries 1
Mozilla 506
ACD Systems ACDSee 868
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 789
Adobe Photoshop 431
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 451
Windows Media Encoder 530
Ahead Nero 1244
Musicmatch Jukebox 595
Adobe Premiere 629
Roxio VideoWave 410
WinZip 584
Microsoft Office XP 603