Pros
- Thoughtful design; great performance
Cons
- Bulky and heavy
At A Glance
This well-priced and very portable Media Center notebook benefits from thoughtful design plus very good performance.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | ES186AV1159 |
| Inventory Number | 24882 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Turion 64 ML-40 |
| Processor speed | 2200.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1000.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR-SDRAM (DDRRAM) |
| Memory speed | 333.0 MHz |
| Display | |
| Display size | 15.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| Vertical Resolution | 800 |
| External Monitor Interface | Integrated |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Integrated |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon Xpress 200M |
| Storage | |
| Drive size | 120.0 GB |
| Floppy Drive | No |
| Express card | 1 |
| Other storage |
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| Battery | |
| Battery Type | Lithium ion |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 558.0 hours |
| Standard Number of Batteries | 1 |
| Number of Included Batteries | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Microphone input | Yes |
| Composite Video Ports | Yes |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Ethernet Type | 10/100 Mbps |
| Firewire | 1 |
| Headphone Jack | Yes |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 a/b/g |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Slots |
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| PC Card Slots | 1 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 14.1 inches |
| Depth | 10.4 inches |
| Height | 2.2 inches |
| Weight with Accessories | 8.3 pounds |
| Weight | 8.3 pounds |
| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Storage Media | |
| SD card | Yes |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Smart media | Yes |
| Included Software | |
| Included Software | Microsoft Works 8 |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Other Features | |
| Docking Station Port | Yes |
| Devices | Phone Cord |
| Input devices | Touchpad |
| Pointing Device | Touchpad |
| Other Hardware |
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Performance
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life (Office Applications) | 5:58 (hh:mm) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 708 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 58.43 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 100.52 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 42.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 51.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 22.31 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 9.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 86 |
| World Bench 5 Rating | Good |
| Number of Included Batteries | 1 |
| Mozilla | 392 |
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 689 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 610 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 370 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 343 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 416 |
| Ahead Nero | 777 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 508 |
| Adobe Premiere | 499 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 352 |
| WinZip | 448 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 559 |
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