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Chem USA ChemBook 2070

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Pros
Has a high resolution screen
Cons
System manual is CD-based

Performance: Very Good: 84
Features: Good: 74
Design: Good: 78

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	640
Adobe Photoshop	339
Adobe Premiere	489
Ahead Nero	873
Battery Life (Office Applications)	2:53
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	282
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	370
Microsoft Office XP	551
Mozilla	354
Musicmatch Jukebox	540
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	424
Windows Media Encoder	430
WinZip	429
World Bench 5 Score	89
World Bench 5 Word Score	Very Good

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	688

Performance
WorldBench 5: Performance word scores reflect comparisons of notebooks in the same category running the same operating system. See Guide to the Top-Rated Products for more details.	Very Good: 89 (Windows XP Professional)
CPU	2-GHz Pentium M 760
Screen size	15.4 inches
System memory	1024MB of DDR400 SDRAM
Hard drive	60GB
Graphics	128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X600
Pointing device	Touchpad
Bays	None
Bundled removable-media drives	Fixed double-layer DVD±RW drive
Floppy drive	None
Ports	Three USB 2.0, FireWire, microphone, headphone, S-Video, PC Card slot
Communications	V.92 modem, gigabit ethernet, 802.11a/g
Business suite	Not applicable
Other features	Not applicable
Overall design	Good
Battery life (hours:minutes)	Good: 2:53
Weight (typical/minimum, in pounds): Typical weight includes the computer, AC adapter, optical drive, and floppy drive (if offered).	Average: 7.6/6.7
Vendor's reliability/service	Insufficient data/Insufficient data
Support policy	One-year parts, three-year labor warranty; free unlimited 24-hour daily toll-call support

What You Should Know about the ChemBook 2070

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.