I have two laptops now and need to sell one. Both are less than a year old but don’t know which one to get rid of
M35X-S161 Celeron M 1.3 Ghz
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Class: Celeron M Processor
Processor Number: 350
Processor Speed: 1.3 GHz
Bus Speed: 400 MHz
Mobile Technology: Other
L2 Cache Size: 1 MB
Memory Speed: PC2700 (333MHz)
Memory Technology: DDR-SDRAM
Installed Memory: 512 MB
Maximum Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive Capacity: 60 GB
CD-RW Write Speed: 24 X
CD-RW Rewrite Speed: 4 X
CD-RW Read Speed: 24 X
DVD Read Speed: 8 X
Additional Drives: DVD/CD-RW Combo
Sound Support: 3D Audio
Video Chipset: Intel® Extreme Graphics
Shared Video RAM: 16 MB
Shared Video RAM (Max): 64 MB
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Display Size: 15.4 in
Display Type: Active Matrix LCD (TFT)
Port Connectors:
* RGB (Monitor)
* 3 USB 2.0
* Video - TV-Out (S-Video)
* RJ-11 modem port
* RJ-45 LAN port
* i.Link™ (IEEE 1394)
* Audio - External Microphone
* Audio - Headphone
Card Slots: Type II CardBus
Network Support: Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
Wireless Protocol: 802.11b
802.11g
Modem Speed: 56 Kbps
Of A Toshiba A65-S126
2.8 Ghz Celeron processor with 128k L2 cache 400 mhz Bus Speed
512 MB PC2100 DDR 266 SODIMM RAM
60 GIG Hard Drive with Enhanced IDE (ATA-6) Interface (4200 RPM)
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive!
Read Speeds CD(24X) CD-R(24X) CD-RW(12X) DVD(8X)
Write Speeds CD-R(16X) CD-RW(4X)
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7000 IGP set at 128mb shared
15.0" TFT active matrix display with S-Video
1 PCMCIA Slot supporting Type II Pc Cards
(Atheros 802.11b/g Intergrated wireless LAN)
(V.92/56k Modem data and fax toshiba modem)
(Intergrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN)
Audio: Realtek AL C250 (with SRS True SurroundXT)
3 USB 2.0 Ports
I’m going to use it maily for web radio, audio recording and DVD playback
None of what you’re going to be using it for seems particularly processor-intensive, and I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that the Celeron M is a lot kinder on the battery.
The only thing that would give me pause is the Atheros wireless card on the Toshiba, but only because I’m a Linux geek. Do you know what wireless chipset #1 uses?
I’ve sold a few 161’s. The 161 will have considerably longer battery life if you plan in using it portably.The 1.3 M will run about as fast as 2.6 Celeron, so horsepower is more or less equivalent.
IIRC I don’t think the 161 has a parallel printer port if this is a big deal to you.
Ah I see so you just wanted to be rude and interject an unhelpful, unsolicited and non-relevant slam at PCs?
As to the op I would keep the M35X-S161. The cache memory on the processor is 8 times that of the other laptop. 1.3 ghz is a bit slow but you should be ok. Why don’t you use each for a week and see if you like one better?
A quick ebay search showed me that you’d get about the same money for either of them so that’s not a big factor.
If they both do what you want then all the numbers don’t matter, keep the one that’s best at what you need. If that means the better screen on the 1.3 Ghz model works for you then keep that one.
I just get annoyed by Mac people in threads like this who have nothing to contribute but a sense of smug superiority. If this were the first time it happened, i wouldn’t even have noticed it, but it’s the 1001st.
I wouldn’t keep either PC; I would buy a Mac, instead. It is a recommendation, not “smug superiority,” and this is my first time ever posting on the subject, not my 1001st.
If treis thought that “Keep the Mac” was “unhelpful, unsolicited and non-relevant slam at PCs” imagine the response I would have provoked if I’d written a more lengthy suggestion?
The OP asked for help, very specifically, with the following problem: “I have two laptops now and need to sell one. Both are less than a year old but don’t know which one to get rid of.”
And the reference to 1001st wasn’t to you, specifically; it was aimed at Mac people who, far too often, feel the need to crap in PC threads with pointless “Get a Mac” advice, when that is completely irrelevant to the question at hand.
As for writing a more lengthy suggestion, that might at least have had the virtue of containing some intelligent reasoning, unlike your original post. For example, i could quite easily see the logic in suggesting: “Hey, why don’t you sell both of them and use the money to get yourself a Pentium-based laptop or an iBook. You’d still end up with one computer, but it would be better and faster than either of the ones that you have now.”
To those who gave me advise regarding the question I asked thank you. To Large Marge your suggestion to go Mac did not help because right now that is not an option.
I’ve decided to sell the newer one which is the 1.3 ghz system. Application wise I was getting almost the same performance, but I have a habit of closing the screen slightly at times when I put the laptop down. On the 1.3 Ghz system the button that senses a closed screen and suspends the system is taller than on the other one and I find I keep suspending the laptop. My friend who is buying it is getting a great deal.
I’m selling it to him for $560.00 I paid $1010 and I am waiting on $400.00 in rebates so while I am only getting $960.00 back and in effect losing $50.00 I save the $150.00 restocking fee on the 1.3 Ghz laptop
Hm. If I’m reading this correctly, you’re talking about something that is only a preference; I have a Systemax laptop and I just changed it so when I close it, it doesn’t do anything (not even kicking into the screensaver). I’m on my desktop computer at the moment so I can’t check, but I believe it’s in the control panel (more than likely under “power management” or whatnot). You have several options for when you close the laptop; you can have it go into standby, you can have it not do anything (like I do), etc.
I have to say, if that is what you’re talking about, and that was the only reason you were selling it… well, it seems like a bad reason to me.
True that can be changed but I want it to go into suspend mode (save entire runing configuration to hard drive) When I do close the lid after a class or after the bar. I don’t want to wait for the entire load windows, log on load settings process which take 5-7 minutes now depending on if I’m home or not because of mapped drives issue.
