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Subject: Re: Can someone assess how good this laptop is?

Author: P. Massie

Date: 17:34:34 05/19/05

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On May 19, 2005 at 19:04:33, stuart taylor wrote:

>On May 19, 2005 at 19:03:11, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>http://netaction.co.il/sale.php?sale=2499362
>>
>>This is the laptop which I had thought I might a well settle for, and I thought
>>it was fairly fast for chess, and competent for other uses. But IS it?
>>
>>Can you tell me what is great about it and/or what could be better, and how much
>>better?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>S.Taylor
>
>Main features are listed (in English) after half way down.
>S.T.

I think it's not bad.  It has a bit more focus on sound and video than you
really need for chess, and a bit less processor speed.  If you want to focus
just on chess you might be able to save some money on lower-level sound and
video and apply it to upgrading the processor speed.  Nonetheless, it's a good
all-around system, and if the price is right it'll work well.

If it's available there and you're purely interested in chess, your best bet
might be (at least from HP) the HP Pavilion zv6000 with the Athlon 64 3800+
processor.  Battery life may be a bit short, and it may be rather large, but I
think it'll be the fastest chess laptop you can get for reasonable money.

Paul



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