Introduction
In September of 2006, I started with a university degree, and I also went to rent a room in the city of my university. I was not going to my desktop PC in my parents' house was about to take my new room, with it, because after a few days I follow lectures trip back home and I will of course play games on my desktop PC. So the solution was to purchase a notebook. My requirements I was looking for a notebook that was cheap, because as a student I had, of course, not much to spend. However, I wanted a good balance between price and performance, so a notebook of € 500 was not an option for me. Although I have no experience with such notebooks under € 500 as this is my first notebook, I do know the saying "cheap is expensive". tweaker as I am of course very fussy hardware, and Linux fan of all. Approximately in September 2006 when I bought this notebook notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors just started to appear. I wanted such a processor in my notebook because these processors perform more with the same energy and the same performance with less energy consumption. Almost always I have my laptop plugged in and I use it as a desktop replacement, but when I travel, take my notebook it's nice to be able to work. As long as possible without connection to the mains It was also essential that these processors, in contrast to the first Core Duo processors, are 64-bit. Although it is currently little use 64-bit processors are more future-proof. Many Linux distributions have been available for years in 64-bit versions, but I have just the i386 version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu installed because I did I mess with Java and Flash, which have no 64-bit versions no sense. Core 2 Duo processors are dual-core processors. These were the previous Core Duo processors course, but I was curious what kind of performance gain would give it in combination with a Linux kernel SMP enabled. Finally, it is always nice to have the very latest to have. Unfortunately, it would sometimes prevent hardware does not work properly under Linux. That's why I was looking for a notebook with Intel hardware as possible. Intel does because unlike other manufacturers of WLAN chips and video drivers for their hardware under the GPL license-free, and Linux offers excellent support for Intel hardware. Gaming you can forget if you want to play recent games the Intel onboard video chips are nothing compared to the video cards from NVIDIA and ATI. I do not mind it, because I do not use this laptop for gaming. It would take me probably too distracted, I use it for gaming on my PC. Nevertheless, there are plenty of older games which in my opinion is still very good, and where the Intel GMA 950 has no problem. The final criterion for the notebook I was looking for was that it would reasonably be mobile even though I mostly use my notebook as a desktop replacement. No colossus with a 17 inch monitor so. About notebooks with 12-inch monitors, however, I had my doubts again, because I love a big monitor on my desktop, I have a 20 inch widescreen LCD connected. A high resolution monitor or a smaller offset of course, but I'm afraid something like that again results in small pixels so small, hard to read letters. Anyway that ultraportable notebooks also overpriced. For my situation has a 15 inch monitor is probably the best balance between mobility, size of the monitor, and the price of notebooks that have monitors this size. My choice One day I had a folder of Media Markt to read, and when my eye fell on the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1505 notebook. If I understand it correctly, there are several configurations of the notebook may be related to CPU, memory and hard disk. The configuration of the Media Markt sold were as follows: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1024 MB RAM 80 GB hard drive , this notebook has a 15.4-inch monitor, the other specifications are available on the website of Fujitsu Siemens. The price of € 900 for which this notebook was sold to me was very low, and I decided to buy to go about. My opinion The first thing I did with this notebook after unpacking was Windows XP, wipe the hard drive, and a beta of Ubuntu 6.10 install (now that I've replaced again by the final release of Kubuntu 6.10). I had planned to ask for the Windows XP license back my money as I do not use that. In the GoT forum can also be read from people who have succeeded, but experience it may be that you need to return. Temporarily your notebook I had no time for that stuff. Something I am very pleased that the notebook out of the box works perfectly with Linux. The Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG WLAN chip worked out of the box. The notebook keys also work. , I am satisfied with the performance of this notebook. I use this notebook almost exclusively for word processing, instant messaging, web browsing, personal information management. For that kind of tasks do you actually do not have Core 2 Duo processor. In hindsight, I mistakenly thought that I had to have the latest products and a Core 2 Duo was really worth the extra price. I might as well have a notebook with an old Core Duo buy. Even a Celeron is enough for this kind of task, I could have saved lots of money. If you would use to compile all the software themselves or do a lot of software development and therefore many compiles, or would render with Blender, Gentoo, you could be the added value of a Core 2 Duo or appreciate. On the battery can work about three hours For example, if you are only using OpenOffice and WiFi is disabled. This is disappointing, I expected more from a Core 2 Duo. However it may be that a low battery life is also vooroorzaakt by the software in place of the hardware. I do not know how Windows XP and Linux with KDE / GNOME performance in terms of battery life, but it seems that much can be gained by improving the power management under Linux so this post from a KDE developer. There are besides The battery life is also a number of other disadvantages. I clearly hear a difference between my Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speaker and the speakers of this laptop, but of course that was to be expected. I can not really judge the quality of the speakers of this laptop because I can connect with other notebooks, no comparison but they perform adequately. Something annoying I think the quality of the LCD monitor. Obviously using this notebook moderate TN panel, because the viewing angle is very small. You need to monitor very precise positioning to get. Proper viewing angle It is also a glossy monitor, mat had been finer. And unfortunately, the monitor features a widescreen resolution, widescreen is only fun for gaming, for websites and documents is a resolution with a 4:3 aspect ratio practical. With longer use, I feel that this notebook is also quite warm, and the fan can sometimes be very active, even in a not so very high CPU usage. Perhaps the most annoying I find that when I move my finger across the touchpad and also not touch the buttons, there is sometimes still a left mouse click registered no idea how that's possible. What I really regret is that the housing after a few weeks had been damaged. This can be seen in the pictures that I have posted. To the housing at the back of the monitor are spots appearing, wear to the casing. I find this strange, because I have no weird stuff removed. I have this notebook a few times in my book bag stowed for transport. I had expected the housing as it would be to file unfortunately. This notebook is relatively heavy for many to rush into a satchel filled with books, when I found I had more important that a notebook with 14 inch monitor can buy , notebook with a 14 inch monitor not differ that much in price and often have the same resolution as a 15 inch. I will be a 14 inch monitor seriously consider if I will buy a new laptop in the future but I think a slightly larger monitor is well worth the extra weight. This notebook scores a sufficient, the most important thing for me was the price / quality ratio , and at that point scores this notebook well. In retrospect, I think I would rather have bought anyway, mainly because of the wear and tear that my notebook has maimed. Soon as another notebook No Fujitsu-Siemens for me more so. If I could make a choice again, I would probably opt for the business notebooks from HP or Dell Latitude, these are for less than € 1,000, or not much more than that for sale. If I could spend a little more money a Lenovo Thinkpad would also be an option. As far as I know, these notebooks have all enclosures that are not so easy to wear.
In September of 2006, I started with a university degree, and I also went to rent a room in the city of my university. I was not going to my desktop PC in my parents' house was about to take my new room, with it, because after a few days I follow lectures trip back home and I will of course play games on my desktop PC. So the solution was to purchase a notebook. My requirements I was looking for a notebook that was cheap, because as a student I had, of course, not much to spend. However, I wanted a good balance between price and performance, so a notebook of € 500 was not an option for me. Although I have no experience with such notebooks under € 500 as this is my first notebook, I do know the saying "cheap is expensive". tweaker as I am of course very fussy hardware, and Linux fan of all. Approximately in September 2006 when I bought this notebook notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors just started to appear. I wanted such a processor in my notebook because these processors perform more with the same energy and the same performance with less energy consumption. Almost always I have my laptop plugged in and I use it as a desktop replacement, but when I travel, take my notebook it's nice to be able to work. As long as possible without connection to the mains It was also essential that these processors, in contrast to the first Core Duo processors, are 64-bit. Although it is currently little use 64-bit processors are more future-proof. Many Linux distributions have been available for years in 64-bit versions, but I have just the i386 version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu installed because I did I mess with Java and Flash, which have no 64-bit versions no sense. Core 2 Duo processors are dual-core processors. These were the previous Core Duo processors course, but I was curious what kind of performance gain would give it in combination with a Linux kernel SMP enabled. Finally, it is always nice to have the very latest to have. Unfortunately, it would sometimes prevent hardware does not work properly under Linux. That's why I was looking for a notebook with Intel hardware as possible. Intel does because unlike other manufacturers of WLAN chips and video drivers for their hardware under the GPL license-free, and Linux offers excellent support for Intel hardware. Gaming you can forget if you want to play recent games the Intel onboard video chips are nothing compared to the video cards from NVIDIA and ATI. I do not mind it, because I do not use this laptop for gaming. It would take me probably too distracted, I use it for gaming on my PC. Nevertheless, there are plenty of older games which in my opinion is still very good, and where the Intel GMA 950 has no problem. The final criterion for the notebook I was looking for was that it would reasonably be mobile even though I mostly use my notebook as a desktop replacement. No colossus with a 17 inch monitor so. About notebooks with 12-inch monitors, however, I had my doubts again, because I love a big monitor on my desktop, I have a 20 inch widescreen LCD connected. A high resolution monitor or a smaller offset of course, but I'm afraid something like that again results in small pixels so small, hard to read letters. Anyway that ultraportable notebooks also overpriced. For my situation has a 15 inch monitor is probably the best balance between mobility, size of the monitor, and the price of notebooks that have monitors this size. My choice One day I had a folder of Media Markt to read, and when my eye fell on the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1505 notebook. If I understand it correctly, there are several configurations of the notebook may be related to CPU, memory and hard disk. The configuration of the Media Markt sold were as follows: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1024 MB RAM 80 GB hard drive , this notebook has a 15.4-inch monitor, the other specifications are available on the website of Fujitsu Siemens. The price of € 900 for which this notebook was sold to me was very low, and I decided to buy to go about. My opinion The first thing I did with this notebook after unpacking was Windows XP, wipe the hard drive, and a beta of Ubuntu 6.10 install (now that I've replaced again by the final release of Kubuntu 6.10). I had planned to ask for the Windows XP license back my money as I do not use that. In the GoT forum can also be read from people who have succeeded, but experience it may be that you need to return. Temporarily your notebook I had no time for that stuff. Something I am very pleased that the notebook out of the box works perfectly with Linux. The Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG WLAN chip worked out of the box. The notebook keys also work. , I am satisfied with the performance of this notebook. I use this notebook almost exclusively for word processing, instant messaging, web browsing, personal information management. For that kind of tasks do you actually do not have Core 2 Duo processor. In hindsight, I mistakenly thought that I had to have the latest products and a Core 2 Duo was really worth the extra price. I might as well have a notebook with an old Core Duo buy. Even a Celeron is enough for this kind of task, I could have saved lots of money. If you would use to compile all the software themselves or do a lot of software development and therefore many compiles, or would render with Blender, Gentoo, you could be the added value of a Core 2 Duo or appreciate. On the battery can work about three hours For example, if you are only using OpenOffice and WiFi is disabled. This is disappointing, I expected more from a Core 2 Duo. However it may be that a low battery life is also vooroorzaakt by the software in place of the hardware. I do not know how Windows XP and Linux with KDE / GNOME performance in terms of battery life, but it seems that much can be gained by improving the power management under Linux so this post from a KDE developer. There are besides The battery life is also a number of other disadvantages. I clearly hear a difference between my Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speaker and the speakers of this laptop, but of course that was to be expected. I can not really judge the quality of the speakers of this laptop because I can connect with other notebooks, no comparison but they perform adequately. Something annoying I think the quality of the LCD monitor. Obviously using this notebook moderate TN panel, because the viewing angle is very small. You need to monitor very precise positioning to get. Proper viewing angle It is also a glossy monitor, mat had been finer. And unfortunately, the monitor features a widescreen resolution, widescreen is only fun for gaming, for websites and documents is a resolution with a 4:3 aspect ratio practical. With longer use, I feel that this notebook is also quite warm, and the fan can sometimes be very active, even in a not so very high CPU usage. Perhaps the most annoying I find that when I move my finger across the touchpad and also not touch the buttons, there is sometimes still a left mouse click registered no idea how that's possible. What I really regret is that the housing after a few weeks had been damaged. This can be seen in the pictures that I have posted. To the housing at the back of the monitor are spots appearing, wear to the casing. I find this strange, because I have no weird stuff removed. I have this notebook a few times in my book bag stowed for transport. I had expected the housing as it would be to file unfortunately. This notebook is relatively heavy for many to rush into a satchel filled with books, when I found I had more important that a notebook with 14 inch monitor can buy , notebook with a 14 inch monitor not differ that much in price and often have the same resolution as a 15 inch. I will be a 14 inch monitor seriously consider if I will buy a new laptop in the future but I think a slightly larger monitor is well worth the extra weight. This notebook scores a sufficient, the most important thing for me was the price / quality ratio , and at that point scores this notebook well. In retrospect, I think I would rather have bought anyway, mainly because of the wear and tear that my notebook has maimed. Soon as another notebook No Fujitsu-Siemens for me more so. If I could make a choice again, I would probably opt for the business notebooks from HP or Dell Latitude, these are for less than € 1,000, or not much more than that for sale. If I could spend a little more money a Lenovo Thinkpad would also be an option. As far as I know, these notebooks have all enclosures that are not so easy to wear.
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