Mid-sized Dothan Notebook Roundup: Dell, Gateway, and HP/Compaq
by Andrew Ku on September 30, 2004 1:09 AM EST- Posted in
- Laptops
The Test
Our last mobile benchmark suite for laptops included 2002 edition Winstones, and we have since upgraded to the 2004 editions. Because of this, we won't be scaling many of our old laptops for comparison with current and future notebooks that we look at. To bridge this gap, we have included scores for the Dell Inspiron 8600 (with GeForce FX Go5650) as a reference point.Desktop scores have been pulled straight from our Intel 925X & LGA-775 coverage. Subsequently, our previous notebook benchmark scores have been pulled from our previous reviews.
As listed on our first page:
Dell's Latitude D600
- 2.0GHz Dothan Pentium-M 755
- Intel 855PM chipset
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 w/32MB
- 2 x 256MB Hynix PC2100
- 4x DVD+RW/CD-RW (HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N)
- 80GB Hitachi 4200RPM Hard Drive
- 14.1" SXGA+ display (native 1400 x 1050)
- Intel's 2200BG 802.11b/g WiFi card
- Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
- Dell TrueMobile 300 Bluetooth
- 6 cell primary battery (11.1V, 4.7AH, 53WH)
- 6 cell modular bay battery (11.1V, 4.32AH, 48WH)
Gateway's M320XL
- 1.7GHz Dothan Pentium-M 735
- Intel 855GM chipset (w/32MB UMA memory - max setting)
- 2 x 256MB Samsung PC2700
- 4x DVD±RW/CD-RW (HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GWA-4040N)
- 80GB Hitachi 4200RPM Hard Drive
- 15.0" XGA display (native 024 x 768)
- Intel's 2200BG 802.11b/g WiFi card
- Intel 10/100 Ethernet
- 6 cell primary battery (11.V, 4.4AH, 48WH)
HP/Compaq's Business NC6000 Notebook
- 2.0GHz Dothan Pentium-M 755
- Intel 855PM chipset
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 w/64MB
- 2 x 256MB Samsung PC2700
- 4x DVD+RW/CD-RW (HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N)
- 60GB Hitachi 5400RPM Hard Drive
- 14.1" SXGA+ display (native 1400 x 1050)
- Intel's 2200BG 802.11b/g WiFi card
- Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
- HP's Bluetooth
- 8 cell primary battery (14.4V, 4.4AH, 63WH)
- 8 cell modular bay battery (14.8AH, 3.6AH, 53WH)
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rowcroft - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - link
Great review- sad state of affairs when a 6 pound 1.4" thick laptop is considered mid-size though..... it's fine for machines that won't travel much but this trend of larger & thicker (read: Dell) is not for me.Rowcroft
manno - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - link
Where the are the rest of the benchmarks comparing it to the P4, and Athlon 64 mobiles out there? No superpi, run half-life in software mode, or pull out your old dusty copy of quake 2 for that matter. I want to know if I should get a a64 based laptop, or a P-M based one, it's a good review to be sure, but could use a little fleshing out.Abdulraheem - Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - link
Can i install window 7 on Compaq nc6000