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On the surface, the C7000 looks like any ordinary business notebook, but below the charcoal grey exterior you'll find a highly promising specification. Its 512MB of Ram is standard fare, but it is one of the first portables we have seen that features a 2GHz Dothan processor. Intel's latest mobile offering has twice the cache of previous Pentium M processors and can achieve higher clock speeds, while consuming around 10 per cent less power.
In our benchmark tests, the C7000 racked up a Sysmark score of 156. This is one of the highest scores we've seen, but is lower than the 167 achieved by the Asus M6B00N, which uses an identical processor. Fortunately, amends are made thanks to the three hours, 25 minutes of battery life.
Notebooks aren't renowned for their graphics abilities, but the C7000 fared well. Its 128MB Radeon 9600 graphics card helped it achieve a 3Dmark03 score of 2,562. It can't compete with the Radeon 9700 seen in the Asus M6B00N, but you'll be able to play any of your favourite games at lower detail.
The rest of the C7000's specification is impressive. The review model features a 3-in-1 memory card reader along with a 60GB hard disk. Hi-Grade has also included an integrated multiformat DVD rewriter, which is capable of writing to plus, minus and Ram media.
The C7000 is a solid and well-specified notebook that provides strong performance and good value for money.
Contact: Hi-Grade
www.higrade.com
Specifications:
- Intel 2GHz Pentium M
- 512MB of DDR Ram
- 60GB hard drive
- 15in XGA/SVGA display
- Internal four-speed DVD-RW
- 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card
- 326 x 270 x 30.3mm (w x d x h)
- 2.9kg
- Windows XP Home
- Panda Antivirus
- 2yrs C&R warranty
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Good battery life for a 15in screen laptop, plus a fingerprint scanner for security 19 Aug 2004All Notebooks & Tablets PCs
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