This helps greatly when you're running more than a couple of applications at the same time, as the machine remains responsive when switching between the various open windows. It also helped the laptop put in a solid PC Mark 05 performance. Its score of 1816 was very healthy for a budget machine.
Things are similarly rosy when it comes to battery life. From a full charge it managed to run for 1 hour 54 minutes. That's a good 20 to 30 minutes longer than some of the other budget laptops we've looked at recently.
As you would expect from a machine with a GeForce Go 6100 chip, gaming performance isn't really anything to write home about. The chip could only help it crawl its way to a score of 179 in 3D mark, which means it hasn't really got the grunt for the latest games. But let's be honest here, nobody buys a budget laptop to play Half-Life 2.
Conclusion
There's plenty to like about this machine.
The wonderfully bright and vivid display and the impressive battery
life make it an excellent choice for watching DVDs on the move. And the
beefy processor combined with the decent helping of RAM means that, by
budget standards, it's a powerhouse when it comes to running multiple
applications at the same time.
The only real issue we have is the slightly odd keyboard arrangement. Still, if you can live with this quirk then you'll find it a seriously impressive budget option.
Edited by Jason Jenkins
Additional editing by Nick Hide
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