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Advent 5712

Specifications

Advent 5712
Advent 5712
Processor
Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1600 2 x 1.7 GHz, Merom
Display
15.40 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
2.7 kg ( = 95.24 oz / 5.95 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
400 Euro
Sold in
UK

 

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Average Score: 70% - average
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

Reviews for the Advent 5712

70% Advent 5712 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
Advent's laptop has a stunning 15" screen and great storage, but is flawed by poor overall performance. The Advent 5712 is something of a mixed bag. Its excellent screen and storage make it ideal for basic home use, but its poor battery life and low performance are bettered by almost all rivals. You may be able to find a better option.
70
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/26/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Celeron Dual-Core: The Intel Celeron Dual-Core familiy consists out of dual core CPUs for cheap laptops. Compared to the Celeron M single core family the biggest advantage (in addition to the second core) is the Enhanced Speedstep function, which enables the notebook to downclock the CPU in Idle mode. Therefore, the current consumption can be much lower. Compared to the Core (2) Duo or Pentium Dual-Core processors, the Celeron Cual-Core features much less L2 Cache which leads to a lower performance per clock.


T1600:

Merom based dual core processor with a reduced feature set (power saving functions, virtualization features) with a small level 2 cache.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


2.7 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.


Advent: This is the laptop brand of the hardware magazine PC World. The marketing focusses UK. Reviews of Advent-Laptops are relatively frequent and not only by PC World.


70%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.


» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

 

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Core 2 Duo SU7300
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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Pentium Dual Core T4300

Devices with the same GPU and/or Screen Size

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Core 2 Duo T6500, 3.5 kg
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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Atom N270, 4.3 kg

Devices with the same GPU

Advent Quantum Q100
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Celeron M 900, 14.00", 2 kg
ASRock F14
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Celeron Dual-Core T1400, 14.00", 2.1 kg
Averatec N3440
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Pentium Dual Core T3400, 13.30", 1.5 kg
Averatec N3400
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Pentium Dual Core T3400, 13.30", 1.5 kg
MSI VR630
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Mobile Sempron SI-40, 16.00", 2.6 kg

Devices with Same Screen Size and/or Weight

Advent Monza E1
Radeon HD 6320, E-Series E-450, 15.60", 2.5 kg
Advent Roma 2000
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, Celeron M 900, 15.60", 2.9 kg
Advent Altro
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, Celeron M 723, 13.30", 1.6 kg
Advent Roma
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M, Celeron M 900, 15.60", 2.9 kg
Advent 5611
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M, Celeron Dual-Core T1600, 15.40", 2.9 kg

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Advent Sienna 710
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Core i7 620M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
Advent Verona
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Advent Milano
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Advent 4214
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Advent 6555
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Stefan Hinum, 2009-06-16 (Update: 2012-05-26)