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Advent Roma 3000

Specifications

Advent Roma 3000
Advent Roma 3000
Display
15.60 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
2.9 kg ( = 102.29 oz / 6.39 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
550 Euro
Sold in
UK

 

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Average Score: 64.5% - average
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

Reviews for the Advent Roma 3000

60% Advent Roma 3000 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
A great 15" laptop for those on a budget, but the keyboard disappoints. Advent is PC world's in-house brand, and produces a range of laptops for a broad spectrum of users. The Roma 3000 represents good value for money at a competitive price, despite a few unfortunate design flaws. Despite its poor keyboard, the Advent Roma 3000 is a likeable machine that does its job well. It looks great, will run all your office software and comes with a very attractive price tag.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/10/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
69% Advent Roma 3000 review
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
The £350 Advent Roma 1000 is the cheapest Windows 7 laptop available at the moment, but it's also one of the slowest. About only £80 more buys the Roma 3000. It has the same chassis, but an improved specification. An improved specification makes the Advent Roma 3000 a better all-rounder than the cheaper Roma 1000, but its weak battery life and lacklustre 3D graphics are disappointing. It's still a solid budget buy, but it's worth checking out other Windows 7 offerings before reaching for your credit card.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/22/2009
Rating: Total score: 69%

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 Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.


T4300:

Entry - middle class dual core CPU with 1 MB level 2 cache and no virtualization technology. Compared to the Core 2 Duo line, some power saving mechanism are deactivated. 

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


15.60":

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.


2.9 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.


64.5%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.


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

 

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Devices from a different Manufacturer and/or with a different CPU

Asus UL50AT
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Core 2 Duo SU7300
MSI VR630
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Mobile Sempron SI-40

Devices with the same GPU and/or Screen Size

HP Pavilion dv6-1230us
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Core 2 Duo T6500, 3.5 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

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

Devices from the same Manufacturer

Advent Tacto 11.6 inch
HD Graphics 2500, Celeron 1017U, 11.60", 1.5 kg
Advent Vega Tegra Note 7
GeForce Tegra 4, Tegra 4, 7.00", 0.32 kg
Advent Monza N2
Radeon HD 4250, Athlon II N330, 15.60", 2.8 kg
Advent Zuni
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150, Atom N455, 10.10", 1.2 kg
Advent Vega
GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), Tegra 2 (250), 10.10", 0.7 kg
Advent Eclipse E300
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Celeron Dual-Core SU2300, 13.00", 1.7 kg
Advent Sienna 510
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Core i5 430M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
Advent Sienna 700
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Core i7 620M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
Advent Sienna 710
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Core i7 620M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
Advent Verona
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, Celeron M 743, 13.30", 1.6 kg
Advent Milano
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, Atom N270, 10.20", 1.2 kg
Advent Roma 1000
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Celeron M 900, 15.60", 2.9 kg
Current Prices
Stefan Hinum, 2009-12-14 (Update: 2012-05-26)