BenQ Enhances The Joybook R55

Another laptop with Core 2 Duo is now available. The BenQ Joybook R55 series is now shipped with a changed equipment. The two new models cost about 1200 € and differ by XP Home or Professional.

Features:

• processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Prozessor T5500 with 1,66 GHz
• video card: nVIDIA GeForce Go 7400, 128 MB, Turbo Cache
• RAM: 1 GB, upgrade up to 2 GB
• hard disc: 80GB
• display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixel, 16 ms reaction time, reflective
• optical device: 8x Double Layer DVD +/- R/RW
• connections: WLAN 802.11a+b+g, Bluetooth, 4x USB 2.0, 1x Firewire, 1x Bluetooth, 1x VGA, 1x RJ-11, 1x PCI Express, 1x S-video
• battery: Li-Ion-battery (6 cells) with 4800 mAh
• weight: 2.8 kg
• dimensions: 35.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm
• operating system: Windows XP Home / XP Professional
• software: QMusic, Power DVD, Photo Explorer, Nero Express, Power Director Pro, PC-Cillin Anti Virus and Power Director

Comments:

• NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 is a faster clocked Geforce Go 7300, which is a slightly enhanced GeForce Go 6200. The performance is a bit below average. Some current not demanding games can be played fluently with low details. For other games massive restrictions with the game settings must be tolerated. The performance is sufficient for office applications and surfing.
• The Core 2 Duo is a successor of Core Duo and Core Solo with a longer pipeline and up to 20% speed increase without to spend more current. 64-Bit EM64T command upgrade and 2 or 4 MB L2 cache characterize this processor with its 291 millions transistors, which are finished in 65 nm. The "T" variants of the Core 2 Duo are the standard versions in notebooks. They need less current than the "E", but more current than the "L" (low voltage) and "U" (ultra low voltage) variants. T5500 is the weakest of all T-standard variants of the Core 2 Duo.
• 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
• The weight is about average for this display size.
• Benq is a small international manufacturer according market shares and notebook models, which are reviewed in German- and English-speaking countries. There exist only few reviewed laptops from Benq, which achieved top positions according total rating and price/value evaluation.