Pioneer Dreambook M86
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Pioneer Dreambook M86Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1920x1200 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 3.2kg
Price: 1800 euro
Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Pioneer Dreambook M86
Source: ITNews Australia
Incredibly powerful laptop system, with a few small issues that hold it back from true glory.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 83% performance: 100% features: 67%
Source: PC Authority
Pioneer Computers is an odd beast. At one time, whitebox laptop manufacturers were common in Australia, but Pioneer Computers (not to be confused with Pioneer home entertainment) is the last one remaining (unless you count Kogan). We don't think it's worth the price, but as a high-performance laptop, it's got a lot to offer. You can, however, choose which of the performance components you really need, configuring your M86 to prices ranging from $2200 up to our $4699 beast. For flexibility, that's hard to beat.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/10/2009
Rating: price: 40% performance: 80%
Source: PC Authority
We've seen a few powerhouse laptops in our labs, but even we weren't entirely prepared for the M86. Pioneer's range includes everything from supercheap 7in netbooks through to SLI-enabled desktop-processor specificed beasts, and when we were offered a system, we plumped for a decently specified high-end system. As a high-performance laptop, it's got a lot to offer - we just wish it had a touch more style.
Leistung 80
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/08/2009
performance: 80%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M: The Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M is basically a higher clocked GeForce 9800M GTX in 55nm and based on the G92b core (therefore not compareable to the desktop GTX 260). Compared with the 9800M GTX, the GTX 260M is produced in 55nm and therefore higher clocked.
These cards are compareable to enthusiasm desktop graphics cards, like the 9800M GT. The cards have a similar core, as their desktop counterparts, but are clocked lower and often have less shader processors. Modern games like Age of Conan, Race Driver Grid, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, or Gothic 3 should run fluently with high details (Crysis should run in medium to high details).
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
T9600:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.2 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
83%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
