ASRock M15

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40% ASRock M15
Source: Digital Versus Archive.org version
ASRock is well known for bringing out motherboards with attractive price/quality ratios. For some time now, the budget brand of the well-known manufacturer Asus, has also been producing a laptop range following the same recipe. An all-round model at the price of a netbook and delivered without a pre-installed OS. Something for those on a small budget then, as well as Linux fans. The ASRock M15 isn’t a bad machine when you look at its pricing. You find better elsewhere but pay more! Well equipped, performance on this laptop is limited and it has a glossy panel!
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 40%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M: The graphics core of the Intel GL40 and GS40 chipset features a slower clocked GMA 4500MHD (400 versus 533 MHz). Because of the slower core speed, full Blu-Ray Logo support is not given and the gaming performance is a bit worse.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» 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.

T1400:

» 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.

2.6 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.

ASRock: ASRock is a Taiwanese company that specializes in manufacturing motherboards, graphics cards and mini PCs. The company was founded in 2002 as a subcontractor of Asus and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

The company also has a strong presence in the gaming industry, as many of its motherboards are designed specifically for gamers and offer features like overclocking and RGB lighting.

ASRock has also developed a line of mini PCs that offer a compact alternative to traditional desktop computers. The company also has a strong presence in the eSports community, as it regularly signs sponsorship deals with professional eSports teams.

40%: This rating is bad and very rare. There are only a few models that are rated so poorly. If the source is reputable, then a purchase is probably not advisable.

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

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