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Benq Joybook R56

Specifications

Benq Joybook R56
Benq Joybook R56
Graphics adapter
Display
15.40 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel
Weight
2.9 kg ( = 102.29 oz / 6.39 pounds), Power Supply: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
0 Euro

 

Pricecompare

Average Score: 64% - average
Average of 4 scores (from 8 reviews)
price: 76%, performance: 57%, features: 66%, display: 75% mobility: 42%, workmanship: 81%, ergonomy: 47%, emissions: 55%

Reviews for the Benq Joybook R56

Alles drin für 1099 Euro
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 1-2/08 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/12/2007
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80%
79% Benq Joybook R56
Source: PC Go German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/10/2007
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 70% features: 90% display: 80% mobility: 60% workmanship: 95%
Benq Joybook R56.G06
Source: PC Magazin - 1/08 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/07/2007
Rating: price: 90% features: 90%
70% Schlichtes Spaßbook
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 40% features: 30% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
47% Test: Benq Joybook R56
Source: PC Welt German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/30/2007
Rating: Total score: 47% price: 47% performance: 61% features: 80% mobility: 17% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 24%
60% Laptop mit schlapper Grafik
Source: Chip.de - 11/07 German
Single Review, , Short, Date: 10/22/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 90% performance: 40% features: 40% display: 90%
Für ein paar Euro mehr
Source: c't - 24/07 German
Comparison, , Long, Date: 10/16/2007
Rating: performance: 70% display: 70% mobility: 40% emissions: 70%
Sympathieträger
Source: SFT - 10/07 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 09/26/2007
Rating: performance: 40% display: 80% workmanship: 80% emissions: 40%

Comment

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G: The 8400M G is a pared-down 8400M GS with only half as much Stream Processors and a smaller memory bus. Therefore, the performance is much lower and only as fast as the old 7400 card. Only MPEG-2 acceleration.

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 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.


T7100: Entry level to mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core.» 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.


2.9 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.


64%: 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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