toshiba notebook $1599 CDN (~$1000 USD)

[melly]

future shop only has 3 of these warm deals left. i went into best buy today to do a little research on notebooks, and saw the following item. note that best buy canada does not offer online shopping, but sells this notebook for $100 less than futureshop!


full details for those who don't want to click the link ...

The Toshiba Satellite 1110-DSW is the ultimate all-in-one system, with a super fast Mobile Celeron 2.0GHz processor and plenty of memory at 256MB for web-surfing and email checking. It features a large 14.1" XGA TFT screen for watching DVD rentals or for report typing, a 30GB hard drive to store MP3 music, downloads from the internet, and a v.92 modem and network card so you can get online both at home or at work. ** Pre-loaded with Windows XP ** More Info

WebID: 10025037
Mfr. Part Number: PS111C-00DSW
Audio Type Realtek ALC202A 16-Bit Stereo Sound
Average Battery Life 2 Hours
Battery Type Lithium Ion
Cache 256 KB Cache
CPU Speed 2.0 GHz
CPU Type Intel Celeron
Disk Drive 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Fax/Modem 56K V.92 Modem
Hard Drive 30 GB 4200RPM
I/O Ports 3 USB, Parallel, RGB, TV
Included In Box Battery, AC Adapter
Network Card 10/100 Ethernet
Optical Drives CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Other Software Toshiba Utilities
PC Card Slots 2 Type II or 1 Type III
Pointing Device Touchpad
Preloaded Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Product Dimensions 32.2 (W) x 27.7 (D) x 3.6 (H) cm
Product Weight 3.17 kg
RAM (Preloaded / Maximum) 256 MB SDRAM
Screen Size 14.1"
Screen Type TFT XGA
Speakers Built-In Stereo Speakers
System Bus 400 MHz
Video Type ATI Mobility Radeon 16MB Shared Video
Warranty 1 Year Parts & Labour


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Also 16MB of ATI Mobility Radeon DDRAM is dedicated, so that you can also run the most current games at incredible speeds! Or use the DVD/CDRW combo drive to make your own CDs! The Satellite 1110 - DSW is Toshiba's entry-level all-in-one Celeron system at an amazing 2.0GHz speed with DVD/CDRW combo dirve and dual screen technology that runs two programs on two screens simultaneously. For games 16 MB of dedicated Video RAM comes with ATI's Mobility Radeon graphics, 400MHz bus speed for 4 times information flow, and TV-out to show whatever is on your screen (ie movie) on a TV. Surf the web on the brilliant 14.1 TFT active matrix screen and check emails on your external monitor all at the same time!

Pre-loaded with Windows XP

Please note: This product only contains English operating instructions and system software.

questions i have: 1. would the video card be suitable for gaming? (splinter cell, halflife, etc...) if not, is it easy to upgrade a video card for a notebook?

thanks to rossman for answering some questions already

edit: what's the difference between PC Card Slots 2 Type II or 1 Type III " ?

 

[007bond]

$1600 CDN dollars is certainly not $2000 USD first of all.

Secondly, that video card would not be good for gaming, it uses shared video memory and sounds like it is a fairly old ATI chip.
Also, laptop video cards are generally non upgradeable.

 

[Hawk]

a Radeon should play Half-Life fine, it is a what, ~6 year old game now. I think it's pretty much impossible to upgrade a video card on a laptop, or at least extremely difficult. And 1599 CDN is like 1000 US isn't it?

(I think it says the video memory is dedicated)

 

[melly]

lol sorry i was thinking backwards!

 

[ai42]

FYI you guys somebody at least look it up...

$1600 CAD = $1100 USD

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: 007bond
$1600 CDN dollars is certainly not $2000 USD first of all.

Secondly, that video card would not be good for gaming, it uses shared video memory and sounds like it is a fairly old ATI chip.
Also, laptop video cards are generally non upgradeable.

ummm...$1600 canadian is $1,100.63...if you ever flame on caramel again I will be forced to throw my stinky sock at you

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: rudeguy5757

Originally posted by: 007bond
$1600 CDN dollars is certainly not $2000 USD first of all.

Secondly, that video card would not be good for gaming, it uses shared video memory and sounds like it is a fairly old ATI chip.
Also, laptop video cards are generally non upgradeable.

ummm...$1600 canadian is $1,100.63...if you ever flame on caramel again I will be forced to throw my stinky sock at you

lol...i averaged it based on an exchange rate of 1.50. that would be roughly 1066 bux, and i felt like rounding down instead of up! math sux.

 

[007bond]

Originally posted by: rudeguy5757

Originally posted by: 007bond
$1600 CDN dollars is certainly not $2000 USD first of all.

Secondly, that video card would not be good for gaming, it uses shared video memory and sounds like it is a fairly old ATI chip.
Also, laptop video cards are generally non upgradeable.

ummm...$1600 canadian is $1,100.63...if you ever flame on caramel again I will be forced to throw my stinky sock at you

What are you talking about? I never said $1600 candaian wasn't U.S. $1,100.63. I just said $1600 canadian is definitely not $2000 U.S. And I certainly was not flaming, just wanted to point out his mistake so he could correct it.

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: 007bond

Originally posted by: rudeguy5757

Originally posted by: 007bond
$1600 CDN dollars is certainly not $2000 USD first of all.

Secondly, that video card would not be good for gaming, it uses shared video memory and sounds like it is a fairly old ATI chip.
Also, laptop video cards are generally non upgradeable.

ummm...$1600 canadian is $1,100.63...if you ever flame on caramel again I will be forced to throw my stinky sock at you

What are you talking about? I never said $1600 candaian wasn't U.S. $1,100.63. I just said $1600 canadian is definitely not $2000 U.S. And I certainly was not flaming, just wanted to point out his mistake so he could correct it.

i'm a she

 

[007bond]

I apologize for my mistake, I shouldn't assume.