Comments on: The Advent of Cheap Branded Centrinos

By: Sofiaa

Sofiaa — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:58:35 +0000

My previous comment got garbled somehow.

By: red716

red716 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:58:35 +0000

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By: chubbster

chubbster — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:04:22 +0000

The Compaq Presario V2617TS is not very good at all if you are going to use it for business, i thought in the same way in where i will buy a cheap laptop just to see if it can compete against the big boys and oops NO NO NO NO NO oh did i say NO. It is ok for the first couple of months but if your are working full out on it 24/7 it will slow up on you big time if you do not defrag, empty this empty that. my advice home use maybe work no chance.

By: spiderwaui

spiderwaui — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:29:35 +0000

Hi guys,

I just bought a NEO 505GL sonoma system with intel 740(1.73GHZ) 533MHZ processor for 32K. At first, because it only has 256K DDR2-4300 which is 533 MHZ memory, I’m not satisfied with the speed. But when I upgraded my memory and added another 1gb DD2-4300 memory, It rocks hard! I played MS Freelancer at 1024×768 32-bit resolution and the gameplay was far great than my PC with older celeron 1.8GZ S478 system with 256 PC266 RAM and NVidia MX400 64MB vc. I say, higher memory with sonoma systems can also performs well as expected and not spending too much on higher branded models

By: mackoto

mackoto — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:47:42 +0000

@DarkOcelot

i just installed 10.4.7 on a neo core duo, dual booting with xp2. almost everything runs except wifi and sound. well, i guess it depends on the board. here are some of the best guides i could give you after 6 mos. of reading, but then results may still vary for you. this will surely run on a 10.4.8 too

chipset: 945
video: nvidia 9XXX series, ati x800 up
sound: anything that has ac97 codec, if you bought a realtek based sound card, there are forums that will give you patches for it
lan = realtek
wireless = atheros, broadcomm (with patches)
usb mouse = i havent tried the apple mouse

hope that helps, keyword for g.oogle is osx86. goodluck

By: red716

red716 — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:05:46 +0000

Oops forgot the website. its http://red716.wordpress.com. if ur interested in getting a good deal. tnx

By: red716

red716 — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:59:59 +0000

im importing laptops straight from the middle east. There’s no tax here and there’s no tax there once it hits manila. It makes the units pretty darn cheap. Check out the specs and prices at . Im sure u could find the laptop u want:)

By: A Missed Opportunity (My Thoughts on the Globe Innove Sponsored Bloggers’ Meetup) » The J Spot

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:36:29 +0000

[...] For instance, I’m pretty sure my writeup about my Compaq Presario V2617 and my PTB article about the price drop of branded Centrino laptops helped people make a choice about the laptops they buy. And talking about connectivity, Abe has blogged about his experiences using Smart GPRS during his stay in Vigan. Arnold has written about connecting thru Globe’s 3G at PTB. I, too, have tried PLDT’s WeRoam a year back, and the connection was really slow. Don’t forget Smart Bro! Most posts I’ve read about it say its crappy—in strong language, no less (see the Smart WiFi chronicles for links)! [...]

By: vmyap

vmyap — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:46:13 +0000

ah, I see. thanks for the info.

Well i’m using a neo laptop.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:36:22 +0000

I stand corrected. The Sonoma platform runs at 533MHz+, while older non-Sonoma Centrinos (“Carmel,” though rarely used as a marketing term) at 400MHz, right?

Apparently, these Acers are running on the Sonoma platform, since they’re on i915GM chipsets.

Cheers.