Toshiba SPM30 vs Dell Latitude 120L
I have been given two second-hand laptops of unknown age, and I want to know which is likely to be the best performing one of the two, so that I can install Windows 7 on it.
Toshiba Satellite Pro M30
Dell Latitude 120L
HDD capacity and RAM are irrelevant because I can upgrade to whatever using spare parts from other laptops. As for processor, they are
Toshiba: Pentium-M (Centrino) 1.7GHz
Dell: Celeron-M 1.6GHz
One thing to note is that the Toshiba uses DDR RAM whilst the Dell uses DDR2
Which of these two would be more likely be the better laptop to handle Windows 7?
Thanks
Toshiba Satellite Pro M30
Dell Latitude 120L
HDD capacity and RAM are irrelevant because I can upgrade to whatever using spare parts from other laptops. As for processor, they are
Toshiba: Pentium-M (Centrino) 1.7GHz
Dell: Celeron-M 1.6GHz
One thing to note is that the Toshiba uses DDR RAM whilst the Dell uses DDR2
Which of these two would be more likely be the better laptop to handle Windows 7?
Thanks
>> HDD capacity and RAM are irrelevant << wrong...imo
now from what you post, it is impossible to say, you need to look at other factors too :
cpu cache size, installed MAX ram
disk cache size, disk speed
video card performance (model) chipset
for toshiba, i found this : http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_M30__5822080
for dell : http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Latitude-120L.1619.0.html
or http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Dell_Latitude_120L__6584149
now from what you post, it is impossible to say, you need to look at other factors too :
cpu cache size, installed MAX ram
disk cache size, disk speed
video card performance (model) chipset
for toshiba, i found this : http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_M30__5822080
for dell : http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Latitude-120L.1619.0.html
or http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Dell_Latitude_120L__6584149
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>> HDD capacity and RAM are irrelevant << wrong...imo
OK, I should have explained this a bit better. For whichever laptop I choose I will be putting in an 80GB IDE (PATA) HDD. And as for RAM, there will be 2GB in either machine, so 2GB of DDR in the Toshiba and 2GB of DDR2 in the Dell.
I'm not looking for benchmark test figures or anything - I just want a general estimate based on the details I've given, and the details in the link given by nobus.
Thanks
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Toshiba is excellent.