Saturday, February 6, 2010

Toshiba Satellite E205 (with Intel Wireless Display) review

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PCMark Vantage
3DMark06
Toshiba Satellite E205 (2.2GHz Core i5, GMA HD)5187
1920
Acer Aspire 5738PG (2.55GHz Corcouple Duo, ATI Radeon 4570)4049
3098
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge (1.3GHzcouplere 2 Duo, GMA)2955905


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Wrap-up

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