• Gigabyte W551N

    Gigabyte W551N

    Frazier Barretto, Sep 27, 2006 1501 hrs IST

    The Gigabyte W551N is from the new line of Dual Core notebooks from, of course, Gigabyte.

    Dual Core, Decent build quality, Excellent performance, 80 GB HDD, FireWire, SPDIF, 15.4-inch widescreen

    Laptop heats up on the left side, Bland looks

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It's been over two months now that we had a Laptop in our test-labs, the main reason being the introduction of the Core Duo laptops in the market and the shortage of them.

The last laptop we tested was from the same company, Gigabyte, whose Core Duo laptop we have today. The laptop looks like it's reincarnated and poses an all new fresh appeal to mobile-computing. The Gigabyte W551N is from the new line of Dual Core notebooks from, of course, Gigabyte. The Dual Core processors make possible effective and faster mobile computing.



Let's dive into the review by first taking a look at its specification.

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Intel Dual Core T2300E (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz, 2 MB L2 Cache)

Intel 945 Chipset

512 MB DDR2 RAM

15.4-inch WXGA TFT LCD

nVIDIA Go 7400

80 GB HDD 5400 rpm

8x DVD-RW (Dual Layer)

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(12) Comments
natlee
,brandon, on Aug 08, 2007 01:49 AM
please help me connect to internet using dial up. have done so in past as an aol guest member.
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Brink
,Johannesburg SA, on Oct 16, 2006 03:49 PM
My PCMCIA card fits in the slot, but only goes in about halfway. The Front right quarter of the slot is blocked and there is no pins inside the port, it looks like a type of scsi connector on the inside
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vijay
,Bangalore, on Sep 28, 2006 03:23 PM
Dude "rip" Go back and look at the article. The TechTree guys have changed the 60GB to 80GB. And you are telling me to get my terms right !! ha ha ha ha seriously... ha ha ha.. Get a life man.
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Jim
,Mumbai, on Sep 27, 2006 10:09 PM
Dell Inspiron 6400 for Rs.55000 (all inclusive with delivery charges in Mumbai) seems a better deal. You can upgrade to DVD burner for ~Rs.1450 more
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Chinmay
,new york, on Sep 27, 2006 11:36 PM
i bought this laptop for ~40K.. only thing is, i boght it in USA and cost me $787.
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vijayshimla
,Shimla 171001, on Sep 28, 2006 10:45 AM
LAPTOPS Dualcore-Actually with the introduction of Core2Duo processors in laptops-the rates of Dualcore laptops have fallen greatly in the USA and all over the world-Toadys deal for this laptop Dell Inspiron 6400 (& eq. E-1505) is--- Core2 duo available. $20 drop. Dell Home has the Dell Inspiron E1505 Dual Core notebook (Inspiron 6400) w/ Core Duo 1.6GHz, 15.4 inch WXGA w/ TrueLife, 512MB DDR2, 60GB SATA, DVD/CDRW, 56k/NIC, 802.11b/g Wireless, XP Media Center Edition, 1yr warranty for only $649 w/ free shipping. GUYS this makes it Rs. 28724-00 shipped WITH ORIGINAL WINDOWS & 1 YEAR WARRANTY- JUST IMAGINE how we indians are being scrxxed by the laptop companies. India we have previlege to pay TWICE THE AMOUNT- Mera bharat mahan !!!
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ashbey
,delhi, on Sep 27, 2006 11:47 PM
Core Duo, I think we were moving to Core 2 Duo
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New at computer
,Delhi, on Sep 27, 2006 10:07 PM
Hey gyus can u tell me the use of the key named "Fn" on the keyboard.it is situated just below the "Enter" And just right to the "Shift" key. Please help me I m sorting it for a long time. one thing I have found If u press "Fn+F11" the keyboard keys gets Locked u need to pess it again to unlock.
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Jim
,Mumbai, on Sep 27, 2006 10:14 PM
Fn is a function key which is used to operate special functions on the keyboard which are represented by the same color. Like pressing Shift and an alphabet to type capitals. Fn key alongwith brightness buttons can be used to increase decrease the brightness of screen. Same goes for volume control and enabling projector, etc. O tainnu laptop kinne ditta bhutni-de :)
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Sourabh
,Mumbai, on Sep 27, 2006 07:24 PM
quote:introduction of the Core Duo laptops in the market and the shortage of them When all the manufacturers have their lineups filled with core duo, intel plans to shift nearly 85% of its same to core duo by this year end, the core duo based laptops have been there past early August in India. Hell even meroms thanks to Dell. Almost every manufacturer in the market has core duo laptops in huge numbers and you report lack of availability? can you throw some light on it? As for as the laptop, I would rather buy a Inspiron 6400 customized.
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vijay
,Bangalore, on Sep 27, 2006 05:11 PM
"The laptop has a 80 GB HDD that runs at 5400 rpm,..." "This way the 60 GB HDD will be an adequate storage." 80GB or 60GB; Make up your mind !!
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rip
,Delhi, on Sep 27, 2006 05:20 PM
ass, didn't you read the intermediate part which talked about dvd rw dual layer burners and backup??.. you seriously need to get to terms with your english dude.
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