the very modest price. With a weight of a mere 1.85 kg, it is every travel workers dream, you can work for hours and never feel the burden getting heavier and heavier by the hour. But though it is so light weight, you can't still help but notice that the whole exterior of the device is still solid and very much stable. Making it very worthy to display in any event you want to. Another plus factor that we like the slim palm rest. I think it is fair to say that the manufacturers put the customers comfort as a high priority.With a 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of memory and an 80Gb hard disk. The system is also not far from giving you any trouble in its performance. The graphics may not work as good you expect when it comes to 3D games. But X56 aims to be a good office buddy rather a games pal so no harm to that I guess. It also has USB ports and a Firewire connectors to easily add any add-ons you wish to add and a network port, a 56k modem and built-in wireless networking provide connections to the outside world.
There are tons of things you can do with the X56, beating the task of finding any fault with the system. You can quickly transfer digital photos through a 4 in 1 memory card reader. Another features include an Express card slot and a dual-layer DVD writer. CyberLink’s Power2Go and PowerDVD for burning discs and watching movies respectively are also available. With a battery life of 4 hours and the system BIOS allows for calibration to get the most from the rechargeable cell. With all the words said, there really is no catch in it, its one great notebook that rolled portability, high performance and affordability in one.
Beware! Whilst the Philips x56 is great, there are some drawbacks. The major one is that due to a conflict of hardware somewhere or other, getting the x56 to work with Linux is next to impossible. This may be resolved by future Linux distributions, but waiting around for that may not be something you want. The problem prevents Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, etc) installing at all, or even running from a Live CD.
The other - and relatively minor - faults are to do with the laptops physical design. Speakers are positioned underdeath (why?), though sound isn't too bad. The USB connections are in upside down (not really a hinderance), there's no manual volume control except for through the Fn+F8/9 key combination (annoying), and the lovely silver finish is easy to chip/scratch.
This may sound like a lot, but if you're a Windows devotee I think this laptop is great for the price and performance, battery life and portability.
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