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regismeller   11-12-2009 at 07:53:19 AM

Hi people,

Is a my first post in forum, I´m a brazilian, I live in Brazil and need us help. My cousin live in london and will go back to Brazil, so I asked him to bring a notebook to me.

I have doubts between two models.

1) Toshiba A500-17X 16" Widescreen

* Intel Core 2 Duo processor P7450 (2.13Ghz, 1066Mhz, 3MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows (R) 7 Home Premium
* 4GB Memory DDR2 800MHz FSB
* 500GB Hard drive 5400RPM
* Nvidia GT 230M 1GB GDDR3
* Harman Kardon Speakers
* HDMI connectivity
* DVD+RW

2) Packard Bell IPOWER GX-M-010 17" widescreen


* Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26Ghz, 1066Mhz, 3MB Cache)
* Genuine Windows (R) Vista Home Premium
* 4GB Memory DDR3 1066MHz FSB
* 500GB Hard drive 5400RPM
* Nvidia 9800GTS 1GB GDDR3
* HDMI connectivity
* DVD+RW

Config of the PB is better, I know! But I don´t know this brand. Don´t exist in Brazil!

Wich the better choice?

Thanks a lot!

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hypocrisyforever   11-12-2009 at 05:04:01 PM

From personal experience: Toshiba laptop's are good and stable.

Packard Bell = Horrible brand (albeit i can only speak for several years past, I do not know if they have improved).

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regismeller   11-12-2009 at 05:51:34 PM

I already suspected that!

Thanks for your response!

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daredevilxxx   11-13-2009 at 05:04:44 PM

actually no one want tell exact answer for your question but generally packard bell users satisfied by their laptop and they think packard bell is really good brand.also acer bought %75 percent of packard bell but that does not mean packard bell quality decrease.Shortly packard bell can be choosen that is good brand.high probably i am gonna change my acer with packard bell.(for toshiba a few persons say that toshiba quality decrease in these days).if i were in your shoes i choose packard bell

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daredevilxxx   11-13-2009 at 05:07:26 PM

Don´t exist in Brazil!
but if pb does not exist in brazil so no services and quarantee ,you have to one choice that is toshiba :D

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hypocrisyforever   11-18-2009 at 06:17:50 PM
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regismeller   11-25-2009 at 04:54:24 AM

Thank´s people! This news is very interesting but a bit exaggerated! I think the values are oversized! But it provides some sense!

Toshiba chose! Brand made a difference!

Regards!

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