i8600 vs Toshiba M20

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I'm thinking of buying a i8600 configered similarily or this toshiba below.
What do you guys think? I have a dell i8100 rit now but the toshiba seems
cheaper or at least not more expensive as it was when i bought my i8100

Mfr. Part Number: PSM30C-7100K
Audio Type Harman/Kardon Stereo
Average Battery Life 3 Hours
Battery Type Lithium Ion
Cache 32KB/8KB L1, 1MB L2
CPU Speed 1.6 GHz
CPU Type Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Fax/Modem 56K V.92 Modem
Hard Drive 80GB HDD
I/O Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x Parallel; See Below
Included In Box AC Adapter, Power Cord, Recovery CD
Network Card 10/100, 802.11g High-Speed Wireless
Optical Drives DVD-R/RW DVD Burner
Other Software Utilities, WinDVD4, Drag 'n Drop CD+DVD
PC Card Slots 1 Type II
Pointing Device Touchpad
Preloaded Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Product Dimensions 36.0(W) x 2.5(H) x 27.0(D) cm
Product Weight 2.9 kg
RAM (Preloaded / Maximum) 512MB DDR RAM (Exp. To 2.0GB)
Removable Storage Optional - Sold Separately
Screen Size 15.4"
Screen Type WXGA+ TFT
Speakers Direct 3D Sound
System Bus 400 MHz
Video Type GeForceGo 5200 64MB, 200MHz, 128-Bit

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I have had the 8600 since sept. 2003. Very happy, no problems.
I have a 60 gig drive, sxvga 64mb, 512 ram, 1.3 Ghz, and it last almost
4 hours.



Inspiration wrote:
> I'm thinking of buying a i8600 configered similarily or this toshiba below.
> What do you guys think? I have a dell i8100 rit now but the toshiba seems
> cheaper or at least not more expensive as it was when i bought my i8100
>
> Mfr. Part Number: PSM30C-7100K
> Audio Type Harman/Kardon Stereo
> Average Battery Life 3 Hours
> Battery Type Lithium Ion
> Cache 32KB/8KB L1, 1MB L2
> CPU Speed 1.6 GHz
> CPU Type Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
> Fax/Modem 56K V.92 Modem
> Hard Drive 80GB HDD
> I/O Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x Parallel; See Below
> Included In Box AC Adapter, Power Cord, Recovery CD
> Network Card 10/100, 802.11g High-Speed Wireless
> Optical Drives DVD-R/RW DVD Burner
> Other Software Utilities, WinDVD4, Drag 'n Drop CD+DVD
> PC Card Slots 1 Type II
> Pointing Device Touchpad
> Preloaded Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> Product Dimensions 36.0(W) x 2.5(H) x 27.0(D) cm
> Product Weight 2.9 kg
> RAM (Preloaded / Maximum) 512MB DDR RAM (Exp. To 2.0GB)
> Removable Storage Optional - Sold Separately
> Screen Size 15.4"
> Screen Type WXGA+ TFT
> Speakers Direct 3D Sound
> System Bus 400 MHz
> Video Type GeForceGo 5200 64MB, 200MHz, 128-Bit
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