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Experience mobility at a price you can afford. With its cool blue distinctive design, advanced connectivity and impressive graphics for enhanced viewing the Equium A60 offers... more
Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Video Memory: Shared video memory (UMA)
Audio
Audio Output: Sound card
Input device(s)
Type: Keyboard, touchpad
Telecom
Modem: Fax / modem
Max Transfer Rate: 56 Kbps
Protocols & Specifications: ITU V.90, ITU V.17
Features: V.92 upgradable
Networking
Networking: Network adapter
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Manufacturer's product description
Experience mobility at a price you can afford. With its cool blue distinctive design, advanced connectivity and impressive graphics for enhanced viewing the Equium A60 offers excellent performance and mobility at a price you can afford.
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slots Total (Free):
1 ( 1 ) x PC Card - type II
2 memory
Interfaces:
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
Advantages screen size, optical drive, TV out Disadvantages battery life, over heating tendency
...I have no problems with my EquiumA60, which is almost two years old now, but the short battery life, about 1.5 hrs maximum, means it isn't really useful as a laptop for long periods. If used on your lap, it also has a tendency to over heat, which shuts it down without warning and was quite scary the first time. I don't know how common a problem this is with modern laptops, though, and a tray or other hard surface eliminates that problem.
This model doesn't come with built in Wi-fi, which is, for me, not that big a deal since it does come with PCMCIA slot and 3 x USB2, so could have wi-fi fairly simply.
Does have a Matshita DVD multi drive (CD, DVD +/- RW / DVD-RAM) which works quite well but is a bit fussy about brands of media, and comes with sonic record now installed, though it requires an upgrade to burn to DVD...
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12/16/2006
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