GaryBr
Hi Guys,
I took delivery of a new Toshiba X200-219 yesterday, spent the day loading on VDJ, transferring my music etc and generally getting it ready to take to wok last night.
The Laptop arried with a yellow line on the screen (dcreen fault, not driver issue) so will be replaced, but I decided to try it out anway, with the view being if I don't like it, when the new boxed replacment arrives I can either send it back unopened and sealed for a refund.
It came with ots of Toshiba brand bundled software/utilities, which I removed straight off, apart from that I didn't make any changes to the laptop configuration or set up.
I dived straight in with 'full perormance' settings on VDJ and my Maya44usb set to 'fast'
I set up the SLI graphics so 1 card powered the laptop and the second card supplied the output.
It worked a dream, no problems at all and I was very impressed. I run VDJ with Sonique, Text2D, screen resizer, titler and show logo turned on, and the CPU performance ws about the 30% mark. (While playing videos it was considerably lower, about 20%)
I've only used it once, so I will add to this as I go along with any extra info, or answer ny questions people have if they are thinking of buying this machine.
Full specification is here:
http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=137380
I took delivery of a new Toshiba X200-219 yesterday, spent the day loading on VDJ, transferring my music etc and generally getting it ready to take to wok last night.
The Laptop arried with a yellow line on the screen (dcreen fault, not driver issue) so will be replaced, but I decided to try it out anway, with the view being if I don't like it, when the new boxed replacment arrives I can either send it back unopened and sealed for a refund.
It came with ots of Toshiba brand bundled software/utilities, which I removed straight off, apart from that I didn't make any changes to the laptop configuration or set up.
I dived straight in with 'full perormance' settings on VDJ and my Maya44usb set to 'fast'
I set up the SLI graphics so 1 card powered the laptop and the second card supplied the output.
It worked a dream, no problems at all and I was very impressed. I run VDJ with Sonique, Text2D, screen resizer, titler and show logo turned on, and the CPU performance ws about the 30% mark. (While playing videos it was considerably lower, about 20%)
I've only used it once, so I will add to this as I go along with any extra info, or answer ny questions people have if they are thinking of buying this machine.
Full specification is here:
http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=137380
Posted Fri 16 Nov 07 @ 12:43 pm
jimmy b
Very nice Gary, hope it serves you well. I've got a mid range Satellite pro, it's only a bady compaired to your new one, but I've had it now for about 7 months with no big issues.
I don't do video yet so I haven't pushed mine but it does the job I want it to do.
Don't you hate all that crap thats pre installed on them.
Jimmy b
Posted Fri 16 Nov 07 @ 3:48 pm
GaryBr
jimmy b wrote :
Very nice Gary, hope it serves you well. I've got a mid range Satellite pro, it's only a bady compaired to your new one, but I've had it now for about 7 months with no big issues.
I don't do video yet so I haven't pushed mine but it does the job I want it to do.
Don't you hate all that crap thats pre installed on them.
Jimmy b
Very nice Gary, hope it serves you well. I've got a mid range Satellite pro, it's only a bady compaired to your new one, but I've had it now for about 7 months with no big issues.
I don't do video yet so I haven't pushed mine but it does the job I want it to do.
Don't you hate all that crap thats pre installed on them.
Jimmy b
Yes, I thought my HP was bad for installed software but the Tosh is even worse!! How much stuff do they think we need? I guess they think it adds value to to purchase price, but its just a pain in the arse. I had about 15 icons in the bottom right of my screen when I first booted up!!
Posted Fri 16 Nov 07 @ 4:30 pm
jimmy b
It takes you longer to uninstall all the crap, than it does to set windows up.
I had Norton installed on mine, I use Mcafee, don't like Norton so I had to try and get rid off it, it was a right b*****d to shift.
Jimmy b
Posted Fri 16 Nov 07 @ 4:37 pm
GaryBr
Ok, well Toshiba replaced the laptop, and i've done a couple of gigs with it.
I'm extremely happy with this set-up. No tweaking needed at all and i'm running on best performance settings with the Maya44usb on 'fast'
I use mainly videos and have about 3 or 4 plug-ins running at the same time.
Its a joy to use
Gary
I'm extremely happy with this set-up. No tweaking needed at all and i'm running on best performance settings with the Maya44usb on 'fast'
I use mainly videos and have about 3 or 4 plug-ins running at the same time.
Its a joy to use
Gary
Posted Sun 02 Dec 07 @ 12:24 pm