Xeno
Recommended Award
PC Advisor (June '02)
Rock is back in the awards this month with the Xeno.
This powerhouse of a notebook packs a 2GHz Pentium 4 processor
and 512Mb RAM to pull in a WorldBench 4 score of 99. This
isn't the highest score in the chart, but it beats previous
P4-powered entries, so it's using this desktop processor to
the best effect. Because the Xeno doesn't use a dearer mobile
processor the price is kept low, although battery life will
suffer. The Rock comes with 30GB of hard drive storage and
a combined DVD/CD-RW drive. Graphics are provided by an ATI
Mobility M6 card with 16MB of DDR (double data rate) RAM,
so they are superior to the onboard graphics still found on
the Agenda SI. Software is thin on the ground, but it is protected
by a 2 year collect-and-return warranty.
| MODEL |
Rock Xeno |
| RATING |
Recommended Award |
| PRO'S |
....... |
| CON'S |
....... |
| VERDICT |
Powerhouse of a notebook |
| PROCESSOR |
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2GHz processor |
| RAM |
512Mb |
| HARD DISK |
30Gb |
| DISPLAY |
14.1 XGA TFT |
| DRIVES |
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive |
| OTHER |
10/100Mbps Internal LAN |
| OTHER |
Internal 56k modem and IEEE 1394 Firewire |
| OTHER |
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| WARRANTY |
2 Year Collect and Return |
| PRICE |
£1,512 (ex vat) |
| WINSTONE |
N/A |
PC Advisor Recommended Award
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