The Evesham Voyager X5 PM18 Widescreen Notebook

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=670' target='_blank'>http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=670</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Powerful notebooks are coming down in price all the time and the Evesham Voyager X5 PM18 is yet another affordable machine with a good set of features. The Voyager X5 is not the first of its kind to arrive at the TrustedReviews offices, but it is one of the cheapest widescreen Centrino models we have seen to date. With a 1.8GHz Pentium M745 processor and 512MB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM the Voyager X5 PM18 is powerful enough for most users, without driving up the cost too much. Adding to this is a Hitachi Travelstar 60GB 7,200 rpm hard drive with 8MB of cache and an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card with 128MB of memory. Add all this up and you have a very good all-round laptop that is capable of handling a wide range of tasks."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/2077full.jpg" /><br /><br />I'm a sucker for widescreen notebooks, so this one had my attention immediately. All in all, it looks like a decent notebook, especially for the price. Not the fastest on the block, but it won't take a serious chomp out of your wallet.

[Suhit Gupta]

I'm a sucker for widescreen notebooks, so this one had my attention immediately. All in all, it looks like a decent notebook, especially for the price. Not the fastest on the block, but it won't take a serious chomp out of your wallet.
I really should know this by now but do you actually own a 17" notebook. When I was getting the 15" powerbook for my sister, we seriously debated on whether we should get the 17" or not and decided against it because they seemed to become less portable, not to mention the much higher cost. I think this kind of notebook would make me think again because it is just so much more affordable.

Suhit

[Jason Dunn]

I really should know this by now but do you actually own a 17" notebook.

Not yet - I'm still waiting for some pieces to come together before I can order the 17" HP notebook I've been eyeing for, oh, six months. &lt;sigh>

[Suhit Gupta]

I really should know this by now but do you actually own a 17" notebook.
Not yet - I'm still waiting for some pieces to come together before I can order the 17" HP notebook I've been eyeing for, oh, six months. &lt;sigh>
Will this be a desktop replacement or are you planning to carry it places?

Suhit

[Jason Dunn]

Will this be a desktop replacement or are you planning to carry it places?

It will be a dedicated video editing workstation that will mostly sit beside my main workstation, but having it be portable is a plus for special events. But being as big as it is, it's not like I'm going to take it on a plane. ;-)

[Suhit Gupta]

But it is only 1,200 x 800 so wouldn't that be constraining for video editing after using a 1600 x 1200 (x2)? ;-)

Suhit

[Jason Dunn]

But it is only 1,200 x 800 so wouldn't that be constraining for video editing after using a 1600 x 1200 (x2)? ;-)

Nope - the model I want has a BrightView screen and 1680x1050 resolution. :P

[Suhit Gupta]

Ahh, that makes a lot more sense now. :)

Suhit