I’m thirteen now, and I want to be a marine biologist and teach scuba diving in my spare time. I’m certified now with NAUI diving. What can I do to work towards being a scuba instructor?
Toshiba Satellite 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook PC (A215-S4697)
TOS A215S4697
• AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52
• 160GB hard drive
• Burns DVDs and CDs • 1GB of DDR2 memory
• Built-in 802.11bg wireless
• Windows Vista Home Premium
Toshiba Satellite 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook PC (A215-S4697)
Mid-size notebook: The Toshiba Satellite A215-S4697 is a mid-size notebook, perfect for light traveling or staying at home. This notebook has more than enough dual-core processing power for basic computing, entertainment and online communication—everything most people need.
Dual core/64-bit processing: The 1.6GHz AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL-52 has two processing engines that work together, providing much more power than standard 1.6GHz processors. This processor can also process 64 bits of information at once, twice as much as older 32-bit processors. AMD PowerNow! enhances mobile performance and extends battery life.
This notebook features 1GB of advanced DDR2 system memory—enough to easily handle most computing tasks.
HyperTransport technology works like a fully-integrated frontside bus that increases bandwidth, reduces bottlenecks and enables processors to work more efficiently.
L2 caches keep data neat, organized, and nearby so processors can retrieve it quickly. This 2 x 512KB L2 cache will give the processor a little boost.
Hard drive: This 160GB hard drive has more than enough room for the typical collection of music, movies and multimedia. This drive’s data disks spin at 5400rpm. The faster they spin, the faster the data is read and written.
Go wireless: Built-in 802.11bg wireless LAN gives you a fast connection to the most popular networks and wireless peripherals.
DVD SuperMulti drive: Burn DVDs and CDs to share your files, music mixes or home movies. You can even burn DVD-RAM discs—specially-formatted discs that let you drag and drop, or write and rewrite your files up to 100,000 times.
Widescreen display: This 15.4” widescreen features 1280 x 800 pixel (WXGA) resolution, providing sharp detail and plenty of room for whatever you want to view.
Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Home Premium: This is the operating system for homes with advanced computer needs. And Vista Premium features the elegant new Aero interface. You’ll be able to use your notebook more effectively and enjoy new entertainment experiences—all with the benefit of added security and reliability.
Graphics and audio: This notebook features ATI Radeon® X1200 graphics and 319MB of shared video memory—drawn from system memory. You’ll be ready to enjoy fast-moving games and video. Built-in stereo speakers round out your multimedia enjoyment.
ExpressCard/54 slot: ExpressCard is an emerging standard in smaller, faster PC card solutions. This slot is compatible with ExpressCard/54 as well as ExpressCard/34. Use it to add memory, graphics upgrades or security devices.
Media card reader: Seamlessly transfer images from your digital camera, MP3 player or camcorder. This 5-in-1 reader is compatible with Secure Digital, xD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and MultiMedia Card.
Get connected: One FireWire, one S-video and four USB ports let you connect to TVs, cameras, peripherals and more.
Software bundle:
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Works 8.5 and Office Home and Student 2007 Edition (60-day trial)
Sun® Java™ 2 Runtime Environment
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Google™ Desktop and Toolbar
McAfee Internet Security Suite (30-day trial)
Ulead® DVD MovieFactory® 5
Yahoo! Music™ Jukebox
I don’t do any gaming or high end graphics. Just surfing on the net, DVD/CD burning/ripping, downloading audio and video, and internet shopping/banking/finance.
I’m planning on getting the following:
Dell Inspiron 530
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (3MB L2 Cache, 2.80GHz, 1066 FSB)
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, 64-Bit
19 inch widescreen digital flat screen monitor
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs
500GB Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
16X DVD+/-RW Drive + Roxio Creator 10 Premier-Ultimate Burn/Authorizing
ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio speakers
Keyboard and mouse
For about $800.
It sounds like a good deal and a good system.
Only thing I’m not sure on is if I need more RAM, and is my DVD/CD setup and software any good?
Sometimes when surfing the web and watching youtube, the audio will suddenly turn silent for the web browser. I’ll then switch from Mozilla Firefox to IE 7 and then I’ll have the same problem. I’ve tried both earphones and speakers and the audio is still doesn’t come on. However, if I play music using windows media player, I can still hear it.
Anyone has any ideas how to fix my problem?