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Gammatech Gammatech Durabook D15TS

73

Good

  • Pros
  • Rugged build but cushy mouse buttons
  • Good battery life
  • Cons
  • Intel integrated video
  • Distractingly bright LEDs
  • Performance: Good: 73
  • Features: Good: 73
  • Design: Good: 79
Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2513
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX510
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering725
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)4:18:51 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit8.9
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit17.28
Firefox 2298
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1370
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0253
Multitasking373
Nero 7 Ultra Edition666
Number of Included Batteries1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5241
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0383
WorldBench 6 Score82
WorldBench 6 Word ScoreGood

What You Should Know about the Gammatech Durabook D15TS

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.