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| Thread ID: 126677 | 2012-09-11 20:54:00 | Ultrabooks/laptop options to buy | notechyet (4479) | Press F1 |
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| 1300533 | 2012-09-11 20:54:00 | Hi all My son wants to buy a new laptop/notebook for UNI. His taste is obvious when I look at this (www.noelleeming.co.nz) and this one (www.noelleeming.co.nz). Has anyone other suggestions with a price tag not higher than what he suggested. Thanks. |
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| 1300534 | 2012-09-11 21:16:00 | If he isn't after a ultrabook specifically have a look on the lenovo site, best value/performance for money at the moment IMO. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1300535 | 2012-09-11 21:53:00 | The Toshiba Satellite Pro L830 was available online yesterday for $1198: - i5-3317 1.8 GHz - Win7pro64, changeable to Win8 at a promo price - 13.3" 1366 x 768 - 4 GB 1600 MHz Plus spare slot - 500 GB - 1 GB graphics HD 7550M Pro-S3 - DVD drive - 2 x USB3, 1 x USB2 - card reader, HDMI, Bluetooth 3.0 - 1.86 kg The following are important to me: - small screen, 14" and below - relatively light weight, under 2 kg - Intel i3 with dedicated graphics beats i5 without (I'm relying on the Pressf1 professionals to correct me on this...) - USB3 - for some people a DVD drive is necessary (not me). A USB DVD drive costs about $80 but when in use will take up 2 x USB slots because they don't make reasonably priced USB3 models yet Not so important but quite desirable: - good brand - i5 PLUS dedicated graphics (I don't care about Gen3, ie Ivy Bridge) - SSD fast startup ie, hybrid (not SSD for the whole drive) - higher processor speed eg 2.5 GHz |
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| 1300536 | 2012-09-14 03:42:00 | Thanks guys for the suggestions. I'll have a chat to my UNI student and see what he thinks. | notechyet (4479) | ||
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