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Search for a potable laptop

  • 21-03-2011 8:02pm
    #1
    maxitwist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭


    This search has proven much more difficult than i had anticipated. I am ideally looking for a small "sub-notebook" so 11.6-13.3" I would consider a 14" if it were relatively thin and light. What is making my search so difficult, i supect, is that i am looking for a dedicated graphics card. Nothing major, just enough for the occasional older game or better new games on low settings. I had decided that anything with around 15% on this link should suffice: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.130.0.html

    But everything i find seems to be over or under spec'd. Ideally, this is the spec i want:

    Intel core i3 um380 (low voltage) room for manouver here though. Anything with a mark of 700 here should suffice http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

    ram 2gb+ and hdd not to important. Outside the gpu and cpu the most important thing is the size and look of the lappy. Battery life, heat output and noise are also factors but are negotiable.

    Im looking at some thinkpads atm which deliver on the size front but are defentlly on the weak side performance wise and with respect to gpu in particular (radeon hd3200, integrated, 8%) or a dell 3200vostro which has quite decent specs p8800, geoforce 9300gs and is on ebay for €400 but im not sure about the look of it and finding specific details abut it is very difficult and off putting since i dont really want a dell..

    if anyone has any ideas...


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    this one looks ok for about €400 or just over. lighter than the dell.

    http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_IdeaPad_U350_1034188.html

    decent battery life at 8 hours and hdmi. no dedicated graphics but you're going to have to pay €650 to €700 for 13.3 inch and dedicated graphics. what do you need d g for anyways?


  • #3
    maxitwist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭maxitwist


    Hey, i already found that hp, nearly bought it to, but then i started to think that it was a bit bulky and perhaps more powerful than i needed. Looking around though there doesnt seem to be much else out there for the price unless i dont want a graphics card at all.
    Does anyone know if there is anything like a lenove thinkpad 13 or an acer travelmate x1380t with a weak dedicated graphic card and maybe an integrated optical drive?

    Right now its looking like ill either go for the small plump powerful noisy hot hp or go the other way and go for the little quite cool thinkpad edge 11 (nearly same spec as 13 so why not) unless there are other suggestions???


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