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Buying an Ultrabook need Recommendations.

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  • #2
    Torqay
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    if you want to spend around 1.000 Euro, I'd stay clear of the older processor generation. That leaves you with the two 14" laptops (wouldn't really call them Ultrabooks), of which the Lenovo is the better deal, by a country mile, although the logic of having a GT 610M in this machine escapes me.

    Here is a "real" ultrabook that may fit the bill:

    Lenovo IdeaPad U310 Ultrabook Core i5-3317M 4GB 500GB 32SSD 13.3"


  • #3
    NemoisBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭NemoisBack


    Yea I looked at this one!! Really like the look of it! And yea its strange that it has the GT 610 in it.
    Does that model have that strange hybrid hdd/sdd configuration?? Like the dells etc?


  • #4
    NemoisBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭NemoisBack


    Oh and I take it this is the same model only with i3 core processor??

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5088034/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780850%7CLaptops+and+netbooks%7C14419039.htm


  • #5
    Torqay
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    NemoisBack wrote: »
    Oh and I take it this is the same model only with i3 core processor??

    Argos doesn't mention the the CPU but it could be a Core i3-3217U (ULV), the only Ivy Bridge Core i3 mobile chip in existence. Better ask before you buy.

    Edit: at 1.4 GHz it is most likely a i3-2367M, the older ULV chip.
    NemoisBack wrote: »
    Does that model have that strange hybrid hdd/sdd configuration?? Like the dells etc?

    I believe Lenovo is not using hybrid drives in these models, but a separate mSATA SSD. The concept behind it is the same though, SSD serves as extended cache for the platter HDD.


  • #6
    NemoisBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭NemoisBack


    Just checked it out there from Argos!! Its the i3 2367M processor so 3rd Gen!!

    Every website ive checked for this laptop is the same using the 2367M even lenovo's own website!!

    Amazon are selling the i3 for £499 and the u410 i3 for £637 cheapest ive found so far.

    think its mad £140 difference for 1 inch bigger screen and for 250gb more space!!


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  • #7
    Torqay
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    NemoisBack wrote: »
    Just checked it out there from Argos!! Its the i3 2367M processor so 3rd Gen!!

    Every website ive checked for this laptop is the same using the 2367M even lenovo's own website!!

    That'd be a Sandy Bridge (2nd gen) mobile Core i3 ULV processor. They benchmark rather poor, slower than a dual core Pentium of the current generation:

    iGpAC.jpg

    An Ivy Bridge Core i5 mobile ULV processor easily doubles that score.

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