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For work, college, and gaming: higher spec 15.6" or lesser 13.4"?
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27-10-2012 9:39am#1
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The GT 610M is a joke, more a sales spin ("wow, Nvidia graphics") than a useful addition, the on-chip Intel HD 4000 scores 518 at videobenchmark.net. If you don't run graphics demanding programs or games, it's more than sufficient. An additional GPU will only draw more juice from the battery.
Maybe the 14" UltraNote is for you, £535/€666 in the following configuration:
Incl. OS installation DVD and 3 yr warranty. And you don't have to worry about the keyboard.
It'll be slightly cheaper if you prefer a platter HDD over a solid state disk.0 -
The GT 610M is a joke, more a sales spin ("wow, Nvidia graphics") than a useful addition, the on-chip Intel HD 4000 scores 518 at videobenchmark.net. If you don't run graphics demanding programs or games, it's more than sufficient. An additional GPU will only draw more juice from the battery.
Maybe the 14" UltraNote is for you, £535/€666 in the following configuration:
Incl. OS installation DVD and 3 yr warranty. And you don't have to worry about the keyboard.
It'll be slightly cheaper if you prefer a platter HDD over a solid state disk.
Thanks for the reply as ever Torqay
But isn't that 1" larger than the e330, with a smaller HDD, and 6GB less RAM?
Ideally I would like to squeeze a graphics card into an i5-3210m 13" laptop that makes more than a negligible difference - some games are improved by the 610m, some run the same as HD 4000, some run better with the HD 4000 but there's really not much difference at all.0 -
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Thanks for the reply as ever Torqay
But isn't that 1" larger than the e330, with a smaller HDD, and 6GB less RAM?
Yes, the display ~1" larger but also smaller than the 15.6" Z580.
No, I have configured the UltraNote with 8 GB RAM.
I didn't select a HDD but a SSD, smaller? Yes. But but also a helluva lot faster than any HDD and more robust (no moving parts). Feel free to configure it with a HDD up to 1 TB if you prefer disk space over performance and safety.Ideally I would like to squeeze a graphics card into an i5-3210m 13" laptop that makes more than a negligible difference - some games are improved by the 610m, some run the same as HD 4000, some run better with the HD 4000 but there's really not much difference at all.
Ah, we're talking gaming now? What happened to "neither are graphics demanding"?
Strangely PC Specialist will fit an i5 3210 paired with a GT 650m into an 11.6" netbook, but not the 14" Ultranote?
The Inferno is only a netbook by size, otherwise it's a real beast.
Since the UltraNote is more about mobility, I'd say it's a matter of battery life (they also offer 45W max TDP i7 CPUs for the Inferno which are not available for the UltraNote, the quad Core i7 3632 is specified at 35W max TDP) or maybe the lack of space in the thin body or insufficient cooling.0 -
Ah, we're talking gaming now? What happened to "neither are graphics demanding"?
Please see the topic, I just wanted to emphasize it's only my gaming that requires graphics
That said I keep hearing people say HD 4000 is not bad at all.
Do personally think the 15.6 would be too big to lug around with me?The Inferno is only a netbook by size, otherwise it's a real beast.
Yes, but maybe slightly too small to appreciate the expensive hardware when gaming?
How do you think PC Specialist's Clevo laptops compared to XMG's Clevo laptops?Since the UltraNote is more about mobility, I'd say it's a matter of battery life (they also offer 45W max TDP i7 CPUs for the Inferno which are not available for the UltraNote, the quad Core i7 3632 is specified at 35W max TDP) or maybe the lack of space in the thin body or insufficient cooling.
Ah, so the ultranote is thin, I will have to have another look. I'm hoping I'll be able to see the weight with and without changing the config...0 -
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It's about one pound less to lug around. And the weight is closer to the 13 inch than the 15 inch Lenny. Probably less with a SSD too.
The Inferno also weighs 1.8 kg, double the weight of an ordinary netbook, performance comes at a price.
What difference should there be between PCS and Schenker laptops? They're both build on Clevo chassis. Schenker do offer a 13.3" vusiness laptop but only with Sandy bridge CPUs (and no dedicated GPU), so I suppose this model will be discontinued.0 -
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