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I think its 2 hours while gaming. actually I could be completely wrong. I'll find out tomorrow.
is it light enough to carry around for college etc?
does it come with the second hdd caddy installed already, or would I need to buy one to fit my SSD?
overall thoughts?
what did she pay?
is she hot?
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It's not the lightest of laptops, especially considering the 9-cell battery, but it's fine if it's in a rucksack or something, yeah.
Nah, comes with the caddy. All you'll need is a HDD (and an SSD really helps it. Threw my old 32GB Onyx in there, and the difference from the 5400RPM ****e was unreal.)
Excellent laptop. The audio system in particular is absolutely without peer. If you haven't heard it already, you'll be amazed. (I was, and you know me when it comes to stuff like this)
€2,100-ish, I think? But that's with 3-year warranty, accidental damage, etc. and a printer and a few other bits and pieces.
I certainly think so.
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I've got the L702x too and it's great, love it. I have the GT 555M and it can run BF3 no problems. I haven't done any testing with it really but it should be able to get around 60 fps on medium settings, maybe a little lower, but easily playable.
Like Serephucus said the speakers are amazing, you definitely need those 17"'s of real estate on a laptop I couldn't go back to a silly little flimsy 15" laptop, they feel like toys now :P
I can also confirm what Serep said, that it comes with the second HDD caddy, although the second one only came with 2 screws to hold it down, which was strange but will be fine if it's taking an SSD of course
When I got mine it also had the crappy 900p panel so I bought the AUO B156HW01 V5 which is 1080p, matte high quality panel. Cost me €150 including import taxes from http://www.otoptek.com/.
My source of all information for this laptop is the Dell XPS section on notebookreview it will provide a few nights/weeks of light reading, here is a direct link to the replacing the screen thread. http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/544174-official-swapping-xps-17-l701x-screen-thread.html
I don't mind the weight of the laptop, it is noticeably heavier than the standard 15" but for what you get in it I think it's worth it :pac:
The one issue I have with the laptop is it has no Context Menu key which I use all the time, so I have to press Shift + F10 now instead but for most people including Serep that wasn't a problem.0 -
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Hey lads, anybody spot any bargains on netbooks? Helped the gf buy something but screwed up by believing the specs Argos listed so looking to make it up by getting her something decent. Only problem is she started college today so need to get sonething by the end of the week.
Just bought a Lenovo X131e for €300 (including 10% discount with code CJIRL1630SEP)
On the left here - http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ieweb/LenovoPortal/en_IE/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB¤t-category-id=EE9DD9708474943DDEBA32F2ACC9CBE2
Core i3 2367m, 11.6" 1360x768 matt screen, 7+ hrs battery life. Bought the lowest model (same CPU) because I will be putting an SSD and 8GB of RAM in later.
It's the same as the X130e plus 720P webcam and 2 x USB 3.0 ports. Main complaint in reviews of the X130e seems to be that the trackpad is pretty woeful, but it has the standard Thinkpad trackpoint too.
I got to use one yesterday and was pretty impressed, but I have unusual taste in computers
Edit: they have an AMD model which is even cheaper, too.0 -
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Just bought a Lenovo X131e for €300 (including 10% discount with code CJIRL1630SEP)
On the left here - http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ieweb/LenovoPortal/en_IE/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB¤t-category-id=EE9DD9708474943DDEBA32F2ACC9CBE2
Core i3 2367m, 11.6" 1360x768 matt screen, 7+ hrs battery life. Bought the lowest model (same CPU) because I will be putting an SSD and 8GB of RAM in later.
Edit: they have an AMD model that is even cheaper, too.
It's the same as the X130e plus 720P webcam and 2 x USB 3.0 ports. Main complaint in reviews of the X130e seems to be that the trackpad is pretty woeful, but it has the standard Thinkpad trackpoint too.
I got to use one yesterday and was pretty impressed, but I have unusual taste in computers
Edit: they have an AMD model which is even cheaper, too.
Ended up ordering a NC110 from Pix last night as it was the best option with non-soldered RAM. But that is WAY better, wonder could we cancel now. God damn you're timing brian :pac:0 -
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4Just got my power supply from komplett, and they did not include a power adapter, not much use without one is it?
I have one spare, but still they should include itShadowHearth wrote: »i never understood all the hate to eircom.
i use eircom for the least 6, 7 years? only had problems few times and i always get sorted very very fast. for example few days ago my modem fried and i got new modem in my hands after 1 day. i was quite shocked.
all that time i only had once my speeds being **** around 18:00, but it got sorted fast. other then that, very very stable speeds. not the fastest in country, but in location i am, 10mbit stable connection is more then i could ever dream off.
customer service can be hit and miss, but almost any place have a few employes, which are proper lialias.
Ugh, eircom is another company with abysimal customer service. A few years ago, I could not find the WPA code (yes, I was a newb :P) and the guy got incredibly agitated with me
Needless to say, we were glad to switch to UPC. In fairness to eircom, apart from the DNS server occasionally going down, we never had issues with the actual connection much.0 -
They probably do, but I think you just have bad luck. :pac:
Any time I've ordered stuff from there that requires a plug, they've thrown in a plug adapter because their stuff tends to be European sourced.
The only PSU that I know of that doesn't have the power cable is the Neo Eco!Ugh, eircom is another company with abysimal customer service. A few years ago, I could not find the WPA code (yes, I was a newb :P) and the guy got incredibly agitated with me
Needless to say, we were glad to switch to UPC.
Don't you mean WEP? Eircom had abysmal encryption on their routers.
I never had a big problem with them apart from their price.0 -
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Just bought a Lenovo X131e for €300 (including 10% discount with code CJIRL1630SEP)
On the left here - http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ieweb/LenovoPortal/en_IE/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB¤t-category-id=EE9DD9708474943DDEBA32F2ACC9CBE2
Core i3 2367m, 11.6" 1360x768 matt screen, 7+ hrs battery life. Bought the lowest model (same CPU) because I will be putting an SSD and 8GB of RAM in later.
It's the same as the X130e plus 720P webcam and 2 x USB 3.0 ports. Main complaint in reviews of the X130e seems to be that the trackpad is pretty woeful, but it has the standard Thinkpad trackpoint too.
I got to use one yesterday and was pretty impressed, but I have unusual taste in computers
Edit: they have an AMD model which is even cheaper, too.
How'd you get it for €300? showing as just over 400 now.0 -
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I would say its more about area. Like I mentioned above I am using eircom for around 7 years and I only needed to cal tech support 3 times. Last time was last week, because my modem fried. In all faintess that was gen one netopia modem, 4 years old.
I got a very very helpful fella, who was spot on. When I called back to confirm modem being fried, I got not so much nice fella. It was hard to me understand him as he was talking very fast, plus I am foreigner, so it was hard for him to understand me too I guess. So he did acted like a wee bit of a sick. Though he did sorted my problem and I got my modem after 1 day.
It's a huge hit and miss with who you dealing with. I personally like to use boards.ie eircom fellas here. They are very helpful and very friendly.
As for connection it self. I never had rand drops in speed. It was always very very stable connection. I said that before: I must be one of those "unlucky" bastards, who get good service out of eircom, so I don't get a chance to bitch about them! 0 -
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I replaced my junk amazon unit with a corsair PSU and the diffrences are amazing. The aduio no longer has a fussy sound to it and there is no whine coming from the PSU!
It might be a placebo affect but my computer seems to be a tad bit more responsive as well.
How long is the warranty with the super flower units anyway? I might RMA it back to HWVS ( they are probobly sick of me at this stage :pac:) and then sell it on adverts as a factory refurb/new unit depending on what they do with it.0
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