Re: An ultrabook/ultrathin capable of playing the odd game - promised land arrives (A
I knew I'd forget to check something important(that's why I posted it), 2kg is indeed a bit heavy.
Good point about the Vaio S, when you configure it online, you can get a 13" with a GT 640M LE, 1600*900 display, Core i5-3210M 2.5GHz for 1018€, still expensive but also faster, higher resolution and so on.
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Re: An ultrabook/ultrathin capable of playing the odd game - promised land arrives (A
Exactly. Even better when you can get the machine through the education discount programme they have. Free shipping if you buy online, too. Just make sure to turn off/tone down all software options if there are any, also brings down the price significantly.
For me that pretty much sealed the deal when I got my 15inch Vaio S but then again I was specifically looking to trade graphics grunt for less need of a mains outlet nearby (I don't game on my laptop) so I picked up an entry level 15inch S for about €750, then bought a stick of 8GB low voltage RAM and a Samsung 830 256GB SDD and added them to the machine myself. With a Linux distro, it's a zippy little work machine now.
Last edited by Tellos Athenaios; 11-30-2012 at 19:00.
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Re: An ultrabook/ultrathin capable of playing the odd game - promised land arrives (A
i went for the ivy-bridge samsung series 9 in the end, lovely piece of kit.
£850 + samsung tablet + £15 for a Win8 upgrade.
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Got any links to that, Furunculus?
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Re: An ultrabook/ultrathin capable of playing the odd game - promised land arrives (A
Furunculus Maneuver: Adopt a highly logical position on a controversial subject where you cannot disagree with the merits of the proposal, only disagree with an opinion based on fundamental values. - Beskar
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