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HalloKitty posted:.. and the award to the weirdest resolutions of the year goes to.. The latter is a pixel-doubled 1366 by 768. The former is 1152 by 720 pixel-doubled which would be a bit unorthodox...Then again they might decide to do some non-integer scaling, similar to what happened with the iPhone 6+.
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havelock posted:What's the deal with the x250 vs the carbon x1? Why would you choose one over the other? Historically the x2xx is more powerful and practical (Faster chips, longer battery life, more rugged). The X1 series is an ultra book, with a much higher resolution screen, thinner body & more modern styling, but has a bigger screen / frame. Not much difference in terms of power now that they've reduced the x2xx series to U processors, and limited everything to 8GB ram. Also, the screen on the x250 comes in a 1080p IPS option, so less of a problem. From my recent experience, the X1 series is far nicer, but has had flaky reliability & in the last version (Gen 2) was absolutely unusable due to horrible keyboard changes - now reverted.
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shodanjr_gr posted:The latter is a pixel-doubled 1366 by 768. The former is 1152 by 720 pixel-doubled which would be a bit unorthodox...Then again they might decide to do some non-integer scaling, similar to what happened with the iPhone 6+. They better not do an ARM chip.
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The new XPS 13 is really making me want to get rid of my y410p and Surface Pro 3 and just consolidate down to it. It's a drat fine looking machine. I really want to get some benchmarks on the HD5500 from the ULV processors though. I'd like to get some idea on how it compares to the GT 750m in my y410p for running stuff like Borderlands 2 or Bioshock Infinite at 1600x900.
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Any reason, other than not having an M-SATA option (or cost), not to get a Lenovo Y50? Thanks
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wooger posted:From my recent experience, the X1 series is far nicer, but has had flaky reliability & in the last version (Gen 2) was absolutely unusable due to horrible keyboard changes - now reverted. Can you elabortate more on the reliabilty problems of the Gen 2 Carbon, which is what I have. I know from talking to a Lenovo rep that the original carbon had a lot of issues related to the screen bezel breaking, which I'm pretty sure is why the Gen 2 has gorilla glass over the screen (in addition to being touch). Dick Fagballzson fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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Michael Scott posted:Especially if what you're buying is a regularly sized laptop and not an ultrabook. Ultrabooks can be difficult to modify, similar to but a little less difficult than modifying Mac laptops. Speaking of, any further opinions on the Zenbook?
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bull3964 posted:The new XPS 13 is really making me want to get rid of my y410p and Surface Pro 3 and just consolidate down to it. It's a drat fine looking machine. This might be relevant to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTgubV1cwfo (shaky-cam comparison of the HD4400 to the HD5500).
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I just got a job where I'll be traveling occasionally and staying in hotels for up to a week at a time so I want to get a laptop I can play some games on. I see everyone recommending the Y50 so I'm checking those out now. My wife has a Lenovo with one of those horrible mushy clickpads, do the Y50s have that?
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Bunleigh posted:I just got a job where I'll be traveling occasionally and staying in hotels for up to a week at a time so I want to get a laptop I can play some games on. I see everyone recommending the Y50 so I'm checking those out now. My wife has a Lenovo with one of those horrible mushy clickpads, do the Y50s have that?
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Been reading the last two pages and haven't been able to find what I'm looking for... Basically my budget is, at most, $1200 USD, but less would of course be ideal. What I'm looking for: 14 or 15" 16 gigs of RAM IPS panel that handles at LEAST 1920x1080 and isn't terrible Intel i5 processor over 3Ghz, ideally Nvidia video card with at least 2 gigs of RAM (700 or 800 series) Decent battery that doesn't require it to be plugged in to function Y 50 seems close, though a bit overkill and it has a TN panel. Thoughts? I don't care about dumb promo software and poo poo like that. I also don't care about the SSD or disk drive.
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You don't care about an SSD because you'll be upgrading it to a Samsung Evo 850?... Or because you've never used a computer with a SSD before?
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10 Beers posted:Speaking of, any further opinions on the Zenbook? Yeah, I like it a lot! My father likes it so much he might get one for himself as well, he had been using a circa 2008 netbook that died. The UX303LA has a 128GB SSD and 8GB RAM, so it can get tight as a power user but not so tight that it's really noticeable in my opinion. I think it's a good value for the money. It has a couple annoying quirks, like being unable to assign two-finger tap to middle click and permanent and perpetually auto-adjusting brightness. Those things are the worst things about it. I can't really fault ASUS for the difficulty of opening it up and upgrading, since that's not exactly unexpected with this form factor. It's nice that the battery is user-replaceable, it's not soldered in. Some lady takes apart the model here to see the innards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-SRqrPj_E&t=993s It's kind of like a Windows-version of the Macbook Air (the dimensions are identical). Michael Scott fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Jan 9, 2015 07:31
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Michael Scott posted:permanent and perpetually auto-adjusting brightness. Those things are the worst things about it. Try going into the Intel graphics control panel and turning off all power saving features.
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Fuzz posted:Been reading the last two pages and haven't been able to find what I'm looking for... Basically my budget is, at most, $1200 USD, but less would of course be ideal. What I'm looking for: Rather than going off clock speed (which pretty much doesn't matter) you need to decide if you need quad core or are happy with a dual core. You also need to define 'decent battery' I'm using an Asus N550 with a quad core i7 and an 850m which fulfills most of your needs however the screen isn't fantastic and battery life is about 4 hours of web surfing (much less under load)
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dissss posted:Try going into the Intel graphics control panel and turning off all power saving features. I did that last night and it seemed to mostly do the trick. It's really not noticeable anymore.
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Roughly a week ago I sent my newer laptop to Geek-squad for repairs from Portland ME. If they decide to replace it upon inspection, when can I expect to get a call saying that they'd replace it? Also my older laptop has suddenly lost function of about a third of its keys. I tried cleaning them, which seemed to work last time, but not now. Grouchio fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Michael Scott posted:Yeah, I like it a lot! My father likes it so much he might get one for himself as well, he had been using a circa 2008 netbook that died. The only upgrading I'd do would be upping the memory, but I do already have a 1TB external hard drive. However, I was thinking about using that for my XBox One, and getting a new one. If I was to get a new one, would it be worth it to get an external SSD, or just get a regular hard drive?
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Hadlock posted:You don't care about an SSD because you'll be upgrading it to a Samsung Evo 850?... Or because you've never used a computer with a SSD before? I have like 4 256 gig SSDs at home, brand new. 2 Samsung, 2 Corsair. I'll manage.  dissss posted:Rather than going off clock speed (which pretty much doesn't matter) you need to decide if you need quad core or are happy with a dual core. My usage would mostly be general use (browsing, streaming Addendum: it needs a non-lovely wifi card, too, but those are relatively standard nowadays. Figured I'd still mention it. Oh yeah, and it would be really nice if it had an eSATA port since yeah... I have a lot of SSDs and other floating drives. HDMI out would also be big, but that's also kinda standard with a lot of the nVidia card laptops. Backlit keyboards are mostly standard now, right? My last two laptops have been Dell Inspirons, and overall I've been pleased with their reliability but their performance was usually meh for how much I paid... they were more work and less play focused, so their video cards were always mediocre and they had built in BD drives and poo poo like that. Current one gets a solid 3 hours of continual use on battery, more would be nice. Was aiming for at least 5 for browsing and such. I don't care so much if it's pretty like a Macbook, though it'd be nice if it were light. Honestly the Lenovo Thinkpads look great, it's just they don't seem to let you actually customize anything. Fuzz fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Michael Scott posted:I did that last night and it seemed to mostly do the trick. It's really not noticeable anymore. Try Function A. That turns it off on my Asus laptop. I've also been trying to figure out a way to assign Middle Click to anything on the trackpad but no go.
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PROBLEM: My Y50 has a bad habit of "resetting" the Windows setting that determines the keypress-repeat rate on held-down keys, which includes the arrow-keys for scrolling, usually after being woken from sleep. Anyone know what the Deal is with that?
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Am I going to feel stupid if I buy a laptop with 1078x768 resolution in the year of our lord 2015? I'm considering a Lenovo X230 from their outlet store (assuming one pops up again) to learn programming on. It sounds like that model has a nice IPS display, but I'm concerned that resolution is going to be a huge drag. Are there any other good 13" options with a higher resolution that come to mind which can be had used/refurbished for <$500? Maybe a T430 would be a better option--I'm just concerned it'll be too big and doesn't have the IPS.
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Get the T430S with a 1600x900 screen or something, it's not really that big. 1366x768 will make you want to kill yourself if you are programming.
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Hi guys. I'm a simple goons when it comes to what I'm looking for. Help me out, won't you? I saw the news that Acer unveiled a new Chromebook at CES, which I believe is the biggest Chromebook to date @ 15". This got me wondering if it was time to upgrade to a new notebook and if a Chromebook was the solution. Right now I'm using a Acer Aspire 5251-1513 with Ubuntu. It's fine, but between my phone and my Nexus tablet I've begun to really get into tying together all my taking advantage of accessing of my docs and media across every platform. I think my biggest requirement for a new notebook would be how it handles video and media playback. I watch a lot of streams and generally stuff like Youtube, Twitch and cable playback really start to slow down the performance of my notebook. How would Chromebooks stack up to that? I'm not producing video material or anything crazy like that, I honestly just to be able to log into my XFinity account or Twitch stream and not have my notebook hang for 15-20 seconds every time. Plus the Chromebook pricepoint is good, although honestly I haven't shopped around other notebooks yet.
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Tacier posted:Am I going to feel stupid if I buy a laptop with 1078x768 resolution in the year of our lord 2015? I'm considering a Lenovo X230 from their outlet store (assuming one pops up again) to learn programming on. It sounds like that model has a nice IPS display, but I'm concerned that resolution is going to be a huge drag. Are there any other good 13" options with a higher resolution that come to mind which can be had used/refurbished for <$500? Maybe a T430 would be a better option--I'm just concerned it'll be too big and doesn't have the IPS. I'm in the same boat, looking at a Thinkpad for Linux compatibility, and the x230 is the right size/price, but that screen is low res. Also sadly 16:9. My workplace issues them, so I know what they're like pretty well. If you *love* the track point, they're a good option, but if you prefer a trackpad avoid them - all Thinkpads prior to (maybe) the newly announced ones have garbage trackpads. I look at Macbook pro retina screens and despair. I'd feel bad buying one, but it's hard to believe how incompetent their competitors are in the UK - there are literally no decent laptops available in b&m stores here other than Macbooks - just low end plastic junk. I'd consider a dell (perhaps the new XPS 13) but I'd be buying blind, no where to try one that I'm aware of.
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So now that CES is over and there's no news on any T540 updates, I guess I can go ahead and order one before the winter sale ends on the 14th. Crossing my fingers that I don't end up getting one of those lovely touchpads. Even if model updates were announced, they don't seem to ever publish release dates anyway 
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Jan 9, 2015 23:53
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Mak0rz posted:So now that CES is over and there's no news on any T540 updates, I guess I can go ahead and order one before the winter sale ends on the 14th. Crossing my fingers that I don't end up getting one of those lovely touchpads. Even if model updates were announced, they don't seem to ever publish release dates anyway If that uses the full power UQ CPUs, word is that they're not going to be ready till June - so I guess they can't announce now.
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wooger posted:If that uses the full power UQ CPUs, word is that they're not going to be ready till June - so I guess they can't announce now. Yeah, I just finished a chat session with a rep and they said there is no word on changes to the T540 touchpad right now. Oh well, I'll live. More annoying questions: Do I have to worry about SSD form factor? Notebook drives come in 5" and 7" forms, right? Which would be compatible with the T540p? I'm getting an 840 Evo. Secondly, what would be a good Canadian distributor for some Sick Deals on the SSD? So far the cheapest I've found were on Newegg.ca. Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Fuzz posted:My usage would mostly be general use (browsing, streaming Most dual core consumer laptops are running ULV these days (U suffix) which have relatively low base clock speeds, but quite large amounts of turbo available so performance depends a lot on how long they can actually sustain turbo with the cooling system so you really need to read some reviews. Normal chips still exist (M suffix) with higher base/turbo speeds but these generally don't rely on turbo as much. Fuzz posted:Addendum: it needs a non-lovely wifi card, too, but those are relatively standard nowadays. Figured I'd still mention it. Nope still plenty of lovely cards around - make sure you check this out Fuzz posted:Oh yeah, and it would be really nice if it had an eSATA port since yeah... I have a lot of SSDs and other floating drives. ESATA is dead - doubt you'll find it on a new system Fuzz posted:HDMI out would also be big, but that's also kinda standard with a lot of the nVidia card laptops. ThinkPads (and other corporate focused models) have DisplayPort instead so you'd need an adapter (very cheap) Fuzz posted:Backlit keyboards are mostly standard now, right? Common but not standard Fuzz posted:I don't care so much if it's pretty like a Macbook, though it'd be nice if it were light. Honestly the Lenovo Thinkpads look great, it's just they don't seem to let you actually customize anything. Depends on the model - the T-series is almost endlessly customisable (for a price) whereas the smaller, thinner models are pretty much as they come.
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dissss posted:Most dual core consumer laptops are running ULV these days (U suffix) which have relatively low base clock speeds, but quite large amounts of turbo available so performance depends a lot on how long they can actually sustain turbo with the cooling system so you really need to read some reviews. Seems like they don't really have any i5 laptops that are larger than 13" and aren't lovely anymore... what's up with that? Also how come Lenovo doesn't show whether they have IPS screens? Kinda lame.
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http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t540p/ Not exactly available with a gaming graphics card though, 730M is the only option IPS is mentioned where it applies
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dissss posted:http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t540p/ Yeah, that was the only one I could find it was less than ideal. Might have to look into Asus, since Dell is too drat expensive and I really don't want to buy another Inspiron.
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dissss posted:Normal chips still exist (M suffix) with higher base/turbo speeds but these generally don't rely on turbo as much. Pretty sure the M suffix are the even lower power fanless-capable broadwell chips, which are already out. Fuller power mobile chips are now UQ suffix. They changed all the suffixes up a while back.
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Hmmm, looking like the Y50 is probably my best bet for bang for buck. Goons seem to like it, yeah?
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Fuzz posted:Hmmm, looking like the Y50 is probably my best bet for bang for buck. Goons seem to like it, yeah? I have it and it's pretty great. Has some drawbacks (mediocre screen and trackpad) but it's a shitton of horsepower for (comparatively) not that much money so I'd say it's still your best option.
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Fuzz posted:How bad is the screen? THat's the main thing holding me back. It's fine. It's not super-high-end and the viewing angles aren't spectacular but I've not had any real problems with it so far.
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Anyone have any experience with the Lenovo Z50? Potentially might buy one while they are on sale.
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wooger posted:Pretty sure the M suffix are the even lower power fanless-capable broadwell chips, which are already out. Fuller power mobile chips are now UQ suffix. Not when we're talking about Haswell which is still in most stuff Y = lowest voltage soldered U = Ultra low voltage soldered M - Standard voltage dual core socketed HQ = Quad core soldered MQ = Quad core socketed X = Extreme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29#Mobile_processors Core M is a different thing entirely and is even lower voltage than the Y Haswell chips (note that Core M chips don't actually have an 'M' suffix)
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