Read more.And how would you rate it?
Read more.And how would you rate it?
My current laptop is an HP ProBook 6570b. I was worried it would be underpowered with an i3 processor, though I replaced the disk with an SSD from my previous laptop when I got it, and so I've never had any issues with the speed. It's not too large, so I don't mind lugging it about all day and the battery lasts reasonably well. My biggest complaint is the poor screen - the resolution is low for these days at 1366 x 768 and the viewing angles are really bad, so I'm forever moving the screen forwards and backwards. I'd score it 7/10.
Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro.
Brilliant bit of kit. Good battery life, not noisy or hot, Touch works well and the folding into tablet etc is useful on the few occasions when I have needed it. Only complaint I have is the screen isnt great for colour accuracy, when doing photo work I cant use it as it messes up the yellows (and yes, I am running the fix that they released).
I ditched my laptop many moons ago. My Asus Nexus 7, HTC 1 smartphone, traditional Desktop and very very occasional use of an oldish Netbook cope with all my needs
Surface Pro (first generation). Managed to pick one up for less than £400 earlier in the year when Microsoft were clearing out stock. I use my desktop for most things, but the Surface is perfect for meetings and travelling. The single position kickstand is a pain, but I've put a case on it which allows it to do many positions
Lenovo T420. Looks like a brick but runs great
I don't have a personal laptop, but my works-provided (and non-locked down) laptop is a HP Elitebook 8470p. It's a lovely machine, 14 inch screen makes it portable enough, it's quick (Ivybridge i7) and it's robust - I know this because I have dropped it a few times.
I bought my parents a HP Pavilion 15-n096ea to replace an aging Dell Inspiron 15R and again that's a lovely machine. Very thin, but powerful and cool running. I deliberately sought out a 15w TDP processor to cut down on the heat and it's worked, as a result it's quiet and the battery life is amazing despite the battery being physically tiny.
Still, I will use a desktop every time I can do.
My current laptop is an inspiron 15R SE 7520, Intel Core i7-3612QM (8 threads) with amd 7730m and a 1080p screen. Cost me £450 at the time (2 years ago now) which for me was a bargain as 1080p screens was a rarity at the time and this had impressive specs, I dont need a gaming laptop but this can play some games if needed which is a nice plus but really I bought it to replace my old dell latitude because I needed a nice laptop for university where I was programming, cant really fault it but I would have loved a larger battery as even though I dont tend to worry about it I would have appreciated the up times the newer laptops get like 5 hours!
Cant see myself replacing it anytime soon because all laptops are just expensive now adays!
Fujitsu Lifebook E series, most reliable laptop. Also have and older Lifebook from 2006 (still working great. Then have a Lifebook A series. Using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7".
Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga. No Pentile panel, can be docked, has a digitiser, and can be used on your lap in a cramped moving vehicle (otherwise the Surface Pro 3 would have been the front runner).
Clevo S3101
Truly terrible laptop with a old, slow celeron, 2GB ram and a very washed out screen
Getting a good desktop within the next few months.
Still using a Dell XPS M1530 (yes, the one which Nvidia ****ed up properly). Mine must be one of the few remaining on the planet, but it's a lovely laptop, still nice and fast (could use an SSD though) and the original battery still gives good life!
Acer M8 Ultrabook for me. Replaced the hybrid drive with an SSD.
Get around 2hr on it gaming or 6 with brightness down and doing office stuff.
I3 1.4ghz quad, 6gb ram, 256 Sandisk Ultra SSD and a GT640M 1gb.
Sony Vaio Flip 15 with i3 and mechanical drive. It's got a beautiful screen, but the whole thing just hasn't felt "right" since the day I bought it to be honest. It's a little laggy due the drive, and the touch screen has been flaky, although running the calibration tool seems to sort it out. The sound is also decent, coming from a 13" acer, this was the thing I noticed instantly.
6.5/10. 7.5/10 if used with a SSD.
Clevo P570WM
As a bioinformatics researcher, I need a many cores as possible.
Configured mine with an Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 with 12 cores (24 threads), Two NVIDIA 880M GPUs in SLI with 1536 CUDA cores each, 32GB RAM, Two 1TB SSDs in RAID, and a 1.5TB HDD, I can connect 3 external monitors for a quad monitor setup.
I'd say I use it as my desktop replacement, but my desktop has Duel Xeons, 192GB of RAM, and 32TB of RAID5 storage, so its not replacing my desktop but its the closest I could get and I love it! I carry it to work daily in my Everki backpack.
I give it a 10/10, since I don't think I could do any better in terms of laptop computing performance.
Last edited by hotdogee; 10-10-2014 at 06:45 PM.
Acer Aspire One (ok its a netbook), the AMD C50 is great and I upgraded to 4gb ram, windows home 64bit and a 1366x768 screen, might get a momentus drive but it works great as it is.
Still amusing when people say there tablet is better and then I boot up crysis 2 and shut them up.
Plus bluestacks does a reasonable job of running android apps if wanted.
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