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So what's the deal with Thinkpad prices in Europe? I'm looking for something to replace my shitheap Acer Aspire One and the T430 and 530 are both way more expensive here than in the US, even taking into account shipping and Dutch VAT.
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Sep 23, 2013 12:28
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My birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I'm in the market to replace the shithouse first-gen Acer Aspire One I'm currently posting on. I'm looking for a laptop with at least a 6 hour battery life, preferably decently portable, looking to take notes and make music on it. It would be nice if it could smoothly play World of Tanks at lowest settings but beyond that I don't care about gaming. Clit mouse optional.  I'm in Europe, so if anything is conditional on rebates or whatever that's straight out.
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Oct 25, 2013 01:17
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Haswell, mostly.
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Oct 30, 2013 13:39
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Besides power saving, is Haswell all that much of an upgrade from Ivy Bridge? It doesn't seem like the quantum leap that Sandy/Ivy Bridge were.
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Oct 30, 2013 16:21
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My budget for a notebook's somewhat limited, so I've been looking at the T530 since it's slightly cheaper than the T430/440. I was just wondering if Haswell was worth the New Hotness Premium when I could just use a 9 cell battery; I'll be using it for at most 6 hours without plugging in so going beyond that isn't terribly important. Cheers for the clarification.
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Oct 30, 2013 16:40
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evilweasel posted:The obvious downside of both of those plans is weight. Is that a concern for how you're planning on using the laptop - is this going to be carried around often? I'll be commuting from the Hague to Amsterdam via train, but asides from that not much. I just measured out 3kg of books and honestly it seemed pretty manageable.
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Oct 30, 2013 18:29
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What's the word in the Dell Latitude E6430? My dad's been hawking it since he saw it got better scores than the Lenovo T530 in a Laptop Magazine review.
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Nov 1, 2013 19:36
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He's possibly taking into account all the time spent getting drivers in order, reinstalling applications, etc. Also, I pulled the trigger on a T430 as a birthday gift to myself. How expensive/hard is it to install an Ultrabay drive, and what fits? It seems like I might be able to get a 2TB slow drive in there for non-I/O bound things like movies and such.
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Nov 10, 2013 02:03
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