Processor: Intel Dual Core N2830 2.16GHz
Ram: 2GB DDR3
Storage: 500GB HDD
Screen Size: 15.6” HD 1366 x 768 LED
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@nmartin84
Updated. Thanks
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Celeron CPU
2GB RAM
That's all we need to know.
Needs a full disassembly to add ram. Did it two weeks ago but that voids warranty.
These are slow, slow devices borderline should not have been released because they struggle to do anything under W8.
Cheap but will give you the sh!ts. Better to spend a few dollars more.
@king Tightarse
For the price you pay for this unit. You get what you pay for. I've bought one myself and for usual operations and multitasking, its been fine for me. Running Facebook, working on assignments, with music playing in the background is definitely value for money.
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@DavidRJW:
I agree re the dollar to value ratio but I would like to speak honestly and let people know these are really slow to render graphics rich pages slow noticeably with multiple tabs open etc. They are noticeably slower than average.
Increasing the RAM to 4+GB helps but it voids warranty. Catch 22.
These units are a little slower than a T5750
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/346648?bas…
They score a little higher on memory bandwidth (DDR3 is of course faster than DDR2) and GPU obviously but single core performance is a little on the low end. I guess this is what hurts performance in a lot of day-to-day usage scenarios.
quoting
"Performance is pretty weak since they have sacrificed IPC(instructions per clock) for TDW. So no matter how high the cpu is clocked, it is actually slower than Haswell processors."
http://ark.intel.com/products/81071/Intel-Celeron-Processor-…
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N2830+…
Yeap. It's a damn shame. Why do manufacturers and Intel insist on putting what are essentially netbook CPU's into a chassis of a 14 or 15 inch laptop. We used to have the low end Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU's that were actually good value. Now it's been replaced by Bay Trail-M.
Screw the low TDP and power saving features, I want more performance dammit.
Laptop prices have been going up and up, with the CPU's of budget models becoming progressively worse. It's like a race to the bottom — who can make the slowest nastiest laptop for the cheapest price.
2gb ram is a HUGE no it's makes laptops terrible slow to use
Iv upgraded ram in a few laptops even sole older ones and adding another 2gb ram makes that much of a difference.
4gb is the least any laptop these days should have.
rep any "good" deals on mechanical keyboards?
Yeah I have a 4gb 11" i5 travel laptop, it's great, but that 4gb is too little, if I had of known how much it would hamper me I would have waited till 8gb was more standard in those tiny travel laptops.
2gb would be borderline unusable (as those above said).
install win xp, give to kindy kids as xmas gift
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Specs in body please, I have no idea if that laptop is good value at $269 without specs.
It could be 5 years old for all we know.