Asus Vivobook S15 (i7-8550U, 4GB + 16GB Optane Memory, 1TB HDD, Fingerprint Sensor) $959 + Delivery (Free C&C) @ Bing Lee

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WNK on 07/11/2018 - 17:23 binglee.com.au (614 clicks)
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Not a bad price for an i7 stylish ultrabook with ~1.5kg weight. 20% discount applies at the checkout.
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Screen Size: 15.6"
Display Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Intel Core i7-8550U
Storage 1TB
RAM 4GB + Intel® Optane™ Memory 16GB
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
Battery 3 Cells 42 Whrs
FINGERPRINT SENSOR
it weighs just 1.5kg and has an amazingly thin 17.9mm profile

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  Merlict on 07/11/2018 - 17:33

  Showing as $1199 for me, is there a coupon?

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    syling on 07/11/2018 - 17:35

    I believe the 20% discount applies once in checkout

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      Merlict on 07/11/2018 - 17:36

      So it does, thanks.

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  BlinkyBill on 07/11/2018 - 17:35

  +3

  Am I missing something is this really 4GB ram. Seems like a very odd combo for an i7 cpu.

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    Merlict on 07/11/2018 - 17:40

    +1

    Yeah that's crap. The idea is that the Intel Optane drives sits between storage and RAM, speeding things up.

    They were waaay too expensive and the idea flopped for PC use.

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    stephenmac on 07/11/2018 - 17:40

    Agreed, though I believe that the Optane memory is supposed to function similarly to RAM. Does anyone have any experience with this?

    EDIT: nvm

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      lucyr on 07/11/2018 - 17:45

      +1

      just read into it now out of interest. It's meant to be paired with a standard HDD to gain closer speeds to an SSD. So it doesn't act like additional RAM like the specs might indicate, it acts to cache data for the mechanical HDD in the laptop… seems pretty useless while SSDs are so cheap these days

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      [Deactivated] on 07/11/2018 - 17:51

      it's basically a disk cache (ramdisk). it was all the rage last year when large capacity SSDs were v.v.v.expensive. it helps speed up the traditional mechanical HDD by caching reads/writes.

      now 512GB-1TB SSDs are fairly cheap, it's not so popular this year.

      here's a more detailed explaination
      https://www.tweaktown.com/articles/8119/intel-optane-memory-…

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  burkey on 07/11/2018 - 17:56

  +2

  For those who don't know what Optane is - it's like a cross between RAM, and an SSD (in that it retains the data on shutdown).
  Good review by LinusTechTips here: https://youtu.be/cwy4ujt0qHM

  Long story short - it won't give you the same benefit as 16GB of dedicated RAM would in productivity tasks, but it's a happy compromise.