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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Medion Akoya P2211T

Introduction
Is this Akoya the perfect hybrid for the best price, we have been waiting for? since the arrival of the first Transformers In this review we are going there is extensively in.We know the brand Medion of cheaper televisions, computers and monitors, among others are available at Aldi. Although their laptops and tablets for years to buy and the brand in the mobile market, so is not exactly a newcomer, the German company here comes with its own hybrid concept to come. This is their version of a convertable: Medion Akoya P2211T, a 11.6-inch notebook and tablet in one. I write very often in locations and remembered to do this with a cheaper Windows notebook. It must be light, have a nice 1080p screen fast enough, the battery was definitely over 6 hours to keep fit, but also the storage and reasonable SSD were not lacking. The price range was 400 - to 600 -. Euros. With such a tight budget for a long time did not come to a purchase because I teruggeschrok of compromises. The downside was often, for example, if the processor was fast, that the battery was belabbert. In a model with the old Atom battery went long time but it was completely again painfully slow. Devices with a good quality full HD touch screen and reasonable specs were among the 850, - euro also absent. With the advent of these Akoya P2211T and the Bay Trail Intel CPU all the compromises were apparently the job. Design and outward impression If you pick up the notebook he does not feel too heavy and you feel a rough surface that is easy to hold. The plastic feels strong, but it bends something if you are hard on the back of the tablet or the trackpad pushes. It suffered little greasy fingers is a nice plus. It is as you can expect for the price plastic fantastic and yet strong and solid enough. The wedge-shaped appearance and the brushed aluminum look on the top shows the design vain a hint of the much more expensive ultrabooks, and it seems to me a bit dull and uninspiring about. It is not an ugly piece of bakelite but Akoya can not exactly measure in design with dazzling designs of the more expensive hybrids. The screen is in a thick black border and is shiny. Inconsistent is the brushed aluminum board does not return to the light gray part to the keyboard. The bottom is matte black and has four sturdy rubber feet. When folded it becomes clear that the hinge is just right, not too stiff or too firm. The balance between screen and dock is fine, even on your lap, he tends to fall forward just a bit and the screen wobbles not while typing. The simple plastic mechanism looks well thought out and disconnect the tablet fine loose or tight. tablet could I love. 740 grams long in one hand However, with two hands, while the elbows are supported is it. It is a somewhat thick and bulky tablet, certainly no iPad. Small openings on the sides ensure that their speakers can sound lost and the passively cooled processor is not too hot. The build quality seems sufficient to 3.5 inch entrance after. Hardware The hardware of the Akoya is the Full HD screen after, not really spectacular thing but offers components that were previously only reserved for the middle and high-end devices. With a purchase price of 499, - at the time of writing, this model is clearly there and we would not expect very much. We dive right under the hood and there may heuzé a Celeron processor N2910 quad see, that is not the fastest but certainly drop nice performance in multimedia and internet. Obviously this is the new 22nm Intel produced workhorse of the long-awaited Bay Trail generation, the poor performance of its predecessor, the Atom had to make. With out-of-order execution that'll work. A 64-bit OS is supported. Moreover, the power consumption should be greatly reduced, and a TDP of 7.5 watts max is successful. Intel HD integrated graphics drives on 756 MHz the screen, which is mounted in the tablet portion weighing 760 grams and it turns Ahva (Advanced Hyper Viewing Angle) Full HD to its panel. With a diameter of 11.6 inches and 1080 pixels, it is also by far the best hybrid screen for this price. A full Windows 8.1 Home OEM supplied and therefore the 4 GB internal memory very welcome. A week before this writing Medion brought in: Austria still the sister, the P2212T out. Unfortunately, with only 2 Gb somewhat limited (to say nothing about the foreign keyboard layout). We may rely on the P2211T rich with 64Gb SSD memory in the tablet and the keyboard dock is 780 gram once a hard disk of 500 GB Hitachi, besides an extra battery. Connection options are plenty. Unfortunately we have to miss a LAN port and the dock. This will be immediately compensated by the presence of the micro HDMI connector next to the USB2 and USB3 port is located. This is useful if you want to connect the device to a monitor, and to use. Primary PC The dock is another two extra USB2 ports equipped so that an external optical drive or hard drive can be connected. Easily Display This full HD panel Ahva instantly makes Medion friends in this house. It is the highlight of this review. Whether I play movies or tap a short document, web pages, or view as a photo editing, it all looks fine. In 1080, 11.6 inches is almost no perceptible pixel and everything is ragscherp. The brightness is very good but for outdoor use is slightly longer necessary. Colors, although they are not quite true to nature, come vividly. White is a bit gray and black is not quite black. The viewing angle even mad at extreme angles and the screen is fine to read. 's not as color splashes off the screen by the thicker glass. The supplied protective felt suggests that it is not very scratch resistant. The touch control is nothing to complain about. Obviously the trackpad or mouse required to the Windows desktop comfortable to operate. The 11.6 inch screen is not recommended for users who dislike having lowercase. It's not the best panel but for this price it is very good. Touchpad and keyboard , the touchpad Elan is a few millimeters below the level of the chicklet style keys. It is not too smooth or rough and touch, swipe, rotate or enlarge goes smoothly, although I sometimes sometimes off target, but that may be habituation. But as soon as you click on the hidden mouse buttons feels a thing to some rickety, it does not work very well. The keyboard is fine, not as fine as those in the Transformers, but chicklets in a beautiful layout with clear clicks as feedback. The travel is reasonable for an ultrabook wannabe. The screen remains relatively quiet under the movements, although there is a tendency to tilt. Knock lap Sound The speakers are not very loud and sound canned and not clear, there is no high, not low. This is despite the marketing slogan Dolby. It works, that is all said and here is really quite cut. The mine had a defect in the headphone jack. I have the laptop already exchanged, because if you plugged in the headphones plug is not completely went inside. He popped fairly quickly and creaked. This would have been, if there were not a few fellow TW-ers who had also. Exemparisch a problem So make sure you test the input and the plug fits into it. {EDIT: The laptop has been repossessed by MediaMarkt and exchanged. This input is properly and securely.} The built-in microphone provides the sound of a canned goldfish and disappointing. Once the audio output connected to the violin concerto sounds great through my Senheiser PMX60 headphones. The sound chip with Dolby is very good and even my best ob sound so far. The sound produced is very full and lively, of course, I mean the sound in the headphones. It is bizarre that such superb sound combined with the worst speakertjes. Connections All connections are located on the left. On the tablet we find a USB 2 and USB 3 port next to the welcome micro HDMI connector. Then there is the offending 3.5mm headphone jack and a hole for the microphone. The volume slider and power button also. Sit On the dock is not busy with two USB 2.0 ports in addition to the input power. The 19 volt power supply notebook is a whopping 2.7 amps and load in a few hours on both batteries. Nice detail on the adapter is the on / off switch. The cord is very long. In addition to Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi, there is also a C, which is much sought after by people with fast broadband internet. On my n router I get easily 1.6 Mbit / sec. Then there is the last Bluetooth 4.0, the compound where the dock using. However, the 500GB hard drive is via the USB connection in the coupling mechanism on the tablet put where he is seen as an external hard drive. (So ​​it is safe to remove hardware click here first when disconnecting the tablet). Battery Charging is via the 19 volt adapter notebook, probably because the CPU of a computer type and has a slightly higher consumption than the Atom Bay Trail, as the Asus Transformer Book T100. Later, following more about the test with the battery life. Software {EDIT (puppitz): The P2211T is Windows 8.1 Home OEM preinstalled, this is the most commonly used and full Windows desktop version. This is the full desktop functionality, etc. All windows desktop software and apps, but also W8 compatible printers, external HDDs, hardware and peripherals as scanners and cameras, you can simply install it and work with it as if the P2211T an ordinary PC. Other tablets equipped with Windows RT, Android or Apple's iOS, working with a version that the user is very limited in its environment. Restrictions the P2211T NOT have. You can fully enjoy all the advantages PC. It is for many people fairly new and very nice that there is finally tablets come with a full Windows desktop for under 500 Euros. A desktop tablet is difficult to control without a keyboard and trackpad or mouse, so the Metro interface and combinations that come on the market of Windows 8 tablet + keyboard dock.} Windows 8.1 under some notorious for the lack of the start button and the start menu. An update to Windows 8.2 solves this hopefully. Bloatware word found in large quantities on the SSD, in the form of three suites (most trialware) CyberLink Ashampoo and Windows Live. Some programs are useful, but most will Tweakers there discard. The latter is then difficult and Cyberlink did not want my machine. Ashampoo always open the browser after each of the ten uninstallaties. The Office installation is unfortunately trial and so I replaced those directly for OpenOffice. Drivers look good and it seems like the integration works well. practice for the first start-up is quick and easy. The screen locale and language settings setup is done in minutes. I first get to see. Metro Just left and right through the tiles leaves goes smoothly. There is no lag. Then I switch to the desktop and get to see a pretty gesjopt Medion logo and the necessary icons like this computer. Letters are very small. Re-boot takes only 14 seconds. The speed of the PC like straight away and although this is not something for games, run all the common tasks very smoothly. I have the door quickly and fold close the laptop while it is still open office install. I put it here in my bag, it actually is a bit heavier, but not unpleasant feeling because he takes it easy. At an internet cafe I login with excellent range on their wifi and complete the installation, then I resume the revieuw. Soon i interface at 150% to be rid of the spidery letters glossy screen should because of the bright sun and reflections on maximum contrast level and then workable. The dock is cool and heat generation on the tablet is minimal. There is a slight hum of the hard drive, but this is the quietest laptop HDD that I have ever heard. The nearly full-size keyboard was slightly larger liked me. It is unfortunate that the two inches on the edges around the keyboard are not fully utilized. Still typing with ten fingers is smooth. Metro works seamlessly like all applications, but it is not what I'm used to on my i5 with SSD desktop. Alternatives There are not very many alternatives. at the time of writing Asus Transformer Book T100 with 10 inch screen, 2GB of memory and a 32GB SSD drive only comes with a very competitive price of 349.00 Euro still the best around. The processor is similar to the performance of the CPU in the Akoya P2211T. With the advent of more convertibles Bay Trail processors for the door, is to purchase an older (much slower) Atom product, unjustifiable. If we look at the lighter, classic touch notebooks than Asus' Vivo Book X202E-CT009H may equipped with i3 but offers a battery life of 3 to 4 hours and has a significantly worse screen at a price of well 499, - Euro. The cheaper (395, -) Toshiba Satellite NB10T-A-101 has a slower Celeron N2810, only HD screen, but is 200 grams lighter. The Asus Vivo Book X202E-CT315H may slow Celeron 1007U and only 2GB hard to come, battery life is again 3.5 hours and the screen is not the best HD panel. The price tag is again, with only 389, - Euro. Possibly the Acer Aspire V5-122P-42154G50nss resort offers you a price fighter, with also much slower AMD A4-1250 CPU, but if you can survive, says the low weight of 1200 grams you maybe. The sober Radeon HD8210 video sends a HD screen. All this for 389, -. For now, there is in this laptop / tablet pricesegment little competition for Medion on the horizon. Conclusion All the pluses and minuses in all, I'm pretty impressed with the performance and features that are delivered. for this money The screen is small but fantastic, the keyboard works very reliably, the seemingly endless battery life and fast charging are also a plus. There are plenty of connections and the quad-core Celeron CPU is smooth, like the SSD and the internal memory. The weight and dimensions in order to make the whole a simple meepakker. And it is good that we are now able to read recipes while cooking in the kitchen. From the Internet There is no expansion is possible because there are no valves, all hardware is in the tablet. A LAN connection I had appreciated and better speakers are not a luxury. The problem with the 3.5 mm plug is very unfortunate as the irritation of the bloatware packs Medion it throws. , this plastic stuff will not get design award and the finish leaves a bit to be desired. Potential buyers who are looking for a laptop with excellent build quality and light ultrabook with fast hardware and beautiful design, this is likely to take its course. And to come back to the initial question: is this the perfect hybrid? To be honest no. Since the build quality would be much better. There really is much to improve. It is disappointing that there TW'ers defects reported. In addition, the strange pricing. In Austria. 399 was the 2GB model - for sale and medion.nl same P2211T costs just 499. -! Media market increased the 4GB model for the Christmas of 499, - sfor 549, -! Saturn asked for the same model, even for a while 599 - Although it is certainly not the last cheap hybrid Bay Trail will be, this is the first where I get the impression that there is a somewhat more balanced story. Affordable, easy full feature hybrids with few compromises are now a fact. But that design and build quality th ... Vivo Book X202E-CT009H may come with i3 but offers a battery life of 3 to 4 hours and has a significantly worse screen at a price of also 499, - Euro. The cheaper (395, -) Toshiba Satellite NB10T-A-101 has a slower Celeron N2810, only HD screen, but is 200 grams lighter. The Asus Vivo Book X202E-CT315H may slow Celeron 1007U and only 2GB hard to come, battery life is again 3.5 hours and the screen is not the best HD panel. The price tag is again, with only 389, - Euro. Possibly the Acer Aspire V5-122P-42154G50nss resort offers you a price fighter, with also much slower AMD A4-1250 CPU, but if you can survive, says the low weight of 1200 grams you maybe. The sober Radeon HD8210 video sends a HD screen. All this for 389, -. For now, there is in this laptop / tablet pricesegment little competition for Medion on the horizon. Conclusion All the pluses and minuses in all, I'm pretty impressed with the performance and features that are delivered. for this money The screen is small but fantastic, the keyboard works very reliably, the seemingly endless battery life and fast charging are also a plus. There are plenty of connections and the quad-core Celeron CPU is smooth, like the SSD and the internal memory. The weight and dimensions in order to make the whole a simple meepakker. And it is good that we are now able to read recipes while cooking in the kitchen. From the Internet There is no expansion is possible because there are no valves, all hardware is in the tablet. A LAN connection I had appreciated and better speakers are not a luxury. The problem with the 3.5 mm plug is very unfortunate as the irritation of the bloatware packs Medion it throws. , this plastic stuff will not get design award and the finish leaves a bit to be desired. Potential buyers who are looking for a laptop with excellent build quality and light ultrabook with fast hardware and beautiful design, this is likely to take its course. And to come back to the initial question: is this the perfect hybrid? To be honest no. Since the build quality would be much better. There really is much to improve. It is disappointing that there TW'ers defects reported. In addition, the strange pricing. In Austria. 399 was the 2GB model - for sale and medion.nl same P2211T costs just 499. -! Media market increased the 4GB model for the Christmas of 499, - sfor 549, -! Saturn asked for the same model, even for a while 599 - Although it is certainly not the last cheap hybrid Bay Trail will be, this is the first where I get the impression that there is a somewhat more balanced story. Affordable, easy full feature hybrids with few compromises are now a fact. But that design and build quality th ... Vivo Book X202E-CT009H may come with i3 but offers a battery life of 3 to 4 hours and has a significantly worse screen at a price of also 499, - Euro. The cheaper (395, -) Toshiba Satellite NB10T-A-101 has a slower Celeron N2810, only HD screen, but is 200 grams lighter. The Asus Vivo Book X202E-CT315H may slow Celeron 1007U and only 2GB hard to come, battery life is again 3.5 hours and the screen is not the best HD panel. The price tag is again, with only 389, - Euro. Possibly the Acer Aspire V5-122P-42154G50nss resort offers you a price fighter, with also much slower AMD A4-1250 CPU, but if you can survive, says the low weight of 1200 grams you maybe. The sober Radeon HD8210 video sends a HD screen. All this for 389, -. For now, there is in this laptop / tablet pricesegment little competition for Medion on the horizon. Conclusion All the pluses and minuses in all, I'm pretty impressed with the performance and features that are delivered. for this money The screen is small but fantastic, the keyboard works very reliably, the seemingly endless battery life and fast charging are also a plus. There are plenty of connections and the quad-core Celeron CPU is smooth, like the SSD and the internal memory. The weight and dimensions in order to make the whole a simple meepakker. And it is good that we are now able to read recipes while cooking in the kitchen. From the Internet There is no expansion is possible because there are no valves, all hardware is in the tablet. A LAN connection I had appreciated and better speakers are not a luxury. The problem with the 3.5 mm plug is very unfortunate as the irritation of the bloatware packs Medion it throws. , this plastic stuff will not get design award and the finish leaves a bit to be desired. Potential buyers who are looking for a laptop with excellent build quality and light ultrabook with fast hardware and beautiful design, this is likely to take its course. And to come back to the initial question: is this the perfect hybrid? To be honest no. Since the build quality would be much better. There really is much to improve. It is disappointing that there TW'ers defects reported. In addition, the strange pricing. In Austria. 399 was the 2GB model - for sale and medion.nl same P2211T costs just 499. -! Media market increased the 4GB model for the Christmas of 499, - sfor 549, -! Saturn asked for the same model, even for a while 599 - Although it is certainly not the last cheap hybrid Bay Trail will be, this is the first where I get the impression that there is a somewhat more balanced story. Affordable, easy full feature hybrids with few compromises are now a fact. But that design and build quality th ...

Samsung Smart PC's: the future of the PC?

2013, which covers the year laptops with touch screens on laptops. We saw the end of last year, a foretaste of what we can expect when several manufacturers announced their models with Windows 8. Then also became immediately clear that manufacturers are struggling with how a touchscreen can best be combined. Laptop

That struggle resulted in several hybrid models. Samsung uses for its Smart PC a convertible design that we already know: that used to be because Asus Transformer tablets. Unlike those Transformer models are hybrids of Samsung, however, x86 and not ARM chips on board and the Windows 8 operating system instead of Android - Asus has now brought the Vivo Tab line. According to Samsung, allows computers to Smart PCs. Tweakers looked at whether this classification is justified.

Acer Aspire V7-482PG-54208G52tii

My experience with Notebooks
Actually I do not have much experience with laptops. I worked for a while with a Dell Latitude D400 with Banias processor, an Atom netbook and occasionally have a Mac Book Pro from 2011 had in my hands. The Acer V7 is actually my first real modern notebook and I have so little comparison.
My perception of the performance of this laptop is mainly deposited at my desktop with an AMD X6 1090T, Intel 520 SSD, 16GB RAM and an AMD HD5770. wishes Some time ago I began my quest for a notebook. I was mainly focused on ultrabooks because I wanted something that was light and portable. I also did not want to surrender too much on performance and build quality. I've done once before with an Atom netbook, which is (like almost everyone) disliked. Further requirements were that it had to be (StarCraft II), at least a 1600x900 IPS screen, and preferably a full HD screen. A game played on Budget around 1000 euros. Candidates I soon realized that my requirements were quite unrealistic . I first tended strongly to the Sony VAIO Pro due to the 13.3 "HD screen and light weight. But the Intel integrated graphics did not win the war. then I came out on the Vaio Fit 14 . Slightly larger and heavier but with a dGPU. screen and battery life, however, were mediocre for the price also fell off. long time I have then my eyes on the Lenovo U430 . The specs were actually all fine just the TN screen of 1600x900 was very disappointing. should if it is still Full HD version out but I could not wait. And with a little luck is also a moderately TN screen. choice when actually came completely unexpected Acer V7-482PG in sight. I had totally not looked at Acer because of the bad reputation. But Anandtech came with a very favorable review . My interest was piqued soon became clear that the version has been reviewed not get here., the Dutch version has a weaker CPU, less memory and a smaller HDD. However, the processor after perhaps were no issues that would diminish. Much to the good review As I said I was aware that I would have to close. several compromises And also with the Aspire V7 there are some compromises. Thus, the weight of 2.1 kg and the size of 14 inches was not quite within my original goal of thin & light. There is only one SSD caching and no complete SSD. I also had my doubts about the performance of the i5 4200U ULV processor. In the rest of the review, I will indicate whether the compromise worked out well. Enclosure: The build quality is not against me. The housing has an aluminum finish which looks very good but it's just plastic. They call it gunmetal. twisting the laptop is not being picked up and the LCD hinge feels sturdy. If you're at the keyboard, press hard you feel a bit of flex, but in normal use you notice any of that. Available connectors and jacks are enough for me. A minor inconvenience is that the power button is on the left side. I have already put the laptop into standby once by accident when I tried plugging. The power plug If you're aware of it is not a problem, but had all the problems in advance is contained the power button on the top. Screen: The biggest USP of this laptop at this price point is the screen used. It is amazing how few laptops there are less than 1000 euro a decent FULL-HD IPS display. Acer has at this point be good to each other and therefore has thus conquered a place in the BBG October . , the screen seems to me very sharp, bright and colorful on. It is a vast improvement on my desktop screen Pricewatch: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Black . Of course this was not a high-end screen, but I had never bothered to me ...... until I went to work. With this laptop I do have my screen pretty much "burden" of bleeding . In movies and games do not really falls just a black screen is clearly visible. The bleeding edge is caused by the body because when I display a little tordeer disappears in one place and it will come in a different place. Bleeding is a reflective touch screen. The touch functionality works fine but I will not really use. I was already accustomed to Windows 8 but also with touch screen, I see little value to the Metro interface. The reflective screen bothers me hitherto. The screen is bright enough so because in the home or office environment, you will not suffer from it. About performance outside in the sun, I still able to form a judgment. Input devices About the keyboard, I will be brief because I had to attach little value. For me, it works just fine. The keyboard backlight is nice and looks good. Touchpad Synaptics I would rate as fair to good. The times I've had a Macbook in my hands, I was always amazed at the proper functioning of the touchpad. I had almost no need for an external mouse ..... With the Acer I already had an external mouse to hang out again after 10 minutes. It is very useful and accurate enough only occasionally still works just not as you want. This seems to occur particularly by the material used. The plastic touchpad has a structure that ensures that your finger horizontally over it very smooth glide. Vertical is however fairly stiff so that the mouse sometimes unresponsive and jumpy scrolling is not always very smooth. If the material had been slightly smoother, I think it was a lot better. Sound There seem to sit. 4 speakers in the laptop I sound like a pretty good laptop. But it is clear that it comes to laptop speakers because it lacks some bass. Let you quickly hear some music, playing a game or even watching a movie with these speakers, however, is just fine to do. WiFi wireless internet connection often seems to produce problems in modern notebooks. In my search I came across the Lenovo and Sony forums a lot of complaints against the disappointing speeds or clipped connections. The Acer is an Intel 7260N. A commonly used adapter that is often to blame for problems is preferred. Luckily I have so far no problems. The signal never falls away and I get speeds of 250 Mbps. If I'm a floor above my router, I can still see my 50Mbit Internet zipping or stream a 1080p movie. (House of concrete). processor, SSD caching and GPU I was worried about the i5 ULV processor a bit. My experience to date, however, is that the CPU is smooth enough for my use. High bitrate 1080p video without GPU acceleration played fine, medium PSDs are editing in Photoshop and my games seem to be quite smooth. Gelimiteeerd not CPU Local 4K videos are also well played, but there is then necessary. Hardware acceleration 4k Stream from Youtube ie not work smoothly because of poor acceleration, especially in fast scenes you see stutter. 's 20GB SSD caching occurs to me all the way along. The laptop starts up very quickly and has a smooth drag summary form. The whole OS feels very responsive to. Actually as snappy as my desktop with "real" SSD. Only when starting heavy programs like Photoshop and games you notice that it's slower. I had in my mind to replace a 256GB SSD caching SSD M.2 but I do not see. The need at the moment is actually an instance alleged disadvantage actually become an advantage because I now have a one 500GB HDD at my disposal . the Nvidia 750M GPU is actually the worst that you can get into the Ultrabook segment. Acer has however chosen to use DDR3 memory for the GPU and not DDR5. Anandtech has a theoretical performance loss of 20%. That's a pity, but probably it has been necessary to maintain the temperature. Sufficiently low Here you can see my 3Dmark scores: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1397495 I have it installed and everything turned by default. Cooling and noise The fan noise is barely audible at idle and under moderate load, the fan hardly to hear. At full load, the fans will spin coating, but even then it is totally distracting and if you're playing a game or movie you are watching, you can hear it no more. 's review of Digital Trends indicates that this laptop extremely hot can be. With a little browsing with your laptop on your lap or watch a movie continues the laptop with me just very cool. Even when running Prime95 laptop was only luke warm air blowing. Only when a full stress test with maximum CPU and GPU load the laptop was very hot. The touchpad was cool but from the QWERTY keypad was a lot of heat. The exhaled air was pretty hot. For me, however, this is a total non-issue because the laptop with light to normal use remains cool. If I'm really going to entrust him than 100%, the laptop somewhere on a desk and makes the heat I do not care. In real-world use I incidentally have not experienced the laptop as hot. as delays Heat removal is an important issue for ultrabooks with Intel Turbo processor. Anadtech said in his review that it sits well with the cooling of the laptop, but I also took the test case itself. I came from a test method as described by Darkstone in: http://gathering.tweakers...message/40691919 # 40,691,919 Prime95 in-place large FTTS. Test 10 minutes. CPU keeps a turbo 2.25GHz and has a solid package of power 19watt. That's the maixmale turbo 2 cores. The maximum CPU temperature reached in 10 minutes up to 66 degrees. Prime95 in-place large FTTS + Valley Benchmark. Test 20 minutes CPU sits just above its standard clock speed but loses almost all turbo. He clocked at 1.9GHZ with a package ie power of 15w. The CPU temp. capped at 86 degrees and the GPU at 81 degrees. So there is actually still quite some headroom for a higher clock speed. Accu expensive I can not say because I have not tested extensively about this. much Laptop has not been off. Long periods of the adapter I guess I should be able to pick up easily. 6 hours with moderate use and 8 hours with light use and low brightness Conclusion I have to compromise given my budget of 1000 euros but I think I really have to hand. V7 with nowhere The biggest compromise for me was the weight and size. It is called an ultrabook, but do not expect to get one with this unit. A Macbook Pro or Sony Vaio owned It really is a hefty blow bigger and heavier. i5 and SSD caching attack me so bad and are doing. just fine for my purposes The display and good GPU are the absolute strengths of this unit. All in all I am very satisfied and I think at this price Acer has put down a winner. Provided of course the horror stories about Acer is not true and the unit is one month decide to keep it out of the warranty 

Sony Vaio Duo 13: slipped

Introduction

Ultrabooks we tested the meantime, in various shapes and sizes Tweakers. 'Classic' laptops, laptops with omklapschermen, rotary screens and even dual screens have surfaced. A slider , we tested only once before, in the form of Sony's Vaio Duo 11. Recently, Sony Duo 13 is the big brother of the Duo 11, released, and that calls for a comprehensive review.

The Duo 13 is not just a bigger version of the 11 "Vaio Duo, Sony has adapted. Example, the transition to the Intel Haswell architecture and the design is changed somewhat., The hinge at the back is narrower and the trackpoint is replaced by a touchpad.

With the newer and larger hardware also comes a higher price. Where the Vaio Duo 11 for 1100 euros in PriceWatch state must be nearly 300 euros more planned for the Duo 13. With the Duo 11 in mind, we also check whether the new system is that higher price is worth and how the new slider is performing compared to other ultrabooks.

Four 15 "laptops 500: something for everyone

Introduction

They are not fast, there is not a great screen, and you can be sure no new games to play. What makes these laptops still interesting? First, they are cheap. For 500 euros, there is now to be found, which we do not write on Tweakers often. A wide range laptop Additionally, these laptops are popular in the Pricewatch. Therefore, we take the acid test with four 15 "laptops around 500 euros and we see what that amount on a laptop produces.

HP Sleekbook 15, Samsung Series 3The laptops in question come from Acer, HP, Samsung and Toshiba. HP we have Sleekbook 15 b076ed tested with a Core i5 processor. This is the same laptop as the popular Sleekbook 15 b006ed, which cost just under 500 euros at the time of writing. The model number is different because the laptops are rolled. Different moments from the factory On the model number after the Sleekbooks thus identical.

Samsung in this test is the NP355V5C and with a price of 544 euros, the second most expensive in this equation. Unlike other laptops with an Intel processor feature, the Samsung gets an A8 processor with AMD.Acer Aspire E1, Toshiba C855

The Acer we tested the Aspire E1 571, which cost nearly 500 euros at the time of writing. The laptop comes with a Core i5 processor. For comparative tests, we have the Aspire E1 571G used. The difference with the 'normal' 571 is the graphics card from Nvidia in the G model. During testing, we have the video card turned off, making the Acer basically performs like a regular 571.

The fourth laptop in the test, the Toshiba C855-226, of the same Core i5 processor features like the Acer. With a price of 549 euros, the laptop, the most expensive of the quartet.


When we test Tweakers generally fast and expensive notebooks or laptops where something special with it. Laptops average we test infrequently and therefore we deviated slightly for these four laptops from the usual tests, which we the processor and video card heat submit to the shins. We still run some benchmarks, but the emphasis is on the ease with which the laptop for light, everyday tasks to use. The four laptops also make every part of a series. The Acer Aspire E1 state instance with sixteen different versions in the Pricewatch. By shifting the focus of benchmarks to ease this review is therefore largely applicable to other models in the series.

Sony Vaio Fit Multi-PC flip SVF13N1C5E

Sony Vaio Fit 13a Multi Flip review by rambann Background Does the Sony Vaio I have to do with user reviews and hands-on which could not convince you to buy the last few months. Vaio fit me right The 13a would be far too many complaints about loud fan constantly running and the Wi-Fi problems include the Vaio Vaio Duo and Pro. When it was announced that Sony Vaio division was lifting the choice there was not any easier. Contact Sony has given me a lot of clarity and thereby had drawn my attention to the actions that Sony itself weekly update on their website. Regarding lifting the Vaio division has no effect on existing products and after sales and fan problem that was talked about so much and would occasionally not occur. This combined with consideration of other models such as the Microsoft Surface or Lenovo Yoga has convinced me to have a Sony Vaio buy fit. 13a This is the most spiritualized review I write when I try to play cards, which I myself was during my quest. points to If there are any questions or suggestions let me know. This Spelling and grammar errors subject. Revision 2.0 I have also noticed that the model number was changed to SVF13N1 SVF13N2 (revision 2.0). Outside that standard Windows 8.1 came and PCIe Flash SSD from the Sony store is available now, there are no further changes were observed, but I do an assumption that these bugs are here taken to task. Use will tell. Objective and requirements Because this device was to fulfill multiple roles, and I bought this unit for the long term (at least 3 to 4 years) I had a few requirements that I almost wish that it was possible for me to fulfill. So I looked at the following devices with reason that they did for me (it remains personally) do not become: 5 - Asus Transformer TX-300 - simply because it's an old generation. 4 - Dell XPS 12 (haswell) - meets my needs, but I personally found it not beautiful device 3 - Lenovo Yoga - the tilting system was not me personally though I think it's one of the better systems. 2 - HP Spectre x2 - Intel i5-4202Y was me, not worth the money + the total package weighed 2Kg. Although it was the only passively cooled system 1 - Surface 2 Pro - In combination with the type of cover, the docking system was the 128GB version is a little more expensive as the Vaio, but in the end I still have my doubts about the format screen and I regretted fact that there was no possibility 8GB ram without having to pay 300 euros extra. Specs It's the Sony Vaio Fit 13a become. To be precise, the SVF13N2C5E (revision 2.0) This is directly from Sony.nl purchased. Processor - Intel Core i7-4500U 1.8 Ghz (free upgrade action from Sony) GPU - Intel HD Graphics 4400 Storage - 128Gb PCIe SSD Flash Memory - 8Gb 1600 MT / s DDR3-SDRAM OS - Windows 8.1 Pro Wireless - N Intel Wifi / Bluetooth 4.0 / WiDi compatible / NFC Camera - Front and back camera 2mp (bottom) 8mp camera (without flash) Digitizer - N-Trig digital pen VGP-STD2 Other connections - Full HDMI / 2x USB 3.0 / Full SD card reader / Headset connector / power supply Sony AD-Hoc Router - VGP-WAR100 (loose accessories ordered with extra) Construction / First impression The Vaio Fit 13a is fabricated with a combination of brushed aluminum cover and plastic base. All this ensures that considering the overall picture (only) 1.29 Kg. Only ultrabook which there under is the Vaio Pro with 1Kg. If tablet is a frog weight, but a device this size touchscreen you rest on your lap or on a desk. preferably is also often observed that the brushed aluminum gevoellig for fingerprints, but I have the silver version are unaffected. The finish is really neat and it feels very sturdy to all. It gives the Vaio Fit a very chic look. However there is some flex in the plastic bottom of the case so you hear a little "crunch" when you exerts pressure on the plastic. feels When tilting the screen (as is often said, ) very solid. The weight feels like a relief compared to my HP Probook 4310s (which has a weight of 2.1 Kg). And as the thickness saves the half. At its thickest point, the Vaio 18mm thick , the adapter is a new system that I have not seen before. A combination of a click / magnet system. It works well, but takes getting used to. It is for the safety of the Vaio too much force is required to pull the adapter. Loose A final focus point is that when the screen viewer or tablet mode, the aluminum plates safely overlap. If something interferes may cause scratches (unfortunately encountered in the 1st day) to sit the fan 's all-important first impression (for me) was how the fan noise was the initial installation. At startup you can hear the fan really as rage (I can well imagine that people have come to annoyed) Once at the Windows logon screen you can hear the fan down pins. Thereafter, the fan will continue to run well, but the noise level is very acceptable. If the Vaio gets a little busy, you hear soon reach the fan again. However, I read this more often in the ultrabooks, and also the surface. Display / Touchscreen / Digitizer Pen The Display is a 1920x1080 screen which pretty colors gives thanks to the technology that Sony there is chairing the Bravia technology applied to their TVs. default DPI scaling set to 125%. If you screw it back to 100% you will see what to do with work surface for you. My feeling is the brightness of the screen is not as high. And the glass plate of the display (which after a while is used under the fingerprints) provides much glare. The touch screen responds very well. I have not experienced any problems here. Within the Windows Metro interface touch screen really comes into its own. Multitouch responds smoothly and quickly and typing on the onscreen keyboard of Windows 8.1 works well. Though it will certainly not replace a physical keyboard. With the digitizer pen (Sony VGP-STD02), which in my case was supplied, gives a nice gain. 's digitizer pen technology which is derived from N-trig, is versatile to use on the touch screen. First is always thought to make notes and Photoshop-like purposes. However, I also use the stylus to navigate the desktop mode. With the two buttons on the pen you have additional features available to you (depending on program). Keyboard / Touchpad The keyboard type you are after some practice time away. The travel's not much, but I can not make an issue. It is also often reported that the keyboard flexes slightly inward. That's when it still applies, though you should take care to see it. The keyboard features backlit illumination. This is not to dim, but to turn off. When the keyboard keys light up eyes that cheap. The keys are plastic coated. This makes it so that when it is lit, the light is not equally distributed evenly. 's touchpad (ELAN), I am very satisfied. It is one of the best touchpads I've used to date. I can well serve a touchpad with my fingers in general, and I never really use a mouse with a laptop. The touchpad has a nice size, supports Windows 8 gestures and multitouch support. This makes navigating Windows 8.1 is also a lot more enjoyable when you are not using the touch screen. , the surface feels very well. Not too smooth or very rough. Sound The sound I can be brief about this and is sufficient. You can use the Sony control panel still play a little with the settings so you can make it sound, the more pleasant, but a lot of depth you did not hear. Wifi / Bluetooth module The WiFi module (Intel Wireless-N 7260) has given me the first days of headaches given. At home I have a Netgear WNDR 3700 Dual Band Router stand, where I have the 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz WiFi configured. During my first tests I did not come over the 25Mbit and the connection was dropped for unknown reasons. After some inquiring on the internet the required issues with the Intel card emerged. Eventually, the last driver end of January, and since then I experience no problems. With data transfer speeds ranging from 120Mbit (10m from router and 2 doors) to 155Mbit (next to the router) on the 5Ghz frequency. Battery Life Concerns battery life, I am positive. With my use (where there are times when I put it as close clap or in sleep), I easily one business day, and I can at home or a quiet internet. Benchmarks I did some quick benchmarks performed with Cinebench 11.5 and CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 to see how this laptop comes along with the competition and how the SSD and CPU performance abide. The results are more than enough, but I had higher expectations of the SSD. What I have seen of the old mSATA version is a lot faster. The Vaio Feels very quickly. He has started within 4 seconds and wakes from sleep mode within 2 seconds. combination with the Sony VGP-WAR100 Router Adapter The adapter supplied with the Sony is very compact and is equipped with a USB port. This gives an output of 5V, 1A. This allows you for example to charge a smartphone. Accessories that sells a Sony release, the VGP-WAR 100 router, which you can mount on the adapter directly. The router is equipped with a UTP connection and useful when you have a Wi-Fi connection at your disposal, but a wired LAN UTP at your disposal. Theoretically, this mini router to the adapter sounds very useful, if you have no UTP network 've been, if Sony had a little more attention given to it. in the laptop UTP connector supports a max bore of 100Mbps and Wi-Fi support only a 2.4 Ghz N standard with a maximum bore of 150Mbps (that is the weakest link the connection 100Mbps). In practice, this results in a maximum throughput of ongv. 5.5 MB p / s (tested in different places and have not really gotten much higher.) for a price of 40 euros, it is an expensive solution that you can better tackle with a good USB network card to purchase (which I've done ). Only advantage of this device is that you can leave him (to your adapter does not get in the way of light). This can actually always a possibility network despite no UTP connector sits on the Vaio. Conslusie I am personally very pleased with this product. Problems like these often received attention at launch, I have no problems encountered. The design is what you'd expect from Sony and feels solid enough. Everywhere I think it is a good all-rounder, who could have been. Slightly better but I think if you really want to buy an ultrabook or a Windows tablet, there are better alternatives. In the world of convertibles I do think it's one of the better of the moment. Unfortunately sorry to see that it will get with my idea or they could further develop this product. no successor How the laptop is going to hold over the next few years, I do not dare to say and practice will tell.

Asus N56VB-S4061H

Introduction

In the past, I always thought it would be nice to have only four years after having used the same laptop a laptop (and before that a number of laptops and PC's) I thought it was about time for a normal computer system. This suited me so well that I was completely out of looking at laptops. Just for my education was one of the requirements a laptop. So when I look at Tweakers.net for a laptop that will not only meet the minimum requirements where my training to early, but also a laptop which I can decent work and also to extend falls. I also wanted to make sure that I could do all my training with this laptop and I had to buy a new laptop because it no longer met the requirements. Not every year So I finally decided on the Asus N56VB-S4061H. This was coincidentally also beautiful within my budget. Inside the box The following items were in the box: - Manual - Driver CD - Mini Subwoofer - Asus N56VB-S4061H - Power adapter - Cloth v. monitor Experiences sizable one month I am now in possession This laptop. By now I've already changed some things on the hardware. As the memory expanded from 6GB to 16GB and the HDD replaced by an SSD. Because I have a new SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO) brought to my PC and the old SSD (Samsung 830 256GB) from my PC in the Asus laptop stopped. Since the SSD in the laptop is worse I no longer slow start to respond slowly and laptop. I usually just put the laptop in his sleep mode, but if for example I have to restart Windows updates or other programs the laptop again, it takes a while before it was launched. Also, some programs were suspended for a while simply because the hard drive is that they normally slow. I know that a hard drive to an SSD can not kwa read / write access time, and soon to hit just only this sense. The hard drive in my previous Asus laptop was even faster ... EDIT (21-12-13) After a few months my laptop to be in possession noticed something. The aluminum is damaged. A bit of a shame. Furthermore, there is no damage present on the laptop. downgrade OS After a few days I have Windows 7 installed on this laptop. Just because I can not go with Windows 8 to get to me missing the start button and the presence of the Metro interface. The Metro interface I find something more for a tablet. Probably will you be thinking, downgrade? That's not smart? No indeed, that's not so smart, I just could not find any good drivers and the laptop still works fine. Indeed, in combination with Windows 7, he even works faster for my feelings. EDIT (08-02-2014) Meanwhile for Windows 8.1 went with my laptop. Windows 8.1 have been a nice time run on my PC and I like to be fine. Touchpad Keyboard & Asus InstantKey I had in the beginning to get used to the touchpad because it something else crossed over the previous touchpads I together used in my other laptops. I must say, the features that are there to make working on the laptop be a lot more efficient. For example you can with two fingers a lot perform all functions. For example, in and out of web pages and photos, scroll (obviously) and rotating photos. There are also three fingers with a number of options. The keyboard just looks sleek and nicely finished off. The useful of it is, there is lighting embedded in the keyboard and thus it is easier for example to work in the dark. The keyboard also nice type. The keys are not really stiff and you do not need to press hard. A story types is a piece of cake. Initially I found the Asus InstantKey a bit useless. I also did not immediately know what to do with it. Then I had the idea to change. Power scheme with one simple click So when I have a night down the Internet and made ​​a small, simple program manages on the Asus InstantKey changed the power scheme with one simple click. Sound & Picture Quality The sound quality actually surprised me a bit. There will be a very good and clear sound from the tiny speakers. Also nice there is the small subwoofer. I find that the subwoofer does not add very much to like music but movies again. Furthermore, the volume can also pretty hard. Even large rooms I can still hear the laptop fine. The image quality is also fine taste. The screen is very clear and the benefit of this method is, it supports a full HD resolution. This makes viewing images, movies and games etc quite a lot sharper. The text, for example web pages is also great to read on the 15.6 "monitor. Heat Production & Battery Life The Asus laptop is generally very quiet. barely there heavier tasks you hear him when you're sitting in a quiet room. Where the laptop are performed than he can sometimes be hot. example if I game Trine 2 play on the Asus laptop then he produces a lot of heat, and he starts making little bit more noise, but this is also not disturbing. The battery life is more than sufficient. If I do not overuse than I can more than 3 hours at work. I think a nice performance compared to my previous Asus laptop. 3 hours laptop This fact put down. 2 hours EDIT (08-02-2014) Under Windows 8.1, the battery is still a bit longer. HDDCaddy recently I also have a HDDCaddy ( Link ) purchased the Asus laptop. SSD only there is really fast, just space remains still quite limited with an SSD. So when I decided to purchase given that I DVD-ROM burner rarely used. HDDCaddy to a If I want to use it, I can always buy an external DVD-ROM burner and hang it on my laptop temporarily. The whole in the laptop and install the hard drive in the HDDCaddy itself is a piece of cake. Basically the same principle of replacing your DVD burner in your laptop. Another upgrade ... What I soon be going to do is replace the wireless network. This probably get the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 . (Do this network now accumulated within only there appear to be some problems with the network card that Intel still has not been resolved., I'm probably now the Bigfoot Killer Wireless-N 1202.) On Tweakers and the Asus website states that the current network also supports the 5Ghz band only I can mine and other Wi-Fi networks in the 5Ghz band just can not find the current network. Benchmarks PerformanceTest 8.0 SSD & HDDCaddy + HDD, 16GB RAM AS SSD Samsung 830 in PC: AS SSD Samsung 830 in laptop: As you can see little difference between these two. Closing The Asus N56VB-S4061H is generally a good laptop and great performance. After some adjustments I have a laptop that reacts quickly and good to work with. The price is also not to complain for what you get for it about. The expansion possibilities are pretty wide. Thanks for reading my review and I hope this will start a hand to have helped. Wipe

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