Another notebook question

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tcofran

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Clueless about all the specs these days .....

is this a good spec for a notebook for about R 10 000, as my boss wants to buy one.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 540c
Intel Core i7 Haswell Quad Core i7-4712MQ 2.3Ghz with Turbo Boost up to 3.3Ghz 6MB L3 Cache Processor,
8192MB DDR3 SO-Dimm Memory (up to 16GB)
2 Memory slots,
1TB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive,
DVD Super Multi Writer optical drive,
15.6" WXGA HD (1366 x 768 resolution) LED Backlit Display,
NVidia GeForce 740M with 2GB dedicated graphics Memory
802.11b/g/n Wireless Lan,
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN,
Bluetooth, Webcam,
2x USB 3.0 ports,
1x USB2.0 ports,
HDMI output,
D-Sub VGA output,
4 in 1 Card Reader,
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional 64 bit Edition-Pre-installed

thanks
 
Quite a powerful Notebook with a really really crappy resolution and crappy hard drive.
 
Well, at that price point it's hard to find a laptop with a higher resolution. You can always make that laptop worthwhile by replacing that drive with an SSD. I hate the fact that they have such a nice GFX card with such a crappy screen resolution.

Are you limited to 10k?
What is the primary use for it?
If it is for office use only then I will definitely get another monitor with it.

I can't see myself working with such a low res screen.

Worth it? depends on what it is going to be used for.
 
Office, e-mails, the odd Caddie drawing, youtube.

nothing to serious
 
any other lappies worth looking at then ?

lets say max price R 12k

thanks for the inputs so far
 
tcofran said:
Office, e-mails, the odd Caddie drawing, youtube.

nothing to serious
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Well if that's what you are going to use it for then great, just make sure you buy a decent monitor to go with it.
 
Trade GeForce option for better resolution screen. 1080p is a minimum for the display of this size.
As you speak about CAD drawings, you will see difference. If you stay with current, you would have to buy two hi-res monitors instead of one.
 
Definitely not worth it. Get a better one with at least GTX965.
 
laptopfan said:
Definitely not worth it. Get a better one with at least GTX965.
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I agree with you if you are saying the 965 > 950. However, there is one helluva price difference? If you can find a laptop with a 965M GPU at 12k, please tell me where you find it, so I can buy it :P
 
mr_norris said:
I agree with you if you are saying the 965 > 950. However, there is one helluva price difference? If you can find a laptop with a 965M GPU at 12k, please tell me where you find it, so I can buy it
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Sure , go to Carbonite. Pretty sure you can find something there.
 
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