Ultrabook for travel

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Thinking of getting a ultrabook for travelling purposes.

Currently taking my gaming laptop (15.6inch) with me when travelling...but that thing is a mission to schlepp around (Bulky & heavy AF). Also carrying work laptop so its a little bit too much.

Can probably get a demo Lenovo x250 for 7k...which seems ideal...except for the <HD screen res. Any other ideas?

Alternatively what are the chances of a powerful gaming laptop that is light for like 30k-ish? i.e. If I can I'll just upgrade my 2 year old gaming laptop (15 inch) instead of buying 2x devices.

Thoughts? Has to be lappies...no desktops :(
 
It's a bit over your budget of R30 000 but what about a Dell XPS 15?

Starting at weight: 1.78kg (3.9 lbs)3 with 56Whr battery, SSD and non-touch display; 2kg (4.4 lbs)3 with 84Whr battery, SSD and touch display
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d7e7r7 said:
It's a bit over your budget of R30 000 but what about a Dell XPS 15?
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Well I was just spitballing the budget number to give you guys a reference point. Shooting more for bang per buck than an absolute number to be honest.

Bit concerned about the 960m in that thing though...those were available already 2 years ago when I bought my existing gaming laptop (860m). Existing lappy is fine bulk aside so would need bit more of an upgrade than that to justify the spend.

CamiKaze said:
I use an Acer Aspire S7 392
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Thats kinda the class I'd be looking at for mobile.

ponder said:
Razer blade? 14" fhd gtx1060 6gb ips matte display. no idea about price though.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade
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Interesting development. Found a 17 inch Razer blade for 6.5k...2015 edition 960M with dual SSD + HDD. Impossibly good deal so if it checks out I might just upgrade now regardless of initial thinking in OP.
 
I bought my wife a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 for her studies, and it's a real trooper. i7, 12.5 inch full HD touch display, 8gb ram, 1.58kg, epic battery life, converts to a tablet when needed.

Build quality is high, and I was able to pick it up from a small cash converters (less than a year old with warranty) for R3500.

Even at R10000 second hand it's a bargain.
 
What do you guys think of this? 10k zenbook?

ASUS UX301LA-C4154T 13.3-Inch Zenbook Notebook (Black) - (Intel i5-5200U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Intel HD 4000 Graphics, Windows 10)

TehStranger said:
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Jealous. Thats an absolute steal.
 
HavocXphere said:
What do you guys think of this? 10k zenbook?

ASUS UX301LA-C4154T 13.3-Inch Zenbook Notebook (Black) - (Intel i5-5200U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Intel HD 4000 Graphics, Windows 10)


Jealous. Thats an absolute steal.
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Heard the RAM is soldered
 
TehStranger said:
I bought my wife a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 for her studies, and it's a real trooper. i7, 12.5 inch full HD touch display, 8gb ram, 1.58kg, epic battery life, converts to a tablet when needed.

Build quality is high, and I was able to pick it up from a small cash converters (less than a year old with warranty) for R3500.

Even at R10000 second hand it's a bargain.
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Sounds extremely stolen to me.
 
Ended up getting a ASUS Transformer T100HA

Pretty low spec but very cheap (~3k) and has a full Win 10 environment. Also added a 128gb SD card so 200gig storage in total.

Haven't received it yet, but sounds very promising (it can play stuff like CSGO at a stretch) and charges off USB so future 8 hour flights will be mega civilisation/torchlight/AoE gaming sessions :D

Thats assuming I get a unit without manufacturing defects I think it'll be 100s.
 
HavocXphere said:
Ended up getting a ASUS Transformer T100HA

Pretty low spec but very cheap (~3k) and has a full Win 10 environment. Also added a 128gb SD card so 200gig storage in total.

Haven't received it yet, but sounds very promising (it can play stuff like CSGO at a stretch) and charges off USB so future 8 hour flights will be mega civilisation/torchlight/AoE gaming sessions :D

Thats assuming I get a unit without manufacturing defects I think it'll be 100s.
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please let me know how it works out. Its only got 2gb of ram, I have a lot of browser windows open and apparently it struggles with those. Also where did you get it at that price?
 
Nefertiti said:
please let me know how it works out. Its only got 2gb of ram, I have a lot of browser windows open and apparently it struggles with those. Also where did you get it at that price?
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Yeah will do. Its a bit of a gamble since they seem to be quite prone to being faulty....but don't see anything comparable (8th gen intel) at similar pricing. Got it off amazon @ special.
 
Lenovo Carbon Fibre X1 (though you're already sorted).

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Was looking for a slim leather 14" bag. Saw the tag of almost R4k, walked away.
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Nefertiti said:
please let me know how it works out. Its only got 2gb of ram, I have a lot of browser windows open and apparently it struggles with those. Also where did you get it at that price?
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Yeah, firefox with 8 tabs = 1.7GB ram usage at the moment...
 
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