Liten uppdatering om Gigabyte U2442.
Fick svar från Gigabyte NB som skriver att datorn skall finnas i Sverige i slutet av Augusti. Dock tror jag inte man kan ta det exakt utan det kan bli lite senare. Nordamerika och Europa verkar den finnas runt mitten av Augusti.
Varit en del kritik om främst skärmen. Verkar vara den svagaste länken, annars verkar den åtminstone inte ha några problem med värmeutveckling.
Recension från notebookreview google translate översatt
http://translate.google.pl/translate...k.78298.0.html
Youtube, display focus, liten titt på skärmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mur8K...ature=youtu.be
Så här skrev han som köpt en U2442V i Taiwan (från notebookreview's U2442 tråd). Ta det för vad det är, men lite erfarenhet från bärbara verkar han ha åtminstone.
U2442N has arrived, first impressions:
bloatware is under control: MS office trial, bing bar, etc didnt take too long to remove. central interface manager app is very quick and has a hardware button located discretely next to the power switch.
laptop POSTs quite fast, boots windows 7 before the logo even comes together (so in ballpark of 6-9 seconds after the POST) on the stock 128gb msata SSD.
DDR3 in the GT 640M (at $1166 I'd expect no more)
no thunderbolt
Screen is on the dim side coming from a glossy lappy, still very comfortable in most kinds of lighting (i still only use between 60-70% brightness). Looks slightly blue on first glance.
two fans are quiet and responsive to stress - they point away from the user.
trackpad is of the textured variety, not overkill like some older HPs, very generous size and I am not drawn to my wireless mouse whilst leaving the room to type this reply.
3.4lbs this thing is LIGHT and totally cool on the lap after running skyrim at high preset a few minutes ago. noise is neglible. 90W powerbrick is not offendingly big, there are smaller replacements on the market.
battery life seems not as nice as it was on my acer 3820tg out of the box, but I have no idea how to use optimus... reads about 3h 48min off the taskbar icon. (absolutely nothing is turned off, 60% brightness)
keyboard is pleasant, much cleaner than a floating-island style keyboard and the keypress is light with a good amount of travel in a subnotebook category.
laptop has a very clean aesthetic, no shiny surfaces and distractions to speak of! The people who rip on its looks are probably coming from plastic white macbooks, LG Pxxx, or powerbooks. Lookswise, easily on the level of vaio, edging out HP and dell IMO. The bottom of the laptop sacrifices looks for accessibility, which is a sound trade for the avg enthusiast in the market of this laptop.
lastly the biggest flaw to this laptop, bar none:
WHAT A PAIN IN THE A$$ IT WAS TO FIND ONE.
One more thing to add: if you've ever been pesterred by friends on VoIP to buy a headset due to a noisy mic, this laptop mic is totally satisfactory over Mumble!! Huge improvement over 3820tg because the mic is not placed near HDD or mobo.
Kommentar angående om skärmen verkligen är så dålig, och jmf med Sony Vaio S
I really couldn't have said this better. I am surprised that the matte display can still match up with other matte displays in the 1000 category, (S13A/P at $1200) given the combo HDD with 520/330/75k IOPS SSD + dual fan cooling.
Good to know that I wasn't weird for thinking the display was a bit dim, though. I don't really think the viewing angles are quite as bad as they are made out on that review, maybe the panels are not all the same. See: (el shakey video)
I happened to notice that the SSD in my u2442n is a faster 128GB from LiteON, rather than the crucial real found in the review. (both are marvel controllers I assume since crucial m4 is marvel).
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It's not bad, just standard. If they wanted to cheap out then they would have taken the acer route with M3 and throw on a glossy 1366 x 768. Even if gigabyte cheaped out on the panel it would be a justified choice. They picked out a fast OEM SSD (LiteON M3M) paired with WD blue scorpio, full power i5, midrange kepler, intel centrino 2T2R wifi/WiDi, and 8GB ram crammed them into a consistently cooled, ultrabook design. $1000, with 2 yrs global warranty.
As much flak as the S13 gets for its panels, it's also very standard, at 900p for 13" and 1080p for 15". If you like IPS, PLS, or 120hz then prepare to sacrifice size, GPU, or money in order to get it.
I've mentioned this before; I am a headphone person in the most literal way. Headphones are completely my bias and I rarely use speakers ever. To me, the speakers are amply loud (contrary to the review), and the DSP enhancements from creative didn't sound bad enough to uninstall. Not wimpy speakers - around the same or louder than macbook 2009 but not as loud as an imac. The speakers can't overpower background noise without being cranked up to the point of disturbing everyone else. (Aren't headphones great).
