Fast Machine
2/13/2012 5:49:07 AM
Norman McGregor from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- Very fast running everything.
Excellent Graphics and screen.
Nice keyboard layout.
HDMI output displays great.
Battery time is excellent 8+ hours on a regular basis.
Very lite weight and thin.
Totally silent.
- Weaknesses:
- Needs optical drive.
limited to 8gb ram.
Hard drive could be faster.
Keyboard does not light up.
- Summary:
- Excellent machine in the price range, Out preformes most higher end machines by leaps and bounds. An on the go machine, small and lite weight.
FAST!!!
1/5/2012 4:26:11 AM
Aaron from Winnipeg writes:
- Strengths:
- Dedicated GPU
Light
Battery Life i got most of 11 hours, 6 hours watching on the internet using wifi
Everything, execpt the weaknesses.
- Weaknesses:
- second backslash on the keyboard
the second shift key is too small
webcam is a bit foggy but not a big deal
- Summary:
- Bought mine last boxing day, I was amazed how this machine performs, it is very fast, even the sales rep suggested me to put games on this one. the hard drive is just a bit downside running at 5400rpm, but I got it replaced with an SSD and it's now blazing fast, boots for about more or less 10 seconds, It doesn't have an optical drive so it's a good idea to buy an external drive, the battery is built in so I would recommend to take good care of it especially on charging and discharging.
Great laptop but be careful of possible battery wear~
1/3/2012 3:54:19 PM
J from Edmonton writes:
- Strengths:
- Good specs for this price range~
- Weaknesses:
- - Throttling <= do consider this if you are planning to play PC games on this
- Abnormal battery wear if you happen to get one with the Panasonic battery. It sucks even more since this model comes with an integrated battery.
- no optical drive
- Slightly heavier than other 13.3" laptops. For example, a Sony 13.3" SA is lighter but it comes with an optical drive. Of course, SA is significantly more expensive though.
- Summary:
- Great until I ran BatteryCare on the laptop and it showed a battery wear level of over 11% after two days of usage. It started out with 9%, which was abnormally high to begin with. For comparison, the battery wear on my other 3-year-old laptop is only sitting at 11.5%.
If my 3830TG came with a Sanyo battery, I'd give this a 4/5!
Good stuff at good price
12/28/2011 1:41:23 PM
Xiaoyu from Winnipeg writes:
- Strengths:
- 1. battery life can last up to 8+ hours on energy saving mode as advertised
2. duplicate video card: one dedicated nVidia and one on-chip video card which you can custom different applications with different graphics need
3. hardly feel any weight on it!
- Weaknesses:
- 1. keyboard layout is different for button shift and and enter. This can take some time to adjust.
2. NO OPTICAL drive
3. Pre-installed software is annoying
- Summary:
- Perfect performance considering price and portability. Highly recommend for those who seldom use an optical drive
I llllllllllove it!
Amazingly versitle laptop, highly recommended!
12/18/2011 8:09:54 AM
Christopher Brummet from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- * GPU
* Battery Life
* Overall speed
* Good keyboard
* Good screen resolution / quality
- Weaknesses:
- * 2 or 3 awkward key-placements on keyboard
* Narrow viewing angle for the screen
* Plastic shell is very flexible
- Summary:
- One of the best purchases I've made in a long time. A very solid, fast, reliable machine that can be equal parts an office PC replacement and a gaming rig. They keyboard is usable for long periods of time, though some keys are squished together. Modern games are more than playable at medium to high settings. I've also routinely achieved 5+ hours battery life when working heavily in 3D applications. Wifi reception is VERY good. My only complaint is the flex in the shell. Highly recommended