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Acer via eBay has Acer Spin 3 2-in-1 Laptop (Refurbished, SP314-54N-58Q7) on sale for $408.49 when you apply coupon code PICKCR5 at checkout. Shipping is free.
Specs:
Intel i5-1035G1 1.00 GHz Processor
14" 1920x1080 IPS Touchscreen Display
8GB Memory
256GB Solid State Drive
Intel Wi-Fi 6
Windows 10 Home
Weight: 3.31 lbs
Two Year Warranty by Allstate
https://www.ebay.com/itm/27449126...7C5079%3A0
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Looks like a solid unit. Main drawbacks are a weak screen (brightness a bit under 300 nits, poor color saturation - only 60% sRGB), and soldered memory (the newer Win 10 systems I'm setting up seem to boot up with 2.5-3 GB of RAM used, which doesn't leave much more for apps if you only have 8 GB).
The CPU is a 4-core 8-thread which boosts to 3.6 GHz. It's manufactured on Intel's 10nm (100.8 million transistors per mm^2) - currently their best, and roughly the same as AMD's offerings (TSMC 7nm, 114 million transistors per mm^2). So you can ignore the naysayers telling you to only buy AMD. Power consumption for the performance should be significantly lower than previous gen Intel CPUs (14nm, 37.5 million transistors per mm^2), and on par with AMD's offerings. I'm not sure why the review compares it to an AMD 4700U, when at this price point it's clearly aimed at 4500U systems.
Its supposed to have Power Delivery on the USB-C port. Just buy a nice USB-C PD charger (65 W or more, with gallium nitride or GaN), and you can use that to charge this laptop + your newer tablets and phones when traveling. You can also borrow the charging cable from a friend's laptop if it uses USB-C PD, like Macbooks. Ideally you want the same or higher wattage as the original charger (65W on this laptop). But lower wattages can usually keep the laptop powered, the battery will just charger slower, won't charge, or will slowly drain.
Power Delivery is probably the biggest revolution in the last 3 years which nobody seems to know about. The standard supports a wide variety of voltages and wattages, so we're approaching the end of the days of having to carry around a half dozen chargers for all your devices when you travel. You'll soon be able to travel with just a single charger which charges everything. (Except iPhones and iPads - Apple still wants to make you to use their proprietary chargers. Though they've seen the light with their laptop chargers.) I see PD as having a good chance to finally supplant the ubiquitous 12V cigarette lighter adapter as The standard for DC power.
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https://www.notebookche
Looks like a solid unit. Main drawbacks are a weak screen (brightness a bit under 300 nits, poor color saturation - only 60% sRGB), and soldered memory (the newer Win 10 systems I'm setting up seem to boot up with 2.5-3 GB of RAM used, which doesn't leave much more for apps if you only have 8 GB).
The CPU is a 4-core 8-thread which boosts to 3.6 GHz. It's manufactured on Intel's 10nm (100.8 million transistors per mm^2) - currently their best, and roughly the same as AMD's offerings (TSMC 7nm, 114 million transistors per mm^2). So you can ignore the naysayers telling you to only buy AMD. Power consumption for the performance should be significantly lower than previous gen Intel CPUs (14nm, 37.5 million transistors per mm^2), and on par with AMD's offerings. I'm not sure why the review compares it to an AMD 4700U, when at this price point it's clearly aimed at 4500U systems.
Power Delivery is probably the biggest revolution in the last 3 years which nobody seems to know about. The standard supports a wide variety of voltages and wattages, so we're approaching the end of the days of having to carry around a half dozen chargers for all your devices when you travel. You'll soon be able to travel with just a single charger which charges everything. (Except iPhones and iPads - Apple still wants to make you to use their proprietary chargers. Though they've seen the light with their laptop chargers.) I see PD as having a good chance to finally supplant the ubiquitous 12V cigarette lighter adapter as The standard for DC power.
Latest 11th gen cpu/chipset and brand new