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https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/la...82l700bnus
Use codes: HOLIDAYSURPRISE & IDEADBDEAL
This was front page back in November for $710
Specs:
14.0" 2.2K (2240 x 1400) IPS, Touch, 300 nits, 60Hz
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8 Cores, 16 Threads (1.90GHz Base / 4.40GHz Boost) Processor
16GB DDR4 3200MHz (Soldered) RAM
512GB PCIe Solid State Drive
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
802.11AC (2 x 2) & Bluetooth 5.1
Backlit Keyboard
Windows 11 Home 64
Ports:
2x USB 3.2 Type A (Gen 1)
1x USB Type C (PD + USB 2.0)
1x HDMI 1.4b
1x USB Type C
1x Headphone / Mic combo
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Elitebook noob here, are you saying elitebooks where much cheaper during BF sale? What was the price?
It comes and goes. Mine took a month and half to come in but I haven't been able to complain about the machine at all other than windows standby
I had been hoping that deal would come back in stock. I thought this deal was similar enough to pull the trigger. Is the 6600hs version much better ? I thought it was close enough other than this version having slightly better graphics and 6600 version obviously having the 1 TB drive. I don't know what I'm looking at though.
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Yeah I have the one with 6600hs.
My battery gripe is that I barely use my laptop, so I prefer to have it hibernate pretty early on. Instead, hibernating seems to only kick in automatically if I hit low battery so I have to do it via power button. Like I maybe will go a week between uses.
I haven't really played many games on mine as I have a desktop, but I was pleasantly surprised to see xcom2 run at a reasonable frame rate.
I missed that deal the first time and hoping it comes back....
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The Elitebook with 6800U at $800 over BF was the most ideal. You get the CPU and GPU power in one chip, and the battery life will be good. Plus the construction of Elitebook vs IdeaPad.
PS: There is another small niche for this machine, which comes with NVidia's CUDA API. If you ever need CUDA (for some advanced subjects in school or 3D modeling programs for work) or doing video edits with certain programs, it will work a lot better than iGPUs. If you didn't know about CUDA then don't worry.
The Elitebook with 6800U at $800 over BF was the most ideal. You get the CPU and GPU power in one chip, and the battery life will be good. Plus the construction of Elitebook vs IdeaPad.
PS: There is another small niche for this machine, which comes with NVidia's CUDA API. If you ever need CUDA (for some advanced subjects in school or 3D modeling programs for work) or doing video edits with certain programs, it will work a lot better than iGPUs. If you didn't know about don't worry.
I don't know how much better the IdeaPad 5 Pro is to the IdeaPad 5, I know the regular IdeaPad 5 is garbage.
I liked the Acer Swift 3 https://slickdeals.net/f/16189888-acer-swift-3-14-intel-evo-laptop-12th-gen-intel-i5-1240p-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-550-15-565
Lenovo Thinkbook 13s looks good too, but you need to pay attention to Lenovo's coupon pricing https://slickdeals.net/f/16255015-thinkbook-13s-gen-4-laptop-ryzen-7-6800u-13-3-2560x1600-16gb-lpddr5-256gb-ssd-710-06
I also like the Dell Latitude Refurb from Dell Outlet on eBay. Pricing varies, but occasionally they will pop a 16GB configuration for less than $600.