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-KarumA- · 2013-04-24, 13:48

Hello people,

Somewhere along the upcoming week I want to purchase my first ultrabook. I have never owned a laptop before so a lot of the specs sound like wizardry to me hence why I am making this thread.

What am I going to use it for:
Well several things; for microsoft office things to write reports or stories, to lurk around online, watch movies and anime (I am not planning on running 1080p stuff on it before anyone mentions that).
I am not planning on using this for gaming.
I have a good desktop at home, I want to take this one on the road since I frequently visit family on the other side of the country but I never had a laptop or anything so I want to change that so that I can do some work when over there as well.

A colleague at school advised me the new Samsung series but they are all around €1000,- which is way too expensive for me. I found one of a different series of €875,- but seen the specs it is still expensive to me. (Samsung NP540U3C-A01NL) (specs: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/32043...specificaties/ sorry for the dutch). It has this touchscreen and windows 8 but is expensive imo in terms of the specs it has, however the ram is upgradeable.

So I started looking around on other places and came to the Lenovo Ideapads series and in specific the u310 ultrabook.
Of the u310 series they are listed here; http://tweakers.net/product/312651/lenovo-ideapad-u310/ that makes around €706,- in total

The u410 is on sale for €780,- which is also on my mind but I am unsure whether or not I need it for the things I will use it for.
spec etc. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/32081...specificaties/

I have been looking around for a while and I see reviews all over the place for several with graphs and the whole shazam but honestly I am unsure what I should look at and what not, I hear so many pros and cons on the i5 cpu that it makes me doubt it all together because no one hammers it down as good because there is always a but.

When it comes to the ideapad ones; I read they are a good entry level ultrabook, but then again I hear things about screenquality and I heard the u310 has a wifi problem (?) but I can't find any specifics about it whether that is from u310 books from a certain year and if it has been fixed with the newer produced ones or if it is a bios problem.

I also looked at the thinkpads in general but even though they are cheap they are far too heavy at at least 2 kg. The ones that are light are all very small in resolution compared to the ideapads which are also cheap. And no I am not spending my dime on a macbook.

I could really use some advice, thank you for reading and responding.

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-KarumA- (｡☉౪ ⊙｡) Author Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes Age: 36	Ultrabooks Hello people, Somewhere along the upcoming week I want to purchase my first ultrabook. I have never owned a laptop before so a lot of the specs sound like wizardry to me hence why I am making this thread. What am I going to use it for: Well several things; for microsoft office things to write reports or stories, to lurk around online, watch movies and anime (I am not planning on running 1080p stuff on it before anyone mentions that). I am not planning on using this for gaming. I have a good desktop at home, I want to take this one on the road since I frequently visit family on the other side of the country but I never had a laptop or anything so I want to change that so that I can do some work when over there as well. A colleague at school advised me the new Samsung series but they are all around €1000,- which is way too expensive for me. I found one of a different series of €875,- but seen the specs it is still expensive to me. (Samsung NP540U3C-A01NL) (specs: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/32043...specificaties/ sorry for the dutch). It has this touchscreen and windows 8 but is expensive imo in terms of the specs it has, however the ram is upgradeable. So I started looking around on other places and came to the Lenovo Ideapads series and in specific the u310 ultrabook. Of the u310 series they are listed here; http://tweakers.net/product/312651/lenovo-ideapad-u310/ that makes around €706,- in total The u410 is on sale for €780,- which is also on my mind but I am unsure whether or not I need it for the things I will use it for. spec etc. http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/32081...specificaties/ I have been looking around for a while and I see reviews all over the place for several with graphs and the whole shazam but honestly I am unsure what I should look at and what not, I hear so many pros and cons on the i5 cpu that it makes me doubt it all together because no one hammers it down as good because there is always a but. When it comes to the ideapad ones; I read they are a good entry level ultrabook, but then again I hear things about screenquality and I heard the u310 has a wifi problem (?) but I can't find any specifics about it whether that is from u310 books from a certain year and if it has been fixed with the newer produced ones or if it is a bios problem. I also looked at the thinkpads in general but even though they are cheap they are far too heavy at at least 2 kg. The ones that are light are all very small in resolution compared to the ideapads which are also cheap. And no I am not spending my dime on a macbook. I could really use some advice, thank you for reading and responding.