Recommend me a current Haswell touch-ultrabook?

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#916935 18-Oct-2013 11:07

Ohhh. I see the Asus UX302 has landed here....

http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=2284224

Very tempting...

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#916958 18-Oct-2013 11:28

Curious. Seems a little counter-productive to include a dedicated GPU in an ultrabook, especially when there's already an HD 5000 in there (which is no slouch).
It's fair to say that NVIDIA have certainly improved power efficiency in recent years. Even so, I'd be surprised if a GT 730M is no less than twice the TDP of a non-Iris Haswell (i.e. any gaming away from mains will slaughter battery life).

I guess it depends on what someone wants to do with their ultrabook?

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#916967 18-Oct-2013 11:50

oh dear the new dell XPS 15 with 3200QHD screen proper i7HQ processor has landed too ... darn ... to spend money on powerhouse and use an ipad (which can't do a lot of stuff - flash, certain sites, dumb company which codes everything to only run on internet explorer) on the run?

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#916974 18-Oct-2013 12:04

The ASUS UX301 is probably more aligned to my needs but no sign of that yet.

It uses the integrated Haswell 5100 graphics.

http://www.cnet.com/laptops/asus-zenbook-ux301/4505-3121_7-35827208.html

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#916988 18-Oct-2013 12:28

haha guess what i found - so if i bought the expensive powerhouse i could just wait for a one day sale for an ultraportable like this http://www.1-day.co.nz/products/G2IDDPH01

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#916992 18-Oct-2013 12:38

Don't know if it has mentioned but the ACER Aspire S7 has some reasonable reviews:

http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=2168716

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