In the price range between 500 and 550 euros are offered both notebooks with 15.6-inch display, as well as those with 17-inch panel. Our test field is therefore also made up of four 15.6-inch cabinets and two 17-inch cabinets. The former are more compact, but can only have a display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
The test candidates
The panels of the two larger devices, on the other hand, represent 1600 x 900 pixels, which provides a better overview for spreadsheets, video editing or image processing. 17.3-inch displays with FullHD resolution are not available at the chosen price limit.
APU instead of CPU
In general, the 17-inch notebooks are more suitable as desktop replacements. On the road they are restricted to a weight of more than three kilograms and a width of up to 420 millimeters. Even with the recharge time, they can not reach the compact 15.6-incher with a maximum of four hours at the Acer, which can sometimes withstand more than six hours away from the socket and bring a kilogram less on the scale.
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Test: Notebooks with 3D display
Conclusion
Four gigabytes of main memory, a DVD burner as an optical drive, a cardreader and a webcam belong to the basic equipment of all devices. All six notebooks are also tested by means of an HDMI socket as an additional display output. USB 3.0 and Gigabit LAN, however, do not necessarily belong to the basic equipment.
As with the two previous fusion processors, the CPU cores and a Radeon GPU were also combined on a processor die at Llano. As the GPU is more and more often used not only for graphics, but also for computer programs, especially in programs from the multimedia world, AMD speaks here of an APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) Code>
In the CPU part, a further development of the proven K10 core is used. The new AMD processor does not have a level 3 cache, in contrast to the Intel core processors of the Sandy Bridge family. DDR3-1600, Intel DDR3-1333 is the memory type supported for the DDR3-1600.
Buying advice: Notebooks from 13 inches
To save energy, the new processor now also powers power gating for individual cores, the GPU and the UVD. Intel processors can do this for quite some time. Further developed AMD also the dynamic overclocking function Turbo Core, which now also includes the GPU. AMD's Llano does not support a short-term exceedance of the TDP as for Intel's Core i5 and Core i7.
The Acer Aspire 7750G with Intel Core i3 processor occupies the first place in the competition between AMD and Intel notebooks. However, the AMD graphics chip was also involved. However, the 17-inch desktop is a desktop replacement and only conditionally suitable for on the road.
The lightweight Samsung 300E5A with Intel CPU and the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E525 with AMD A8 are recommended. Both offer a very good battery life and matte displays. With a tight budget, the Asus K53TA with AMD A4 is the best choice.
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