Specs
Chassis & Display
UltraNote: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4210M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
INTEL® HD GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR 4600
1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
UltraNote Series: 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
2 x UltraNote Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
its lots of fun. i installed opensuse tumbleweed on it and everything seems to work. my initial plan was to install a light system based on the openbox desktop but i soon learned i'm useless at setting up wireless without the network manager so i ended up using kde.
I'm not a big fan of these new on chip gpus but i suppose it makes sense on a laptop. it supports openGL pretty well so i've got my desktop set up how i like it, wobbly windows and everything.
i would had happily paid extra for a blu-ray option if it was available, i'd be nice to get see how the linux decoding works on a decent cpu (my linux desktop is only a sempron @1500 mhz, and it just can't handle blu-ray content).
battery life seems about average, even with the dodgy linux power management (2 hours+ when streaming videos over my network).
not sure if it's 'cos i piad extra for thermal past or just 'cos i haven't really pushed it but it seams to run pretty cool, the fan hardly ever kicks in.
i went for a cheep HDD and its fast enough for me. i was tempted to go for a small SSD as space isn't that much of an issue for me (i have plenty of NAS space) but i was worried about swap space eating up write cycles and wearing the disk out quickly (does anyone know if this is an issue?).
if i had to change anything i might've gone for the lower res screen, i'm not sure 15.6" is big enough for HD and my eyes suck.
still pretty pleased with it, not exactly suitable for hardcore gaming, but i suck at gaming on laptops anyway. that said i might install neverwinter nights on it later and i can't see it having any trouble with that.
Chassis & Display
UltraNote: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-4210M (2.60GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
INTEL® HD GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR 4600
1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
UltraNote Series: 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD INC. BLUETOOTH 3.0
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery
2 x UltraNote Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
its lots of fun. i installed opensuse tumbleweed on it and everything seems to work. my initial plan was to install a light system based on the openbox desktop but i soon learned i'm useless at setting up wireless without the network manager so i ended up using kde.
I'm not a big fan of these new on chip gpus but i suppose it makes sense on a laptop. it supports openGL pretty well so i've got my desktop set up how i like it, wobbly windows and everything.
i would had happily paid extra for a blu-ray option if it was available, i'd be nice to get see how the linux decoding works on a decent cpu (my linux desktop is only a sempron @1500 mhz, and it just can't handle blu-ray content).
battery life seems about average, even with the dodgy linux power management (2 hours+ when streaming videos over my network).
not sure if it's 'cos i piad extra for thermal past or just 'cos i haven't really pushed it but it seams to run pretty cool, the fan hardly ever kicks in.
i went for a cheep HDD and its fast enough for me. i was tempted to go for a small SSD as space isn't that much of an issue for me (i have plenty of NAS space) but i was worried about swap space eating up write cycles and wearing the disk out quickly (does anyone know if this is an issue?).
if i had to change anything i might've gone for the lower res screen, i'm not sure 15.6" is big enough for HD and my eyes suck.
still pretty pleased with it, not exactly suitable for hardcore gaming, but i suck at gaming on laptops anyway. that said i might install neverwinter nights on it later and i can't see it having any trouble with that.