Lafite II Review

mwalker

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I purchased my Lafite II laptop last month and received in the average time that they quote. Spec as below:

Chassis & Display Lafité Silver Aluminium Chassis: 13.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED (1920 x 1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i5 Dual Core Processor i5-6200U (2.30GHz, 2.8GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) 8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 510 [Pentium] | INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 520 [Core™]
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - Hard Disk 500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
M.2 SSD Drive 128GB SAMSUNG SM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2000MB/R, 650MB/W)
External DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)
Sound Card Realtek 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8260 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0, vPRO
LAN/Ethernet Adapter NONE
Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE
USB Options 1 x USB 3.0 PORT, 1 x USB 3.1 PORT + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery Lafité Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (6,300mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 40W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language LAFITÉ SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Carry Case NONE
Laptop Cooling Stands NONE
Stand-Alone Monitor NONE
Additional Keyboard NONE
Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Games Controller NONE
External Speakers NONE
Webcam INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation NONE
Dead Pixel Guarantee 1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Insurance NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Pricing Information

Price (excluding VAT) £653.33
Price £784.00


...I found the build quality to be good- hardly any fan noise, except when working hard and even then - not too bad.

I like the feel of the keys which I find good for typing with and I love the display.

WiFi was a little iffy to start with - kept dropping out but seems ok now - maybe because I was setting it up whilst having a VPN already attached to the router from my work laptop.

Battery life is a little disappointing - only about 2/3 hours normal use. However, I got that impression from previous reviews, and I was always going to use it as a home computer as opposed to a mobile computer anyway.

Haven't had an awful lot of time experimenting with it but happy so far.

Oh yeah - and it boots up in about 9 secs flat :)

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