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ecib · 3918 days ago · link · · parent · post: Laptop has stopped functioning - recommendations for a new one?
Yep. Especially Haswell processors. That would be the most annoying thing about buying a new laptop on a budget at this exact moment in time. You're right on the bleeding cusp of some really nice battery performance improvements. Besides the screen (which you're also on the cusp of), that is the only other major differentiator for general use laptops in my opinion. More important than even OS or pretty much anything else they can stick on a bullet point in a OfficeMax flyer. Give me a retina (to use a marketing term) screen and a 12 hour battery and my dreams have come true. Everything else is gravy.I'd say the only thing that might bother me is not getting the latest chip set.