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$500-range Haswell laptops - when?

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sheh

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Any idea when to expect cheap, $500-range, Haswell laptops? Things based around i5, like the 4300M or 4200M.
 
You should start seeing them trickling in from various retailers over the next few weeks on. I don't think you will see any major variety for at least a month or two. The gaming versions are already out as I just purchased on over the weekend.
 
Gaming ones are more expensive, I'm thinking the more basic ones. I'm not waiting for a variety, really. Just a CPU update on the basic models that otherwise carry on unchanged through multiple CPU generations. Well, at least as far as I'm able to tell. Low-end notebook model numbers are next to impossible to follow.

While I wouldn't mind a screen better than a lousy TN that starts shifting the moment you move your head a mm, something that apparently any $250 tablet is better at, I'm not holding my breath.
 
I started to wonder if the i5 4xxxM were released yet at all. No site said explicitly that they were, but now CPU World says that they are out.
 
I mean, the integrated HD4600 won't be faster than the 7660G or the faster Richland integrated GPU. Why do you need the Haswell?
 
A faster GPU would be nice (I haven't really compared the AMDs in this regard, but I suppose it should be?), but my primary concerns are CPU performance and battery time.
 
stateofmind said:
I mean, the integrated HD4600 won't be faster than the 7660G or the faster Richland integrated GPU. Why do you need the Haswell?
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mainly for battery life, I too would like to have a system, only because it gives me a similar performance for a lot longer Period Of time
 
The non-U and Y series dual cores aren't out yet. They aren't even available at ark.intel.com. Going by rumors we should see them in Q4.
 
Lenovo has a couple Haswell units out, but they're gaming units, so the battery life isn't wonderful. The best Haswell unit out is the Macbook Air that boasts 12 hr life.
 
IntelUser2000 said:
Going by rumors we should see them in Q4.
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Where did you see that? Disappointing if that's the case. Too bad no hardware site bothers stating things clearly.

marcplante said:
Lenovo has a couple Haswell units out, but they're gaming units, so the battery life isn't wonderful. The best Haswell unit out is the Macbook Air that boasts 12 hr life.
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There's also HP, and I suppose others. But they aren't i5s, and they include other better specced parts, so it's much more expensive.

I'm starting to consider AMD's Richland, but there's 0 availability around here, and since AMD is rarer in general, prices seem higher anyway.
 
Sheh: By Broadwell, the regular dual cores will entirely disappear. So Haswell starts the transition phase.

It's like how there was almost no devices based on 25W chips, and gone by Ivy Bridge.
 
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