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Originally Posted by vilQ
Was thinking of buying a small laptop myself. How does that one handle watching videos and other a little more demanding things I like to do while traveling?
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It seems to do alright up to 720p video, but starts to have trouble with 1080p - dropping frames, etc. So it could definitely handle most video out there, in my opinion. It would have absolutely no problem with DVD level video.
The screen only supports up to 1024x600, but with the card itself supports much higher - so if you hook it to another monitor or to a television via HDMI you can get 1080p+.
I definitely wouldn`t try to do anything truly intensive on it, but for video and the net it`s more than good enough. We have tons of 720p video which would not even come close to playing on some of the cheaper true netbooks - but it works without a snag on this one. I`d say this is a tiny laptop rather than a netbook...
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Ah, well thats good, Intel x3000's or whatever the integrated are just don't cut it. I'm kinda surprised though that a laptop that small would have an HDMI out, that would make me think it's got a BluRay player or something along those lines. What's the battery life like?
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This is a bit more of a lightweight business laptop than a netbook. There is no integrated drive, so you`d have to buy an external to even play DVDs... Plus I don`t really think it could handle Bluray. However, I do have to admit I only tested 1080p video with h.264, which isn`t exactly the least CPU intensive codec out there. So it may very well be able to manage Bluray. I don`t have a drive with which to check.
The battery is supposed to be around 7 hours (7.1 according to the official specs) - Right now, I`m at 32% battery after 5.5 hours of use at the second highest power setting (CPU full power, but screen backlight at half), so it`s looking quite nice. Definitely better than the 3 hours that seem to be the average at the lowest power setting on the average netbook.