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phanbuey · Oct 23, 2012, 10:17 PM

yeah it is a huge let down to me, especially at that price. Might as well go for the 15 or the 1440x900 air, as it is also 8GB of ram and 128GB ssd and is $400 cheaper.

Needed to be 8GB minimum (16gb configurable), and with at least a quad core if no discrete GPU, with a 256gb minimum SSD. Then it would have been OK at that price.

A dual core 2.5GHZ i5 ivy bridge? really? I am sitting on a 2 year old 2.3Ghz i5 sandy bridge 13" Mac Book Pro, which is UPGRADEABLE TO 16GB of ram from 2 years ago... not much progress IMO from that machine in 2 years.

System Name:	LoLBoX
Processor:	Core i5 750 at 3.33 Ghz 21x159bclk @1.15v
Motherboard:	Gigabyte H55-ITX
Cooling:	Corsair H50
Memory:	8GB Samsung ECO 4GBx2 - 1590Mhz 8-8-8-21 1T @ 1.4v
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 570 @ 785/1570/2020
Hard Disk:	500GB WD Caviar Black 32MB
Optical Drive:	Slimline +/- DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	22" Viewsonic 1080P LED
Case:	Silverstone SG08
Sound Card:	Yes
PSU:	Silverstone SG08 600W
Software:	Windows 7 64 Bit

Oct 23, 2012, 10:17 PM	#7
phanbuey Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 5,010 (2.49/day) Thanks: 1,484 Thanked 959 Times in 812 Posts System Specs	yeah it is a huge let down to me, especially at that price. Might as well go for the 15 or the 1440x900 air, as it is also 8GB of ram and 128GB ssd and is $400 cheaper. Needed to be 8GB minimum (16gb configurable), and with at least a quad core if no discrete GPU, with a 256gb minimum SSD. Then it would have been OK at that price. A dual core 2.5GHZ i5 ivy bridge? really? I am sitting on a 2 year old 2.3Ghz i5 sandy bridge 13" Mac Book Pro, which is UPGRADEABLE TO 16GB of ram from 2 years ago... not much progress IMO from that machine in 2 years.