Laptop review: Enigma III 540

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Chassis & Display
Enigma III 540: 15.6" Glossy FHD LED (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Hard Disk Drive
500GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 3 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Optical Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS
Battery
Enigma III Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,100/5,200 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
Despatched 15 November but not delivered until 17 November
Build Time
Standard Build - Ordered 2 November and despatched 15 November
Quantity
1
Price: £870.06 including VAT and delivery.

This is a great machine at a real 'value for money' price. I configured an Enigma III 520 for my wife in September and was so impressed by it that choosing another Enigma model was a no brainer for me. It's performance is everything that I expected and after decades with ThinkPads I am very confident that it will not let me down. Given the level of interest in gaming demonstrated on this Forum, please note that my comments are restricted solely to professional computing and do not reflect any experience with recreational software. Not even Reversi or Minesweeper!

Seriously, if you are looking for an extremely high performance business laptop that will cope with very demanding databases (eg Oracle client), mathematical modelling (Intel Visual Fortran, GenStat and SAS) and CAD-CAM (AutoCAD) then this model is a real bargain.

Yodel lived up to their reputation but I noticed that PCS have now switched to using DPD so perhaps deliveries will improve.
 
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