Well, after much umming and aahing and posting specs for advice, I took note of the recommendations of mainly mantadog and tweaked my spec and ordered my Optimus 13.3". I was really impressed by the communication - I was kept up-to-date with the build and delivery and within a week of ordering I was unpacking it. It was well packaged and I was really impressed by the look of it. It was smaller than I expected, although it is fairly chunky I can squeeze it into a laptop sleeve that's designed for a Mac.
I need it for work and so far it has been super-fast with my work software programme; it looks the business - I love the backlit screen and the matte screen. I was worried about it heating as I'd read some comments that it ran hot etc. It did run hot the first time it was turned on and when I downloaded Avast and ran it, the fan was whirring away, but I've not experienced this since.
The only downside to this laptop is the size of the power lead - it's way to big and heavy and I'd love a smaller one.
I'm sorry this isn't a technical rundown but I'm not technically equipped to comment on the workings of it! I'd recommend this laptop and PCSpecialist and the forums where you can get fantastic advice.
Talking of advice, these are the drivers - could anyone tell me what they are for and if I need to download them? I found them in my PCS area as I was looking for the different colours for the keyboard, that I've read in the forum are in there somewhere....
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
1: KillerCleaner_32bit.zip (27-01-2014 | 17.75mb)
2: KillerCleaner_64bit.zip (27-01-2014 | 18.92mb)
3: KillerSuite_1.1.38.1281_Win7_Win8_Win81.zip (27-01-2014 | 318.57mb)
4: KillerSuite_v2_1.0.35.1273_Win7_Win8_Win81.zip (27-01-2014 | 317.56mb)
Chassis Optimus Series: 13.3" Matte Full HD LED IPS Widescreen (1920x1080)
1: 01_Chipset_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 4.73mb)
2: 01_Webcam_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 46.76mb)
3: 02_VGA_W7_Intel.zip (18-01-2014 | 262.35mb)
4: 02_VGA_W7_NVIDIA.zip (16-04-2014 | 419.86mb)
5: 03_LAN_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 5.74mb)
6: 04_3G_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 23.42mb)
7: 04_Cardreader_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 11.78mb)
8: 05_IRST_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 15.67mb)
9: 05_Touchpad_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 48.89mb)
10: 06_Hotkey_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 29.72mb)
11: 06_IRStart_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 2.20mb)
12: 07_Intel_WiDi_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 208.20mb)
13: 07_USB30_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 5.20mb)
14: 08_MEI_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 38.45mb)
15: 08_SBCinema_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 32.11mb)
16: 09_Audio_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 165.53mb)
17: Legacy_sata_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 0.23mb)
18: RAID_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 0.67mb)
I need it for work and so far it has been super-fast with my work software programme; it looks the business - I love the backlit screen and the matte screen. I was worried about it heating as I'd read some comments that it ran hot etc. It did run hot the first time it was turned on and when I downloaded Avast and ran it, the fan was whirring away, but I've not experienced this since.
The only downside to this laptop is the size of the power lead - it's way to big and heavy and I'd love a smaller one.
I'm sorry this isn't a technical rundown but I'm not technically equipped to comment on the workings of it! I'd recommend this laptop and PCSpecialist and the forums where you can get fantastic advice.
Talking of advice, these are the drivers - could anyone tell me what they are for and if I need to download them? I found them in my PCS area as I was looking for the different colours for the keyboard, that I've read in the forum are in there somewhere....
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
1: KillerCleaner_32bit.zip (27-01-2014 | 17.75mb)
2: KillerCleaner_64bit.zip (27-01-2014 | 18.92mb)
3: KillerSuite_1.1.38.1281_Win7_Win8_Win81.zip (27-01-2014 | 318.57mb)
4: KillerSuite_v2_1.0.35.1273_Win7_Win8_Win81.zip (27-01-2014 | 317.56mb)
Chassis Optimus Series: 13.3" Matte Full HD LED IPS Widescreen (1920x1080)
1: 01_Chipset_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 4.73mb)
2: 01_Webcam_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 46.76mb)
3: 02_VGA_W7_Intel.zip (18-01-2014 | 262.35mb)
4: 02_VGA_W7_NVIDIA.zip (16-04-2014 | 419.86mb)
5: 03_LAN_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 5.74mb)
6: 04_3G_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 23.42mb)
7: 04_Cardreader_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 11.78mb)
8: 05_IRST_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 15.67mb)
9: 05_Touchpad_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 48.89mb)
10: 06_Hotkey_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 29.72mb)
11: 06_IRStart_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 2.20mb)
12: 07_Intel_WiDi_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 208.20mb)
13: 07_USB30_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 5.20mb)
14: 08_MEI_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 38.45mb)
15: 08_SBCinema_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 32.11mb)
16: 09_Audio_W7.zip (18-01-2014 | 165.53mb)
17: Legacy_sata_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 0.23mb)
18: RAID_Optional_W7.zip (27-01-2014 | 0.67mb)