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Late Windows XP era gaming (DirectX 10 for ATI chipsets, DirectX 9 for Intel chipset) or as a very good office computer. High resolution display models are a good choice particularly for more modern games or operating systems such as Windows 7 and Vista that make good use of it. Even if the Intel videocard is not powerful enough for 3D accelerated games in native resolution, performance is decent. All screens are of the TFT type so contrast and response time is very good even if colour reproduction is not that great. | Late Windows XP era gaming (DirectX 10 for ATI chipsets, DirectX 9 for Intel chipset) or as a very good office computer. High resolution display models are a good choice particularly for more modern games or operating systems such as Windows 7 and Vista that make good use of it. Even if the Intel videocard is not powerful enough for 3D accelerated games in native resolution, performance is decent. All screens are of the TFT type so contrast and response time is very good even if colour reproduction is not that great. | ||
As always, Intel graphics models are cooler running than ATI ones but noticeably slower in 3D games. While LED backlight screens are longer lived, CCFL backlight ones render colours much better, particularly the blues and reds, so they are recommended, if available and with low or no wear on the lamps. Due to lacking performance of Intel graphics chipsets, the 15 inch models that have higher that 1680x1050 resolution screens are not recommended and even so, their performance would have been better on | As always, Intel graphics models are cooler running than ATI ones but noticeably slower in 3D games. While LED backlight screens are longer lived, CCFL backlight ones render colours much better, particularly the blues and reds, so they are recommended, if available and with low or no wear on the lamps. Due to lacking performance of Intel graphics chipsets, the 15 inch models that have higher that 1680x1050 resolution screens are not recommended and even so, their performance would have been better on lower resolutions. | ||
The capability of running with 8GB RAM and SSD drives make these laptops very fast for office work and web browsing, although the graphics chipset may not be great for serious gaming or other demanding applications. Windows Vista or 7 runs fast enough, even with the Intel graphics chipset. Although it is possible to run Windows 8 and Windows 10, the last one is particularly demanding on the CPU and graphics even if the laptop may have a SSD and 8GB of RAM. Updates are going to run extremely slow. | The capability of running with 8GB RAM and SSD drives make these laptops very fast for office work and web browsing, although the graphics chipset may not be great for serious gaming or other demanding applications. Windows Vista or 7 runs fast enough, even with the Intel graphics chipset. Although it is possible to run Windows 8 and Windows 10, the last one is particularly demanding on the CPU and graphics even if the laptop may have a SSD and 8GB of RAM. Updates are going to run extremely slow. | ||