Looking to buy a used laptop.

[BlueMihai]

So basically I have been looking for a laptop with small footprint, long battery life, good screen, and enough performance to play LoL. I really like the Dell XPS 13 2015, but it is too expensive for me so I tried to look for it on ebay etc, with no luck, this is probably because it is such a new device. So what would be a good "equivalent" laptop to look for on ebay?

 

[JQB45]

Can you link us to the Dell XMS 13 2015 that you liked? I know you said it was to much money but I wanted to get a base line as to what you were looking for.

 

[BlueMihai]

Can you link us to the Dell XMS 13 2015 that you liked? I know you said it was to much money but I wanted to get a base line as to what you were looking for.

You can find it here. What is really neat about this laptop is that it has really tiny borders around the screen, meaning that it takes about the same space as an 11 inch laptop, even tho it has a 13 inch screen + 15h battery+capable of running LoL.

 

[BlueMihai]

Budget is around 550€, I am willing to pay a little more if it opens up better options.

 

[jaguarskx]

The Dell XPS 13 is the only 13.3" laptop that is about the size of a 11.6" laptop. It is the only laptop which uses an "Infinity Display" other than the more expensive Dell XPS 15 that was recently released.

12.5" - 13.3" laptops are somewhat expensive because they are small laptops that still uses Intel Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs. You are basically paying for the performance of a larger laptop in a smaller package. That is why they are rather expensive.

The Asus UX305FA is the least expensive 13.3" laptop that can be bought new. However, it uses a Core M 5Y10 CPU which is a bit less powerful than a Core i3 CPU and it also has a relatively weak graphics core. Perhaps you can find a used one in your country.

http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX305FA-Laptop-Intel-Greyish/dp/B00SGS7ZH4


According to the following link the 5th generation Intel HD 5300 graphics core is only a little more powerful than the 3rd generation Intel HD 4000. 5th gen Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs typically has the Intel HD 5500 which is generally around 35% - 40% more powerful than the Intel HD 4000.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-5300.125576.0.html


Here is a video review of the Asus UX305. There is an annotation that you can click to go to the benchmarks. The reviewer states that he updated the laptop's BIOS to version 210 which allows for better performance. The CPU runs a bit hotter. I am pretty sure the benchmarks in the above link were done before BIOS version 210. How much better will the performance be? I have no idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB8CgikjOj4

Asus driver & update link:

https://www.asus.com/us/support/Download/3/747/0/1/etGq0h7Ss3KxVMdw/41/