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How about going one further and asking for some decent processors? Why is it so difficult to find <= 14 inch laptop with a quad core?

• eropple 9y ago
  I was under the impression that at that size it's starting to get into heat dissipation territory, but I couldn't say for sure.
  • raingrove 9y ago
    Battery life mostly
    • yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
      I thought more cores running slower was supposed to be more power efficient?
  • waiseristy 9y ago
    Lenovo makes the T4xxP series laptops with Quad cores, I'm running one right now. But I would rather not be stuck buying the same model every time I go laptop shopping =\
    • gkop 9y ago
      Unfortunately I think this model bundles dedicated graphics, which I have no need for. I have yet to find a Linux-friendly PC laptop with quad-core and integrated graphics only.
      • waiseristy 9y ago
        You are correct, it also lacks thunderbolt!! There really is no good option for us at the moment
      • eikenberry 9y ago
        With the current T470p you can get a quad-core i5 (7300HQ or 7440HQ) with the integrated graphics. So you can get a quad-core. You just can't get the i7 w/o the nvidia graphics.
        • gkop 9y ago
          Thanks for the tip! I'm sure in my research I was always clicking on i7. What's the practical difference between the better of the i5 chips and the i7?
          • abrowne 9y ago
            For most (all?) mobile chips, the i7s are just the fastest ones. The i5s still have all the same features.