Lightweight Gaming - 13"-14" IVB+650M Machines?

[Shere Khaan]

This. I want a 13-14" screen, no CD Drive, SSD, and 650M. I wouldn't even mind the 15.6" screen, but they are all big and bulky.

Heck, why not a 15" screen with a 650M, SSD Drive, No CD Drive, small 4-6 cell battery, with an optional 9 cell if someone really wants it. This keeps the weight down while still delivering on performance. With Optimus & IVB, the battery on a 6 cell should last a few hours.

I agree entirely with this, with the addition of a high quality keyboard. 14" and below tend to start skimping on the keyboard quality partly from space I guess.

I have been swinging like a pendulum lately on what to get coming back to the m14x R2 although it creates weight issues. Ah well not long now, I hope there are some nice roundups of all the new releases.

[fatsix]

Is a 660M too much to ask for?

[Alexandria]

How about the Asus Zenbook Prime?
ASUS Zenbook Primes with 1080p IPS panels and (probably) Ivy Bridge are real, coming to Taiwan in June -- Engadget
"We asked if there'd be room for discrete graphics, such as one of NVIDIA's new Kepler mobile GPUs for Ultrabooks, and were told that "anything is possible."

[VideSupra]

How about the Asus Zenbook Prime?
ASUS Zenbook Primes with 1080p IPS panels and (probably) Ivy Bridge are real, coming to Taiwan in June -- Engadget
"We asked if there'd be room for discrete graphics, such as one of NVIDIA's new Kepler mobile GPUs for Ultrabooks, and were told that "anything is possible."

"Anything is possible" means "nothing is for sure."

Ill believe it when I see it.

Looks like theres a new player in the 11.6" market, and with a 650M 2G DDR5 to boot for only $1k!

ORIGIN PC Introduces EON11-S High Performance Laptop With Ivy Bridge - HotHardware

Origin PC joins the 11-inch, rebadged gaming laptop party, outs the EON 11-S -- Engadget

[HTWingNut]

That's just the Clevo W110ER with a unique lid. Ordering my Sager version of that today, NP6110

11.6" 1366x768 Glossy
Intel i7-3610QM 2.3-3.3GHz "Ivy Bridge"
nVidia GT 650m 2GB DDR3
8GB DDR3 1600 G.Skill CAS 9
256GB SSD - Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue
Win 7 Pro 64-bit

[JXulo]

ASUS N46

Where do you see info on the version with a 650m? Do you know if it's ddr5 or ddr3?

Read the post before your post lol.

[JXulo]

"Anything is possible" means "nothing is for sure."

Ill believe it when I see it.

Looks like theres a new player in the 11.6" market, and with a 650M 2G DDR5 to boot for only $1k!

ORIGIN PC Introduces EON11-S High Performance Laptop With Ivy Bridge - HotHardware

Origin PC joins the 11-inch, rebadged gaming laptop party, outs the EON 11-S -- Engadget

It's really incredible how can they put such a hardware in such a small chassis without temperatures problem. Makes me wonder why in the 14,1 and 15,6 versions of hp, asus, our any other company they cannot make the notebooks fresh and better (like put better grafic card for example)

[yukyin0831]

im looking for one too but i could like a 17inch+!!!

[VideSupra]

That's just the Clevo W110ER with a unique lid. Ordering my Sager version of that today, NP6110

11.6" 1366x768 Glossy
Intel i7-3610QM 2.3-3.3GHz "Ivy Bridge"
nVidia GT 650m 2GB DDR3
8GB DDR3 1600 G.Skill CAS 9
256GB SSD - Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue
Win 7 Pro 64-bit

So is the Origin also a mislabeled DDR3? Because DDR5 is quite a big difference...

[VideSupra]

It's really incredible how can they put such a hardware in such a small chassis without temperatures problem. Makes me wonder why in the 14,1 and 15,6 versions of hp, asus, our any other company they cannot make the notebooks fresh and better (like put better grafic card for example)

Which is exactly why it makes no sense that we haven't seen a comparable 13" or 14" machine. Stupid Lenovo.