PC Specialist Lafité Notebook Review

Colin Chambers / 10 years ago

Introduction

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When I found out I’d be reviewing this laptop from PC Specialist I decided to check out their site and do some homework to see what I was getting. Having no hands on experiences with Intel’s new Broadwell chips previous to this meant I finally get a chance to see what all of the Broadwell fuss was out, or perhaps to discover it was just marketing hype. After a while of making the cheapest and most expensive builds possible to curb my curiosity my very own review unit had arrived. Reading the spec list I was given ahead of the arrival, features like “5th Gen i5 Broadwell CPU”, “1080p 13.3″ screen”, “250GB SSD” were all ticking the right boxes to me, but when I seen how remarkably thin the chassis was on the website photos it was then my interest peaked.

The question is though, is it as good as it looks or is it all style and no substance? Let’s get this unboxed and find out!

Specifications

Name: PC Specialist Lafité
Case: PC Specialist Lafité Silver Aluminium Chassis
Processor: Intel® CoreTM i5 Dual Core Processor i5-5200U (2.20GHz, 2.7GHz Turbo)
System Memory: 8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Main Boot Drive: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Graphics card: Intel® HD Graphics 5500
Battery: Lafité Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (6,300mAh)
Optical Recovery Media: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Optical Drive: None
Wireless: Gigabit LAN & Wireless Intel® AC-3160 M.2 + Bluetooth
Screen: 13.3″ Matte Full HD IPS LED (1920 x 1080)
OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit
Warranty: 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Price: £599 as configured Delivered.