Dell has a "Hot Deal" on a 14" Inspiron 5440.
Intel Core 5 120U (10 cores, up to 5.0 GHz)
16 GB memory
1 TB storage
$580
OR for just $20 more, an Intel Core 7 150U, 10 cores, up to 5.4 GHz
I think we might have a winner.
I don't know what 120U or 150U means. I have a rough idea about cores and understand the bottom-line function of GHz, if not the actual engineering mechanics.
Both say the HDMI output supports up to 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, which is fine for me. It did make me wonder.......my station at work uses a very large monitor workstation. Roughly the size of about two of the old 4:3 ratio monitors (large ones), i.e., quite a bit wider than a standard 16:9 monitor. Some of our workstations are like three of the old squareish monitors. I have no idea what ratios those are, but our laptops adapt to them, no problem. I'm not sure something that goes "up to 1920 x 1080" could output to a monitor like that. Not that it matters, since my home desk uses a standard widescreen monitor. It's just a matter of curiosity. I've never used giant monitors like the ones at work until this job and I don't know much about them.
