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Old Nov 25, 2013 | 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by chgoeditor
* For trips where I'm moving from location to location, I'd prefer to travel with something lighter than my Dell XPS 15", which can get heavy.
Which generation XPS 15? The newest (which has been only out for about a month) is about the lightest full-power, full-size system out there outside of the MacBook Pro 15"

No longer produced, the Vaio Z is even lighter, with roughly equal power, although it's on the small-screen-size side.

If you need a full-power quad-core CPU, that's pretty much the limit for under 5lbs that I'm aware of.

If you can live with a full-speed, but dual-core CPU, there are plentiful options -- the Lenovo T430s is very popular, a good size 14" screen, and quite inexpensive since the T440s (which has an ultrabook lower-speed CPU) is out and replacing it.

If you can live with an ultrabook-speed dual-core CPU, there are a ton of lighter/smaller options.
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