Dell Inspiron 13 5379 - i5 8th Gen - 13inch - 8Gb - 256 GB SSD - €698.99

leandro

Cheapest price I found for these specs.

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz
256GB Solid State Drive
13.3-in. touch display

http://www.dell.com/en-ie/shop/laptops/inspiron-13-5000-2-in-1/spd/inspiron-13-5379-2-in-1-laptop?view=configurations

Today only (at least that's what they say on the site).

AlmightyCushion

That 8250u is a quad core as well. Older U series processors were only dual core so this should be a fairly powerful machine.

For Forks Sake

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

That 8250u is a quad core as well. Older U series processors were only dual core so this should be a fairly powerful machine.

Clock speed of each core is lower than the dual cores so overall power output isn't a massive improvement on the 7th gen (should do better on battery though.

E.g:
i5-8250u 1.6ghz x 8 (4 cores hyperthreaded): 12.8ghz base
i5-7200u 2.5ghz x 4 (2 cores hyperthreaded): 10.0ghz base

https://ark.intel.com/compare/95443,124967

SickBoy

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Clock speed of each core is lower than the dual cores so overall power output isn't a massive improvement on the 7th gen (should do better on battery though.

E.g:
i5-8250u 1.6ghz x 8 (4 cores hyperthreaded): 12.8ghz base
i5-7200u 2.5ghz x 4 (2 cores hyperthreaded): 10.0ghz base

https://ark.intel.com/compare/95443,124967

The important bit is the Max turbo.
Max Turbo Frequency
Intel® Core™ i5-7200U Processor3.10 GHz
Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor3.40 GHz

For Forks Sake

SickBoy wrote: »

The important bit is the Max turbo.
Max Turbo Frequency
Intel® Core™ i5-7200U Processor3.10 GHz
Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor3.40 GHz

Definite improvement there, although if you're running it out to necessitate the turbo on a regular basis, you probably should consider a more powerful processor anyway.

Also with 8th gen being fresh off the press they'll carry a hefty premium over 7th gen until early next year at the least.

NancyWhiskey13

Seems like a decent bargain, hard to know will their be similar/better deals Friday....