Review Gigabyte U2442N Notebook

[Redaktion]

Ultra-mobile without Compromise? Ultrabook-slim yet high performance? The new Gigabyte U2442N promises just that and it delivers thanks to a HDD-SSD combo and the GT 640M graphics card.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Gigabyte-U2442N-Notebook.79020.0.html

[Vitor]

I would like to know how to calculate the windows index using the 640M, I tried doing it and it only calculate as intel 4000

[qhfreddy]

Well it is nice to see the ultrabook manufacturers starting to grasp the importance of dedicated graphics...

[Vitor]

Fragile notebook, I bought mine and with 3 months got a dead pixel, after 15 months the SSD and MB are gone. Now Gigagyte refuses to assist me, the "2 years Global Warranty" is fake.
Don't ever buy a notebook from them.

[Derb]

I have been using this Notebook since April 2013.  Initially in the first year I had an issue with the battery.  The cell degraded very quickly to the point it would not run for more than 30min.  I complained to Gigabyte and even contacted the battery company in Taiwan.  Gigabyte responded and told me they would replace the battery.  I was concerned the batteries were faulty so I asked to purchase a second just in case for $90.  I ended up getting 2 replacement batteries for $90 and have been using the first for the last 3 years no issues.  This is the toughest and most reliable Laptop I have ever owned.  I have dragged it around the world 2 times since purchased and it has never let me down.  I added a 240Gb Samsung M.2 to replace the original and installed a 2.5" 480GB Intel 720.  I run Mint 18.1 99.9% of the time, but did update the windows install to Win 10.  I'll be using this laptop until it dies.  Most of my work is Film RAW photos and Video editing on Linux.  I even dumped water on it for a family presentation.  Let it dry out and good to go.  It's been dropped, and had things dropped on it.  I just hope when this finally dies that Gigabyte has an equivalent replacement.  No one these days gives you a 2yr warranty on anything electronic.  This thing was born to run. Comment posted from the very unit. 8)

[Juice]

Similar to last comment I'm still using mine after 7 years and planning to keep for a few more. I still play older games on it. It's been upgraded somewhat - it's on its third battery due to heat death. Also heat/overuse degraded the original SSD, but now got a new Samsung SSD with 10 year lifespan or whatever. Also upgraded the HDD to 2TB. Power input socket broke due to bending, but got that repaired under warranty. I clean out the dust from the fans now-and-then to keep it happy. All-in-all probably spent £300 on upgrades so wish to eke out all life of the little boy. Still no perfect replacement. Many 'thin-and-light' gaming 15-inchers significantly heavier and larger than this one, and 13-inch gaming ultrabooks have much fewer I/O ports.