Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly s
Specifications
Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly sProcessor: Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 13.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.86kg
Price: 599 euro
Average of 6 scores (from 7 reviews)
Reviews for the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly s
An amazing battery life - Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly s Notebook. With the brand new EasyNote Butterfly s Notebook Packard Bell is likely to pull new registers in terms of computer utilization of today and even tomorrow. The Butterfly s is supposed to evoke emotional and technical interest by making use of high mobility and well planned range of functions.
Source: Digital Versus
The Butterfly XS gives "concentrated performance" according to Packard Bell. An economical ultra-portable, the XS rubs shoulders with high-end netbooks. For a few pounds more than a high-end netbook, the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly XS offers performance at a whole other level, without sacrificing battery life. Unfortunately, it is larger all the same and isn't as well-finished as it could be.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Reg Hardware
Over the past two years Acer has bought the eMachines, Gateway and Packard Bell. Dividing the buying public into a number of categories that it can target with specific brands, Packard Bell covers the ‘Trends & Lifestyle’ group in Europe, and the EasyNote Butterfly s laptop is part of the plan. Packard Bell has delivered a laptop under 2kg that packs some decent low power Intel hardware inside a fairly bland chassis. Indeed, the CPU performance compromises on the Butterfly s allow for the stunning battery life, but we would hope for something extra for our seven hundred quid.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/13/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2010
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 79% display: 80% mobility: 88% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 76% emissions: 91%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/04/2009
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 70%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2009
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 62% display: 82% mobility: 94% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 90%
Source: 3DNews.ru
RU→ENlight-weigh, good speakers, low display brightness, loud fans, severe heating
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/13/2011
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
SU3500: Power efficient single core processor for small subnotebooks that is based on the Penryn core and includes all features (like Virtualization, C6 state, ...). The performance should be comparable with a 1.7 GHz Athlon II Neo K125.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.0": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.86 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Packard Bell: Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Acer. It is a name used by two different consumer electronics companies. The first was an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets. Teledyne acquired the business in 1978. In 1986, investors bought the name for a newly formed personal computer manufacturer. Originally the company produced discount computers in the US, later computers were produced for the European market. NEC took it over in the late 1990s. Acer acquired it in 2008. In spite of the similarity of their names, there has never been any corporate connection between the original or later Packard Bell and Hewlett Packard, or Bell System. Packard Bell is an international notebook manufacturer. Many years, the company focussed ruggedized laptops.
80%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
