Packard Bell EasyNote LM Series

Processor: Intel Core i3 370M, Intel Core i5 430M, Intel Core i5 460M, Intel Pentium P6200
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Display: 17.30 inch
Weight: 3kg, 3.3kg
Price: 700, 740, 2999 euro
performance: 78%, display: 54%, mobility: 51%, emissions: 61%

 

Packard Bell EasyNote LM86

Specifications

Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote LM86
Processor: Intel Core i5 430M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1024 MB
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3.3kg
Price: 2999 euro
Links: Packard Bell homepage
 Packard Bell notebook section

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Average Score: 60% - poor

 

Reviews

 

Packard Bell EasyNote LM98-JN-469

Specifications

Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote LM98-JN-469
Processor: Intel Core i3 370M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3.3kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Packard Bell homepage
 Packard Bell notebook section

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Average Score: 70% - average

 

Foreign Reviews

 

Packard Bell EasyNote LM85-JU-203RU

Specifications

Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote LM85-JU-203RU
Processor: Intel Pentium P6200
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Price: 740 euro
Links: Packard Bell homepage
 Packard Bell notebook section

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Average Score: 65% - average

 

Foreign Reviews

 

Packard Bell EasyNote LM98-JO-068GE

Specifications

Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote LM98-JO-068GE
Processor: Intel Core i5 460M
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Display: 17.30 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3.3kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Packard Bell homepage
 Packard Bell notebook section

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Average Score: 80% - good

 

Foreign Reviews

 

Comment

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.

PB is not present in the smartphone/tablet market and a rather small manufacturer of laptops. There are hardly any reviews since 2015.

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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650: Middle class DirectX 11 capable graphics card with a power consumption of about 15-20 Watt. Supports Eyevision (up to 6 monitors)

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470: Entry level DirectX 11 chip with GDDR5 support but only 80 shader cores. Supports Eyefinity (up to 4 monitors) and 8-ch HD audio over HDMI. Performance on par with the old GeForce 8600M GT.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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Intel Core i5:

430M:

460M: The Core i5-460M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks between 2.53-2.8 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

Intel Core i3:

370M: The Core i3-370M is a fast clocked Core i3. The TurboBoost, AES, VTd, and Trusted Execution functions are deactivated in the i3-series. Therefore, it always clocks with max. 2.4 GHz (of course Speedstep is included). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

Intel Pentium:

P6200: The Pentium P6200 is an entry level CPU based on the Arrandale core. Compared to the Core i3-330M it does not feature HyperThreading leading to a slower multi-threaded performance.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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3 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

3.3 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

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68.75%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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