Should I wait for Haswell laptops?

Question

laptops

I'm going to take a laptop, but I can't decide for myself whether to take it based on Ivy, or wait for a larger selection of Haswell solutions.
Taking into account the fact that ubuntu 12.04lts will be on board. Interested primarily in battery life when coding. And it is in this vein that the question is.
Now I opted for i5 / i7-3xxx hardware with 4GB + RAM, SSD (or at least hdd + ssd) and a screen of at least 900p. At a price of up to 35-38k (better less). Windows is not needed even in dual-boot.
In general, is it worth waiting (a couple of months at the most)? Maybe there will be a price reduction for the 3rd generation with the mass production of new pieces of iron based on the 4th. Or is haswell really so cool for my tasks that it's worth it?
In general, any adequate opinion is interesting (“sofa” specialists are not interested).
I saw colorful marketing pictures from Google :)
I want to take in St. Petersburg.
I want a matte screen)
PS Is Fujitsu LIFEBOOK so long-lived?

Answer 1

MacBook air 2013 13' - 1440x900, honest 12 hours, SSD, Haswell.
46k in official store

Answer 2

Not being a fan of apple products, I will still give them a compliment for a long-lived ultrabook.
First of all, because long-lived laptops will become fashionable and everyone will be drawn to make ultrabooks from 8-10 hours of operation :-)
But many here are waiting for a miracle from new processors, they say they will be faster and at the same time consume 2 times less.
IMHO, it doesn't. After reading the reviews of the new macbook air, it should be noted that 1.12
hours is the work of an unloaded device with an incomprehensible screen brightness (but definitely not 100%).
I didn't find any tests at full load (like video or photo conversion) + 100% brightness,
but in this mode, the battery life is only about 3-4 hours, according to estimates.
2. Energy saving is achieved not only due to the new CPU, but also memory, screen, etc.
3. Keep in mind that the battery capacity has increased by 20 percent.
4. The processor in the new air is still often slower than the old one, sometimes up to 20%.
In other words, if we measure the energy efficiency of processors, say, in the number of converted photos per unit of battery capacity, then Haswell will benefit only 20-30% from ivy bridge. Well, that is also very good.

Answer 3

More recently I looked at Haswell laptops - they are already on sale
For example, Asus N550JV
www.notik.ru/goods/27396.htm
Or Asus Zenbook UX52VS, but it is on Ivy, although 8 hours of battery life
www.notik.ru/goods/24338 .htm

Answer 4

pay attention to HP Envy 14-3100er SPECTRE

Answer 5

You shouldn't be talking about the new Air. Just on them, the advantage of Haswell is very noticeable.
Used for coding Air 2011. Not that it would be a disadvantage, but a battery of 5-6 hours was not always enough.
On the new one, I just can't get enough of it. Charging sees only when I go to bed. And this is the whole day of online work with almost no shutdown.

Frankly some kind of filling. For this money you can take a more interesting machine.

For this money, you can also take a super-mega powerful laptop weighing 2 kg, but everything that I have seen so far in such a thin and light case did not please me in any way. For me personally, the thickness and weight are already on the first meta in terms of parameters.
I'm not campaigning for apple, choose whatever you want. But I advise you to wait all the same Haswell for an adequate price.

Answer 6

Lenovo recently announced that it will release a Haswell model very soon. Everything will be there just the way you want it. They should go on sale in September...

Answer 7

I myself am waiting for laptops on Haswell, I decided to take lenovo, since there will be a model with 16 gb of RAM.

Answer 8

Buy any laptop and an extended battery, it will live for 8 hours.

Answer 9

Another interesting indicator of energy consumption at full load

Жрут 4xxx побольше 3xxx. Взято отсюда.

In general, I decided to stop at the 3rd generation and take myself a Lenovo Yoga 13 .