With last year's Ivy Bridge chips, though, the 52Wh battery is expected to last a little over six hours on a charge.

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In brief, it's a 13-inch slate with a 1, 366 x 768 display and your choice of Core i3 or i5 processor (these are Intel's Y-series Ivy Bridge chips we're talking about).

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On the other hand, most reviewers found that non-gaming CPU performance fell far short of Ivy Bridge and even Sandy Bridge mobile chips.

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