Once you have completed your update, to create more free storage space, type ‘Disk Clean-up’ into the search box and select the Disk Clean-up app At all resolutions we have the N3350 beating the E6500 in single-channel, but it loses out at 800x600 to the dual channel E6500 results. It is worth noting that we saw 28 FPS for the E6500 DC at 1280x1024: for the Celeron N3350, we hit 1920x1080 to get the same 28 FPS result. So despite the large TDP difference between the two chips, and the CPU performance between the two, the Celeron’s newer graphics helps it in most gaming scenarios especially as we crank the resolution. So one thing we can test here is the storage, especially given that we have official numbers on the Foresee eMMC onboard, as well as numbers from Coda on the M.2 SATA port. There are four different storage elements to this system:

The E6500 we tested before used GMA4500 graphics, which are super old. This Celeron N3550 has HD 500 graphics, and is part of Intel’s Gen 9.5 family, so what we see here is a swing from a CPU limited test to a GPU limited test. Sort of. The N3350 is running in single-channel mode, which will hurt the performance quite a bit. Most of these systems are built down to a price for sure. And truth be told, the Coda Spirit I'm testing today wasn't the absolute cheapest device offered. There was a staggered offering with all the systems offering the same design, same ports, same expandability, except for stuff that can't be changed: Stream 11 vs Coda Lineup Note: Once these files are deleted, you will not be able to restore to the previous Windows 10 version Maximise your potential with the included 12-month subscription of Microsoft 365 Personal, providing access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more, along with 1TB of cloud storage via OneDrive. Vibrant and portable, CODA 1.1 is a stylish Windows 10 laptop with Full HD display & stunning IPS technology. Practicality never looked so good with the CODA 1.1’s beautiful slim design, complemented by a rubberised outer surface to help prevent slips and drops. In our previous cheap system analysis, we used Counter Strike: Source with a timedemo benchmark. With such low-end graphics, even now with the 6W CPU that technically supports DirectX 12.1, gaming is going to be limited. Popular titles like Counter Strike, despite the longer loading times, are the sort of titles that are going to be the focus on gaming.This review has been updated relating to its audio since it was first published due to an error. The Coda Spirit: A Cheap Chinese Atom

In single-threaded workloads, our 2016 chip is easily trounced by a 2009 Core CPU. Note however that the E6500 is a 65 W part and the N3350 is a 6 W CPU, so technically performance per Watt is on the side of the N3350.

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Here is the LPDDR4 chip, showing the Spectek logo and the Micron logo. The datasheet for PS019-075BT gives the information. The first look inside shows a massive lithium-ion battery. It shows here the 5000 mAh we saw on the box, and the conversion to 38 Wh for laptop land. All the important stuff seems to be on the left-hand side (as seen).

The system is also reasonably light for the price. Standard cheap plastic materials here, however they had been finished with an element of finesse on the lid and the keyboard area. The keys have plenty of travel, rather than the chiclet types of keys that I have come to detest as a writer on long trips. The mouse pad has very good detection, and is suitably large for this sort of system, compared to some of the micro-pads used on 15-inch devices. CODA 1.1 comes armed with a USB Type-C port, 2 x USB 3.0 port, micro-HDMI port and a MicroSD slot allowing the built-in storage to be expanded by up to 128GB. Coupled with Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi, CODA 1.1 is ready for additional screens, headphones or speakers (directly or wirelessly) and much more.

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For the price, as mentioned, the specifications seem really impressive. At the end of the day, the heart is a dual-core Apollo Lake processor, specifically the N3350, which isn't breaking any performance records any time soon with its 1.1 GHz base frequency and 2.4 GHz turbo. This is paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4-1866 C15, which again isn't bad considering at this price people usually get 2 GB, which to be honest is not enough for Windows 10. Storage is perhaps a weak point, with only 32 GB of eMMC, which means after a full install of Windows 10Home there is only 18 GB left. But this is one of the party pieces of this design: expandable storage. On the cheaper devices, the display is usually one of the first things to go. To that end, I’ve seen 15-inch Ice Lake systems with 1366x768 displays! However one of the best upgrades for this Coda Spirit system is the 1920x1080 IPS display. Viewing angles and crispness is great. One of the areas I was concerned about though was brightness and color accuracy. The Wi-Fi chip is Intel’s 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) 1x1 solution, the AC3165. The module is not upgradeable, but the antennas are well integrated into the system. A few things have changed since Brett's review. Higher-resolution panels are much cheaper, the whole design concept of clamshell devices has evolved, and the companies in the laptop ecosystem that provide components are now able to offer 4th and 5th generation versions of their controllers for peanuts, while the latest devices play a few generations on. As a result, we have a large number of '3rd tier' companies pushing out cheap systems.