Recent content by Cheesevillage

And now I speculate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230580 BUY THE WARRANTY! -Cheese

Read about the hardware acceleration feature on AutoCAD and buy your laptop accordingly. If AutoCAD can run off GPUs, look down that road, if it's best on multi core processors, buy accordingly. My dual core i7 laptop runs AutoCAD quite well but GRANTED -- you will be dealing with much more...

I think NCIX has three year coverage for $170. Not sure how well/if it works but I would look into that. Got my laptop from London Drugs (also Canadian!): it came with two years Asus warranty and they let me add another two for $160. I can definitely see where you're coming from on $320 for...

Benchmarks for GT 635 m are on http://www.notebookcheck.net/ Currently running the s46cm. I wish I had a touch screen -- this seems like a nice product. Only issue I see if your lack of warranty coverage. Stop looking at it as some percentage of the total cost: a pretty looking brick in 1.5...

Recently bought this for the exact same purposes and extremely similar constraints you're running with: http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=77114&vpn=S46CM-DH71-CA&manufacture=ASUS I got mine at London Drugs -- they sold me an extra two years warranty for $160 so now I have four years total...

That Y480 seems an insane deal! -Cheese

Update: Got this (A10!) in black: http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/office/mobile-computing/notebook/NP355V4C-S02CA With three year warranty from Futureshop for $780 Cdn. Was a display model. I am super excited. -Cheese

Looking to buy a new laptop. Not intended for gaming (but definitely for viewing high quality video). Optical drive required. Country: Canada Budget: below $750 including any purchased extended warranty I am curious as to which companies or retail stores offer the best warranties (and will...