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What do you guys think of the AMD Quad-Core A10-Series Processor (2.3GHz - 3.2GHz)? The GPU is Radeon HD 7970M GDDR5 (2.0GB) The GPU seems to be one of the best available on the market right now but would it be a good fit for the CPU considering how bad the A10 it performs compared to other...

Clevo/Sager does look rather ugly, MSI looks much better tho. However, since you guys are so high on Clevo/Sager, it must be well built. I suppose I can overlook the design.

I'm looking to buy a gaming laptop for around $1,200. I was hoping you guys can give me a briefing of each brand because as I do not have much knowledge myself (I have heard good things about Sager/Clevo and MSI though). Feel feel to add in more brands if I missed some.

I live in Canada, so I can't customize ASUS and Lenovo laptops on the .ca sites of these manufacturers like the .us site allows you to do. By the way, in case you didn't know before .us sites don't ship to Canada. I don't know anyone from the US and would like to avoid using package forwarding...

The specs I mean. Correct me if I'm wrong but you can upgrade RAM and HDD/SSD but you can never CPU, GPU and Motherboard. What about the laptop's display? Oh yea, one more question. Is it possible to switch out the default HDD in a new laptop for a SSD bought from a site like Newegg? I don't...

Budget: $1000 Preferred Brands: Vaio, Lenovo and ASUS but that's only because I hear good stuff about them. If any of you guys suggest other brands, that'd be nice. Size: 14in to 15in (I might consider 16in though) Screen Resolution: LED backlit 1600 x 900, if possible 1920 x 1080 Full HD...