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    Solved! Laptop for university engineering (and perhaps gaming)

    thanks for all the help and advice and your're right, it leaves future upgrade room. an HDD is the easiest to upgrade next to RAM so i may buy an SSD in a year or 2 when prices will be even lower.
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    Solved! Laptop for university engineering (and perhaps gaming)

    i think i am going to go with my original option #1 but without the SSD. i'll downgrade it to a 320GB 7200rpm for about 200$ less. i love SSDs (i have one in my desktop) but i just don't think i want to spend that much right now. my original budget was <1000$ total. The price on that same PC...
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    Solved! Laptop for university engineering (and perhaps gaming)

    the 460m machines are all well out of my price range. i think my choice is now between option #1 in the original post, the lenovo ideapad pad below...
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    Solved! Laptop for university engineering (and perhaps gaming)

    hey all i'm deciding on a laptop for engineering at university. i will be doing heavy multitasking on it as well as CAD and photoshop. its important to note that i have a quality gaming computer at home, however, if i choose to build a laptop with gaming capabilities i would use the laptop as...
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    Solved! Best laptop to choose for engineering @ university

    hey, i may have reason to change my mind again! i've been looking on cyberpowerpc.com and they are giving a 5% instant rebate and 50$ MIR on any item over 999$ and are also offering a free upgrade to 8gb fo ram on certain models. This essentially brings the cost back within my 900$ limit. i...
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    Solved! Best laptop to choose for engineering @ university

    i've come to the conclusion (after receiving my schedule) that i won't be using this computer much for gaming. however, my budget is still the same, so it's opened up an upgrade for an ssd. any recommendations?
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    Solved! Laptops from cyberpowerpc.com

    are warranties good on both those sites? also, which site would you recommend overall, cyperpower or xotic?