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Anybody have any other suggestions worth checking out before I buy the Lenovo?

The GPU is a little better in the Lenovo and I prefer AMD over Nvidia (though an Nvidia is not a deal breaker) so far I am sticking with the Lenovo. If anyone else or you guys have any other suggestions let me know!

My GF needs a laptop for college its primary purpose will be things like Photoshop and general use but me and her both enjoy PC gaming from time to time so we want a solid GPU (but do not care to run the latest games at 1080p or anything) Our budget is about 750$ This is in first place...

Is an AMD cpu a deal breaker? For 554.99 (plus tax) you can get this from HP with a backlit keyboard Windows 8 64 AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M (3.0GHz/2.1GHz, 4MB L2 Cache) AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7600 Series Discrete-Class 6GB 1600MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 750GB 7200RPM Hard...

Lenovo is known for their reliability. I have personally owned 2 and never had any issues. Tech support is great to, The sales department can be kind of annoying though. As I said before Lenovo and HP give you more for your money than any other brand. I really do not see much need to stray from...

? An ultra book does not use as "high grade" an i5 due to heat concerns so that specific i5 is not as powerful as a general i5 which the benchmarks show.

Lenovo and HP generally give you the most for your money. Just spend 5 minutes going over their selections and I am sure you will be fine.

I bought this laptop http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5246447&tab=7&SRCCODE=CCLET14ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-CCLET14ORDER-_-order The only changes I have made is I upgraded the ram to 8 GBs and I upgraded the HDD to this...

I ended up buying this http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5246447&CatId=4935 I almost bought this http://www.xoticpc.com/force-qal51hd-compal-qal51-p-4808.html But i did not like how they handle credit cards so i decided to just get the one at CC. I...

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3rd gen quad i7 is a must GPU equal to or better than Nvidia GT650m atleast 4 GB ram (I have extra ram sticks to bring it up to 8) 500 GB 5400 RPM atleast (I bought this to replace the stock HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591 ) Battery Life does not matter...