ultrabook

I'm looking for a laptop for my wife. Below some details related to budget, size etc. My main focus now is Asus Zenbook 14. However offers in Portugal are limited. I heard that AMD is better in multitasking (not sure if my wife needs that) or if Intel will be enough. Could you help wich non...

1. What is your budget? Around 1300 U$ 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? ~14" 3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920x1080 or higher 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable 5. How much battery life do you need? +6hs 6. Do you want to...

I've been doing some looking over the last few days and really just can't find anything that I think I'd be happy with. I'm a picky person and can't decide on practically anything without outside input so I figured I'd posit the question. Anyone have any recommendations for the best price to...

I'm an Biomedical Engineering student and I need a new laptop. Right now I have the HP Spectre but there's a terrifying metallic noise coming from the interior, which I think is a design flaw. It sounds like the fan scraping on a component. Im now looking at the Dell XPS 13 and Asus Zenbook...

Hi guys, I've recently been looking to buy an ultrabook, mainly for programming, and virtual machine support. I will every now and then play a game or two at low settings, such as rocket league, or Dota2 The main things i'm looking for are the following: A good CPU - quad core preferred, but...

Ok firstly I know the core difference of portability vs power but I really don't know what to choose in this situation. I will be shooting film next year and I don't know weather to have a powerful PC to process edit with at home or a decent laptop to edit with on the go. The Desktop will...

Hi, my beloved Samsung series 9 np900x3c is bricked, it will no longer charge. I tried switching chargers and batteries. The charge light does come on as orange when plugged in, but windows 10 reports "not charging" and the only way I can get it to turn on is to switch batteries with a second...

1. What is your budget? $500 tops, preferably ~$440'ish 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? ~"13, ~15" preferable 3. What screen resolution do you want? I can make do with 1366x768, but wouldn't mind higher since I'm very observant. 4. Do you need a portable or...

Hi. I'm traveling to the US and will be buying a laptop. My max budget is $1000. I need to be able to run MATLAB comfortably and I would love to be able to play a few games, though I don't mind not being able to run the latest ones. GTA V would be absolutely ideal if I could run it at least at...

Hi Everybody. I have my laptop choice narrowed down to these two Dells: New XPS 15 i7-6700HQ 2.6/3.5 16gb ddr4 512 ssd GeForce 960M 2gb 15.6" UHD 4K Touch 84 Wh 6-cell 4.4 lbs, 357 by 235 by 17 mm $2,100 or New Inspiron 7000 series: i7-6700HQ 2.6/3.5 16gb ddr3l 128 ssd + 1TB hdd GeForce 960M...

I just bought the Core-M ASUS Zenbook UX305FA through Amazon. It arrived today and I was very excited to turn it on and get to work. However, when I turn it on, the screen is almost black, but for a gray hazy border around the screen. I charged the computer for an hour before turning it on...

So I need a new laptop for University and I was wondering if anybody who is/was in the same position has any ideas on which brands/types to go with for general use. Ive done a bit of research and Im drawn towards an ultrabook and i'm not really a fan of these flippy/tablet screens. Ill be using...

Friend gives me PC which for whatever reason had 24/7 100% cpu usage and 100% ram usage. Ubuntu live ran smoothly so I reinstalled windows. All are going well , I downloaded all the drivers from sony's website....but wlan (Network Controller(!)) driver fails to install. Product model is...

Hi all. I am a grad student looking to purchase an ultrabook mostly for web browsing, microsoft word/ppt and just general every day use. I play WoW casually and would like to be able to log into my garrison or do simple stuff very occasionally on my ultrabook. I have my gaming desktop at home...

hey, starting uni soon and need a low price ultrabook in australia with these requirements: -at least 14 inch screen, not worried about resolution -at least 6 hrs battery life with average use -no touchscreen is needed -at least an intel i3 processor is required -4gb ram -atleast 128gb total...

I'm getting a laptop that I'll primarily use for content writing, followed by gaming and design work while traveling out of the city and as an everyday computer as well. I can't decide which one to go for. I really like the Zenbook's profile and FHD screen but I'm not sure which would be best in...

Hi all, I'm new here but I've been having a dilemma for the past few weeks; which is deciding on an ultrabook to get. I need it for work and word processing mainly and I have a few options at the moment but am very open to suggestions. Before I say my current options I'll list the kind of...

I'm in the u.k and looking for the best value ultrabook in 2014? Its for uni. any ideas?

I am in a pickle here... I have a Youtube channel (Simple video cutting with Adobe Premiere 11, nothing fancy), school is about to start for me, and I like to play some games that don't require an expensive piece of hardware to run (Minecraft, emulators, etc) My budget? $300 dollars (Maybe...

Hello all, I have been in the market for a laptop/ultrabook/2-in-1 for a little while now, and while I initially thought that I would go for the Surface Pro 3, I just couldn't see myself paying so much for what it offers. So, I began looking for a reasonably high-end, ultraportable laptop...

Hello, I am a college student looking to buy an ultrabook. I will be using this ultrabook for taking notes in class, writing papers, web browsing and light gaming. I am looking at the Dell XPS 9333 and the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus, but I am unsure of which one I should buy. What are your...

Im looking for a good new laptop to last me for a good while and see me through university where i hope to study music. Im looking for good specs and really not a downgrade from my current i5, 6GB samsung which im replacing because of faults. I would ideally like an optical/ cd drive but am...

Hello everyone, I need help choosing a laptop serving as a very mobile secondary machine. I am an architecture student and I primarily do all the work related to architecture on my desktop PC with a 24" 1920 x 1200 px screen (have been using a 1055T with 8GB RAM and a gtx 560Ti so far, just...

i am university student and need my device to be highly portable. but i am confused to buy between ultrabook or laptop or hybrid devices. i have my eyes on vaio flip/vaio duo 13 and surface pro 2...can you help to decide. i have to run 3D CAD modeling like ProENGINEER, CREO, AutoCAD and MathCAD...

1. What is your budget? <=$900 USD 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? <=15.6" 3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920x1080 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable without sacrificing power. 5. How much battery life do you need...

So, I've been wanting a tablet for a while now. (Listen, the laptops come later) Something that's light, and I can take where ever I want. 4g LTE compatibility would be wonderful, and along with GPS, it would be perfect. I've been looking at the Nexus 7, and the iPad Mini. I like the Nexus 7...

Price Range: $1000 - $2000 Size: Preferably ~15'' Resolution: Avg. Laptop (higher the better) Battery Life: 5+ hours Hard Drive: SSD + Min of 120GB CPU: i5 or i7 RAM: Min of 4GB OS: 64-bit Win 7 or Win 8 (doesn't matter to me) Keyboard: Backlit Keyboard, Prefer a Full-size Keyboard Gaming: Very...

Hey guys! I'm currently in the need of a laptop (I don't own one atm), and I think it's going to be an ultrabook, as I'm going to be carrying to school every day. But then I thougt, is this a bad time to buy a new laptop, when Haswell is just around the corner? Besides school stuff (office...