- May 4, 2011
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Thanks for the help guys. Was a member a long time ago and back in the market for a new laptop. Coming from a 15" HP DV6604NR (AMD TK-55 Dual Core, 2gb ram).
1. What is your budget? -----<$1200, would prefer to stay in the 1000-1100 range.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? -----14" (preferred) or 15"/15.6"
3. What screen resolution do you want? ----- 1600x900 or higher
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? -----Portable, I haul it around everywhere.
5. How much battery life do you need? ----- Average. Im typically around an outlet and/or keep an extra battery around.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? -----I want the potential to. Right now the only thing I might play is SC2. Discrete graphics a must but not looking for anything crazy.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.) -----Primarily: HD (1080p) streaming to TV, office applications, Photoshop/HDR photo editing.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? -----Prefer 500GB or higher but not a dealbreaker with USB3.0 and external drives.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. -----No.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? -----Until I get impatient with it, 2-3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? -----DVD Burner minimum, Bluray reader preferred.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. -----Right now I dont have a preference. The models Ive been most interested in and have priced so far:
Lenovo Thinkpad T420/T420s - Lack of USB3.0 in the T420 models was the dealbreaker. T420s priced w/ discrete graphics and upgraded LCD brought machine up to the $1400+ range.
Dell Latitude E6420 - Only discrete graphics option is the 512MB NVIDIA® QNVS 4200M and priced with it they're running ~$1300 (+tax). Also saw, but not positive that it doesn't have USB3.0 (eSata instead)
Dell XPS15 - Almost exactly where I want to be, but it looks horrible to me. I cant justify spending this $ on something I cant look at.
Just started looking at xoticpc at a couple of the Asus/MSI models with potential.
13. What country do you live in? -----USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. ----
Main selling points:
i5/i7 Processor w/ VM support, i5-2520/i7-27xx and up I believe (not positive)
1600x900/1920x1080 screen, would prefer matte but not a dealbreaker
USB3.0 a must
HDMI out a must
Portable as possible
4+GB RAM (preferred but not required, RAM is cheap)
500+GB HD (preferred but not required, plan on using an external HD)
Fingerprint reader cool
No operating system needed
Thanks in advance guys.
1. What is your budget? -----<$1200, would prefer to stay in the 1000-1100 range.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? -----14" (preferred) or 15"/15.6"
3. What screen resolution do you want? ----- 1600x900 or higher
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? -----Portable, I haul it around everywhere.
5. How much battery life do you need? ----- Average. Im typically around an outlet and/or keep an extra battery around.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? -----I want the potential to. Right now the only thing I might play is SC2. Discrete graphics a must but not looking for anything crazy.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.) -----Primarily: HD (1080p) streaming to TV, office applications, Photoshop/HDR photo editing.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? -----Prefer 500GB or higher but not a dealbreaker with USB3.0 and external drives.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. -----No.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? -----Until I get impatient with it, 2-3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? -----DVD Burner minimum, Bluray reader preferred.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. -----Right now I dont have a preference. The models Ive been most interested in and have priced so far:
Lenovo Thinkpad T420/T420s - Lack of USB3.0 in the T420 models was the dealbreaker. T420s priced w/ discrete graphics and upgraded LCD brought machine up to the $1400+ range.
Dell Latitude E6420 - Only discrete graphics option is the 512MB NVIDIA® QNVS 4200M and priced with it they're running ~$1300 (+tax). Also saw, but not positive that it doesn't have USB3.0 (eSata instead)
Dell XPS15 - Almost exactly where I want to be, but it looks horrible to me. I cant justify spending this $ on something I cant look at.
Just started looking at xoticpc at a couple of the Asus/MSI models with potential.
13. What country do you live in? -----USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. ----
Main selling points:
i5/i7 Processor w/ VM support, i5-2520/i7-27xx and up I believe (not positive)
1600x900/1920x1080 screen, would prefer matte but not a dealbreaker
USB3.0 a must
HDMI out a must
Portable as possible
4+GB RAM (preferred but not required, RAM is cheap)
500+GB HD (preferred but not required, plan on using an external HD)
Fingerprint reader cool
No operating system needed
Thanks in advance guys.
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