1. What is your budget?
600$ CDN, can stretch a tiny bit more
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15"-17"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Preferably a standard screen res, not one of those 1366x768.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portability is the bigger factor.
5. How much battery life do you need?
As much as I can get, 8+ min.
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)?
Probably some older games, so the usage isn't very intensive (Fallout 1, Morrowind, etc.)
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Very light Maya usage.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500 GB+
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?
3-4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None
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.
N/A
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
The laptop is going to be primarily used for programming. As such, I need it to have a dedicated GPU that supports OpenGL 3.3+. 3.0+ will be stretching it, but also a viable option. I understand that I am asking for quite a bit, but this is primarily going to be for programming, so having a nice keyboard would also be appreciated.
600$ CDN, can stretch a tiny bit more
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15"-17"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Preferably a standard screen res, not one of those 1366x768.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portability is the bigger factor.
5. How much battery life do you need?
As much as I can get, 8+ min.
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)?
Probably some older games, so the usage isn't very intensive (Fallout 1, Morrowind, etc.)
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Very light Maya usage.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500 GB+
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?
3-4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None
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.
N/A
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
The laptop is going to be primarily used for programming. As such, I need it to have a dedicated GPU that supports OpenGL 3.3+. 3.0+ will be stretching it, but also a viable option. I understand that I am asking for quite a bit, but this is primarily going to be for programming, so having a nice keyboard would also be appreciated.