Buying a new gaming laptop (1500$)

[intimate]

1. What is your budget?

1500$ with tax and everything.

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

15 - 17 "

3. What screen resolution do you want?

1920x1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

Not sure

5. How much battery life do you need?

More then 1 hour for sure
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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)?

WoW (highest), Latest games (high)

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

Photo editing, watching hd movies.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

more then 250 gb.. SSD would be great.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

more then 3 years.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

DVD ROM/Writer

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.

Asus seems good to me always. up for anything else

13. What country do you live in?

Canada

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I dont want to have heating problem with the laptop. I will use laptop fan anyways.

Thank you very much for answers

 

[intimate]

by internet yes.

 

[intimate]

this laptop looks good. i have few questions tho. it has new ivy bridge? if not does it really matter? also what do you think of the video card? I dont really know laptop video cards

thanks

 

[intimate]

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