Cheaper laptop with cool features

[badjad05]

Hey THW,
I am looking for a laptop with some really badass features and that kind of stuff.
1. What is your budget?
Up to $700, only if necessary
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
At least 14"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Probably 1600-900, not a must
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Doesnt matter
5. How much battery life do you need?
Doesnt matter
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)?
No. I want to watch movies, listen to music, and surf the internet.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
No
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Above 500gb
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
http/microcenter.com, amazon.com, idk
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
1-2 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Preferably blu ray
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.
HP, Sony. Just find me a slick laptop with cool new multimedia technologies and functions. Also, light up keyboard would be nice.
13. What country do you live in?
USA

 

[the great randini]

Asus R704VD-RB51 17.3$742

 

[andrewcarr]

For what you're doing any basic laptop will work.
This is a nice one that will be fast for quite some time.
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230588

 

[the great randini]

i have picked up two asus laptops over the last few months and they come with a cool feature (x55c) facial recognition logon, its very spotty have to take tons of pics of your self, but realy cool when it works...