College Laptop

[mag77]

1. What is your budget?
800-1000
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
, 13"-15.6"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
around 1600x900
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable, I will be taking this to and from classes
5. How much battery life do you need?
4+
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)?
only a little gaming med settings
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
not much
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
250g+
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
www.newegg.com www.amazon.com
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVDR/RW
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, Lenovo but i'm open to anything
13. What country do you live in?
US
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Not much to say here, feel free to ask any additional questions

 

[WR2]

Hello mag77;

Check out the Sony Vaio SA 41FX 13" notebook $850
Core i5 2450M 2.50GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 13.3" 1600x900 LCD w/ Radeon HD 6630M graphics.

Without a 1600x900 LCD screen but a bit more CPU/GPU power and a bit lower price:
Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 14" Ivy Bridge Core i7 Gaming Laptop $800
Core i7-3610QM 2.3Ghz CPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 14" 1366x768 LCD w/ GT 640M LE graphics card.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 review
http/www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404677,00.asp

 

[djscribbles]

You can also get a Sony Vaio T (ultrabook), it's not as capable for 3d games as what WR2 linked you, but will be more than enough for simple PC games and web games.

http/store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644852023

If you do play 3d games (Sims3, Skyrim, Call of Duty, etc), then this laptop wouldn't work very well.

Either way, if you buy a Sony direct from Sony (you should be able to get a similar price to newegg) you can get a free Playstation3 using a promo code.

edit: Some other manufacturers have a similar deal going for xbox360s, obviously Sony isn't as interested in moving Xboxes .