Deciding on a Laptop

powerkiteman1

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Apr 9, 2012
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$1500-2000.... a little as possible please


Hey guys,

I'm a desktop guy, you guys helped me build mine a few years back. I was curious if anyone would be able to help me pick a good laptop out for my mom. So my mom has an old mac book air and Its really starting to slow down. I've convinced her to move over to the world of windows and the lights have shined.

The only issue is that she is sort of picky. I'm thinking that we need a 15" screen, it will be used for work presentations, web searching, and typing work documents... Yeah simple.

I also think that 8gb of ram would be a good place to go just because it wouldn't hinder her if she keeps a lot of programs open, which she tends to do. I can't monitor her 24/7😉.

Processor, maybe a quad core i3 or i5? That way it will last for years. Windows 7 or 8, whatever will be least foreign. I have no experience with 8 that's why I ask.
Graphics card, yeah just something that has crisp quality for presentations and so she can read it easily.
For the Hard Drive let's try to go around 1tb if possible.

So basically the things that she is picky about is that it needs to be as light and slim as possible, preferably a backlit keyboard, and then it's got to have pretty good battery life... pretty good...



Let me know if you have any ideas, I'm looking around but I'm not too good with laptops at all.


Thanks everyone for the help in advance,

Mathew
 
I will say that Macbook Air isn't even 15.6" so if she is used to its weight an all that, I would go with 13.3" or 14" laptop and not 15.6", the minimum weight for 15.6" is around 4 lbs. 13 and 14 can go a lot lower.
 


That's true, so let's bump it down because she wanted something light. That sounds a lot better.
 
Yeah that is true, I want something that will last a while. Something that is sturdy too, I want her have confidence in what she has. But really she wants it as slim as possible and as lightweight as possible. Seems like you guys know exactly what I'm thinking.

Also for the budget, that was more or less a max I would like to spend. I really want to spend as little as possible but still get her everything she needs.
 
Got my mom onboard, guess I'll take her to the local best buy or some place to let her "try it out..?" anyway, I'll purchase it soon for her!

Now... What to do to my desktop... :??:
 


Oh I've got one already, don't know if I'd want to upgrade or rebuild... I really don't ever stress it, I just want a really really high quality screen that will just make me... love... it...😍

Maybe 22-30"? I've got a 21.5" Asus right now that has good quality... but I want to be amazed without dropping the ball on price...