Help me choose a laptop (canada)

[Chairman Ray]

1. What is your budget? <$750

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 11-13.3 inch

3. What screen resolution do you want? Any

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

5. How much battery life do you need? Long

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)? Low

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

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 500gb

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

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

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? Don't require

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.

13. What country do you live in? Canada

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

Currrently considering:
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-s3-2nd-gen-intel-core-i3-2377m-ultrabook-s3-391-6844-champagne-s3-391-6844/10206028.aspx?path=2c746daa288f9c645eff7858994485f6en02

 

[Maxx_Power]

I checked out all the Futureshop laptops the other day and found that the only good portable laptop that is somewhat capable is the Lenovo U410 or U310. The U410 is nicer in design and only marginally larger than the U310.

The build quality was top notch, the keyboard was very tactile (Lenovo tradition). The screen was good, some of the ultrabooks there had extremely washed out screen colours. The hinge was strong and stiff (some of the other ones, Samsung especially had flimsy hinges, after a year or two of portable use, I'd suspect it won't stay open by itself anymore).

I know this is just outside your budget, but it goes on sale for 729.00 once in a while (was last week).


http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-ideapad-14-3rd-gen-intel-core-i5-3317u-ultrabook-u410-grey-u410/10206588.aspx?path=babff2b5fafa787db2f5a0f77cafdaeden02

The U310 was on sale for 679.00 last week:

http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-ideapad-13-3-3rd-gen-intel-core-i5-3317u-ultrabook-u310-grey-u310/10206585.aspx

Either is good, and are very similar, but the U410 is a bit better designed and sleeker in my opinion, due to location of ports, slots, etc.

 

[Chairman Ray]

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