1. What is your budget?
<$1500
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
>12" but <14in"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
More is better, but I care more about the quality of the display than the resolution.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Ultra - Portable.
5. How much battery life do you need?
>3hrs.
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.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Photoshop/Lightroom, Word, Excel, video. I'm looking at a i5@2.3Ghz (Sandy Bridge) or greater
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
At least 320GB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2-3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None is necessary, DVD is a plus.
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.
I don't have any strong brand preferences. What I care about most is build quality (see below). I will be traveling between the U.S. and Japan frequently so I would prefer if there was customer support/repair available in Japan.
13. What country do you live in?
U.S.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want an ultra-portable laptop with a great build quality and a good screen. I don't like plasticy laptops. I just bought at thinkpad Edge, but returned it because the screen was slightly wobbly and colors on the screen were washed out.
I'd also like a laptop that doesn't look ugly. I bought the edge instead of the regular thinkpad because as far as I can tell the design of the regular thinkpad has not changed in the last 8 years.
Thanks in advance for any help.
<$1500
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
>12" but <14in"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
More is better, but I care more about the quality of the display than the resolution.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Ultra - Portable.
5. How much battery life do you need?
>3hrs.
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.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Photoshop/Lightroom, Word, Excel, video. I'm looking at a i5@2.3Ghz (Sandy Bridge) or greater
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
At least 320GB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2-3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None is necessary, DVD is a plus.
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.
I don't have any strong brand preferences. What I care about most is build quality (see below). I will be traveling between the U.S. and Japan frequently so I would prefer if there was customer support/repair available in Japan.
13. What country do you live in?
U.S.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want an ultra-portable laptop with a great build quality and a good screen. I don't like plasticy laptops. I just bought at thinkpad Edge, but returned it because the screen was slightly wobbly and colors on the screen were washed out.
I'd also like a laptop that doesn't look ugly. I bought the edge instead of the regular thinkpad because as far as I can tell the design of the regular thinkpad has not changed in the last 8 years.
Thanks in advance for any help.