Laptop for a student

[madmadmax321]

1. What is your budget? £1000 uk

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 14-15inch no bigger or smaller

3. What screen resolution do you want? dont mind

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

5. How much battery life do you need? 4 hours minimum when web browsing

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)? call of duty 4 on medium

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) i do alot of cad work at college and also i am a editor using adobe after effects, cinema 4d and sony vegas pro

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 400+

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

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 3 years minimum

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? dvd writer

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? uk

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. I was looking at a refurbished macbook pro 15 inch but it is out of my price range.

 

[AntiZig]

Hello,

so 1k pounds would be about 1600 usd, I'm very surprised you can't get a USED macbook for that much. oh well.

MSI 14" X460DX - I think this is a great laptop, it's light, it's got a great combination of CPU+GPU, plenty of ram and HDD space. Only thing isn't listed is battery life, but it's got a standard battery and the 540 GT by default comes with optimus which lets you use the intel hd 3000 built in video when browsing internet, so I believe if you are reasonable about your usage it should be able to last 4 hrs.