laptop for engineer student & other

HeresOtis

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1. What is your budget?
$500

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15" or bigger

3. What screen resolution do you want?
as best as i can for my budget

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

5. How much battery life do you need?
What ever is considered decent

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)?
GTA San Andreas - max settings with mods
Maybe even GTA IV

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Video editing, movie/video streaming, music stuff, and engineering programs

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
320GB +

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

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
At least 4 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD ROM/Writer - Bluray ROM/Writer would be a bonus but not a deal breaker


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.
Consider any

13. What country do you live in?
US

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Here's 2 I was looking at
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Gaming-15-6-Laptop-Core-i5-500G-8G-nVIDIA-1G-GT520-Cam-WiFi-BT-NEW-/151007366616
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Z585-Gaming-Laptop-PC-AMD-A10-4600M-6GB-750-GB-ATI-HD7660G-Bluetooth-/221209439528
 

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