Laptop for scant power supply/repairs 14" lightweight no touch screen?

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I need a 14" or so with great battery life, going overseas. Will use skype etc heavily, heavy typing documents, some video making. Had an Asus, fried it, Fujitsu same, I hate windows 8.1 and touch screens. Looking for maximum technology under 1,000 us. Don't want Mac or ipad or Surface. I just don't like touch screens and want windows 7, checking craig'slist, what are good models under 15"? Asus is top on list. Any help, thank you.

 

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If you want the absolute best battery life, the Lenovo ThinkPad X240 can potentially get over 20 hours of battery life with an upgraded rear battery.

The one I linked also comes with Windows 7, while most anything else you will find new will be pre-loaded with 8 or 8.1.

Lord have mercy that does appear to be nice! I've always "heard" that Lenovo was really weak but have things changed or?? Repair guys I talk to say that Asus is the best because of the motherboards, supposedly in basically all laptops but who knows. I'm going to check this out more, that's a really incredible battery life. Thanks for pointing it out to me!!!

 

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If you want the absolute best battery life, the Lenovo ThinkPad X240 can potentially get over 20 hours of battery life with an upgraded rear battery.

The one I linked also comes with Windows 7, while most anything else you will find new will be pre-loaded with 8 or 8.1.

Lord have mercy that does appear to be nice! I've always "heard" that Lenovo was really weak but have things changed or?? Repair guys I talk to say that Asus is the best because of the motherboards, supposedly in basically all laptops but who knows. I'm going to check this out more, that's a really incredible battery life. Thanks for pointing it out to me!!!

No problem. Not sure who said Lenovo was "weak". They are the second best PC laptop manufacturer right under ASUS. They make the whole ThinkPad line now after IBM and are a favorite among IT professionals.

Was just some disgruntled friend with a Lenovo, not sure what the problem was. I used to really like the Fujitsus back in the day so anything geared towards IT pro sounds good. Honestly never researched Lenovo because of that lingering diss in the back of my mind! Thanks again, I'm loving the specs on these.