Laptop for student

[khromatix]

1. What is your budget?
A. $750 MAX

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
A. 13" to 15.6"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
A. Does not matter

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
A. Portability is a must

5. How much battery life do you need?
A. Enough to get me through a day, so maybe 6hours+? (Someone will have to help me out here please)

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)?
A. Shogun 2 Total War - Medium (It's not released I know, but I think the hardware specs were)
Starcraft 2 - Medium
TF2 - High


7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
A. Photo editing, movie watching

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
A. 320 GB+ (more the better!)

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
A. Newegg, NCIX, BestBuy, Futureshop, London Drugs

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
A. 4 Years would be great

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
A. 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.
A. Does not matter

13. What country do you live in?
A. Canada (that frozen wasteland above you guys)

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
A. A thin laptop would be great. An internal SD Card reader would be awesome but not essential though.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Maziar]

Welcome to the forums
Within your budget,you can't find a gaming laptop with 6hrs of battery life.
Have a look at this Samsung laptop
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131087
It's got a mid-range card and will give you around 3-5hrs of battery life.

 

[khromatix]

That doesn't look bad at all. Is there any other suggestions out there?

 

[khromatix]

Any other laptops out there? There's got to be more than one laptop that meets the criteria!

 

[Maziar]

Sager N5160 is also good
http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np5160-clevo-w150hn-pre-order-p-2999.html

 

[khromatix]

Ahh but no OS. That would drive up the price by another $90.

 

[WR2]

Acer Aspire Timeline 3820TG
A 13" model just over your budget goal but probably worth the premium price.

See this related topic: 13" Gaming Laptop

 

[khromatix]

That xoticpc site seems to have a really nice selection. I may be able to push my budget up considering how nice the laptop is. Does anyone know how thick the notebook is? I can't find somewhere that tells me.

 

[Maziar]

Judging from the pics,it looks a bit thicker than XPS 15.
However,you can ask xoticpc/Sager support to be sure.

 

[khromatix]

Is the Dell XPS 15 comparable to the Sager NP5160? It seems to be about equal to me although Sager does offer the option of upgrading to a i7 for only $30.

 

[Maziar]

It has a slightly slower GPU but offers backlit keyboard along with Full HD RGB display(can be customized)

 

[khromatix]

Interesting. I was contemplating the XPS cause I've heard of the MASSIVE power brick the Sager has.

 

[khromatix]

Best answer selected by khromatix.