Light gaming laptop for university details inside

[LonelyMan]

1. What is your budget?

1000$ max Canadians (before tax)

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

Minimum 12inch

3. What screen resolution do you want?

I'd prefer full hd, but less than that would be ok as well

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

Portable, already have a beast of a desktop.

5. How much battery life do you need?

5 plus hours

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)?

Windows 8 games like halo spartan assault and valve games on medium to high settings

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

Taking notes in class and doing pictures with the laptop camera whenever there are overheads. I also like to multitask when doing projects (Mozilla open with 20 plus tabs and music maybe a video)

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

500gb plus, ssd for boot drive preferred but not required, would like the hdd to be 7200 rpm if possible

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

bestbuy.ca, canadacomputers.com

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

5years

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

Blu-ray would be nice but not required; do not need a 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.

I have no idea. I have a samsung laptop that served me well but i dropped it so many times that the battery dies in 30 minutes now. Asus would be nice, lenovo and acer maybe.

13. What country do you live in?

Canada, Quebec, Montreal

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I want to have a fourth gen i5 at least and a reliable graphics card (prefer nvidia) latest gen as well (note, new gen, not rebranded as new but in fact old gen). Windows 8 included of course, unless windows 8 pro is better? And, a fresh copy of windows 8 instead of preinstalled with lots of useless software.

 

[Thanatos Telos]

Actually, you can buy the lappie with all of the shittie software, install Win 8 to a pendrive, and use the serial key that's on the bottom on your laptop (or something) to activate it.

 

[LonelyMan]

How can I install windows again if its already installed? I don't really understand what u just said but I do not think that's going to allow me to do a fresh install of windows on the laptop

 

[Thanatos Telos]

How can I install windows again if its already installed? I don't really understand what u just said but I do not think that's going to allow me to do a fresh install of windows on the laptop

It will. Boot from the pendrive, go to install windows, and follow the process. When it asks you to activate, get the key from wherever the manufacturer put it and install. Afterwards, install the manufacturer's drivers, but not software.

 

[LonelyMan]

What's a pendrive?And where can I get one? Would I not need the windows installation exe or folder copied to the pendrive to force it to do a fresh install of windows on the laptop? I have no idea where to get that from an already installed windows

 

[LonelyMan]

But that would mean that I could do that with my current laptop and do a fresh install of windows 7 on my samsung? Or is it too late since its already activated and working? Is it not illegal?

 

[LonelyMan]

I think I found one http/www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-v3-series-17-3-laptop-black-intel-core-i7-4702q-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-v3-772g-9643/10258067.aspx?path=c9706179ea3ebdfb5a5900a55fa2ae96en02&SearchPageIndex=1 is Acer a good company?

 

[Thanatos Telos]

In order:
It's a flash drive. If you don't know what that is, google it.
Windows serial keys are locked to a motherboard. You can install a new copy of the same OS without the junkware, but it has to be the same OS.
3. It's decent, but I thought you wanted something portable. 3.2KG/over 6 pounds is NOT portable.

 

[lightsong]

Portable + gaming + cheap ... doesn't really work right now. Figure out what you want and pick 2 of those options

 

[Thanatos Telos]

Portable + gaming + cheap ... doesn't really work right now. Figure out what you want and pick 2 of those options

1000$ is more than enough for a light gaming laptop.