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Looking for a New Laptop

Domino08

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Sep 28, 2015
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1. What is your budget?
$800-1600

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15"-17"+
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 or higher
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable
5. How much battery life do you need?
Should have an outlet most of the time so not a priority.

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)? No, not needed.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
web browsing, pdf and text document use, watching movies.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
1 TB is plenty, more than necessary probably.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Accept whichever suggestions. Newegg or another electronics website.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Long as possible till it falls apart.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None needed.

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.
Whichever is best suited for my needs. Not Apple.

13. What country do you live in? USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Full keyboard with dedicated number pad, durable good quality build, at least 3 USB ports and a hdmi output, decent portability with a good quiet cooling system. Also if it comes with a very durable power cable that's a big bonus. Would carry it around in a backpack so if it can be nicely stored there would be great.
Are there kevlar woven laptop power cords?
 



Anything that's more lightweight that you'd suggest?
 
Most computer with dedicated gpu will be heavy. And integrated gpu is bad for all sorts of gaming. There could be a lighter laptop with dedicated gpu but there wouldn't be much difference
 


There's all kinds of gaming laptops with a dedicated GPU that are at least 2 pounds lighter than the ASUS you mentioned. 😀

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152947&cm_re=msi_gaming_laptop-_-34-152-947-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16834152944

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834331907&cm_re=asus_rog-_-34-331-907-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232770&cm_re=asus_rog-_-34-232-770-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234142&cm_re=asus_rog-_-34-234-142-_-Product




 


Just curious. Did your original post mention gaming before being edited today?

 


not 980M here, it doesn't make sense

go for either, 1060 or 1070
 


Get a $300 laptop and add an SSD I don't understand why you even looked to spend +$800 on a normal laptop
 
More looking for specific models to look at that have the full keyboard, just there to set some budget limits, take something cheaper than those if it'll do the job.
 


What do you want a full keyboard for?
 


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9SK43Z0635

This costs only $190. If you want something totally new just search for 15.6 inch laptops with new pentium or celeron processors, that is going to be plenty of stuff to work with

 
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It said that it was a perk but not necessary.
Which seemed to produce different answers that what I was looking for.
Also do you know if anyone sells powder adapters with braided kevlar sleeves?