1. What is your budget?
$2200
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13 to 15" (14" ideally)
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable
5. How much battery life do you need?
4h+
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)?
Medium to High (Civilization V, Skyrim, Dishonored...)
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Coding, running simulations requiring powerful proc (i.e. no i3, quad core preferred, also strong preference for a new Haswell proc.)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
256GB minimum, 512GB would be nice
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
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10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Not 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.
The only brand I'd like to avoid is Apple - I know the MBP Retina could be a good option, but I don't care about OS X
13. What country do you live in?
Canada - but I can easily buy from the US or Europe
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want to run Linux (except for gaming) so a laptop known to have compatible drivers would be a plus
At this point, one of the best matches I've found is the new Razer Blade - I'm just turned off by the low screen resolution (not convenient for coding or multitasking), and I also don't have any information about how well Linux runs on it.
Ideally, I'd like something similar to it: I'm willing to give up a bit of power (graphic card is mandatory though) and a bit of thinness/lightness for a better screen resolution.
Thanks!
$2200
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13 to 15" (14" ideally)
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable
5. How much battery life do you need?
4h+
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)?
Medium to High (Civilization V, Skyrim, Dishonored...)
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Coding, running simulations requiring powerful proc (i.e. no i3, quad core preferred, also strong preference for a new Haswell proc.)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
256GB minimum, 512GB would be nice
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
-
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Not 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.
The only brand I'd like to avoid is Apple - I know the MBP Retina could be a good option, but I don't care about OS X
13. What country do you live in?
Canada - but I can easily buy from the US or Europe
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want to run Linux (except for gaming) so a laptop known to have compatible drivers would be a plus
At this point, one of the best matches I've found is the new Razer Blade - I'm just turned off by the low screen resolution (not convenient for coding or multitasking), and I also don't have any information about how well Linux runs on it.
Ideally, I'd like something similar to it: I'm willing to give up a bit of power (graphic card is mandatory though) and a bit of thinness/lightness for a better screen resolution.
Thanks!