1. What is your budget? $1400 (preferably closer to $700 but I can go up to $1400 if it is necessary)
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6” no smaller, no larger.
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080p
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Don’t really understand this question, aren’t all laptops supposed to be portable? I’d only use this laptop in college or when I’m out of town. So portable I guess. If this means thin and lightweight, that does not matter to me. As long as the computer has good airflow and does not overheat I'm fine with it.
5. How much battery life do you need? I’d like at least 4 hours of battery life but I’d want a laptop with a battery that you can swap out with ease and without voiding warranty (on some laptops you need to take off the back plate in order to get to the battery which voids the warranty in most cases and is just a complete pain in the you know what). That way if I'm nowhere near an outlet or I can't charge the laptop I can just swap out the battery and continue gaming/typing.
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)? I’d like to be able to play gta5, bo3, overwatch, league, runescape, wow, skyrim, H1Z1, The Division, and Tomb Raider on at least medium settings or really as long as the game runs smooth, I'm fine with it. Not really one of those "60fps only" type of people.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) I'll be watching quite a bit of movies via streaming (netflix), I don't know if that matters but I'll add it in anyways. For college I’ll really only be typing essays, powerpoint presentations, and math so nothing really demanding.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? I’d like to have at least a 128GB SSD since I’ve had some experience with slow-starting laptops along with at least a 1TB HDD.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. I’ve had great experience with newegg.com over the past several years so I’d like to only buy from there. I don’t trust some random amazon or ebay user with such a large amount of money and usually amazon has awful or no warranty and I'm planning on buying warranty for this laptop.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? I’d like the laptop to have a lifespan of more than two years but the longer it’s alive the better it is for me so around 4-5 years is fantastic.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc? DVD ROM/Writer is fine, I rarely use rom’s anymore, I don’t even have one in my desktop pc. I usually get all updates via online or USB’s and never watch DVD’s.
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. Don’t really prefer any brands, as long as the laptop has a lifespan of more than two years I’m fine with it.
13. What OS do you prefer? I’d really only want a laptop with windows on it, I’m not really familiar with MacOS and Linux. Also, I’m a complete windows fan boy. I’d love it to have windows 7 but I’m sure the laptops currently sold are all windows 10 so I’ll settle with that.
14. What country do you live in? United States.
15. Please tell us any additional information if needed. If the things I want in the laptop are too demanding for the budget I have set please tell me, I’m more of a desktop-only type of person so I don’t really understand laptops when it comes to their price since they are a lot more expensive than a typical gaming desktop.
I wanted to add in one more thing, since I have a nice desktop pc I most likely won't be using my laptop very much. I'll only really use the laptop when I have to go out of town or when I need to type an essay in class. So my question here is, along with the gaming/college laptop could you guys add in a laptop that will be great for college and more towards light gaming instead of high gaming like I've mentioned? That way I can choose what laptop will be best for my needs. At the moment I'm still deciding whether I should go all in when buying a laptop or save a couple hundred dollars for something else. I'd still want the college/light gaming laptop to have the same features I have mentioned in all my answers except for question number 6. On this cheaper laptop I'd probably only log into non-demanding games like runescape and league just to do some dailies and play a couple rounds. Meaning I'd still want an SSD/HDD in it, a removable battery, and everything else mentioned.
Sorry about the long thread, I'm putting a lot of thought into this because I want a good laptop that will last me years.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6” no smaller, no larger.
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080p
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Don’t really understand this question, aren’t all laptops supposed to be portable? I’d only use this laptop in college or when I’m out of town. So portable I guess. If this means thin and lightweight, that does not matter to me. As long as the computer has good airflow and does not overheat I'm fine with it.
5. How much battery life do you need? I’d like at least 4 hours of battery life but I’d want a laptop with a battery that you can swap out with ease and without voiding warranty (on some laptops you need to take off the back plate in order to get to the battery which voids the warranty in most cases and is just a complete pain in the you know what). That way if I'm nowhere near an outlet or I can't charge the laptop I can just swap out the battery and continue gaming/typing.
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)? I’d like to be able to play gta5, bo3, overwatch, league, runescape, wow, skyrim, H1Z1, The Division, and Tomb Raider on at least medium settings or really as long as the game runs smooth, I'm fine with it. Not really one of those "60fps only" type of people.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) I'll be watching quite a bit of movies via streaming (netflix), I don't know if that matters but I'll add it in anyways. For college I’ll really only be typing essays, powerpoint presentations, and math so nothing really demanding.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? I’d like to have at least a 128GB SSD since I’ve had some experience with slow-starting laptops along with at least a 1TB HDD.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. I’ve had great experience with newegg.com over the past several years so I’d like to only buy from there. I don’t trust some random amazon or ebay user with such a large amount of money and usually amazon has awful or no warranty and I'm planning on buying warranty for this laptop.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? I’d like the laptop to have a lifespan of more than two years but the longer it’s alive the better it is for me so around 4-5 years is fantastic.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc? DVD ROM/Writer is fine, I rarely use rom’s anymore, I don’t even have one in my desktop pc. I usually get all updates via online or USB’s and never watch DVD’s.
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. Don’t really prefer any brands, as long as the laptop has a lifespan of more than two years I’m fine with it.
13. What OS do you prefer? I’d really only want a laptop with windows on it, I’m not really familiar with MacOS and Linux. Also, I’m a complete windows fan boy. I’d love it to have windows 7 but I’m sure the laptops currently sold are all windows 10 so I’ll settle with that.
14. What country do you live in? United States.
15. Please tell us any additional information if needed. If the things I want in the laptop are too demanding for the budget I have set please tell me, I’m more of a desktop-only type of person so I don’t really understand laptops when it comes to their price since they are a lot more expensive than a typical gaming desktop.
I wanted to add in one more thing, since I have a nice desktop pc I most likely won't be using my laptop very much. I'll only really use the laptop when I have to go out of town or when I need to type an essay in class. So my question here is, along with the gaming/college laptop could you guys add in a laptop that will be great for college and more towards light gaming instead of high gaming like I've mentioned? That way I can choose what laptop will be best for my needs. At the moment I'm still deciding whether I should go all in when buying a laptop or save a couple hundred dollars for something else. I'd still want the college/light gaming laptop to have the same features I have mentioned in all my answers except for question number 6. On this cheaper laptop I'd probably only log into non-demanding games like runescape and league just to do some dailies and play a couple rounds. Meaning I'd still want an SSD/HDD in it, a removable battery, and everything else mentioned.
Sorry about the long thread, I'm putting a lot of thought into this because I want a good laptop that will last me years.
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