Hello everyone. I came here for advice to build my first ever desktop gaming cpu a little over a year ago and its been running great! Now its time to purchase a laptop. I've used the sticky post as a guide. In general, this laptop will be used primarily when I travel (both work and personal vacation). In regards to work, I mainly will be using programs such as Office and Adobe Acrobat. The ability to have two documents open side by side that are readable and that don't require side scrolling when doing so are preferred. I'd like a laptop with good battery life so that I can go extended periods without using a charger, in particular for in-flight movies/tv shows. The only other uses I could think of with this laptop would be general web browsing and light gaming (ie. facebook games, etc.).
1. What is your budget?
I would like to go no higher than $600-700, unless there is a really good reason that I should.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I think anything larger than 15.6 is too big, but I also don't want something too small. I'll need to have 2 documents open side by side on occasion and I need it to be easily readable and hopefully without having to scroll excessively.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Prob needs to be at least 1366 x 768. Would need advice based on Question 2 response.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
This laptop would be portable and used when traveling for work.
5. How much battery life do you need?
Long enough. What's long enough? I would like to avoid using the charger as much as possible. Also, I'd at least like to be able to watch a full movie on a plane without my laptop dying.
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. I use my gaming desktop for this purpose. The most I plan to play on this laptop are facebook games, etc.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Primarily will use for work related stuff (Office, Acrobat, etc.) and for general web browsing and watching tv/movies.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Doesn't really matter. Most HDDs I'll never fill up since they generally are 500gigs+ nowadays. SDDs, while nice, aren't a necessity for this at this time.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Newegg and Tigerdirect. Any brick and mortar store. Any other reputable online stores.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
I would say at least 3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD r/w
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 prefer Intel unless someone can tell me why to go AMD in a certain laptop.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
-Keep weight in mind since this will mainly be used when traveling.
-While touchscreens are nice on the metro design, I don't need necessarily need it.
-Need a good keyboard/trackpad (back-lighting isn't necessary)
I know this is a late post, but quick responses on nice Black Friday deals would be a plus.
1. What is your budget?
I would like to go no higher than $600-700, unless there is a really good reason that I should.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I think anything larger than 15.6 is too big, but I also don't want something too small. I'll need to have 2 documents open side by side on occasion and I need it to be easily readable and hopefully without having to scroll excessively.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Prob needs to be at least 1366 x 768. Would need advice based on Question 2 response.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
This laptop would be portable and used when traveling for work.
5. How much battery life do you need?
Long enough. What's long enough? I would like to avoid using the charger as much as possible. Also, I'd at least like to be able to watch a full movie on a plane without my laptop dying.
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. I use my gaming desktop for this purpose. The most I plan to play on this laptop are facebook games, etc.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Primarily will use for work related stuff (Office, Acrobat, etc.) and for general web browsing and watching tv/movies.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Doesn't really matter. Most HDDs I'll never fill up since they generally are 500gigs+ nowadays. SDDs, while nice, aren't a necessity for this at this time.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Newegg and Tigerdirect. Any brick and mortar store. Any other reputable online stores.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
I would say at least 3 years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD r/w
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 prefer Intel unless someone can tell me why to go AMD in a certain laptop.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
-Keep weight in mind since this will mainly be used when traveling.
-While touchscreens are nice on the metro design, I don't need necessarily need it.
-Need a good keyboard/trackpad (back-lighting isn't necessary)
I know this is a late post, but quick responses on nice Black Friday deals would be a plus.
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