Need to find the best 1080p laptop to start a business with.

[enoch29sf]

Looking for a 1080p laptop to start an online business with. Would help to get one that is on sale.

 

[enoch29sf@]

I have no idea why you're against Dell. They're a really good company with really good customer support. They also have decent prices, at least if it you get it straight from them. Anyway.
A decent gaming laptop should have a good processor (3rd gen core i7 at least), a good amount of RAM (6GB or more) and a good graphics card (Depends on the game you want to play, but should be 2GB card or more).
That said, you're not going to find anything better than the Y580 in your price range, as I've said earlier.
Now IF you want a good set of processor, RAM and GPU, you're going to need to spend more. If you're willing to go to $1,200-$1,400, I could list out a million laptops for you to check out. If not, Lenovo and Dell are your best mates.
Asus's good stuff starts only after $1,200...

Your benchmark stuff showed that SLI and crossfire blow single cards away. I wonder if there is a cheaper laptop with an extra slot for graphics card that can be purchased later for SLI or Crossfire or a cheaper laptop than the lenovo with an SLI or crossfire already installed.

 

[abardwell]

I am talking about a laptop for a business that has the added feature of gaming.


Something that is for work and has the added feature of being able to be for play too on occasion.

Anyway, THAT'S why I asked what you're going to use it for. Here you go. This is the best laptop in the under $1,000 range.

http://www.theverge.com/products/ideapad-y580/4604

The lenovo y580 is a good pick but so far there aren't any amazing sales on it.

I wouldn't get too hung up on sales... I'm going on 3 1/2 years with a Lenovo T500 and the after sales support has been first rate. Machine bullet proof too. I'm self employed and so I can't afford to waste time with downtime. What do you bill your time for? At $100/hour it isn't hard to burn through $2,000 of your time fixing problems. As for Dell (someone mentioned elsewhere... read industry reviews - their aftersales support is poor. I looked at the new XPS 15 - sexy machine but too many issues for my liking)...

 

[Labrynthian]

SLI cards will always be better than single cards, simply because you're using two cards and that can boost the performance up to 4 times. It'll be very expensive to get something with an SLI card.