1_What is your budget?
2000-2500$
or
1400-1800euros
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I'd prefer one with a 17" screen or bigger. The weight isn't such a big deal, as I won't be moving it around a lot (still enough that buying a desktop isn't an option)
3_What screen resolution do you want?
1920 x 1200/1920 x 1080 would be nice, but not completely necessary.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop replacement.
5_How much battery life do you need?
Battery life isn't extremely important as I will have it plugged in most of the time.
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 play games like fallout 3 and similar games with good fps. More importantly I'd like to be able to buy some upcoming games like starcraft 2 and diablo 3, but knowing blizzard the system requirements for those two shouldn't be extremely high.
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Everything that was mentioned.
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
preferably 320+, but this isn't a must either. I can always buy an external harddrive if I run out of space.
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I'm open to suggestions, so far I've been searching through sites like newegg, sager, eurocom, some local webpages and such.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Preferably for several years (maybe 3 or so).
11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
I'd prefer a dual-core processor over quad core , and a single graphic card over dual. This is both because of the price difference, and because many games and programs don't support them yet. In addition to this I want to use a site with a history of good customer support, as if I order a computer from the US and something isn't working properly, I'd like to be able to get the help needed, instead of beeing ignored and left with a broken computer I can't do anything with. An example laptop I found that seemed quite decent to me can be found in the link below:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220503
Something similar to that one, but with one graphic card and maybe a bit less memory (optional) to make it cheaper would be nice. Being able to order it for at least a semi-compareable price from somewhere in europe would be ideal, but I'm not too hopeful about that.
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.
Well, I've done a lot of reading during the last few days. First I had my mind set on a laptop from alienware, but after doing some more reading, I quickly decided that I would infact definitely not want to buy a computer from them. This is because (based on what I've read, which is A LOT of blogs and such), they've got poor customer service, and a lot of people also seem to think they're very overpriced. I can't comment on the latter, as all the american sites I've been browsing through look so incradibly cheap in comparison to the ones found in europe. Anyway, I'm open to suggestions.
13_What country do you live in?
I live in Finland. The reason I'm seriously considering to buy a computer from the US is because I could easily save hundereds of euros by ordering my computer from there. Then again, if there's a problem with the computer and I have to send it back and forth, it might actually end up being much more expensive and ofcourse cousing a lot more grief because of time wasted. Hence, I'd prefer a computer that runs newer games smoothly with medium to high graphics, is manufactured/sold by a trustworthy company, and still isn't overpriced.
That's pretty much everything, any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
2000-2500$
or
1400-1800euros
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I'd prefer one with a 17" screen or bigger. The weight isn't such a big deal, as I won't be moving it around a lot (still enough that buying a desktop isn't an option)
3_What screen resolution do you want?
1920 x 1200/1920 x 1080 would be nice, but not completely necessary.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop replacement.
5_How much battery life do you need?
Battery life isn't extremely important as I will have it plugged in most of the time.
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 play games like fallout 3 and similar games with good fps. More importantly I'd like to be able to buy some upcoming games like starcraft 2 and diablo 3, but knowing blizzard the system requirements for those two shouldn't be extremely high.
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Everything that was mentioned.
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
preferably 320+, but this isn't a must either. I can always buy an external harddrive if I run out of space.
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I'm open to suggestions, so far I've been searching through sites like newegg, sager, eurocom, some local webpages and such.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Preferably for several years (maybe 3 or so).
11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
I'd prefer a dual-core processor over quad core , and a single graphic card over dual. This is both because of the price difference, and because many games and programs don't support them yet. In addition to this I want to use a site with a history of good customer support, as if I order a computer from the US and something isn't working properly, I'd like to be able to get the help needed, instead of beeing ignored and left with a broken computer I can't do anything with. An example laptop I found that seemed quite decent to me can be found in the link below:
http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220503
Something similar to that one, but with one graphic card and maybe a bit less memory (optional) to make it cheaper would be nice. Being able to order it for at least a semi-compareable price from somewhere in europe would be ideal, but I'm not too hopeful about that.
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.
Well, I've done a lot of reading during the last few days. First I had my mind set on a laptop from alienware, but after doing some more reading, I quickly decided that I would infact definitely not want to buy a computer from them. This is because (based on what I've read, which is A LOT of blogs and such), they've got poor customer service, and a lot of people also seem to think they're very overpriced. I can't comment on the latter, as all the american sites I've been browsing through look so incradibly cheap in comparison to the ones found in europe. Anyway, I'm open to suggestions.
13_What country do you live in?
I live in Finland. The reason I'm seriously considering to buy a computer from the US is because I could easily save hundereds of euros by ordering my computer from there. Then again, if there's a problem with the computer and I have to send it back and forth, it might actually end up being much more expensive and ofcourse cousing a lot more grief because of time wasted. Hence, I'd prefer a computer that runs newer games smoothly with medium to high graphics, is manufactured/sold by a trustworthy company, and still isn't overpriced.
That's pretty much everything, any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.