Portable laptop with mid-range performance?

EvanMS

Honorable
Aug 22, 2013
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10,510
Now that I have a very powerful desktop, I do not need a very powerful laptop in terms of gaming power.
I really don't have a strict budget, but I was thinking <$1000
Features that i would like:

  • +mid-range gaming performance (can run most indie games very well)
    +lightweight (i dont really know what weight I want until I get it, but I guess under 4 lbs would be good)
    +good battery life (need to work a lot at school, and now I go to debate tournaments very often)
Features that I do not want:

  • -touchscreen
    -apple/mac (I'm not hating, I just am used to Windows and don't enjoy using OSX)
    -convertible (or any other weird physical features that make it look weird)