1. What is your budget?
Max $500 / 2000 Saudi Riyals, maybe a little over but not by much.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13.3 - 15.6 inches
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Doesn't matter, native resolution is fine (E.g 1366 x 768 for 15.6 inch).
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable, nothing heavier than 3kg.
5. How much battery life do you need?
4 hours or more.
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)?
Old games. Direct X9 and below. NFS Carbon, Most Wanted and Underground 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Diablo II etc. At least medium. Preferrably high settings.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Photoshop, video-editing, screen capture (Fraps)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
320GB - 500GB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No specific sites
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
All my college years (4 - 6 years)
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD/CD (with writing capability)
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.
Prefer: ASUS, Toshiba: Quality build, good reliability, don't overheat.
Avoid: HP, Acer, Gateway: Cheap quality, overheats, bad reliability (please let me know if I'm wrong).
13. What country do you live in?
Saudi Arabia
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I can't purchase online, customs into Saudi Arabia is very strict and shipping fees are crazy. Recommend a laptop and I'll see if its available at the local stores.
Max $500 / 2000 Saudi Riyals, maybe a little over but not by much.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13.3 - 15.6 inches
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Doesn't matter, native resolution is fine (E.g 1366 x 768 for 15.6 inch).
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable, nothing heavier than 3kg.
5. How much battery life do you need?
4 hours or more.
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)?
Old games. Direct X9 and below. NFS Carbon, Most Wanted and Underground 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Diablo II etc. At least medium. Preferrably high settings.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Photoshop, video-editing, screen capture (Fraps)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
320GB - 500GB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No specific sites
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
All my college years (4 - 6 years)
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD/CD (with writing capability)
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.
Prefer: ASUS, Toshiba: Quality build, good reliability, don't overheat.
Avoid: HP, Acer, Gateway: Cheap quality, overheats, bad reliability (please let me know if I'm wrong).
13. What country do you live in?
Saudi Arabia
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I can't purchase online, customs into Saudi Arabia is very strict and shipping fees are crazy. Recommend a laptop and I'll see if its available at the local stores.