1. What is your budget? $1200 max
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080 is fine
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? no
5. How much battery life do you need? irrelevant, will be plugged in most of the time.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? No games
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? A few word & excel files but mostly lots of browser tabs (20 to 50) will be opened so large amounts of ram.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 100gb... A 500GB Samsung 850 pro will be replacing any HDD.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. reputable sites or stores with good return policies. He does have Costco & BJ's memberships.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 5 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD would be nice but not required.
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. Reliability is a must.
13. What country do you live in? USA
I would like to stress that a solid stabile & reliable laptop is what is being looked for. Weight doesn't matter but again, it shouldn't overheat when being used for a few hours at a time.
Graphics card is not needed but we understand that it is hard not to get one these days.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080 is fine
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? no
5. How much battery life do you need? irrelevant, will be plugged in most of the time.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? No games
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? A few word & excel files but mostly lots of browser tabs (20 to 50) will be opened so large amounts of ram.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 100gb... A 500GB Samsung 850 pro will be replacing any HDD.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. reputable sites or stores with good return policies. He does have Costco & BJ's memberships.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 5 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD would be nice but not required.
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. Reliability is a must.
13. What country do you live in? USA
I would like to stress that a solid stabile & reliable laptop is what is being looked for. Weight doesn't matter but again, it shouldn't overheat when being used for a few hours at a time.
Graphics card is not needed but we understand that it is hard not to get one these days.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.