Recommended Laptop for $800 or under

Phobicpanda

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Feb 7, 2014
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10,510
1. What is your budget?

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15" or higher

3. What screen resolution do you want? 1
1920x1080 preferably but with settle for less if I have to

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable

5. How much battery life do you need?
Battery life is not really a concert to me. Nothing too horrible though

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 don't want to game too heavy on it. I'd like to be able run PCSX2 or Dolphin Emulator though.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
I like to do a little video encoding and audio editing.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
1TB preferable

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
I was thinking of either buying from http://dell.com or http://newegg.com

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
As long as I can as I don't have much money being a college student.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD ROM/Writer

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.
I have no reason to be against any brand, but I'm told that Dell and Lenovo laptops are decent

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.