I would hesitate to recommend the Samsung Series 7 because of its display's poor contrast. While its resolution is decent for the size (1600x900 in 15.6"), the display quality is pretty bad compared to some other things you could get.
The Vaio E14's display is meh as well. 1366x768 resolution makes it difficult to work with more than one window at a time, and it also has poor contrast.
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Consider some of these options instead (copy-pasted from a post of mine somewhere else)
**Sager NP6165** (i5-3210M, NVIDIA GT 650M, 15.6" 1920x1080 glossy display) - **$949 no tax**
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http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np6165-clevo-w150er-p-4344.html?wconfigure=yes
- Select Windows 7 under Operating System if you cannot acquire your own copy for cheaper.
**HP DV6t Quad Edition** (i7-3610QM, NVIDIA GT 650M, 15.6" 1920x1080 matte display) - **$974 + tax** after coupon code **HP4PCMAG**
- Saved Configuration:
http/www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&config_id=7319186
- Don't downgrade to the 1366x768 display, unless you require its larger text for eyesight-related reasons. 1366x768 resolution in a 15.6" display makes things onscreen large, and 15.6" displays that have this resolution tend to have very poor image quality due to low contrast.
- Don't downgrade the GPU to the GT 630M if you plan on gaming. The GT 650M is faster by a fair margin.
- Don't pay to upgrade to the 2GB version of the GT 650M over the 1GB version of the GT 650M. In this case, the extra memory will not affect framerates.
- The backlit keyboard upgrade is worth considering.
- Upgrading to a 7200RPM HDD is worth considering.
**HP DV6t Select Edition** (i5-3210M, NVIDIA GT 650M, 15.6" 1920x1080 matte display) - **$924 + tax** after coupon code **SAVE20HP**
- Saved Configuration:
http/www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&config_id=7319207
- Don't downgrade to the 1366x768 display, unless you require its larger text for eyesight-related reasons. 1366x768 resolution in a 15.6" display makes things onscreen large, and 15.6" displays that have this resolution tend to have very poor image quality due to low contrast.
- Don't downgrade the GPU to the GT 630M unless the saved $125 is worth the GPU performance loss. The GT 650M is faster by a fair margin. With the GT 630M, you may select the Core i5-2450M to save an additional $20. Note: downgrading the GPU puts this laptop in a different class.
- The backlit keyboard upgrade is worth considering.
- Upgrading to a 7200RPM HDD is worth considering.
- Compare the price of your configuration with a similar configuration of the basic version of the DV6t below.
**HP DV6t** (i3-3110M, NVIDIA GT 650M, 15.6" 1920x1080 matte display) - **$834 + tax** after coupon code **JULY4SALEHP**
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http/www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&config_id=7319234
- Don't downgrade to the 1366x768 display, unless you require its larger text for eyesight-related reasons. 1366x768 resolution in a 15.6" display makes things onscreen large, and 15.6" displays that have this resolution tend to have very poor image quality due to low contrast.
- Don't downgrade the GPU to the GT 630M unless the saved $125 is worth the GPU performance loss. The GT 650M is faster by a fair margin. With the GT 630M, you may select the Core i3-2350M to save an additional $20. Note: downgrading the GPU puts this laptop in a different class.
- The backlit keyboard upgrade is worth considering.
- Compare the price of your configuration with a similar configuration of the DV6t Select Edition above.
**HP DV6z** (A8-4500M, AMD Radeon 7730M, 15.6" 1920x1080 matte display) - **$674** after coupon code **JULY4SALEHP** ($624 if you downgrade to the A6-4400M)
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http/www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&config_id=7307227
- Don't downgrade to the 1366x768 display, unless you require its larger text for eyesight-related reasons. 1366x768 resolution in a 15.6" display makes things onscreen large, and 15.6" displays that have this resolution tend to have very poor image quality due to low contrast.
- Don't downgrade the GPU to Integrated graphics, if you plan on gaming. Note: The Radeon 7670M is less powerful than the 7730M, but it supports crossfire with the integrated GPU unlike the 7730M.
- You can downgrade to the AMD A6-4400M CPU (which is approx. equiv. to a Core i3-2350M). Games often are not particularly CPU-intensive and the difference between available CPUs is likely to affect you less than the differences between available GPUs and displays, so downgrading this is more wise of a budget decision than to downgrade the other components. If you plan on selecting the Radeon 7670M GPU option and running crossfire between the 7670M and iGPU, then don't downgrade to the A6 because it has a weaker iGPU.
**Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition** (i5-3210M, AMD Radeon 7730M, 15.6" 1920x1080 matte[?] display) - **$874 + tax** after coupon code **4J4XPNDZ1PKR2B**
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http/configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=fncwm15b&model_id=inspiron-15r-se-7520&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19 (i5-3210M, Radeon 7730M, 15.6" 1920x1080) - $874
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http/configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=fncwm40b&model_id=inspiron-15r-se-7520&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19 (i7-3612QM, Radeon 7730M, 15.6" 1920x1080) - $974