Solved! Suggest a laptop for a programmer

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I am a programmer and looking for a new laptop, I would be using it for daily programming tasks and occasionally gaming. But I am not a hard core gamer.

please suggest


1. What is your budget?

upto $900

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

15 to 16

3. What screen resolution do you want?

- vertical resolution of 900 would be great

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

Not exactly desktop replacement, But I dont need ultra thin too. In between

5. How much battery life do you need?

As much as possible, atleast 4 hours !

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)?

Yes, but not every day, but i would like my laptop to support decent games if ever i want to play it.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Programming mainly

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500 gb would suffice

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Untill it dies

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

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.
Like: Dell, HP, Sony

13. What country do you live in?
India, But i will be buying from USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I mainly want it for programming, however I will do occasional gaming. I think having around 6GB of RAM will be great. Should have good wifi.

I will mainly use Ubuntu linux and may dual boot with windows.

 

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Then you shouldn't have any major issues with a 15.6" and 1920x1080 resolution that you can't handle with the available configuration options in Windows 7.

If you want to find other configuration options with 1600x900, 1920x1080 (and occasionally 1440x900) look at the 'business class' type notebooks like Dell Vostro/Latitude, Lenovo Thinkpad and HP ProBook.

 

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Just don't expect the business class notebooks to do all that good at supporting gaming.

 

[gentletouch]

Nope i am not into gaming that much, but i think if ever i want to play it little, it would support it.

 

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The offer i mentioned above looks excellent, so i think that will be the better deal then looking for other configurations.

BTW, what do you think about XPS - 17 3D, it is available as same prize as $1,109.99
http/www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-xps-17/26282.aspx

Core I7, 3D, 6GB Ram

 

[WR2]

Nothing more than what's been posted in the many online reviews:
Dell XPS 17 3D review @ PCW
Dell XPS 17 3D review @ Laptopmag
Dell XPS 17 3D review @ PCadvisor