I live in South America, but I am going to study to Europe for two years, reason for which I need a laptop. First, I need a laptop that is reliable and better if its from a manufacturer that has international Warranty.
Now, about the caracteristics, well this laptop will probably be my life during this two years. Not only do I need it to be good to run Office and Statistical programs like STATA and SPSS, but I'll use it a lot to watch DVD movies, tv series, listen to music, and to check my email and get in contact with my family.
On the other side, I'm a little fan of pc games like Mass Effect 2, Crysis and bioshock. But I believe I won't have a lot of time to play games. For this reason, I don't need it to be the best gaming laptop, but probably good enough that if I want to play any of this games, I can do it, eventhough its not in the highest settings.
I have been looking in differente manufacturers, and for what I have heard, Toshiba and Lenovo (actually, I really like the IdeaPad Y550P) seem to be good choices. But since I am not an expert in this, I would like to ask for your help. My top budget is 2000 dollars, but I wouldn't mind if I can get something good that is closer to 1000.
Thanks,
Gustavo
Now, about the caracteristics, well this laptop will probably be my life during this two years. Not only do I need it to be good to run Office and Statistical programs like STATA and SPSS, but I'll use it a lot to watch DVD movies, tv series, listen to music, and to check my email and get in contact with my family.
On the other side, I'm a little fan of pc games like Mass Effect 2, Crysis and bioshock. But I believe I won't have a lot of time to play games. For this reason, I don't need it to be the best gaming laptop, but probably good enough that if I want to play any of this games, I can do it, eventhough its not in the highest settings.
I have been looking in differente manufacturers, and for what I have heard, Toshiba and Lenovo (actually, I really like the IdeaPad Y550P) seem to be good choices. But since I am not an expert in this, I would like to ask for your help. My top budget is 2000 dollars, but I wouldn't mind if I can get something good that is closer to 1000.
Thanks,
Gustavo