glock-coma
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Yeah, just noticed no 1080p. plus battery life is horrible <4hours. Also battery is not user replaceable, while not a deal breaker still not good.
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Shopping for laptop need advise/help
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PokerMunkee
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My main laptop currently is a 14" Dell Latitude w/ Core i7, 16GB, and 500GB SSD. I'm very picky about having a high performance machine and all of my systems (Desktop, laptop, etc) have solid state drives. Makes a huge difference. I also personally don't go larger than 14". A 15.6" laptop is too huge. Also make sure whatever you get has a backlit keyboard, very nice and hard to live without. Someone mentioned the Dell XPS convertible. I've ordered a few for people at work and they are great machines.
I got this Asus Transformer a few months ago and love it. I use it for surfing the Internet while on the couch and also travel with it when I don't need to be in front of a computer for more than a hour at a time. 10" is borderline, could be too small for some people. I have a USB NIC and com port for I.T. tasks. Walmart has it on display last time I checked, so you can play with it in person. Best Buy might also have it on display. Keyboard is smaller than normal, so that takes getting used to. Again, very nice for surfing the Internet. If you are typing up a lot of documents or long emails, I'd go with a regular size laptop.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K0G2XA4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I got this Asus Transformer a few months ago and love it. I use it for surfing the Internet while on the couch and also travel with it when I don't need to be in front of a computer for more than a hour at a time. 10" is borderline, could be too small for some people. I have a USB NIC and com port for I.T. tasks. Walmart has it on display last time I checked, so you can play with it in person. Best Buy might also have it on display. Keyboard is smaller than normal, so that takes getting used to. Again, very nice for surfing the Internet. If you are typing up a lot of documents or long emails, I'd go with a regular size laptop.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K0G2XA4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
wasinger3000
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For your budget listed the only computer worth keeping for more than a year in my opinion is this one. Only 149 over budget. Which is simply an upgrade. If you drive a performace car you need a performace laptop too. They make an i7 version also.glock-coma said:Yeah, just noticed no 1080p. plus battery life is horrible <4hours. Also battery is not user replaceable, while not a deal breaker still not good.
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Gaming-Laptop-59418222/dp/B00K6ZIO2K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412020897&sr=8-1&keywords=Lenovo+Y50+15.6-Inch+Gaming+Laptop+%2859418222%29
*Backlit keyboard
*8gb ram
*SSD
*1080 screen
*i5
*Dedicated graphics
I think mine wins.....
SwampRat said:killer deal on this Lenovo on ebay from a reputable seller ....http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-3y-WARRANTY-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T540-i5-FHD-1920x1080-SSD-BT-AC-W8P-15-6-Laptop-/201179216600?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2ed7373ad8Code:
bump to the top ... this one smokes panthers recommendation with a 256 gb SSD plus optical drive and it's a lenovo
AND it's less expensive....
relisted ... http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=201181403752
The bezel has a bad habit of coming off.... Our IT at school does about 100/year for the 1000 students who use Lenovo, but specifically the Think-pad. Still it is rated high and not too bad on the budget.... Personally I'm a Mac guy and run any OS I want.... But they aren't cheap 'cuz Apple won build a striped down computer.FoMoCoSHO said:I love Lenovo, but they have this habit of not including backlit keyboards on otherwise great rigs.
My MacBook air was the biggest POS I have ever owned.BiGMaC said:The bezel has a bad habit of coming off.... Our IT at school does about 100/year for the 1000 students who use Lenovo, but specifically the Think-pad. Still it is rated high and not too bad on the budget.... Personally I'm a Mac guy and run any OS I want.... But they aren't cheap 'cuz Apple won build a striped down computer.FoMoCoSHO said:I love Lenovo, but they have this habit of not including backlit keyboards on otherwise great rigs.