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I could really use some help in getting my girlfriend a new laptop for Christmas. It is just time for an upgrade. This was her old one. http://www.toshiba.com/us/computers/laptops/satellite/L500/L505-LS5021

I would like to get her something that is better then this. I am looking to spend at most $600. Though I would like to stay under that. Looking for something that is going to be faster, Can do some gaming (nothing to extreme). I know she plays Lord of the Rings online. So if it can run it that is fine. Watch movies online. Going to need something with storage as well. I would say at least 320GB. She is also in college right now. Any help would be really appreciated.

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John
 
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any new laptop with an i5-4200u is going to be more than enough for most users.

if you want to get all fancy... this would be top of the mark for you....
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.304981400?srccode=cii_5784816&cpncode=43-18387359-2&WT.mc_id=US_datafeed_PriceGrabber

but this is more traditional, costs much less, and is essentially the same exact thing, minus all the fancy...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-aspire-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-midnight-black/8274088.p?id=1219321335266&skuId=8274088&cmp=RMX&ref=25&loc=PGR&ci_src=5784816&ci_sku=8274088

besides the obvious increase in hard drive space jumps prices up, you can get models with more ram too. but 4gb...
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I should have mentioned that I do not really care for hp. I have had bad luck with them in the past. Looking for a good laptop brand. How is lenovo?




 
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Sure Lenovo is fine. I guess if she ran LOTRO before on that laptop she'd be able to at least run it on any other laptop. Only reason I pointed those out was because they had slightly better graphical performance compared to most laptops which come with just intel CPUs due to the integrated GPUs.

Otherwise, yea these are fine http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/g-series/g50-70/

 
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any new laptop with an i5-4200u is going to be more than enough for most users.

if you want to get all fancy... this would be top of the mark for you....
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.304981400?srccode=cii_5784816&cpncode=43-18387359-2&WT.mc_id=US_datafeed_PriceGrabber

but this is more traditional, costs much less, and is essentially the same exact thing, minus all the fancy...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-aspire-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-midnight-black/8274088.p?id=1219321335266&skuId=8274088&cmp=RMX&ref=25&loc=PGR&ci_src=5784816&ci_sku=8274088

besides the obvious increase in hard drive space jumps prices up, you can get models with more ram too. but 4gb is more than enough unless your gaming or running intensive apps like professional photo work, video editing, etc.

1080p screens add money to laptops too, usually about $100 over a standard laptop resolution.

anything past these gets pretty extreme as far as laptop performance, and they start adding discrete gpus that are meant for mid-high end laptop gaming. this drives the price up considerably and also blows through battery life. the best price i have seen for an i7 quad core laptop was $599, and thats is very very rare since it is the fastest consumer laptop cpu out there.
 
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