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Passport   05-31-2009 at 06:03:05 PM

Well I do not know much about laptops.

1_What is your budget? $700 to $1200

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?15" to 20"

3_What screen resolution do you want? One that will show off games like crysis and others well

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Preferably it's both.
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5_How much battery life do you need? At least 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. Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Call of duty 4, Call of duty 5, Call of duty 6 (when it comes out), Counter Strike. I would like to play them on high to highest settings

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.) Surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, multitasking

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? At least 540GB or 1TB

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them. Preferably newegg, but as long as the place is reputable I will shop there.

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? Preferably for the life of a desktop (I've had this desktop for over 10 years). But as long as it lasts a good while, then I'm fine.

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them. Fingerprint scanner would be nice to have. Webcam is not necessary but it can be included. Backlit keyboard is always great too.

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. N/A

13_What country do you live in? I live in the US


Message edited by Passport on 05-31-2009 at 06:13:51 PM
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dgusta   05-31-2009 at 06:48:21 PM
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You're asking for a lot of computer for your $700-$1200 price range. Also, good luck with finding an 18" (you are looking for 15" - 20" ) notebook that's going to go "at least 4 hours" on a charge.

I think you are going to have to compromise on a couple of things, like budget, battery life, and portability. In my experience, Costco.com is a great place to start. I just ordered a "refurbished" HP DV7-2043CL 17.3" notebook for around $800. It has decent specs:

T6400 processor
4GB RAM
500GB Disk
ATI HD4650 1GB Video

They also sell the HP HDX 18T 18.4" notebook at around $1300, which is a better desktop replacement with the sacrifice in portability and battery life.




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laptopfreak   06-02-2009 at 04:21:52 PM
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Good luck finding a laptop that runs Crysis with 4 hours of battery life on a single charge. Don't think any laptop is able to do that yet unless you buy an external battery.

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sunbeam   06-02-2009 at 08:09:21 PM
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except for macbook pro, of course :)

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laptopfreak   06-04-2009 at 04:55:26 PM
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Check this one out. It fits your specs except for the 4hr+ battery life and 500GB HDD(which you could upgrade yourself). It could play Crysis on high settings for resolution 1024x768 depending on your settings.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspag [...] 8043606827

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