Hi everyone, I am looking for a laptop in the UK and would be happy to receive any suggestion. Here are the details:
1. What is your budget?
less than 530GBP. Max is 570GBP
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15inch. and number pad is a must cuz I work with MATLAB and EXCEL a lot
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Doesn't affect me much
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable (a must)
5. How much battery life do you need?
as long the weight <3kg then that's fine (cuz I need to carry around.
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)?
Starcraft 2: medium
Fifa12, PES12: higher is better
Dota: high
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Skype (extremely heavy user of skype)
MS Office, MATLAB (need those to be open quickly)
Chrome (open around 20-30 tabs at the same time)
Adobe Reader Pro, may use Foxit if it's better (open 20-30 windows at the same time)
C++ (Occasionally)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
From 320GB.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Any highly recommended site or high street retailer would do
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
5 years or more
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD R/RW
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.
Any well-knowed brand is fine. for example: I have seen a brand name MSI and wonder what is it?!?!
13. What country do you live in?
Mainland England
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
for the processor, I prefer core I5 or above or AMD A6 or above but if I3 or A4 or phenom does the job then it's alright
Thank you for your help
1. What is your budget?
less than 530GBP. Max is 570GBP
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15inch. and number pad is a must cuz I work with MATLAB and EXCEL a lot
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Doesn't affect me much
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable (a must)
5. How much battery life do you need?
as long the weight <3kg then that's fine (cuz I need to carry around.
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)?
Starcraft 2: medium
Fifa12, PES12: higher is better
Dota: high
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Skype (extremely heavy user of skype)
MS Office, MATLAB (need those to be open quickly)
Chrome (open around 20-30 tabs at the same time)
Adobe Reader Pro, may use Foxit if it's better (open 20-30 windows at the same time)
C++ (Occasionally)
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
From 320GB.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Any highly recommended site or high street retailer would do
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
5 years or more
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD R/RW
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.
Any well-knowed brand is fine. for example: I have seen a brand name MSI and wonder what is it?!?!
13. What country do you live in?
Mainland England
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
for the processor, I prefer core I5 or above or AMD A6 or above but if I3 or A4 or phenom does the job then it's alright
Thank you for your help