1. What is your budget?
-$900
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
-14 inches, anything with a number pad is too big
3. What screen resolution do you want?
-As high as possible
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
-Portable. Im looking for laptops between the range of an ultrabook and a full sized laptop. I think theyre called ultra portable laptops but the term is used pretty loosely.
5. How much battery life do you need?
6+ 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)?
-I play mostly Team Fortress 2 and Diablo 3 so neither are very graphically intensive. The current laptop I use plays these on low so anything above that is good.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
-General school work and gaming
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
-300gb is all I would need so more than that is fine. I would prefer a mechanical hard drive with an ssd boot drive or an ssd only setup if the price allows.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
-Amazon and Newegg are my top choices but any website that ships in the U.S. is fine
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
-2-4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
-Most of the laptops in this category do not offer an optical drive but if it does come with one, it does not need to be bluray
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.
-Dont have much experience here but I heard Acer is horrible
13. What country do you live in?
-United States
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Ive been researching laptops for a while and found two laptops so far that have caught my eye:
-Asus U36SG 13.3 inch
-Acer Timeline Ultra M5 14 inch
I really like the looks of the Asus and it has great hardware for the price. Asus has never let me down and theyre generally known to be one of the better brands. However, the laptop is a little on the smaller side with its 13.3 inch screen and I read that the boot time of its mechanical only hard drive can be upwards of a minute. Seeing that im in college I will always need to turn the computer on and off when im going from one place to another so this is the only thing im truly worried about. I could put in an ssd of my choice for around $150 but that brings the laptop close to $1000 which im sure opens up a new segment of laptops that hopefully you guys can help me out with. A few people have also reported heat issues which may be a problem for prolonged gaming.
The acer fits my criteria better than the asus but i cannot get over the fact that it is an acer. I have read many reviews on different websites of acer laptops dying and having to be repaired at the owners expense because their customer service is horrible. But besides build quality, it has an ssd boot drive as well as my preferred 14 inch screen and a graphics card.
Pretty confused here
could use some guidance!
-$900
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
-14 inches, anything with a number pad is too big
3. What screen resolution do you want?
-As high as possible
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
-Portable. Im looking for laptops between the range of an ultrabook and a full sized laptop. I think theyre called ultra portable laptops but the term is used pretty loosely.
5. How much battery life do you need?
6+ 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)?
-I play mostly Team Fortress 2 and Diablo 3 so neither are very graphically intensive. The current laptop I use plays these on low so anything above that is good.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
-General school work and gaming
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
-300gb is all I would need so more than that is fine. I would prefer a mechanical hard drive with an ssd boot drive or an ssd only setup if the price allows.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
-Amazon and Newegg are my top choices but any website that ships in the U.S. is fine
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
-2-4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
-Most of the laptops in this category do not offer an optical drive but if it does come with one, it does not need to be bluray
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.
-Dont have much experience here but I heard Acer is horrible
13. What country do you live in?
-United States
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Ive been researching laptops for a while and found two laptops so far that have caught my eye:
-Asus U36SG 13.3 inch
-Acer Timeline Ultra M5 14 inch
I really like the looks of the Asus and it has great hardware for the price. Asus has never let me down and theyre generally known to be one of the better brands. However, the laptop is a little on the smaller side with its 13.3 inch screen and I read that the boot time of its mechanical only hard drive can be upwards of a minute. Seeing that im in college I will always need to turn the computer on and off when im going from one place to another so this is the only thing im truly worried about. I could put in an ssd of my choice for around $150 but that brings the laptop close to $1000 which im sure opens up a new segment of laptops that hopefully you guys can help me out with. A few people have also reported heat issues which may be a problem for prolonged gaming.
The acer fits my criteria better than the asus but i cannot get over the fact that it is an acer. I have read many reviews on different websites of acer laptops dying and having to be repaired at the owners expense because their customer service is horrible. But besides build quality, it has an ssd boot drive as well as my preferred 14 inch screen and a graphics card.
Pretty confused here
could use some guidance!
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