Need help buying a laptop. Need A LOT of feedback

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Ch0$3n0n3

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1. What is your budget?..........Limitless ( But i dont believe in spending $100 more for something that's not worth)

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?..................13" 14"

3. What screen resolution do you want?...........................1080p ( Or the highest possible for my preferred screen size)

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?.....................Portable

5. How much battery life do you need?.......................7+ Hours is important

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)?.............................Nothing that demading. A low end for on board GPU will do

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)......................Watching movies, Browsing, Light gaming

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?....................500gb+

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.........................No preferred sites

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?......................1-2 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?..............BluRay & DVD if thats possible

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...........................I'm open to any brands

13. What country do you live in?.....................Not a factor.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed......................The laptop needs to have an SSD, Great sound(Like Dolby or Beats etc) and Preferably a back lit keyboard.
 

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I don't know If I would wait for windows 8, Is touch screen Important for you? (If so I'd wait) For $15 you can get an upgrade to windows 8 with your purchase of a computer, if you want windows 8.

I'd Go with either

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310484

Nice core I7 a NVS 5400M (a professional version of a standard video card GT 630M).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127680
Still has the Core I7 but comes with a gt 640m LE 22% more performance than the first one
 

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If money is no issue, Go with a I7 and a gt 640 LE set up. I own a notebook that has a A10-4600M which has a 7660G and a 7670M. It does nice but I was on a budget, it is not nearly as powerful as you can get with Intel i7's and Nvidia GT 640.

Lenovo is running a great sale act ASAP it should almost be over. This is a great deal $500 off
 

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If im not mistaken the I7 and GT640 should have a swtichable graphics setting, so you use intergraged on the I7 when performance is not needed, and the GT 640 when power is needed. I dont know if you can get 7 hours out of many laptops.
 

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also read answer to question 1, you'll see alot more performance out of the I7 more than a little bit. The other thing I am seeing is a lot of dual core AMD's in that size range, with lower end GPU's.
 

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None of those laptops have an SSD, Good sound, Backlit keyboard or a BluRay drive.

In summary these are the main features i need
13-14" Screen
Back-lit Keyboard
SSD
500gb+ Hard disk space
BluRay/ DVD combo drive
7hrs+ Battery Life
Great Sound
Good Resolution screen
Budget is not a factor
Basically a high end Entertainment system


Just give me the options that have all or most of these features. Thanks
 

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Brett's right. The most I've ever got out of laptop batteries was 6 hours of light web browsing use, and that was on an internalized 9 cell battery with the brightness turned all the way down. The second you start using any CPU-intensive resources, it's over for your battery.
 

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If any of you read the post correctly i have said its not for a heavy gaming. In fact i even mentioned on-board graphics will be enough to satisfy my needs. Its more for watching movies and browsing.

So with that knowledge are there any laptops that satisfy my needs?
 

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I'm doing my own research. I just need some feedback so i have other options.
Okay so if i get an additional 9 cell or sheet battery I'm sure i can have 7+hrs of battery life. So Are there any laptops that have the features i need except for the battery life?
 

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it also has the potentail for a light id say super light gaming with a 620GT
 
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