College Student Laptop

1. What is your budget?
<$550

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

3. What screen resolution do you want?
Anything widescreen.

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

5. How much battery life do you need?
>5 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)?
No.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
MS Office (PP,W, Ex)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
>320GB

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

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

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None.

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.
Anything.

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
MUST be quiet.

Was looking at the Lenovo U310, but early reviews stated that it emitted a high pitched noise when running. Any confirmation on it being fixed? I would like thin but that isn't a must, just something preferred.