1. What is your budget?
1. What is your budget?
My budget is roughly $1400.00 USD
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I would prefer 15" or smaller but no smaller than 13".
3. What screen resolution do you want?
I'm unsure at the moment.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I need a portable laptop primarily used for school. I have a very nice desktop I've built so this laptop does not need to have a 850m, etc.
5. How much battery life do you need?
This is one of the key factors here. I need it to be longer than 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)?
Games are not likely on this laptop. I may slap a few games on there to tinker around with, but I have a desktop for those purposes already.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Photoshop is something I'm learning as a hobby right now. I'd like to be able to utilize photoshop on my laptop when I have downtime at work or school.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
This is tricky. I've seen plenty of laptops with 16 - 24GB SSD's and a HDD to accompany them. I'd much rather have a 256 - 512GB SSD than have to worry about a mechanical hard drive. It's likely I'll have a portable HDD with me in my bag if I ever were to need to store large files.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
I am not.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Ideally, this laptop should last for 3 years. After that, I'll probably upgrade to something else depending on what my needs are.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
I do not need an optical drive.
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 prefer ASUS, ACER, MSI, etc. The only two brands I will not purchase from are Dell and HP. Quality control standards from previous laptops I've owned, laptops of friends I've replaced HDDs and fans on, are not up to what I would consider reliable enough for me to throw my graduate work on it.
13. What country do you live in?
United States, specifically Missouri. 64093
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Let me start off with what I would prefer. I would prefer something that looks like an apple product. That could be a macbook air or a macbook pro. The macbook air has an acute angle look to it while the MBP has a rectangle. Both of these laptops are lightweight and stylish.
I have considered the macbook air, but I want to wait and see if I can find something else as I have a copy of Microsoft Office ready to go for PC but not for MAC.
I've had my eye on this laptop:
http://
As you can see, it's very sleek and stylish. However, I'm not going to need an i7 or an 850GPU.
I'm waiting on pricing. From what I've gathered, these won't be released until September.
I've also been looking at the Asus Zenbook 301.
Touchscreen is not necessary. I've never used one before other than a smart phone. I don't believe that it would make an extreme difference in my day to day usage.
1. What is your budget?
My budget is roughly $1400.00 USD
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I would prefer 15" or smaller but no smaller than 13".
3. What screen resolution do you want?
I'm unsure at the moment.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I need a portable laptop primarily used for school. I have a very nice desktop I've built so this laptop does not need to have a 850m, etc.
5. How much battery life do you need?
This is one of the key factors here. I need it to be longer than 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)?
Games are not likely on this laptop. I may slap a few games on there to tinker around with, but I have a desktop for those purposes already.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Photoshop is something I'm learning as a hobby right now. I'd like to be able to utilize photoshop on my laptop when I have downtime at work or school.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
This is tricky. I've seen plenty of laptops with 16 - 24GB SSD's and a HDD to accompany them. I'd much rather have a 256 - 512GB SSD than have to worry about a mechanical hard drive. It's likely I'll have a portable HDD with me in my bag if I ever were to need to store large files.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
I am not.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Ideally, this laptop should last for 3 years. After that, I'll probably upgrade to something else depending on what my needs are.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
I do not need an optical drive.
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 prefer ASUS, ACER, MSI, etc. The only two brands I will not purchase from are Dell and HP. Quality control standards from previous laptops I've owned, laptops of friends I've replaced HDDs and fans on, are not up to what I would consider reliable enough for me to throw my graduate work on it.
13. What country do you live in?
United States, specifically Missouri. 64093
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Let me start off with what I would prefer. I would prefer something that looks like an apple product. That could be a macbook air or a macbook pro. The macbook air has an acute angle look to it while the MBP has a rectangle. Both of these laptops are lightweight and stylish.
I have considered the macbook air, but I want to wait and see if I can find something else as I have a copy of Microsoft Office ready to go for PC but not for MAC.
I've had my eye on this laptop:
http://
As you can see, it's very sleek and stylish. However, I'm not going to need an i7 or an 850GPU.
I'm waiting on pricing. From what I've gathered, these won't be released until September.
I've also been looking at the Asus Zenbook 301.
Touchscreen is not necessary. I've never used one before other than a smart phone. I don't believe that it would make an extreme difference in my day to day usage.