Looking for some help buying a budget to mid-range Laptop for 14yo daughter:
1. What is your budget? £600
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6"
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920 * 1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Replacement laptop
5. How much battery life do you need? 3 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)? Sims 3, Sims 4, possibly Steam Games like Gary's Mod - medium
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Streaming HD video, web-surfing, video calling such as Facetime
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 1TB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. Amazon, eBuyer, Dabs, Overclockers, Newegg or any recommended
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 3-5years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD-ROM, possibly Bluray. No need for writing.
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. Likes: Asus - reliable. Lenovo - recommended. Dislikes: Toshiba - battery poor. Dell - poor desktop components
13. What country do you live in? England
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. Daughter is known to drop laptop :-( I can't decide if 1366 * 768 will suffice or is a cop-out. Suspect will play more graphic-intensive games in future, so suspect will need a dedicated graphics card. Suspect 8GB ram needed. First post, will probably do it wrong. Prepared to be flamed.
1. What is your budget? £600
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6"
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920 * 1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Replacement laptop
5. How much battery life do you need? 3 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)? Sims 3, Sims 4, possibly Steam Games like Gary's Mod - medium
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Streaming HD video, web-surfing, video calling such as Facetime
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 1TB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. Amazon, eBuyer, Dabs, Overclockers, Newegg or any recommended
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 3-5years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD-ROM, possibly Bluray. No need for writing.
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. Likes: Asus - reliable. Lenovo - recommended. Dislikes: Toshiba - battery poor. Dell - poor desktop components
13. What country do you live in? England
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed. Daughter is known to drop laptop :-( I can't decide if 1366 * 768 will suffice or is a cop-out. Suspect will play more graphic-intensive games in future, so suspect will need a dedicated graphics card. Suspect 8GB ram needed. First post, will probably do it wrong. Prepared to be flamed.