Looking for netbook or lightweight laptop

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lostpike

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1_What is your budget? $400...maybe $500 if its a serious improvement but I would rather spend the money on my desktop

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
10-15" Weight is important but will sacrifice to get better specs.

3_What screen resolution do you want?
Any

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable
5_How much battery life do you need?
Not important...will plug in.
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)?
Only one game would want to play.
Minimum:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6ghz or AMD 64 2.0 Ghz
Graphics: ATI Radeon x850 256mb or Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT 128MB
Memory 1.5gb

Reccommended:
Intel Core 2 Due 2.4Ghz or AMD Phenom II x2 Dual Core 2.7Ghz
ATI 3850 512MB or NVIDIA 8800GTS 512Mb
Memory 3Gb
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Mainly for studying for the bar/internet use.
-Secondary will be playing a game with above specs and watching movies
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Any
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
No specifics...Willing to work with any. In USA. Have a physical Compusa by my house.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2yrs

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.
open to any
13_What country do you live in?
USA

14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
HDMI would be nice. If you dont think the above is possible could you help find the next best thing?
 

Maverick4396

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That is going to barely be at the minimum specs or maybe not even that. The ATi 3200 is a 128MB - 828MB of shared memory card. That being said it is not up to the 3850 ATi minimum requirement. The CPU doesn't meet the minimum for AMD either.
 
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