Thanks in advance for all the help and ideas.
1_What is your budget?
Looking to spend around $600, possibly up to $800 or so, but need to save some cash for Office Suite software.
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15" seems pretty standard on laptops. I'd have no problem going up to a 17" screen, but I probably couldn't do smaller than 13"
3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not sure, probably not as important since the laptop won't be used for gaming
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Not sure I understand this question. Laptop would mostly stay around the house but be mobile from room to room.
5_How much battery life do you need?
The longer the better, 3 hours at minimum seems reasonable
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 gaming
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Laptop will be for web browsing, word processing, music listening, movie watching and that's probably about it
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Could probably get away with a 160GB drive. Anybody have thoughts on SSD HD for laptops? Do they consume less power and get less hot than normal HD? I'm under the impression HD are usually the first part to wear out and cause laptop operation to become slower.
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No specific sites.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
As long as possible.
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD-RW
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've been a little wary of Dell long-term reliability, though I don't have any personal experience to back it up. I can get a 10-15% discount purchasing directly from Dell.
13_What country do you live in?
US
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I've never had a laptop before so I'm not sure what companies make quality products or who to look at for laptops.
Off the top of my head I'm thinking a Core i3 system with 2-3GB of ram would probably last awhile.
1_What is your budget?
Looking to spend around $600, possibly up to $800 or so, but need to save some cash for Office Suite software.
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15" seems pretty standard on laptops. I'd have no problem going up to a 17" screen, but I probably couldn't do smaller than 13"
3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not sure, probably not as important since the laptop won't be used for gaming
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Not sure I understand this question. Laptop would mostly stay around the house but be mobile from room to room.
5_How much battery life do you need?
The longer the better, 3 hours at minimum seems reasonable
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 gaming
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Laptop will be for web browsing, word processing, music listening, movie watching and that's probably about it
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Could probably get away with a 160GB drive. Anybody have thoughts on SSD HD for laptops? Do they consume less power and get less hot than normal HD? I'm under the impression HD are usually the first part to wear out and cause laptop operation to become slower.
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
No specific sites.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
As long as possible.
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD-RW
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've been a little wary of Dell long-term reliability, though I don't have any personal experience to back it up. I can get a 10-15% discount purchasing directly from Dell.
13_What country do you live in?
US
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I've never had a laptop before so I'm not sure what companies make quality products or who to look at for laptops.
Off the top of my head I'm thinking a Core i3 system with 2-3GB of ram would probably last awhile.
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