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I have about $1100+/- in a budget for a work laptop. I am mostly using it for writing and study for my job. I'm coming from an early 2014 Macbook Air but I'm ready to move back into the PC space. Writing I do mostly markdown but some word processing, nothing big. But for my study, I use a library heavy program that has to sort through large amounts of data and can be heavy at times and I've gotten used to it not being the fastest. I work from the office, at home, coffee shops and carry my laptop to lectures as well. So I was looking at lightweights. I had almost all but decided on the Surface 3 13 inch, but then I saw an Asus zenbook 14 on sale at Newegg for about 800 bucks. I admit I'm a sucker for the way the surface looks, but I'm concerned I may be disappointed in the power down the road. I don't really care for the zenbook's looks (I'm vain) but it just seems... better. Things that are important to me: 1. Form Factor Small 2. Pleasant to type with 3. trackpad
I'm curious what your opinions are if you have used both or one of these. Or, maybe there is another I might like. I only get this budget for work every 5 years so...
1. What is your budget? $1100+/- (give or take a couple hundred)
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 13-15 in
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080p min
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable
5. How much battery life do you need? 8 hrs would be nice
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.) Word Processing, Study using a large library like software, some use of gimp on occasion
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? ~128 gb is fine SSD is a must
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. N/A
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 5 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. I'm not married to a brand
13. What country do you live in? US
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I have about $1100+/- in a budget for a work laptop. I am mostly using it for writing and study for my job. I'm coming from an early 2014 Macbook Air but I'm ready to move back into the PC space. Writing I do mostly markdown but some word processing, nothing big. But for my study, I use a library heavy program that has to sort through large amounts of data and can be heavy at times and I've gotten used to it not being the fastest. I work from the office, at home, coffee shops and carry my laptop to lectures as well. So I was looking at lightweights. I had almost all but decided on the Surface 3 13 inch, but then I saw an Asus zenbook 14 on sale at Newegg for about 800 bucks. I admit I'm a sucker for the way the surface looks, but I'm concerned I may be disappointed in the power down the road. I don't really care for the zenbook's looks (I'm vain) but it just seems... better. Things that are important to me: 1. Form Factor Small 2. Pleasant to type with 3. trackpad
I'm curious what your opinions are if you have used both or one of these. Or, maybe there is another I might like. I only get this budget for work every 5 years so...
1. What is your budget? $1100+/- (give or take a couple hundred)
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 13-15 in
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080p min
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable
5. How much battery life do you need? 8 hrs would be nice
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.) Word Processing, Study using a large library like software, some use of gimp on occasion
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? ~128 gb is fine SSD is a must
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. N/A
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 5 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. I'm not married to a brand
13. What country do you live in? US
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
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