1. What is your budget?
Under $1700 Canadian
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14"-15"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080P but preferably 1920x1200
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I'm going for thin and light as it's a school computer for work
5. How much battery life do you need?
Six hours of use would be minimum but I'd like to not have to charge it every day.
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)?
I might use it to play Minecraft or Paladins, but other than that I'll game on my desktop PC. A thunderbolt 3 port would be really nice though for future expansion.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Lots of typing for schoolwork/programming, needs to have a nice keyboard. I'm coming from a 2011 MacBook Pro so something comparable to MacBook keyboards before they went to the butterfly membrane style.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB is the minimum, but more importantly is a removable M.2 drive.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
https://www.amazon.ca/
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca
https://www.newegg.ca/
https://www.mikescomputershop.com/
And basically any manufacturer's website
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
4 years is the minimum.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
No 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 don't like Acer laptops since I've worked on a lot of them and have seen motherboards fail after 2 years of light use.
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Would like something with Intel's new 10nm chips if possible.
Under $1700 Canadian
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14"-15"
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080P but preferably 1920x1200
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I'm going for thin and light as it's a school computer for work
5. How much battery life do you need?
Six hours of use would be minimum but I'd like to not have to charge it every day.
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)?
I might use it to play Minecraft or Paladins, but other than that I'll game on my desktop PC. A thunderbolt 3 port would be really nice though for future expansion.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Lots of typing for schoolwork/programming, needs to have a nice keyboard. I'm coming from a 2011 MacBook Pro so something comparable to MacBook keyboards before they went to the butterfly membrane style.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
500GB is the minimum, but more importantly is a removable M.2 drive.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
https://www.amazon.ca/
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca
https://www.newegg.ca/
https://www.mikescomputershop.com/
And basically any manufacturer's website
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
4 years is the minimum.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
No 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 don't like Acer laptops since I've worked on a lot of them and have seen motherboards fail after 2 years of light use.
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Would like something with Intel's new 10nm chips if possible.