Need a working/lite gaming laptop

donzacharias

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Jun 15, 2013
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1. What is your budget? $700

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Medium (14-15")

3. What screen resolution do you want? Not picky

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement. Probably not even going to leave the house.

5. How much battery life do you need? Low priority

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)? Yes -- Minecraft, Portal etc but Medium settings probably

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Run development environments like Visual Studio

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? Very little

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

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. Not picky! I am looking at IdeaPad Z series. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/z-series/z500-touch/

13. What country do you live in? US

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

Thank you all for this!
 

James Devenberg

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May 22, 2013
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HP ENVY 15t-j000 Quad Edition

4th gen core i7
8 GB RAM (up to 16 GB)
1 TB hard disk
optional SSD
HD 4600 graphics, should handle medium on the games you mentioned or you can upgrade to the GT 740M, which will for sure handle what you want.
Price is $799, but if you buy today use the coupon cod NEWPC150 for $150 off. You could add the GT 740 or upgrade to 16 GB of RAM and be at $720 with the coupon code.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E4T17AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000xSPvVvA3;sid=mOwCRtmj9oktV4gfwDJf0gCsrPDHE9N4FUfq7TSykjeP7VLYQMceohCh?HP-ENVY-15t-j000-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC