1. What is your budget?
Under $1500
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13.3-15.6
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 or 1600x900
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable
5. How much battery life do you need?
5+ Hours
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.)
Music production and editing (Traktor, Ableton, etc), Programming
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I want a SSD, so either 256 or 512 GB.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Don't really know yet. The ThinkPad T430 seems like it fits my needs but is pretty chunky. The XPS 13 also could work.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None, I can always buy an external USB one later.
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 partial to PC's just because I have more experience with them and you can get more for less than Macs.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm going to be a freshman in college this fall with the plan to major in engineering and my 4 year old HP won't cut it anymore (obviously). I don't game at all anymore so I don't think that I need a dedicated video card. As far as RAM goes I do want at least 8 GB because making music can consume a lot of memory. Weight is a concern here but I'm thinking that anything sub 5.5 lbs is fine. Since it is college and I won't be plugged in all the time, I'd like to have decent battery life too.
Under $1500
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13.3-15.6
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080 or 1600x900
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable
5. How much battery life do you need?
5+ Hours
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.)
Music production and editing (Traktor, Ableton, etc), Programming
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I want a SSD, so either 256 or 512 GB.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Don't really know yet. The ThinkPad T430 seems like it fits my needs but is pretty chunky. The XPS 13 also could work.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
None, I can always buy an external USB one later.
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 partial to PC's just because I have more experience with them and you can get more for less than Macs.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm going to be a freshman in college this fall with the plan to major in engineering and my 4 year old HP won't cut it anymore (obviously). I don't game at all anymore so I don't think that I need a dedicated video card. As far as RAM goes I do want at least 8 GB because making music can consume a lot of memory. Weight is a concern here but I'm thinking that anything sub 5.5 lbs is fine. Since it is college and I won't be plugged in all the time, I'd like to have decent battery life too.