Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a budget laptop to use for work and student life (Office, browsing, low-req games like Super Meat Boy). I often have multiple programs open at the same time. I've heard about the prowess of SSDs and think this to be a requirement for it. I've been looking at a $1k gaming laptop, but realized I'm not that much into gaming anymore, so lowered my budget. Details are below, thanks in advance for all your help!
1. What is your budget?
Anything below 450 Euros.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13, 15 or 17 inch.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
At least 1280x800, preferably HD.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable is a must
5. How much battery life do you need?
I need to be able to work with it on the job, so about 5 hours would be preferred.
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)?
Super Meat Boy, Bleed, Braid, Bastion, similar Steam games, all at max resolution.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Browsing, microsoft office, music, movies
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
An SSD to install the OS and games on. If the SSD has like 128GB capacity, no HDD is needed.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Anything that ships to the Netherlands
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
~ 2 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD
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 have little to no experience with brands. I'm using a MacBook Pro currently but want to switch to Windows 8.
13. What country do you live in?
Netherlands
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I was considering the Acer Aspire s3-391-53314 because it meets pretty much all requirements, but read that Acer isn't a very reliable / good brand (my sister had lots of bloatware on her Acer laptop). Moreover, in my opinion it cost too much money for what it gave.
*EDIT: I found this notebook on some Dutch websites, it's extremely low in price due to it's processor and graphics card, but its SSD drive is fairly big and the screen's resolution is high for the laptop's size. MSI U270DX-032NL. Is that one any good?
I'm looking for a budget laptop to use for work and student life (Office, browsing, low-req games like Super Meat Boy). I often have multiple programs open at the same time. I've heard about the prowess of SSDs and think this to be a requirement for it. I've been looking at a $1k gaming laptop, but realized I'm not that much into gaming anymore, so lowered my budget. Details are below, thanks in advance for all your help!
1. What is your budget?
Anything below 450 Euros.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13, 15 or 17 inch.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
At least 1280x800, preferably HD.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable is a must
5. How much battery life do you need?
I need to be able to work with it on the job, so about 5 hours would be preferred.
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)?
Super Meat Boy, Bleed, Braid, Bastion, similar Steam games, all at max resolution.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Browsing, microsoft office, music, movies
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
An SSD to install the OS and games on. If the SSD has like 128GB capacity, no HDD is needed.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Anything that ships to the Netherlands
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
~ 2 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD
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 have little to no experience with brands. I'm using a MacBook Pro currently but want to switch to Windows 8.
13. What country do you live in?
Netherlands
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I was considering the Acer Aspire s3-391-53314 because it meets pretty much all requirements, but read that Acer isn't a very reliable / good brand (my sister had lots of bloatware on her Acer laptop). Moreover, in my opinion it cost too much money for what it gave.
*EDIT: I found this notebook on some Dutch websites, it's extremely low in price due to it's processor and graphics card, but its SSD drive is fairly big and the screen's resolution is high for the laptop's size. MSI U270DX-032NL. Is that one any good?
/www8.hp.com/nl/nl/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=5355396#!tab=specs
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