Looking For New Laptop. Preferences Within.

Raindrawp

Honorable
Dec 1, 2013
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10,510
1. What is your budget?
$800-1200

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15.6’’

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1920x1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable

5. How much battery life do you need?
Preferably 5+ hours

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the gamesthat you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
League of Legends – Preferably High, fine with medium
Dota 2 – Peferably high, fine with medium



7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Web surfing, office

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
This is not a priority

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

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
4+ years (I am currently using a laptop that is 8~ years old and I was perfectly content, however the screen recently decided to detach itself from the keyboard, probably was jealous of my desktop)

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Any

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.
No preference.

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us if any additional information is needed.
Overall, I just want a portable laptop with long battery that has the maximum possible gaming potential.

I am not knowledgeable about the many specifications of laptops. I’ve done some research of my own. Originally I really wanted an ultrabook but now I’d be fine with a portable laptop. For a general basis, these are the laptops I had been looking at: (I would also love feedback on how the following laptops would reflect my listed preferences and the main differences between them)

https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_VivoBook_S551LB/ (not as portable as I’d like it to be, I’ve heard negative reviews of the screen, otherwise it’s nice)

or one of the maximum configuration Acer Aspire V5s/V7s:
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MBUAA.005 (i7 processor, 15.6’’, GT 720M w/ 2gb, 1366 res)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MB5AA.005 (i5 processor, 14’’, GT 750M w/ 4gb, 1920 res)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MBUAA.003 (i5 processor, 15.6’’, GT 720M w/ 2bg, 1920 res)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MCBAA.001 (i7 processor, 15.6’’, GT 750M w/ 4gb, 1366 res, no backlit display)