Laptop under £400 ($700) List of needs! Please help

gobhoblin

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1. What is your budget?

A. £400/ $700

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

A. 15.6inch screen

3. What screen resolution do you want?

A. Normal

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

A. Desktop replacement

5. How much battery life do you need?

A. 2.5 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)?

A. Football Manager
Occasionally games similar to Age of Empires. CaC.
Browser MMOs

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

A. none

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

A. I never download, just stream video online.

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

A. Argos.co.uk
Very.co.uk

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

A. 2 years +

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

A. Not necessary

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.

A. Had 2 Acers in the last 3 years which both suffered useless screens that always flickered.

13. What country do you live in?

A. UK

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

A. I mostly stream TV shows online, so speakers and screen quality would be advantage. Also play MMOs such as Tiberium Alliances which really struggles on tablets and small netbooks. I often have many browser tabs open and my last laptop was an Acer Aspire 5749.


Thankyou for your help
 

gobhoblin

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Is Lenovo a decent brand now then? What about Toshiba?

I like the ultrabooks as I do travel a bit. I dont need a disk drive.

Ive also been thinking for a while that I would like to play Anno 2070.

Mostly i would like a good screen and decent audio.