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Default Recommend me a laptop, $900 and down

Cheapest possible, while staying 900 and down. USD.

- Battery life is paramount. I take the bus everyday and I would like to entertain myself during my 1 hour rides there and back ^_^
- 13.3 or 14.1 inch. No smaller, no bigger. I currently own a dell xps 15.4" but it's the size that's bothering me- a bit bulky to have it beside me and my books out at school.
- Will not consider netbooks
- Must be able to handle Photoshop cs4 smoothly, it's the main demanding program I'll be running
- Not weigh much- less than 5lbs preferably but less of an issue compared to the above

Pretty much sums it up. I was looking at the acer timeline line, but I specifically need a DUO CORE, a single core 1.3Ghz won't cut it. I'll be taking out the hard drive and replacing it with a SSD i have laying around, and put windows xp or 7 on it.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-599-_-Product

and it comes with windows 7


and asus laptops are the best.

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and it comes with windows 7


and asus laptops are the best.
Cool, but is it possible to upgrade to a 9 cell battery? I need more battery life.
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get a thinkpad, they're so durable.

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asus get pretty great battery life out of the box, definately the 2 hours u wanted. probably around 3 or 4 though.

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asus get pretty great battery life out of the box, definately the 2 hours u wanted. probably around 3 or 4 though.
I'm looking for 4+ unfortunately ): more like the sort you would find on the ultraportables (6+). Our school doesn't have many available power outlets, neither does the bus.
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Sony VPC. Cant get on SonyStyle atm so no link.

DDR3, T6600, GT 2*0 M cards, W7, Sony quality, 5.3 lbs, 14"
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Try to find a Lenovo T400 for under 900$. I got mine and it has ~ 5-6 hours battery life with dedicated GPU and ~ 8 hours with IGP. Its light and fast but does not have the looks in its side.

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Lenevo, not having any luck finding one for under 900$, especially with a 9 cell battery
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Ping me for my Lenovo employee discount. Many different machines to fit all types of budgets.
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