Hello,
Looking for a new gaming laptop/ultrabook to use for both work and play.
I know, i know, the words gaming and ultrabook don't work out well together but the Asus UV51VZ seems to at least do a decent job (from the research i've done).
My budget: $2000 (prefer to spend about 1000 - 1200 if i can get similar specs). The asus i'm looking at is about 1900 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230692
My needs: Ultrabook style or mac book air style body (or as close to a slim figure as i can get)
Battery: no more than 2-3 hours needed (plane flights etc)
GPU memory : at least 2 GB to handle heavily modded skyrim in full hd close to max
CPU: prefer the i7 but can may be able to handle an i-5 if there's justification
HDD: 250 gigs (don't care either spinning or solid state)
RAM: 6 Gigs or more
Also i'm not too sure yet on windows 8. I guess if it comes with it i'll try it out for a couple months, if I don't like it i plan to install windows 7. Would do linux if it wasn't for the steam limitation.
My main use would be web browsing/spreadsheets about 80-90 percent of the time. I game occasionally, but when i do i want the max i can get out of the system.
I can't seem to find much info on the UV51VZ on this site. If someone has any experience with it and has some concerns/reccomendations please let me know.
Some issues i'm aware of with the UV51VZ are the loudness of the fans and throttling, which i can deal with. If there's any other issues others know it would be appreciated. Also any opinions on if this is a good use of 2000 bucks or not would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Looking for a new gaming laptop/ultrabook to use for both work and play.
I know, i know, the words gaming and ultrabook don't work out well together but the Asus UV51VZ seems to at least do a decent job (from the research i've done).
My budget: $2000 (prefer to spend about 1000 - 1200 if i can get similar specs). The asus i'm looking at is about 1900 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230692
My needs: Ultrabook style or mac book air style body (or as close to a slim figure as i can get)
Battery: no more than 2-3 hours needed (plane flights etc)
GPU memory : at least 2 GB to handle heavily modded skyrim in full hd close to max
CPU: prefer the i7 but can may be able to handle an i-5 if there's justification
HDD: 250 gigs (don't care either spinning or solid state)
RAM: 6 Gigs or more
Also i'm not too sure yet on windows 8. I guess if it comes with it i'll try it out for a couple months, if I don't like it i plan to install windows 7. Would do linux if it wasn't for the steam limitation.
My main use would be web browsing/spreadsheets about 80-90 percent of the time. I game occasionally, but when i do i want the max i can get out of the system.
I can't seem to find much info on the UV51VZ on this site. If someone has any experience with it and has some concerns/reccomendations please let me know.
Some issues i'm aware of with the UV51VZ are the loudness of the fans and throttling, which i can deal with. If there's any other issues others know it would be appreciated. Also any opinions on if this is a good use of 2000 bucks or not would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.