[somebodysb2]

What is your maximum budget?
around the cost of Macbook/Macbook pro.

What country are you in?
Hong Kong

What will be the uses of this laptop?
Minor: photoshop, video edit (basic)
Heavy: Multitasking, music, videos, work (word/powerpoint/excel), photography, web surfing.

Do you have brand loyalty or care which brands we select for you?
Open to Anything, please no Alienware btw.

What screen size do you require?
13 to 14.

What screen resolution do you require?
The higher the better, apple's 1280 x 800 is fine.

Are you looking to buy NEW or would refurbished/recertified/used be okay?
New.

How long should the battery last? (Under optimal conditions, no movies/games/heavy internet)
around the life of a Macbook/Macbook pro

What games would you like to play with your laptop? And on what settings?
No games.

What operating system do you need? (if any)
Windows 7 or Mac

Is there a certain style of laptop you want? (aluminum, black, gaming, etc.)
Anything within the Black and white spectrum. I would prefer a smart black or the Mac style silver, titanium grey is fine too. Something not too girly

And something thats not a dust magnet.

How much hard drive space do you need?
at least 250GB.

Do you need any special hardware? (blue ray, webcam, specialty ports, etc.)
Webcam, firewire for backups.

Is there anything else we need to know?
it needs to be as light as the Macbook/Macbook pro
as thin (little bit over is fine) as the Macbook/Macbook pro
reliability!
cannot run overly hot and burn my lap.
no ssd because its too expensive

Thanks in advance.

 

[coelacanth]

I don't have an individual recommendation, but Dell Business laptops are great. They last forever.

 

[LuckySe7ens]

noise battery life heat and size are important but SSD is the only thing on the list of Donotwant?

 

[LuckySe7ens]

I would wait on one of these personally: Dell m14x not out yet though. Looks like 2.3ghz i7 256gb SSD 750gb 7200rpmHDD... 8 cell battery ~$1000

 

[somebodysb2]

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens noise battery life heat and size are important but SSD is the only thing on the list of Donotwant?

Yea, too expensive/not worth it.

 

[somebodysb2]

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens I would wait on one of these personally: Dell m14x not out yet though. Looks like 2.3ghz i7 256gb SSD 750gb 7200rpmHDD... 8 cell battery ~$1000

Alienware is EXTREMELY overpriced in Hong Kong.....

 

[LuckySe7ens]

Quote:

Originally Posted by somebodysb2 Alienware is EXTREMELY overpriced in Hong Kong.....

AH i see, i overlook location far too often.

Good luck.

 

[dcyli]

Lenovo would be the brand I would look into. Check out sites that post bargains and sales like techbargain or slickdeals.

I got my friend a lenovo Core i7-2630 Quad-Core Sandy Bridge 14in Laptop (8GB/500GB/Radeon 6550) for $900USD

 

[somebodysb2]

ATM the brands I'm looking @ right now:
ASUS
Dell
HP
Apple
Lenovo
Sony
Samsung

 

[somebodysb2]

actually, I might do some gaming stuff, a laptop that runs portal 2? tf2? css? bf3?
I shoot professional quality photos/video so it must handle hi res stuff and some heavy graphics works too. (cinema4d, photoshop, 3dsmax) and it must handle after effects/vegas vid editing.

 

[s-x]

I'm surprised no one has said this, but it seems like a macbook pro might be what your looking for. Lmao, sorry I couldnt resist.

 

[somebodysb2]

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Originally Posted by s-x I'm surprised no one has said this, but it seems like a macbook pro might be what your looking for. Lmao, sorry I couldnt resist.

I can't imagine myself being one of those turtleneck wearing d-bags, once a pc, always a pc.

 

[EfemaN]

Quote:

Originally Posted by somebodysb2 I can't imagine myself being one of those turtleneck wearing d-bags, once a pc, always a pc.

What does the type of laptop you own have to do with your wardrobe and personality? Bull**** comments like those sicken me.

At multiple points in your OP, you mentioned a MBP as having the characteristics you're looking for, and also said that OSX is an option for operating systems. They have good stylings, a solid keyboard, fantastic battery life, a multitasking-heavy OS, an awesome screen for graphics work, firewire, upgradeable resolution screen. What else do you want?

 

[somebodysb2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by EfemaN;13026088
What does the type of laptop you own have to do with your wardrobe and personality? Bull**** comments like those sickens me.

At multiple points in your OP, you mentioned a MBP as having the characteristics you're looking for, and also said that OSX is an option for operating systems. They have good stylings, a solid keyboard, fantastic battery life, a multitasking-heavy OS, an awesome screen for graphics work. What else do you want?

I can't stand using Mac, I have a used iMac and from day 1, I did the bootcamp thing with windows.
and I would love to play games like Portal 2, tf2, css as mentioned b4, my imac cant even run css without lagging.....

 

[Remix65]

i worked on a customer's toshiba L635 and liked it. there must be a later model by now.