13 or 14 inch Powerhouse laptop

FXB

FXB

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Hi I'm looking for a new laptop for school. I am studying in the field (networking, programming, graphic design)

I've been looking around and can't seem to find something I want. Here are the specs I am taking into account for my new laptop.

Note: I also want to meet or exceed the system requierments for adobe creative suite 5 master collection.

A 13 or 14 inch display.

A canadian french keyboard (backlit would be nice)

5 hours or more of battery life

500Gb or more HDD at 7200 RPM

4 Gb of RAM or more

OS: Windows 7 Pro

I also want to take a look at cost. How much it will cost up front and how much it will cost of the lifespan of the laptop.

above all I want it to be light weight.

Here are the system requirements for CS5 MC

# ntel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
# Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7
# 1GB of RAM
# 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
# 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
# Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
# DVD-ROM drive
# QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
# Broadband Internet connection required for online services*


thanks for your help
 
Drenlin

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I'm pretty sure you just described a Macbook, more or less. They're built for light weight and battery life. Not sure if you ca get the keyboard though....


On the PC side of things, this seems to suit your needs fairly well:

VAIO VPCZ112GX/S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127064
Battery life is stated elsewhere as "up to 6.5 hours"

Honestly, that's pretty hard to beat.
 
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FXB

FXB

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Yes a macbook is pretty much what I need but software is an issue most if not all of the software i can my hands on for a good price is only for PC's. The sony VAIO VPCZ112GX/S has almost everything I want but I need more hardrive space and it doesn't need to be solid-state drive.
 
FXB

FXB

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I would prefer to save a bit of money get like a 500Gb HDD or even a 640 GB. I cant seem to find a reason as to why I need a SSD.
 
Drenlin

Drenlin

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Indeed. I can't seem to find that model without a SSD though...

There's these, but they're all out of stock and I don't know what the battery life is like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ption=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

edit: The i5 version is 3.5-4 hours...looking for the i3 versions now

edit2: This one has a good amount of power, a 500GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM, and "up to 7 hours" of battery life:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127021

edit3: And Tigerdirect has it in stock:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...CODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
 
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FXB

FXB

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Do you know of any website where I can pick all the specs I want and have them build the laptop for me? I've modified desktop on various occasions and have thinkered with laptops but I would trust myself on building laptop for anyone.

i've tried the obvious dell, apple, HP,voodo pc but what about some less known names?
 
Drenlin

Drenlin

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Asus, Toshiba, Sony, and Lenovo Thinkpads are the most reliable brands to look for.

It's doubtful that you'll be able to find a manufacturer that will build one for you. The closest thing I can think of is XoticPC...you'd want this:
http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-u30jca1-back-order-p-2763.html

Actually..that's perfect, I think. Should have looked there to begin with, haha.
 
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Drenlin

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Forgot about the keyboard...whoops. That Asus has everything else available, though.

That's a tough one, man.
 
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FXB

FXB

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HAha I did too for a second there. I guess I need a desktop and a basic laptop or higher end netbook.
 
Drenlin

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Sounds good. That's really a better option for college anyway, IMO. A desktop, plus $300 or so for the netbook, will still outperform a similarly-priced laptop by a wide margin, and the netbook will be much more portable.
 
FXB

FXB

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I that case any suggestions of desktops with similar features at a good price (1500$or so)?

If there something similar for less thats good too.
 
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