LPM
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Hey guys
Haven't posted in here for a while, but I felt like you were the best place to start for my question.
As you probably guessed, I'm getting a laptop for college. Problem is, I don't know what laptop to get. I've done a lot of looking around, both in store and online (newegg), but every time I find one that looks good, a few more searches tell me something that ruins it.
Here's the skinny:
Price:
--This is going to be my graduation gift, so price is pretty much anything goes. My parents did not seem at all upset about a $1500 laptop I was looking at at one point, so anything around that should be fine.
Function:
--This is going to be a college laptop, so it should be reasonably carry-able. I went to best Buy to weight test different laptops for comparison, and i found that a 6-7 lb laptop was fine, but once it got to the 7.5+ lb range, it started seeming a bit bulky. But from what I hear from other bits of the internet as well as people in college is that its better to get a big laptop that can do the games and such that I want (even if it is heavy) than to get one that is light but won't let me do anything fun, so I'd much rather err on the side of a good computer than a small one.
--Power-wise, I want to keep it fairly high-end. I am a gamer and an avid movie-watcher, so fast processor/video card and a big screen (~16-17") are a must. battery life of about 2-3 hours is fine. Note: Until i learned about issues with unreliability and battery life, I was considering a Sony Vaio VPCF115FM, which had just exactly what I wanted component-wise. Anything that good would be perfect.
--good hard drive is key for me too. 500gb should be fine, 7200rpm preferred (although I've never actually used a 5400 rpm hd, are they really that much slower?). Key point: gotta be one hd, I've spent plenty of time dealing with multiple hard drives and I seriously never want to again.
So, CF, do you have a suggestion for me? or are my expectations of Laptops too high? Lemme know, I'd really appreciate it.
~LPM
Haven't posted in here for a while, but I felt like you were the best place to start for my question.
As you probably guessed, I'm getting a laptop for college. Problem is, I don't know what laptop to get. I've done a lot of looking around, both in store and online (newegg), but every time I find one that looks good, a few more searches tell me something that ruins it.
Here's the skinny:
Price:
--This is going to be my graduation gift, so price is pretty much anything goes. My parents did not seem at all upset about a $1500 laptop I was looking at at one point, so anything around that should be fine.
Function:
--This is going to be a college laptop, so it should be reasonably carry-able. I went to best Buy to weight test different laptops for comparison, and i found that a 6-7 lb laptop was fine, but once it got to the 7.5+ lb range, it started seeming a bit bulky. But from what I hear from other bits of the internet as well as people in college is that its better to get a big laptop that can do the games and such that I want (even if it is heavy) than to get one that is light but won't let me do anything fun, so I'd much rather err on the side of a good computer than a small one.
--Power-wise, I want to keep it fairly high-end. I am a gamer and an avid movie-watcher, so fast processor/video card and a big screen (~16-17") are a must. battery life of about 2-3 hours is fine. Note: Until i learned about issues with unreliability and battery life, I was considering a Sony Vaio VPCF115FM, which had just exactly what I wanted component-wise. Anything that good would be perfect.
--good hard drive is key for me too. 500gb should be fine, 7200rpm preferred (although I've never actually used a 5400 rpm hd, are they really that much slower?). Key point: gotta be one hd, I've spent plenty of time dealing with multiple hard drives and I seriously never want to again.
So, CF, do you have a suggestion for me? or are my expectations of Laptops too high? Lemme know, I'd really appreciate it.
~LPM
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