Best Notebook under $2K

[EdfromCocoa]

Have an old Dell XP which is dying.

Specs for me:

Minimum 17 inch screen with no glare-maybe HD.
4 USB Ports at least one USB 3.0
8 Gig RAM
Blu Ray
802.11 N WIFI
HDMI
Cool running
Uses: e-mail, Internet, Microsoft Office, VPN access, video and potential gaming.
Don't know if I should go for i5 or i7 core.
Long lasting battery
Sandy Bridge chipset.
What Version of Windows 7?

Thanks, Ed

 

[Chapbass]

Minimum 17" screen? Not sure how many there are above that..

 

[EdfromCocoa]

Guess 17 inches is the max. Really open on vendor/brand.

 

[Schadenfreude]

They do have 18.4" screens; they're not a prevalent as 17" - you really should think of 17" as the ceiling for most builds, IMO - but there are larger ones available.

 

[catilley1092]

You may want to check out MSI. Their mid level notebooks (mine was $749, from Newegg) are better than many that costs $1,200 or more.

Plus you don't get screwed on the video card, I got a Nvidia GT 425M, to go with the Intel i5. Many high priced ones has integrate cards.

Cat

 

[Bolas]

Asus G73SW from www.xoticpc.com is the best under $2k. Reasonably configurable, too. I like the 3D edition, myself. I don't own one, but I got my wife the Asus G73JW a year ago and it's been a good laptop. Very quiet and cool, especially for a 17" laptop. Boots up in 36 seconds, thanks to the 128GB Crucial Real SSD C300 that we picked for her boot drive. Can't beat that.

http://www.xoticpc.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=g73