High end laptop recommendations

[dennyerardi]

I'm looking for a high end laptop, and would like to keep the price around $3,000. My current laptop overheats when playing videos, and has become slow (Sony Vaio VGN Z690).

I'm looking at a 15" Puget Systems Traverse with 2 hard drives, one SSD (240GB) and one regular (750Gb @ 7200 rpm), Blu Ray, Wireless/bluetooth, Intel i7 3720, 16GB Ram, or a Falcon Northwest TLX similarly equipped however only offered with one hard drive, SSD at 500GB.

Thoughts relative to the configurations and to the companies?

Thank you.

 

[kleinkinstein]

How about configuring a Sager to your choosing?

 

[TheStu]

What are you going to be doing with the machine?
Are you going to be moving it around much?
-If not at all, you can spend MUCH less money on a desktop that never needs to move, and then a thin&light notebook.
What are you going to be doing with the machine? (I know I already asked that, but you gave us your budget so that kills that question).

 

[dennyerardi]

Definitely need it to be a laptop. I travel a lot. I will be using it for general office and communication, and also video viewing, editing and storage. I want it to be fast, and not get bogged down or overheated. Also need all wireless/BT technology, and bluray burning and viewing. Will want to connect to HD monitor and wireless keyboard.

Thank you.

 

[atomheart]

Definitely need it to be a laptop. I travel a lot. I will be using it for general office and communication, and also video viewing, editing and storage. I want it to be fast, and not get bogged down or overheated. Also need all wireless/BT technology, and bluray burning and viewing. Will want to connect to HD monitor and wireless keyboard.

Thank you.

I can't speak for all of Asus' laptops but I own a g75 and it is known to run quietly and cool given the parts inside. It has a i7 3610qm and 16gb of ram, it runs 2d autoCAD better than my schools HP workstations so it is definitely nice to have this much power in a notebook.

The g75 has BT and blu ray as well as having a 1080p screen. I'm probably biased but I would fully recommend the G75.

 

[TheStu]

Definitely need it to be a laptop. I travel a lot. I will be using it for general office and communication, and also video viewing, editing and storage. I want it to be fast, and not get bogged down or overheated. Also need all wireless/BT technology, and bluray burning and viewing. Will want to connect to HD monitor and wireless keyboard.

Thank you.

What size laptop are you looking for? Both of those that you are talking about are pretty big and heavy.

What kind of video editing? The SSD is going to help with it staying snappy and responsive, and getting a quad core Ivy Bridge should make it plenty fast. 16GB is probably overkill unless you know that you are using more than 8GB on a regular basis.

 

[dennyerardi]

Excellent question and I forgot to put in anything about size. I would prefer to have a laptop that isn't as heavy as those two --about 7 pounds give or take. I don't need a screen bigger than 14" and don't want larger than 15.6".

Thanks.

 

[TheStu]

Excellent question and I forgot to put in anything about size. I would prefer to have a laptop that isn't as heavy as those two --about 7 pounds give or take. I don't need a screen bigger than 14" and don't want larger than 15.6".

Thanks.

Well, the Puget Systems 15" machine, with 2 drives, appears to be under 7lb, but a lot of that is going to go back to whether that look appeals to you.

 

[sun_tzu]

+1 sager. They are usually very upgrade friendly, and retain value pretty well. If you want a laptop that can last you a few years and then be upgraded good as new, sager it.