sao123
Lifer
1. What is your budget?
$1000 to $1300
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15.6 or 17.3 inch (mainstream/desktop replacement)
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Preferably Full HD - 1900x1080 for DVD/BluRay playback
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop Replacement
5. How much battery life do you need?
3+ hours is fine, more is better, 80% of use will be plugged in.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Only Minor Gaming on this device.
My current device has a ATI Mobility Radion HD 4670 (512MB) graphics, any Geforce 6xx or Radeon HD 8xxx GPU will do.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
BlueRay, Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Visio, Photo Editing, Visual Studio 2012 w/ SQL Express,
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
OS + Programs. < 512GB (Would like SSD if possible)
All Data and files are saved to my NAS.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Usually I have bought from DELL - Latitude/XPS.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
5 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
BluRay Playback + DVD-R.
DVD-R DL or BD-R is a bonus.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Previously have bought Dell Latitude/XPS.
Have no problem considering Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenova.
I Try to avoid HP.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Durability/performance is #1 for me.
I want to buy a business class laptop with Windows 7 and no touch screen.
I need wireless G/N connectivity.
Bluetooth for External Mouse, I turn off the touchpad.
Prefer Laptop with full size keyboard, number pad is optional but acceptable.
I will want to buy the extra year(s) warranty AND accidental breakage protection.
Was currently considering:
Dell XPS 15
$1399
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM processor (6M Cache, up to 3.2 GHz)
Operating System: Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English
Display: 15.6 LED Backlit Display with Truelife and FHD resolution (1920 x 1080)
Memory2: 16GB3 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
Hard Drive: 512GB Solid State Drive
Optical Drive: Slot Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
but would like to drop that price slightly ($200?) so I can afford the extra warranty/accidentla damage.
$1000 to $1300
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
15.6 or 17.3 inch (mainstream/desktop replacement)
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Preferably Full HD - 1900x1080 for DVD/BluRay playback
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop Replacement
5. How much battery life do you need?
3+ hours is fine, more is better, 80% of use will be plugged in.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Only Minor Gaming on this device.
My current device has a ATI Mobility Radion HD 4670 (512MB) graphics, any Geforce 6xx or Radeon HD 8xxx GPU will do.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
BlueRay, Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Visio, Photo Editing, Visual Studio 2012 w/ SQL Express,
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
OS + Programs. < 512GB (Would like SSD if possible)
All Data and files are saved to my NAS.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Usually I have bought from DELL - Latitude/XPS.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
5 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
BluRay Playback + DVD-R.
DVD-R DL or BD-R is a bonus.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Previously have bought Dell Latitude/XPS.
Have no problem considering Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenova.
I Try to avoid HP.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Durability/performance is #1 for me.
I want to buy a business class laptop with Windows 7 and no touch screen.
I need wireless G/N connectivity.
Bluetooth for External Mouse, I turn off the touchpad.
Prefer Laptop with full size keyboard, number pad is optional but acceptable.
I will want to buy the extra year(s) warranty AND accidental breakage protection.
Was currently considering:
Dell XPS 15
$1399
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM processor (6M Cache, up to 3.2 GHz)
Operating System: Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English
Display: 15.6 LED Backlit Display with Truelife and FHD resolution (1920 x 1080)
Memory2: 16GB3 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
Hard Drive: 512GB Solid State Drive
Optical Drive: Slot Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
but would like to drop that price slightly ($200?) so I can afford the extra warranty/accidentla damage.
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