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I'm looking for a new laptop, my current laptop is an ASUS laptop which was purchased in 2011.. it cost $1300 and it's starting to crap out after only 2 years.. I'm looking for a laptop under $1500 (not from ASUS) that has longetivty and high performance in my price range. I'm also a university student so I need it for word etc. (I'd expect every laptop to have this anyway). Thankyou! Will rate 5 stars for helpful info.
Answer
Microsoft Office is extra software, though laptops generally have Wordpad. Free office suites that are Microsoft compatible are OpenOffice, Kingsoft Office, and LibreOffice
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsoft-office-freeware.html
http://www.libreoffice.org/default
https://www.openoffice.org/
Laptop Reliability:
http://www.rescuecom.com/news-press-releases/computer-reliability-report-2013-Q3.aspx
1. Samsung (694)
2. Apple (259)
3. Lenovo/IBM (250)
4. ASUS (212)
5. Toshiba (69)
6. HP (66)
7. Dell (50)
8. Acer (19)
Asus is normally pretty good. Long lasting laptops generally do not have the strongest graphics because they are the professional models like Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell Vostro
Lenovo Y510p is not bad. Make sure 1080p. It is cheaper
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/
There are small discounts for students by entering through a student portal or Barnes and Noble Gold (google them)
There are models that replace the optical drive with a second graphics card module in SLI
There have been touchpad issues, but often gamers prefer to use mice anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Gaming-Notebooks/SubCategory/ID-3365?Tid=25325&Order=PRICE
You can get a semi-custom CyberpowerPC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834198039
Graphics card to gaming:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
Samsung Ativ Book 6 can be bought for $1000 at Microsoft Store and Adorama with a 3rd gen Quad core i7 and HD 8770M which is a little under a GT 750M
It has a finicky touchpad, but otherwise rates well.
A 17" MSI has a powerful AMD Radeon HD 8970M, but CPU a bit weak as A10-5750M
http://www.adorama.com/MSIE007US.html?gclid=CJ3Hl_C4z7sCFYN_QgodMQIAig
It is a top 5 in single graphics card performance in a laptop.
The CPU bottlenecks gaming in high need CPU games like Far Cry 3
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=883&game=Far+Cry+3&p_make=AMD&p_deriv=APU+A10-5750M+Quad-Core&gc_make=ATI&gc_deriv=Radeon+HD+8970M&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements
Also, Battlefield-4, Rome 2 Total War, and any other high CPU need game.
But ones like Battlefield-3 do great
Microsoft Office is extra software, though laptops generally have Wordpad. Free office suites that are Microsoft compatible are OpenOffice, Kingsoft Office, and LibreOffice
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsoft-office-freeware.html
http://www.libreoffice.org/default
https://www.openoffice.org/
Laptop Reliability:
http://www.rescuecom.com/news-press-releases/computer-reliability-report-2013-Q3.aspx
1. Samsung (694)
2. Apple (259)
3. Lenovo/IBM (250)
4. ASUS (212)
5. Toshiba (69)
6. HP (66)
7. Dell (50)
8. Acer (19)
Asus is normally pretty good. Long lasting laptops generally do not have the strongest graphics because they are the professional models like Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell Vostro
Lenovo Y510p is not bad. Make sure 1080p. It is cheaper
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/
There are small discounts for students by entering through a student portal or Barnes and Noble Gold (google them)
There are models that replace the optical drive with a second graphics card module in SLI
There have been touchpad issues, but often gamers prefer to use mice anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Gaming-Notebooks/SubCategory/ID-3365?Tid=25325&Order=PRICE
You can get a semi-custom CyberpowerPC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834198039
Graphics card to gaming:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
Samsung Ativ Book 6 can be bought for $1000 at Microsoft Store and Adorama with a 3rd gen Quad core i7 and HD 8770M which is a little under a GT 750M
It has a finicky touchpad, but otherwise rates well.
A 17" MSI has a powerful AMD Radeon HD 8970M, but CPU a bit weak as A10-5750M
http://www.adorama.com/MSIE007US.html?gclid=CJ3Hl_C4z7sCFYN_QgodMQIAig
It is a top 5 in single graphics card performance in a laptop.
The CPU bottlenecks gaming in high need CPU games like Far Cry 3
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=883&game=Far+Cry+3&p_make=AMD&p_deriv=APU+A10-5750M+Quad-Core&gc_make=ATI&gc_deriv=Radeon+HD+8970M&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements
Also, Battlefield-4, Rome 2 Total War, and any other high CPU need game.
But ones like Battlefield-3 do great
what are the best laptops for 2011 chemical engineering students ?
robert
Purdue University , freshmen year
Answer
Consider getting two computers:
1) 11.6" netbook for lectures/classes (10.1" screen is too small).
2) Fast desktop with a large screen for your dorm room.
Consider getting two computers:
1) 11.6" netbook for lectures/classes (10.1" screen is too small).
2) Fast desktop with a large screen for your dorm room.
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