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#1 spiderowych

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 02:27 PM

I need a laptop for studying... Which laptop you would recommend that is good in performance, but not costly yet cheap...

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Posted 17 April 2012 - 04:42 PM

What kinds of programs are you running, what size of laptop do you want, what battery life do you need, and what's your budget?

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#3 spiderowych

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 08:38 AM

LiveBrianD, on 17 April 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

What kinds of programs are you running, what size of laptop do you want, what battery life do you need, and what's your budget?

Mostly Chrome is my first station after I turn computer on, music, sometimes I am photoshoping and I use it sometimes to read some e-books for my college. Size is irrelevant, battery life maybe around 6 hours or more and if price can be under 500 $.

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 11:24 AM

spiderowych, on 18 April 2012 - 08:38 AM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 17 April 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

What kinds of programs are you running, what size of laptop do you want, what battery life do you need, and what's your budget?

Found this one but it is in the U.S. : http://www.tigerdire...sku=M975-173111

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 04:10 PM

Maybe something like a Thinkpad Edge E425 or E525? (depending on whether you want a 14" or 15" one)

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:08 PM

I would actually say check out the Lenovo Z575. At least for now, you can grab them up for $479.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:49 AM

Look for a Core i3 based laptop, with 4Gigs of RAM, a 320GB HDD, 13" HD screen, good battery life and you should be set.

ASUS is a good brand to choose from. Dell's not bad either.

Acer will probably have the cheapest laptops, although I'm not a big fan of their build quality.

Lenovos are pretty decent. Samsung ones look good and feature decent specs.

I guess in this case it depends on which brand offers you the best deal.