Advice on Purchasing a New Laptop?

Question

I've been shopping around for a brand new laptop, to be purchased sometime in August or September, and I've been a bit swamped with options. I have definitely decided not to get a Mac.

Minimum Requirements:
- 500 GB HD (NOT solid state, and more would be nice)
- 4 GB memory (more would be nice)
- Blu-Ray Reader/Writer internal drive
- Integrated camera/mic
- Dedicated graphics card
- Minimum 3 hours battery life (if I have to buy a larger battery that's okay, and more would be nice)

Other Preferences:
- Screen size between 15" and 16"
- Lit-up keyboard
- USB 3.0 port
- SD card slot
- Looks awesome (yes, I am willing to pay slightly more money for something that looks awesome.)

I'm aware I'm looking at a pretty expensive price range, above $2,000, though I'm trying very hard not to exceed $2,500. At the moment, this had led me to consider one of three options:

*HP Pavillion dv6t Select Edition Series
*Alienware m15x
*XoticPC's Asus U53JC-A1

Any advice, recommendations, warnings, or suggestions would be wonderful! Thank you!

Answer 1

If you're willing to go a bit bigger then the Asus G73JH-A1 is the best choice for you.



http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-g73jh-a1/4505-3121_7-33950895.html



It's offered on xoticpc.com as well. It has all the specs you want, just better, lol. he only draw back, if you'll call it that, is it's 17.3" screen. Other than that it's an great looking notebooks, powerful, and between $1600-$1750.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Either the Asus or Dell from what you have listed or look into Toshiba. AVOID HP, they have far too many lawsuits pending on their laptops. Google it and see what I mean

Answer 4

He comprado de muchas veces memorias de USB en los sitios web y siempre han sido de una excelente calidad pero lo mejor lo he comprado la última vez, la memoria USB de 3.0 tiene una excelente velocidad de transferencia y una buena capacidad de almacenaje, excelente compra.

Answer 5

Alienware m15x

and msi gt660

are great for you

Answer 6

You can conssider buying

1)HP Pavilion dv6t Select Edition customizable Notebook PC-Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-430M/4GB *DDR3/320GB HD/15.6"LED/512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5470/Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti *DVD+/-R/RW/Built-in Webcam/Fingerprint Reader/Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

*Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-430M Dual Core processor (2.26GHz, 3MB L2 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to *2.53GHz/Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

*4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm),320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection/

*15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768)

*512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5470 switchable graphics

*Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support/ Full-size island-style backlit keyboard with HP TrueVision Webcam + Fingerprint Reader

http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Select-customizable-SuperMulti-Fingerprint/dp/B003TSR0J4/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20



2)HP Pavilion dv6z Select Edition Notebook PC with AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Processor N930 2.0GHz, 15.6" HD LED HP Screen, 3GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, 1GB ATI HD 5650 Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium

*AMD Phenom(TM) II Quad-Core Mobile Processor N930 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache), Full-size island-style backlit keyboard, Webcam + Fingerprint Reader

*3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm), 320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

*1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 switchable graphics, SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer

*15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Display (1366x768)

*Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Wireless 802.11b/g/n Card with Bluetooth

http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-dv6z-Notebook-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B003TYJXPW/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20