Laptop Store

[Mr Keshy]

If it's for uni, don't get a gaming laptop. Get one of the new ultrabook range that are the windows equivalent of a macbook air (or get an MBA if you like apple). I use the Asus one and it's brilliant. The HP one also looks decent.

A laptop for uni requires two things; long battery life and light weight, which is basically the polar opposite of something with a powerful CPU/GPU

(that laptop above is 4.3kg, mine is 1.3)

Yeah I agree with you there, however i need a laptop with a decent GPU and CPU to run programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge and perhaps 3DS MAX simultaneously. If I could find a lightweight laptop that could handle these programs that'd be awesome. However I could leave my memory and graphically intensive programs for when i'm not at uni, but I live in rural Melbourne so i'd spend a lot of my time in town.

 

I advise not getting a alienware or clevo etc if you intend to carry them around to and from uni.
They are the heaviest s.o.bs ever and you will get a broken shoulder.
I recommend ultrabooks which are both light and look nice plus they aren't the best for gaming so you don't get tempted to play a game of starcraft 2 while you are studying.

If you just want one for casual purposes or for gaming I don't see why you cant just get a desktop computer.

I have a very decent desktop which I have been using for all gaming, programming, graphical and film purposes. I need something that could semi-replicate the capabilities of my PC. But, like you said, it would be a bitch to carry around.

G74 looks sweet!

What I'd say is go small and mighty then. You'll have great portability but when you need the power and screen size, you could hook it up to an external monitor. (At home or even at uni)

I'd say 15" is a good compromise, what about this? http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-15-l521x/fs

GTX 640M, no slouch in terms of performance I guess.

I also strongly suggest an M14X, pretty good bang for buck? I think it's great, 14" 650M and it will have a huge battery too.

[Yendall]

G74 looks sweet!

What I'd say is go small and mighty then. You'll have great portability but when you need the power and screen size, you could hook it up to an external monitor. (At home or even at uni)

I'd say 15" is a good compromise, what about this? http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-15-l521x/fs

GTX 640M, no slouch in terms of performance I guess.

I also strongly suggest an M14X, pretty good bang for buck? I think it's great, 14" 650M and it will have a huge battery too.

The XPS 15 looks like the best option! Brilliant specs and very affordable. It's really thin as well which is awesome.

[Mr Keshy]

G74 looks sweet!

What I'd say is go small and mighty then. You'll have great portability but when you need the power and screen size, you could hook it up to an external monitor. (At home or even at uni)

I'd say 15" is a good compromise, what about this? http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-15-l521x/fs

GTX 640M, no slouch in terms of performance I guess.

I also strongly suggest an M14X, pretty good bang for buck? I think it's great, 14" 650M and it will have a huge battery too.

The XPS 15 looks like the best option! Brilliant specs and very affordable. It's really thin as well which is awesome.

I have a last gen XPS 17 and it is brilliant.. Most outstanding part, is the speakers. You will not believe that they're laptop speakers, unless you've heard JBL equipped laptops before

[Yendall]

G74 looks sweet!

What I'd say is go small and mighty then. You'll have great portability but when you need the power and screen size, you could hook it up to an external monitor. (At home or even at uni)

I'd say 15" is a good compromise, what about this? http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-15-l521x/fs

GTX 640M, no slouch in terms of performance I guess.

I also strongly suggest an M14X, pretty good bang for buck? I think it's great, 14" 650M and it will have a huge battery too.

The XPS 15 looks like the best option! Brilliant specs and very affordable. It's really thin as well which is awesome.

I have a last gen XPS 17 and it is brilliant.. Most outstanding part, is the speakers. You will not believe that they're laptop speakers, unless you've heard JBL equipped laptops before

Oh really? I'm seriously considering purchasing one soon!

[Mr Keshy]

G74 looks sweet!

What I'd say is go small and mighty then. You'll have great portability but when you need the power and screen size, you could hook it up to an external monitor. (At home or even at uni)

I'd say 15" is a good compromise, what about this? http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-15-l521x/fs

GTX 640M, no slouch in terms of performance I guess.

I also strongly suggest an M14X, pretty good bang for buck? I think it's great, 14" 650M and it will have a huge battery too.

The XPS 15 looks like the best option! Brilliant specs and very affordable. It's really thin as well which is awesome.

I have a last gen XPS 17 and it is brilliant.. Most outstanding part, is the speakers. You will not believe that they're laptop speakers, unless you've heard JBL equipped laptops before

Oh really? I'm seriously considering purchasing one soon!

Next time, you go shopping, see if you can find a Dell with JBL speakers! Also, if you get the TV tuner option with built in antenna, don't expect the built in antenna to pick up anything 

[kenhung123]

Are you guys trolling or?

[Mr Keshy]

Are you guys trolling or?

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?

[Russ]

I don't think they're trolling, but whether getting an m14x is a good idea is a different matter.

[Mr Keshy]

I don't think they're trolling, but whether getting an m14x is a good idea is a different matter.

It's subjective... It has good specs, is gaming oriented and has a nice battery size as I'm aware...

Find me another 14" at that price with those specifications? I'm happy to be proven wrong of cour.. Provided there's evidence.

[kenhung123]

Looks like if you want a 2nd gen i7, 8GB+ RAM, dedicated graphics 2GB, ~500GB HDD 5400RPM you are looking at 900-1000

[Russ]

I was looking at the wrong pricepoint, I googled it and thought it was $1400, which is the m14x r2 apparently. Yeah for $1000 it's a decent buy, even if it's not my personal choice.

I'd personally go for no i7 (what are you planning on doing with the PC?) and a faster HDD (7200RPM) though kenhung

[kenhung123]

Why not i7? As in i5 is better? Yeah I was trying to look for 7200RPM but seems like even the top end gaming ASUS laptops don't have them? Not sure why.

[Yendall]

I think i'm leaning more towards the XPS series of ultrabooks. Mainly for these specs/reasons:

• 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3517U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.0 GHz)
• 14.0" HD+ (900p) Truelife Infinity Display
• 8GB2 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630M with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
• 4.6 lbs ( a little bit heavier than some, but 2kg is pretty awesome given the specs)
• 11-hour battery life

At the moment this is $1399 (online australian price, $400 off), which I think is fairly reasonable given it's portability and strength. If anyone can find some better that would be awesome

[kenhung123]

2kg ultrabook? O.o

[Yendall]

2kg ultrabook? O.o

Well most Intel Ultrabooks are around 1.2kg, but really 2kg isn't going to kill me. The problem I have with the lighter Ultrabooks is they use Intel® HD Graphics, and i'm not sure whether that would suit what I want to do.