I SUGGEST A DESKTOPSilly Leet, desktops are for smart people, unlike me!
I SUGGEST A DESKTOPSilly Leet, desktops are for smart people, unlike me!
With that budjet, you could buy most laptops on the market. Hell, you could afford an alienware Mx17 and still be under budjet.
Although pricey, alienwares are quite good for just about anything. However, ASUS brand is my favorite.
Definitely don't get a mac, though. They're overpriced to all hell.
I'm not sure I'd call Macs under powered but unless you really like the OS and want to pay the $500 premium I'd say no.I SUGGEST A DESKTOPSilly Leet, desktops are for smart people, unlike me!
With that budjet, you could buy most laptops on the market. Hell, you could afford an alienware Mx17 and still be under budjet.
Although pricey, alienwares are quite good for just about anything. However, ASUS brand is my favorite.
Definitely don't get a mac, though. They're overpriced to all hell.
Alienware is nice for gaming, but I already have a gaming desktop. And the fancy lighting thing, not my thing.
This laptop is primarily for college/work related.
AutoCadd takes up a ton of CPU, that even the college computers crash.
Of course I'm not going to buy a mac, they're overpriced and under powered. Even though it was recommended.
Razr has some nice labtops for gaming and such in that range. Im sure they could handle anything you throw at em. http://www.razerzone.com/store/choose/razer-bladeHe said he doesn't want gaming though.
My reccomendation for the best bang for your buck high power LaptopsThese are more designed for gaming and have a battery life of like 5 mins. If hes into media I think something more media oriented might be better. I dunno I've just never liked any of the laptops from xotic because of the battery life. Which is why I don't really like Laptops for gaming overall.
Sager or Clevo
http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-clevo-sager-notebooks-ct-95_51_162.html
The next best option would be to look at the Dell Outlet and find something there and then buy an extended warranty for it.
After that check out Acer they have never done me wrong.
My reccomendation for the best bang for your buck high power LaptopsThese are more designed for gaming and have a battery life of like 5 mins. If hes into media I think something more media oriented might be better. I dunno I've just never liked any of the laptops from xotic because of the battery life. Which is why I don't really like Laptops for gaming overall.
Sager or Clevo
http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-clevo-sager-notebooks-ct-95_51_162.html
The next best option would be to look at the Dell Outlet and find something there and then buy an extended warranty for it.
After that check out Acer they have never done me wrong.
Lenovo? Well, I disagree. The bloatware loaded in their systems are painful to remove (personal experience assisting in removal.) Mere shadow of its former IBM self.The specs on the one I showed are pretty good and so are the reviews. I dunno how much bloatware it pops with but you can clean that out. Either way your hard pressed to choose a bunch unless you want Windows 8. I just mean that the options are slowing decreasing.
Wooley is correct, you are cutting out the middleman with those brands.
Any high end laptop you are going to get will have miniscule battery time, as they are focused on performance, and expected to be plugged in.
As for another brand: ASuS as it has the lowest fail / repair rate of any brand. And they do have some nice ones.
I haven't looked into laptops of late.
One suggestion: If you want little issues in running present programs go Win 7. If you want your laptop to act like your smartphone, go Win 8. If you have to have Win 8 on the laptop you choose, and HATE Metro, there is an easy fix, you merely "google" how to remove it. It is a simple registry edit (change one variable) and a settings change (turn off tablet overlay) and voila! Desktop is back, metro is removed.