Saffire
04-25-2005, 03:21 PM
And need recommendations...
Currently I have an Acer laptop, while adequate, doesn't quite satisfy me. The keyboard isn't as responsive enough for me. I find myself constantly backspacing because letters keep getting left out. The colors on the screen seem washed out. I suppose I'm used to the brightness of an LCD now, but I can't do any graphics work on the laptop because the colors I use on the laptop wind up looking horrible on desktop LCDs and even other laptops. The 15.4" Widescreen is nice, but I feel that a bit smaller and lighter would benefit me more. Finally, the plastic build feels kinda cheap, and I have broke a tiny piece of it.
I want to "upgrade", or get one that'll satiate me better anyway.
I'm looking for a laptop with the following features...
- 3+ hrs battery life doing normal tasks -- word processing, web browsing, etc.. Obviously more is better.
- Decent video/screen performance -- I do game occasionally on my laptop, the colors have to be more "accurate" as well.
- Responsive keyboard -- I hate having to constantly backspace when coding or whatnot
- Solid build -- I can be rough with my laptops
- Light -- I'm weak, I'd like it to weigh no more then one of my textbooks (which are pretty heavy)
- Reasonably priced -- If I do "upgrade", I'd like to sell of my old one to help pay for this one. I don't want to spend more then $1500 total on this laptop, but if I have to, I will spend up to $2000 :\
Finally, some features that'd be nice but not needed
- Looks. I'm shallow, I like things to look cool.
- 512+ mb of RAM -- can upgrade this if need be.
- 5400/7200 RPM HDD -- can upgrade this if need be
If anyone could point me towards which brands/models to look out for, that'd be great :)
Currently I have an Acer laptop, while adequate, doesn't quite satisfy me. The keyboard isn't as responsive enough for me. I find myself constantly backspacing because letters keep getting left out. The colors on the screen seem washed out. I suppose I'm used to the brightness of an LCD now, but I can't do any graphics work on the laptop because the colors I use on the laptop wind up looking horrible on desktop LCDs and even other laptops. The 15.4" Widescreen is nice, but I feel that a bit smaller and lighter would benefit me more. Finally, the plastic build feels kinda cheap, and I have broke a tiny piece of it.
I want to "upgrade", or get one that'll satiate me better anyway.
I'm looking for a laptop with the following features...
- 3+ hrs battery life doing normal tasks -- word processing, web browsing, etc.. Obviously more is better.
- Decent video/screen performance -- I do game occasionally on my laptop, the colors have to be more "accurate" as well.
- Responsive keyboard -- I hate having to constantly backspace when coding or whatnot
- Solid build -- I can be rough with my laptops
- Light -- I'm weak, I'd like it to weigh no more then one of my textbooks (which are pretty heavy)
- Reasonably priced -- If I do "upgrade", I'd like to sell of my old one to help pay for this one. I don't want to spend more then $1500 total on this laptop, but if I have to, I will spend up to $2000 :\
Finally, some features that'd be nice but not needed
- Looks. I'm shallow, I like things to look cool.
- 512+ mb of RAM -- can upgrade this if need be.
- 5400/7200 RPM HDD -- can upgrade this if need be
If anyone could point me towards which brands/models to look out for, that'd be great :)