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Picking a laptop.
pantywraith:
I work supporting laptops as my primary job. From first hand experience I would never buy a consumer grade computer. They will fail when you need them most, and their warranty service sucks. Get a Business class system and an extended warranty that covers accidental damage and next business day on-site repair.
For what you are looking at, I would recommend an HP Probook. They start out at about 500. The main down side of them is that they do not have an nVidia option only AMD and Intel for the Video.
I am using a 4535s now and I love it. I get good frame rates in Skyrim with medium settings and no tweaking of the ini files. 10-bit anime plays fine in 1080p. And, it is built like a rock. I paid 750 for it with warranty , but I got it trough a special program at work when we bought a 500 of them all at once. You will probably need to pay more if you want the warranty.
AnimeJanai:
Unfortunately, your price point will be in the 499+ range for a 15.6 inch laptop with 1920 x 1080 display. $499 USD was the cheapest I found one on the weekend after black friday but it did have LED backlight display. All those $288 laptops are chinese fulfillment types. The Fry's and warehouse club lower-priced models are of those types. Regardless of the brand name on the outside, the inside design are basically the same (some parts are moved for patent and styling purposes). A lot of those have display dimensions with one of the numbers such as 1280 or 1440.
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**Fulfillment House: A place/factory in mainland china that supplies a generic product deliberately for the purpose of customizing and rebranding under multiple established brand names such as toshiba, hitachi, fujitsu, compaq, HP, gateway, or dell. Another giveaway of fulfillment house machines is that my dell corporate discount page doesn't let me buy those cheaper models. ha ha It only lets me buy the consumer or business versions.
Roven:
Found a really good deal on an Asus U46s
I5 2410
540gt
Prolly gonna take it anyway but what do you think?
pantywraith:
ASUS is a good brand, not up to Thinkpad / HP Probook level build quality but far better than most.
Check the warranty very carefully so you know what to expect if you need service. You do not want any surprises when it comes to getting your new system serviced. And, it is not a matter of if it needs fixing but when it will need a repair. All computers need it eventualy.
kitamesume:
its perfect specs wise, but try taking a look through reviews, might discover some more pros and cons.
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