Laptop for University

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#1

Hi guys,

 

In your opinion what would be a suitable laptop to use at university in Australia for March 2015 on wards? 

Should I wait a few more months for windows 9 and broadwell or get something now? 

Won't be gaming on this laptop but will watch a lot of videos etc. 

don't do any coding or any photo/video editing.. no intensive work

Preferences are;

  • High pixel density, IPS display
  • long battery life 
  • Atleast 13 inch screen
  • good speaker quality 
  • good keyboard 
  • Good build quality
  • atleast 8gb of ram

Don't need;

  • much graphics performance
  • many ports 
  • upgrade-ability 

Don't want to spend any more than $1600... keep in mind that it'll be purchased in Australia. 

#2

This is a laptop that my friend has, and I don't remember the exact name of it, but just go on Amazon and search "Lenovo AMD A10" and look around. It has 6GB of RAM, a 750gb HDD, and a blazing fast quad core CPU, plus great graphics performance built right in. Its also only about $500. Its worth looking at, definitely, and also with all those features its only an inch thick when folded. And it doesn't get terribly hot either . all around just a great laptop.

#3

Need something better than 1366 x 768 

#4

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-i7-Lenovo-Yoga-Pro-2-13-3-QHD-3200x1800-Touchscreen-8GB-256GB-SSD-Win-8-1-/161349202841?pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item2591297399

Australian prices suck. I looked around for literally a minute and i found this one on ebay australia. Seems good.

edit: it is a convertible so it flips back into a tablet. One of the best methods of making a convertible laptop IMO.

Has an i7 4500U and 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD

Has a 13" 3200 x 1800px screen. Would be an ips one im pretty sure, u should probs look it up.

Cant see a floor. im quite impressed with it

#5

thanks man, was thinking something like this ! 

do you think they'll update it to 4th gen by march ? 

#6

By 4th gen do u mean haswell. cause this is a haswell CPU

or do u mean broadwell?

#7

@Tim Linnel

Don't buy a notebook/laptop from ebay.

Go to MSY, Pccasegear or Umart.

Linky

#8

Look at Best Buy, they have an HP Pavilion G6 (my mom has this one and its great) and I think it has higher resolution. It has an AMD A8, DO NOT buy the i3 version the graphics are TERRIBLE and it costs as much as the apu version

#9

pccasegear only has gaming notebooks. You cant filter searches on msy so it is difficult to find one there so goodluck. Umart is pretty good.

#10

True that.

http://www.staticice.com.au/

#11

sorry i meant 5th, broadwell

#12

Best Buy aren't in Australia 

#13

When would you expect windows 9 and broadwell laptops to be out? 

#14

Check out this laptop. http://www.metabox.com.au/W230SS-overview.asp

It can come with either a 13.3" 1080p or 3200x1800 IPS display. I'd recommend getting the 1080p panel if you got this laptop because it's more colour accurate. Cheaper than that Lenovo as well and has a more powerful CPU and dedicated graphics.

#15

Clevo makes great OEM computers, so maybe great a Sager that is in whatever price range you want.

#16

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BPYSOL2?pc_redir=1411189444&robot_redir=1

Sorry didn't think about location. There it is on Amazon, I'm sure you could find it somewhere else. These things are all over the place here.

#17

Looks like windows 10 won't be out until late 2015, so that rules that out... When do you guys think that Broadwell laptops will be out? 

#18

Seriously considering a 13" Macbook pro for university, even though i generally hate apple. someone talk me out of it ... and gaming won't work because i won't be gaming on this so give me reasons not to get it! 

#19

i have a brand new macbook pro 15" retina and its a beast and easily the most enjoyable and practical laptop ive ever owned.

#20

Apple laptops are pretty expensive. That's the biggest reason not to get one. Another one is that they are not very upgradable, but that is a trend with a lot of laptops these days.

I have a MacBookPro from 2009. It's good. I'd also suggest you look at Lenovo as well. The thing is, I much prefer Apple's operating system over Windows. Linux is better than either, but that is another choice altogether.