Alrighty so I’m looking to purchase a laptop that is light and performs well in gaming situations. Just to run the average game here and there, this will not be replacing my rig but I’ll still want to game out and about so it’s not completely crucial.
It would be great if it was light with a clear display and decent size.
Anyone got any suggestions? Price isn’t too much of an issue although if it’s expensive it needs to be kinda justified.
why does it need any gaming power? if its for education, then it can be about 400 dollars and be fine. you have a dedicated rig for playing games on. this is how i run. here is the laptop i have currently http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNWLYSK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and it does everything i need while away from my desktop
Oh hey PadThai again.
I'm currently running a Lenovo G510 as a laptop, it works wonderfully, enough ram for the insanity for Photoshop I've thrown at it, and enough power to render the shit out of Solidworks. Gaming wise it's fairly good, considering the iGPU. The Lenovo Y40 line is also very good, and is actually more powerful GPU wise, but sacrifices the numpad and some minor stuff. The G510 is in no way a light laptop, but it is powerful. I'm used to hoofing a backpack around, but others may not be so.
I'm going to be using this laptop for college till I get rich enough for a better laptop, been eyeing some more powerful gaming notebooks. CAD just loves its CPU, GPU and RAM...
More information on what you will do with it might be useful, a Computer Science Major needs completely different things than a Liberal Arts Major.
Well the main thing is functionality and the ability to watch a movie on the train and not drain the battery down to %3 after an hour long movie. And I'll be doing network related courses. I'll definitely look into the G510, sounds fantastic.
Ahh, you might want to look else where than. A Chromebook, maybe, or a lighter weight notebook (in terms of processing power), the G510's i7-4700MQ eats battery. An i5 or i3 might be better, but you may lose some heavy processing power.
The Y40 line, or Y50 might be good, anything Thinkpad is always good. Anything running a Broadwell CPU should have a good battery life. For now.