New laptop advice

[The Sweetroll]

Hi,

 

It has come a time when I actually need a laptop that I can take with me to work and my now quite old Acer with a battery life of nanoseconds just won't do anymore. I'm looking for advice and opinions on what to get. I'll try to explain what I need from a laptop.

 

-I mainly it for just normal office work and taking notes.

-I need it to be portable and easy to use on the go

-Good battery life

-Good build quality

-I do want to play some games on it from time to time but I do not demand anything more than a playable experience, I don't mind turning down graphics. I mostly play Dota2,Civ 5 V, Chivalry, Diablo 3 and other games that don't require that much.

 

I don't have a clear budget at the time but I do not mind paying more to get a high end laptop if there is clear benefits to it. I don't need it immediately so if there's something interesting about to be released I do not mind waiting a bit. I hope my vague description was helpful in some way, please come with advice and own opinions.

[steffen_anywhere]

Retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. Those are your more expensive options. They offer everything you want for a reasonable price as long as you don't get i7 and 1TB SSD like I did.

[The Sweetroll]

Retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. Those are your more expensive options. They offer everything you want for a reasonable price as long as you don't get i7 and 1TB SSD like I did.

Thanks for answering.

 

I have looked at the MacBook Pro and the Air but i'm a bit unsure about them since i've never used a mac as a daily machine before. But they do both check most of my demands and often hold their value much better than an ultrabook. But at the same price I could get a high end ultrabook or a convertible laptop like a Yoga 2 Pro or something like the new surface pro 3.

 

But I would probably be looking for a 13".

[steffen_anywhere]

Thanks for answering.

 

I have looked at the MacBook Pro and the Air but i'm a bit unsure about them since i've never used a mac as a daily machine before. But they do both check most of my demands and often hold their value much better than an ultrabook. But at the same price I could get a high end ultrabook or a convertible laptop like a Yoga 2 Pro or something like the new surface pro 3.

 

But I would probably be looking for a 13".

Ok well the Yoga is good. The new Surface is quite expensive but a great machine. It really depends on what you want. You can also install Windows on the Mac if you have a copy.

[Stadiz]

MSI GE40 14inch gaming beast that packs a punch of hardware 760M and a core i7.
Might look that up buddy

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4806/msi-ge40-2oc-review-14-inch-gaming-laptop-with-gtx-760m

[The Sweetroll]

MSI GE40 14inch gaming beast that packs a punch of hardware 760M and a core i7.

Might look that up buddy

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4806/msi-ge40-2oc-review-14-inch-gaming-laptop-with-gtx-760m

I can't seem to find it anywhere here in Finland. I'm slightly unsure about getting a gaming laptop, wouldn't integrated graphics still deliver a playable experience?

 

Ok well the Yoga is good. The new Surface is quite expensive but a great machine. It really depends on what you want. You can also install Windows on the Mac if you have a copy.

It's not easy to predict how useful a touch screen or "tablet-mode"  would be. I don't really know how big a change it would be to try a mac when i'm used to W7 but then again all the other laptops have W8 which also is quite a big change.

[steffen_anywhere]

I can't seem to find it anywhere here in Finland. I'm slightly unsure about getting a gaming laptop, wouldn't integrated graphics still deliver a playable experience?

It's not easy to predict how useful a touch screen or "tablet-mode" would be. I don't really know how big a change it would be to try a mac when i'm used to W7 but then again all the other laptops have W8 which also is quite a big change.

Windows 8 is much closer to Win 7 than OS X. The touchscreen on a laptop was never a huge thing for me but that is purely subjective.