In search for a new notebook? any recommendations.

[wng_kingsley7]

Hello guys & girls, I'm looking to buy a new notebook in the next quarter or so, my budget is oriented at any price under 1000gbp so around 1700usd.

Currently my laptop is a Lenovo Z460, 3 toddler years old, a bit toasty <-understated, compute power isn't satisfactory. I should note the battery died

My use case scenario casual browsing, little bit of gaming, photoshop/illustrator.

 

My criteria

• 13" or more (minimum 720p display)
• 6-8GB ram or more (at this price point I know most notebooks run 8 or 16)
• dual 2.5" slot for ssd/hdd - if it comes with a slim-line cd/dvd rewriter & a hdd it's fine.
• discrete graphics - I don't intend to play triple AAA titles games but I do have the intention of running more than a single display for productivity etc
• optional wireless ac but wireless is fine
• couple usb ports 3+ /or more (2.0/3.0) if it comes with an sd card reader as well sweet.
• weight doesn't really matter because I'm strong like everybody else

Please leave a couple recommendations, if you could follow the topic then post after you've done a little research, thanks. Different brands offer different feature assets not who is being more greedy for anyones money.

I guess I could go make a couple hardware purchases for a similarly priced desktop but I'm working on doing that on a later date.

 

Thanks Kingsley.

[connorpiper]

2014 is a lacking time to buy a notebook. If it was 2012 I would be having so much fun. But now, it's hard to buy a nice notebook.

 

Asus, just their normal 15.6" notebook with the 745M 2GB. And the 4500U, do you want quad-core?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-aluminum-black/3703007.p?id=1219093053506&skuId=3703007&st=pcmcat138500050001_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=1

 

And the Acer Aspire 17.3" with GT850M and the 4712MQ CPU. 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-aspire-17-3-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-120gb-solid-state-drive-sophisticated-black/6573242.p?id=1219225066247&skuId=6573242&st=pcmcat138500050001_categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=3&lp=2

 

Inspiron 7000 series 15". 4510U and 750M GPU

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-7537/pd?oc=dncwb1811b&model_id=inspiron-15-7537

 

I wish there was more, it's hard to find a perfect laptop now. It's quite depressing actually. 

 

This one had the SSD + HDD option that is hard to find that you wanted. And it has a 4K display.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317540&nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS071914&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS071914-_-EMC-071914-Index-_-na-_-34317540-L07B

[wng_kingsley7]

@connorpiper I was taking a look at the Y50 4K edition, I doubt I'll buy it due to not being available in the UK unless when I go back to Malaysia I buy it from my Mom's friend whose the main marketing/important person who takes care of the produce in Malaysia or I get it from the us shipped internationally.

 

I'll keep in mind the notebooks you've recommended. Thanks for replying.