University LapTop

[Luc401]

So my sisters been bugging me about this for a month now..

 

Shes leaving for uni next year and the family has to get her a laptop.Our budget is around 1000$.In my opinion SSD are essential now adays and she will be keeping pictures ect. on there so that means she will have to have a mass storage drive to.So a ssd and a hdd in one laptop.She is NOT tech savy at all so if you suggest buying a external that will probably way over her head.Around 64gb-124gb ssd would be fine.For battery life it HAS to be 6-7+ hours since she will be taking classes all day.Any size really would work unless its like 30 pounds.She will probably playing EA games on it such as sims sadly so the gpu has to be decent.If its needed we can go over the budget.Any one have any suggestions?

 

Thanks Luc401

[Tr33]

Well I have a Sony Vaio F series laptop and well....its a HUGE POS. lol

[Luc401]

Well I have a Sony Vaio F series laptop and well....its a HUGE POS. lol

What do you mean by a huge pos.?

[Luc401]

What do you mean by a huge pos.?

nvm Piece of Poop ;)

[Tr33]

What do you mean by a huge pos.?

huge piece of shit(POS)

[Tr33]

nvm Piece of Poop ;)

Piece of Shazam!

[Luc401]

Lets try to get some suggestions on this  i am currently looking at a http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=77101&promoid=1370 with a 128gb ssd but no room for expansion.Theres also the same thing but with a 1tb hdd

[Sundanc3]

If she's not tech savvy she won't even notice the difference of having an SSD boot drive. Honestly just get a decent laptop and don't even worry about it having two drives. I know its sacrilegious, but I recommend a macbook for college. 

[Luc401]

If she's not tech savvy she won't even notice the difference of having an SSD boot drive. Honestly just get a decent laptop and don't even worry about it having two drives. I know its sacrilegious, but I recommend a macbook for college. 

SSD's prevent rage from slow loading times IMO.The only way she would get a mac is if there is windows on it.If it really comes down to not having a ssd its ok

[tomato]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0098O6GD4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1IWE878LYB4UR

SOLID deal. I got mine yesterday and I'm loving it :P

Don't even bother with a macbook. This is it.

[Guest]

What do you mean by a huge pos.?

 

Point of sale, of course.

[-ism]

I would personally buy what Tomato mentioned, take the SSD out throw it in my own rig and buy the biggest laptop drive you can find and stick it in there. You might want to clone the SSD over though it probably has some recovery software from Samsung on it.

 

If you are by chance near a Micro Center or know someone near one this is a great deal. I bought one when they were around 600$ and it's great. The GT 540 should suit the Sims just fine.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/365663/K53SV-XR1_Laptop_Computer_-_Mocha

 

It's an i7 and has more RAM than the Samsung.

[Makol]

whoa

$219 for that laptop?

insane deal right there

[WoodenMarker]

Thinkpad T430: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=:00000025:0000366F:

 

Thinkpad HDD Caddy: http://www.amazon.com/Caddy-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T420-T430/dp/B00A2AWBKU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1369628914&sr=8-3&keywords=thinkpad+hdd+caddy

 

Samsung 840 120GB: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369629091&sr=8-1&keywords=840+120gb

 

Logitech M325: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Mouse-Designed--Scrolling/dp/B005HQ5138/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369629362&sr=1-6&keywords=m325

 

Here's what you do:

1. Replace the hdd of the laptop with the ssd

2. Replace the dvd drive with the hdd caddy with the original hdd.

 

Voila! You have a thinkpad with two drives in it, making it fast without sacrificing storage.

 

If she still needs a dvd drive: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218BB-RSBS/dp/B008AJLPYS/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1369629291&sr=1-1&keywords=external+dvd+drive

[EYCEthebest003]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230770

500 GB hdd

24 GB SSD for Caching, This speeds up the entire computer DRAMATICALLY!

i5, 4gb ram, 1366x768 screen, $700 price tag.  Intel HD 4000 graphics.

 

Not bad, huh.  My only complaint for this laptop would be the 720p screen, but im a fan of full HD.  My current laptop has a 720p screen and honestly, its not that bad.