Laptop reconmendations as of 2014

[basmatiwater]

I'm looking for something that is thin and lightweight (ultra books), with a good battery life and solid build quality. The previous laptop I owned had a flimsy plastic bezel around the screen and since it was very thin, when I put a little bit of force on the screen, it cause a distortion in the center of the screen

Size: 15-13 inches

Thinness: around the thickness of a MacBook Pro and less

Weight: not an issue

(Touch screen or no touch screen doesn't make a difference)

Budget: $1000 and less

Storage: anything that has a dedicated SSD for the OS , preferably 120Gb and higher

Memory: fast ram And at least 4gb, in most situations lots of applications running at once

AMD OR INTEL CPUs: for intel, core i5 and above and for AMD A8 and up

Graphics doesn't matter, don't really need a dedicated GPU

Wireless: dual band 802.11ac or 802.11n

Generally good build quality, eg metal parts, scratch proof glass/gorilla glass

Good battery life

NO APPLE PRODUCTS PLEASE/ TABLETS OR 2 in 1

Any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks a lot!

[rodion.zissou]

Acer S7 392?

[LemonSpice]

I'm looking for something that is thin and lightweight (ultra books), with a good battery life and solid build quality. The previous laptop I owned had a flimsy plastic bezel around the screen and since it was very thin, when I put a little bit of force on the screen, it cause a distortion in the center of the screen

Size: 15-13 inches

Thinness: around the thickness of a MacBook Pro and less

Weight: not an issue

(Touch screen or no touch screen doesn't make a difference)

Budget: $1000 and less

Storage: anything that has a dedicated SSD for the OS , preferably 120Gb and higher

Memory: fast ram And at least 4gb, in most situations lots of applications running at once

AMD OR INTEL CPUs: for intel, core i5 and above and for AMD A8 and up

Graphics doesn't matter, don't really need a dedicated GPU

Wireless: dual band 802.11ac or 802.11n

Generally good build quality, eg metal parts, scratch proof glass/gorilla glass

Good battery life

NO APPLE PRODUCTS PLEASE/ TABLETS OR 2 in 1

Any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks a lot!

what do you plan to do on it

[SirNumbers]

http://amzn.to/1uHRwLe My favorite windows laptop for 1000 and under. Acer Aspire S7

[basmatiwater]

what do you plan to do on it

general productivity for university, and the occasional gaming 

[basmatiwater]

http://amzn.to/1uHRwLe My favorite windows laptop for 1000 and under. Acer Aspire S7

 

 

Acer S7 392?

the Acer S7 seems to be a really popular option! what about asus zenbooks?? Is Acer releasing another S series product in 2015 with the more efficient broadwell chip?