Posted March 9, 2015 I currently have a Sony Vaio T series "ultrabook". Battery won't last longer than 1.75 hours. It's a piece of s***, and won't do me any good at school. Gonna sell it. I'm looking for some suggestions for a thin (ultrabook?) Windows laptop with very good battery life. I am a Goodle Docs / Dropbox user so hdd/ssd doesn't have to be large. I don't need a high performance laptop because my desktop has performance on lockdown. Basically, I need something that can run chrome, word and a mathematics or development program. To summarize: Thin Long battery life 128GB or 256GB ssd No smaller than 13-inch Enough horsepower for a couple programs at once Under $1000? I know not all these conditions are easily met but I am having trouble finding something that will suit my needs. The closest I can come up with is the XPS 13, but if there is something with better reviews or specs/price let me know. Many thanks! p.s I am in Canada i5 3570k - MSI Z77 GD65 - 16GB Corsair Vengeance - Galaxy GTX 780 - Corsair AX650 - Custom CPU Loop - Corsair 650D - OCZ Agility 4 128GB - WD Black 640GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 Need a dedicated graphics card? If not, how is this one? http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX303LA-DS51T-13-3-Inch-Touchscreen-Broadwell/dp/B00S44HXRW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425938404&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+ux303la $849 Broadwell as well (ooh, so close to a pun, broadwell has well) If you really don't need CPU power, then I could also suggest this as it's cheaper : http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX305FA-ASM1-13-3-Inch-Ultra-Slim-Aluminum/dp/B00SGS7ZH4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425938467&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+ux305 However, the performance quite sucks.It's using the new Intel Core M. i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo); ASrock Z87 EXTREME4; 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz; Asus DirectCU GTX 560; Super Flower Golden King 550 Platinum PSU;1TB Seagate Barracuda;Corsair 200r case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 The XPS 13 sounds like a good choice. If you were just using Google Apps and surfing the web, a Chromebook would be fine. Sig under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 MacBook Air, Fits everything you have above except the windows part which you can put on there. Main Machine: 16 inch MacBook Pro (2021), Apple M1 Pro (10 CPU, 16 GPU Core), 512GB SDD, 16GB RAM Gaming Machine: Acer Nitro 5, Core i7 10750H, RTX 3060 (L) 6GB, 1TB SSD (Boot), 2TB SSD (Storage), 32GB DDR4 RAM Other Tech: iPhone 15 Pro Max, Series 6 Apple Watch (LTE), AirPods Max, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PS3, Xbox 360 Network Gear: TP Link Gigabit 24 Port Switch, TP-Link Deco M4 Mesh Wi-Fi, M1 MacMini File & Media Server with 8TB of RAID 1 Storage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 Author Need a dedicated graphics card? If not, how is this one? http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX303LA-DS51T-13-3-Inch-Touchscreen-Broadwell/dp/B00S44HXRW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425938404&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+ux303la $849 Probably won't need a dedicated graphics card, and also forgot to mention I am in Canada, so amazon.com might not ship lol thanks anyways though i5 3570k - MSI Z77 GD65 - 16GB Corsair Vengeance - Galaxy GTX 780 - Corsair AX650 - Custom CPU Loop - Corsair 650D - OCZ Agility 4 128GB - WD Black 640GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 Author The XPS 13 sounds like a good choice. If you were just using Google Apps and surfing the web, a Chromebook would be fine. I have thought about a Chromebook, but I will probably be running programs like Mathematica and some dev studios like Visual Studio or Eclipse i5 3570k - MSI Z77 GD65 - 16GB Corsair Vengeance - Galaxy GTX 780 - Corsair AX650 - Custom CPU Loop - Corsair 650D - OCZ Agility 4 128GB - WD Black 640GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 I have thought about a Chromebook, but I will probably be running programs like Mathematica and some dev studios like Visual Studio or Eclipse Then you could just use VNC or something to remotely control a machine elsewhere that has that software on. Sig under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 MacBook Air, Fits everything you have above except the windows part which you can put on there. dis :3 i use a one for schoolwork, nothing to complain about, osx works well with word and pages and all the other stuff but windows is an option with it too 4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650 Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 $899 macbook air + $100 windows Want a good game to play? Check out Shadowrun: http://store.steampowered.com/app/300550/ (runs on literally any hardware) another 12 core / 24 thread senpai... (/. _ .)/ \(. _ .\) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 $899 macbook air + $100 windows Sounds like a good compromise to me. Sig under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 Author dis :3 i use a one for schoolwork, nothing to complain about, osx works well with word and pages and all the other stuff but windows is an option with it too $899 macbook air + $100 windows Ya you know that is starting to seem like a pretty solid option. And I honestly have no problem working on OSX, I didn't really need to specify windows in my first post. Definitely something I will be considering i5 3570k - MSI Z77 GD65 - 16GB Corsair Vengeance - Galaxy GTX 780 - Corsair AX650 - Custom CPU Loop - Corsair 650D - OCZ Agility 4 128GB - WD Black 640GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 9, 2015 I currently have a Sony Vaio T series "ultrabook". Battery won't last longer than 1.75 hours. It's a piece of s***, and won't do me any good at school. Gonna sell it. I'm looking for some suggestions for a thin (ultrabook?) Windows laptop with very good battery life. I am a Goodle Docs / Dropbox user so hdd/ssd doesn't have to be large. I don't need a high performance laptop because my desktop has performance on lockdown. Basically, I need something that can run chrome, word and a mathematics or development program. To summarize: Thin Long battery life 128GB or 256GB ssd No smaller than 13-inch Enough horsepower for a couple programs at once Under $1000? I know not all these conditions are easily met but I am having trouble finding something that will suit my needs. The closest I can come up with is the XPS 13, but if there is something with better reviews or specs/price let me know. Many thanks! p.s I am in Canada Macbook Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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