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Hi,

I am in the market for a new laptop and I can't seem to find a nice looking reasonably thin and light ultra book around 1000$ the only decent options are the xps 13 which only has a 128gb ssd on the close to 1000$ model or the macbook pro which I know is a lot more. I want to try to avoid the macbook pro but I want large battery and decent cpu. Ideas. Thanks.

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Hi,

I am in the market for a new laptop and I can't seem to find a nice looking reasonably thin and light ultra book around 1000$ the only decent options are the xps 13 which only has a 128gb ssd on the close to 1000$ model or the macbook pro which I know is a lot more. I want to try to avoid the macbook pro but I want large battery and decent cpu. Ideas. Thanks.

 

What do you plan to use it for?

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What do you plan to use it for?

Sound clipping, video editing and general everyday school work along with installing Linux

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Sound clipping, video editing and general everyday school work along with installing Linux

 

Alrighty, Have you checked out the Asus Zenbook? Theyre quite cheap and still perform well for a cheaper ultra book

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Check out Sager. All of there laptops are excellent.

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Alrighty, Have you checked out the Asus Zenbook? Theyre quite cheap and still perform well for a cheaper ultra book

I like it except for the weight and the thickness also the battery is less then stellar
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Check out Sager. All of there laptops are excellent.

Do you have any experience with the battery life with sagers 14 inch 1099$ laptop
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Check out Sager. All of there laptops are excellent.

 

Sager do indeed make great performance laptops, but not so much ultrabook or long last battery life when portable. The Sager NP2740 would be good however the battery life is only like 3 hours.

My Rigs:

Gaming/CAD/Rendering Rig
Case:
 Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX,  GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPC
Case:
Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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I like it except for the weight and the thickness also the battery is less then stellar

 

I think for what you want, you might need to either spend a bit more or lower your expectations of what $1000 will get you :(

 

To be honest, for what you want you might be best off with the XPS 13, or a macbook :)

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 Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX,  GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPC
Case:
Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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Sager do indeed make great performance laptops, but not so much ultrabook or long last battery life when portable. The Sager NP2740 would be good however the battery life is only like 3 hours.

I need long battery life above all else
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I think for what you want, you might need to either spend a bit more or lower your expectations of what $1000 will get you :(

To be honest, for what you want you might be best off with the XPS 13, or a macbook :)

Wow didn't know the 4k version went for this little

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W3FQ9KA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_pDiRvbPXD8JYN

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Wow didn't know the 4k version went for this little

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W3FQ9KA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_pDiRvbPXD8JYN

its a refurbished one, thats why its cheap

your best bet would probably get a good ultrabook like the ones already mentioned along with a high capacity battery bank

or use the one listed (it will last anywhere between 5-9 hours give or take)

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Wow didn't know the 4k version went for this little

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W3FQ9KA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_pDiRvbPXD8JYN

 

Thats a refurbished one, and its being sold by Dell so it should be fine. Would probably be your best bet :)

My Rigs:

Gaming/CAD/Rendering Rig
Case:
 Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX,  GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPC
Case:
Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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Get something from the x or t series of Lenovo, the battery life on their laptops is great. And there is great support from linux on lenovo laptops.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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