Looking For New College Laptop

[TommyTheDay]

I am looking for a laptop around the $800 range that can handle light gaming (mostly WoW), and everyday tasks. I want something thin and relatively light. I currently own an Alienware 17, but its just huge and the battery life is awful. I have been looking at the Dell XPS 13 with 8gb of ram and a 256gb SSD, I'm just not sure how well it can run games or light photo editing. All help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Tommy

[Guest]

What about the Razer Ultrabook and keep the Razer Core at home

[Mikius10001]

The Dell XPS 13 would run wow and most likely do light editing fine, but you wont get it for $800.... it's current at like $1250

[Pepi28]

Currently i use a HP zbook 15" workstation for uni, but some of my friends use the 14" zbook which is pretty small and light (this is all relative ofc) and it's pretty beast of a machine. 

[Pepi28]

1 minute ago, Pepi28 said:

Currently i use a HP zbook 15" workstation for uni, but some of my friends use the 14" zbook which is pretty small and light (this is all relative ofc) and it's pretty beast of a machine. 

Sorry i somehow missed the part about your budget. My apologies!

[Mikius10001]

Side note, looking back at the specs, you won't be running wow at ultra, or not even high most likely...

[SirCallow]

Not sure what your definition of thin and light is, but the Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK is legit. A friend of mine who is going into college fairly soon decided to buy it. 

 

 

If you don't consider it small enough, http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-13-7359-laptop/pd?oc=fncww5003h&model_id=inspiron-13-7359-laptop is another gr8 option.

[Mikius10001]

Oooooo I was just looking for that video to link, beat me to it. haha

[TommyTheDay]

1 minute ago, Mikius10001 said:

Side note, looking back at the specs, you won't be running wow at ultra, or not even high most likely...

As long as it's a tolerable experience I am fine sacrificing the power of the Alienware for the weight and size of something smaller.

6 minutes ago, jkeasley said:

What about the Razer Ultrabook and keep the Razer Core at home

I looked into that, but I would have to buy the $1000 laptop, and then the core plus a graphics card. That's just a lot of money.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, SirCallow said:

Not sure what your definition of thin and light is, but the Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK is legit. A friend of mine who is going into college fairly soon decided to buy it. 

 

 

If you don't consider it small enough, http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-13-7359-laptop/pd?oc=fncww5003h&model_id=inspiron-13-7359-laptop is another gr8 option.

That was the one I was trying to find...I couldnt find it

[TommyTheDay]

8 minutes ago, SirCallow said:

Not sure what your definition of thin and light is, but the Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK is legit. A friend of mine who is going into college fairly soon decided to buy it. 

 

 

If you don't consider it small enough, http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-13-7359-laptop/pd?oc=fncww5003h&model_id=inspiron-13-7359-laptop is another gr8 option.

I will definitely look into this one. It looks like a great option. Also, by thin and light, I mean compared to my Alienware. It's almost 10 pounds and I had to buy a special backpack for it... I just want something that's a reasonable size and has good performance. 

Thanks everybody for the quick replies!