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ArseniyKD
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Hello everybody.
I am a simple person in need of some advice. I am looking for a laptop to buy in the near future, about 3-4 months from now. To give you an idea as to why I am looking for a laptop and not a PC work station, is that I am a student, a high school senior, at least just finished my junior year. I will be doing AP computer science course, and later on go to university for computer science. Another thing is that I will be moving 11 thousand kilometers away, so a PC workstation is impractical. The thing is that my current laptop is rather slow, at least for what I need it to do. It is 3 years old too. My current laptop is this : http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-E1-571G-53234G50Maks.94990.0.html  .  It survived through hell and lives to tell the tale. My main needed specifications are a strong processor because there will be a lot of coding, and I need something that will be able to compile code pretty quickly. A laptop that I found so far is a very specific version of the new Acer Aspire F15 F5 572G. I will tell the specs here because finding that specific one will be nearly impossible. Anyhow, the specs: CPU: i7-6500U  GPU:  Nvidia Geforce 920M     RAM: 8GB DDR3    HDD: 2TB (or close to it)    SSD:  256GB              And all of that for approx 870 USD.   I find it to be rather ok for its price. I am within the range of 1k USD in the end. Last thing, I cannot lie, I enjoy playing video games a lot. This may be a big factor. Games that I like playing, or at least the most demanding ones: GTA 5, Diablo 3, Shadow Warrior (and hopefully 2 when it comes out), and lastly World Of Tanks. So, now that you have all the necessary information, go ahead and sh** all over my opinion and suggest your ideas. Make sure to remember the budget, the 1k is the absolute ceiling. 
Sincerely,
ArsenniyKD.

P.S.: I do not have preferences to the brands, but I do stay away from lenovo, there will be some convincing to do with any of the lenovo suggestions :)

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3 minutes ago, ArseniyKD said:

Hello everybody.
I am a simple person in need of some advice. I am looking for a laptop to buy in the near future, about 3-4 months from now. To give you an idea as to why I am looking for a laptop and not a PC work station, is that I am a student, a high school senior, at least just finished my junior year. I will be doing AP computer science course, and later on go to university for computer science. Another thing is that I will be moving 11 thousand kilometers away, so a PC workstation is impractical. The thing is that my current laptop is rather slow, at least for what I need it to do. It is 3 years old too. My current laptop is this : http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-E1-571G-53234G50Maks.94990.0.html  .  It survived through hell and lives to tell the tale. My main needed specifications are a strong processor because there will be a lot of coding, and I need something that will be able to compile code pretty quickly. A laptop that I found so far is a very specific version of the new Acer Aspire F15 F5 572G. I will tell the specs here because finding that specific one will be nearly impossible. Anyhow, the specs: CPU: i7-6500U  GPU:  Nvidia Geforce 920M     RAM: 8GB DDR3    HDD: 2TB (or close to it)    SSD:  256GB              And all of that for approx 870 USD.   I find it to be rather ok for its price. I am within the range of 1k USD in the end. Last thing, I cannot lie, I enjoy playing video games a lot. This may be a big factor. Games that I like playing, or at least the most demanding ones: GTA 5, Diablo 3, Shadow Warrior (and hopefully 2 when it comes out), and lastly World Of Tanks. So, now that you have all the necessary information, go ahead and sh** all over my opinion and suggest your ideas. Make sure to remember the budget, the 1k is the absolute ceiling. 
Sincerely,
ArsenniyKD.

P.S.: I do not have preferences to the brands, but I do stay away from lenovo, there will be some convincing to do with any of the lenovo suggestions :)

7559 or one of the similar laptops manufactures have been pushing.

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Just now, ArseniyKD said:

Do you mind explaining what you mean by that?

 

Eh, there's been an influx of companies releasing laptops that just go along this line: Quad Core I5/I7 Varient, with GTX 960M, and 8 GBS of ram for $800 or less.

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2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Eh, there's been an influx of companies releasing laptops that just go along this line: Quad Core I5/I7 Varient, with GTX 960M, and 8 GBS of ram for $800 or less.

Is that a good or a bad thing though? I think its quite good

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1 minute ago, Senzelian said:

If you're buying a laptop in 3-4 months, then I honestly don't understand why you ask for our opinions now.
Prices and products are chaning constantly. I suggest you to wait and ask for our opinions in 3 - 4 months again. 

Well, the market in UAE is really slow. You would be surprised. And since if I see the prices now, they will drop, the tech will stay just as dope, so its kinda win win for the moment

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