$1300 laptop/ultrabook

[zwunder]

Okay, as the title says, I need a $1300 laptop/ultrabook. That is my absolute maximum price. I have been looking pretty heavily at the Razer Blade Stealth QHD, with 256gb of storage. That prices out to $1120 after my razer student discount.

 

"Must Haves"

• Metal construction
• 256gb of storage
• At least 2 hours of battery life under modest load
• Good color
• at least 1080p, preferably higher
• minimum 12"
• not a tablet/convertible (I don't trust the durability)
• Windows

 

I will be using this as a school computer, not gaming, and it would be a plus if I can run photoshop on it. This is going to replace my old and dying Sager NP7370, which is just too large and too heavy for use as a school computer.

[DioOmicida]

The Razor Blade Stealth is a pretty great product.
The Dell XPS 15 series gets great reviews and comes in a variety of configurations. 

[cc143]

Get the xps 15, its hardware looks amazing, it has a very reasonable footprint and the specs and size are amazing given the 1.8kg weight! 

 

Also, it is more plain and simple, and thus I believe more versatile than the razer. 

[ChrisCross]

27 minutes ago, zwunder said:

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razer blade stealth would be good.

if you want something tough with a good keyboard you can go for a thinkpad. some are available with huge batterys like mine. im doing 6h+ on 1080p streaming and the thing is 1year old

[zwunder]

At this point it looks like it's between the XPS15 with an I5, and the Razer blade stealth. I am torn, because I like the SSD in the razer more than the storage in the XPS, but I like the larger screen and quad core in the XPS. I also don't like all of the bloatware that dell ships.

Does anyone have hands on experience with either or preferably both of the laptops that can weigh in?

[Dackzy]

Why not a x260? I don't think the shell is metal, but the roll cage and all that is.

[Supez38]

I've heard of people having problems with the XPS 15, I think your two best options if you want Windows are the XPS 13 and the Razer Blade Stealth

[zwunder]

I just decided to go with the 1080p I5 XPS15 Thanks for the advice all.