Small laptop budget 600 to 700 usd

[clementk]

Hi i was just looking around and i have seen a few but i though id come here and ask the fourms.

things i am looking for  backlight keyboard , ips screen , ssd boot drive and close to size of ultrabooks an decent battery life does not need to be the best but more then 5 hours at least,

 

If you guys know of any let me know  

[iLoiter]

What are you going to use it for?

[BrownZeus]

If you're not doing a lot of on the go gaming, Lenovo IdeaPad 310. Microcenter is selling it for i think $450, quad i5 skylake, 1tb hdd, and 4gig of ddr4 ram, all user upgradable.

[clementk]

1 minute ago, iLoiter said:

What are you going to use it for?

well just basic school stuff , and some programming so does not really need to be that powerfull but i don't want it to start lagging when i play youtube at 1080p

[clementk]

2 minutes ago, BrownZeus said:

If you're not doing a lot of on the go gaming, Lenovo IdeaPad 310. Microcenter is selling it for i think $450, quad i5 skylake, 1tb hdd, and 4gig of ddr4 ram, all user upgradable.

That has no SSD, no backlighing , and the wores screen res of 1366x768 and not IPS

[radiosnakes]

1 minute ago, clementk said:

well just basic school stuff , and some programming so does not really need to be that powerfull but i don't want it to start lagging when i play youtube at 1080p

Then I'd recommend the HP ENVY 13 (http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/Laptops/hp-envy-notebook---13-d010nr-(energy-star)-n5p50ua-aba)

 

It has pretty much everything you're looking for

[radiosnakes]

I'd also recommend their Pavilion x2 if you're just doing like schoolwork (http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/pavilion-x2-10-348013--1#!)

 

It does not have a backlit keyboard but it's a 2 in 1 so it's good for work

[clementk]

2 minutes ago, radiosnakes said:

Then I'd recommend the HP ENVY 13 (http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/Laptops/hp-envy-notebook---13-d010nr-(energy-star)-n5p50ua-aba)

 

It has pretty much everything you're looking for

Yeah that does look good will consider it Thanks

[iLoiter]

Can't find anything great under $700. Found a great one for $750 though.

https://www.amazon.com/ZenBook-UX305UA-13-3-Inch-Generation-Titanium/dp/B01BMERZJ6/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471817568&sr=1-2&keywords=asus+ultrabook

[BrownZeus]

9 minutes ago, clementk said:

That has no SSD, no backlighing , and the wores screen res of 1366x768 and not IPS

With the $250 you save you can get an SSD, and as far as all the other tasks, like programming, and watching youtube, it does just fine. I'm a Senior CS Major, it does everything smoothly.

[BrownZeus]

2 minutes ago, iLoiter said:

Can't find anything great under $700. Found a great one for $750 though.

https://www.amazon.com/ZenBook-UX305UA-13-3-Inch-Generation-Titanium/dp/B01BMERZJ6/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471817568&sr=1-2&keywords=asus+ultrabook

I work in repair shop, every zenbook that i've seen come through here, failed pcbs left and right. Its a great laptop for a few months, then nada

[Mark77]

If you really, really watch eBay, you can sometimes find Dell Latitude E6440, 1080p IPS, etc., for $300-$350.  Throw another $100 at it for a SSD and maybe a little bit more RAM if necessary, and you should have a pretty decent machine. 

[iLoiter]

8 minutes ago, BrownZeus said:

I work in repair shop, every zenbook that i've seen come through here, failed pcbs left and right. Its a great laptop for a few months, then nada

Strange... usually ASUS support and quality control is decent when it comes to most things(own a lot of ASUS stuff).

[robotsalad]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N84E99208

 

i don't know if the keyboard is backlit but I think it is.

[BrownZeus]

1 minute ago, iLoiter said:

Strange... usually ASUS support and quality control is decent when it comes to most things(own a lot of ASUS stuff).

Yeah its super weird. I love Asus products on the PC componentry end, and a lot of their computers, but the Zenbook is an exception. If its not one thing, its another. We usually send people to Rossman (cause I live in NYC) cause he knows how to rip apart mobos and shit