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So in the next 3 months or so I'm going to be in the market for a new notebook computer.  Ideally, I'd love to have a leight-weight, detachable 2-in-1.  But I kinda have a few things I'm looking for statistically:

 

Quad core CPU...

16GB RAM...

120GB SSD + (bare min)

<$1000  ($1200 is a hard cap)

Screen quality.  I don't care about resolution as much as colors and viewing angles.

13.3"-15.6"

Battery life above 5 hours just watching a movie.

weight and size needs to be reasonable.

I need to have at least AMD APU capable graphics, if not full dedicated graphics.

 

I have not been looking very far into things yet.  I'm hoping that having more eyes will help me find that one model I'm looking for.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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1 hour ago, JefferyD90 said:

Quad core

This limits ur choices to a handful of things in that price bracket. You'll probably want to wait for updated 7559s with 1050s in them

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13 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

This limits ur choices to a handful of things in that price bracket. You'll probably want to wait for updated 7559s with 1050s in them

Do you really feel like asking for a quad core is a limiting choice?

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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1 minute ago, JefferyD90 said:

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Yes. Issue is most laptops that come with quad cores are gaming laptops. There are a handful that aren't. T460p, e5470, etc. Most of these are business laptops so unless you grab them refurb or off outlet it'll be expensive. The lowest priced quad cores with a good build are 7559 and Y700

Laptop Main

(Retired) Zbook 15: i7-6820HQ, M2000M, 32gb, 512gb SSD + 2tb HDD, 4k Dreamcolor

(Retired) Alienware 15 R3: i7-6820HK, GTX1070, 16gb, 512 SSD + 1tb HDD, 1080p

(Retired) T560: i7-6600U, HD520, 16gb, 512gb SSD, 1620p

(Retired) P650RS: i7-6820HK, 1070, 16gb, 512gb + 1tb HDD, 4k Samsung PLS

(Retired) MBP 2012 Retina: i7-3820QM, GT650M, 16gb, 512gb SSD, 1800p

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13 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Yes. Issue is most laptops that come with quad cores are gaming laptops. There are a handful that aren't. T460p, e5470, etc. Most of these are business laptops so unless you grab them refurb or off outlet it'll be expensive. The lowest priced quad cores with a good build are 7559 and Y700

yea, both of those are too thick to satisfy me.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

Spoiler

If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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