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Hello all!

 

Not sure why it took me until now to make an account, but I finally decided to join the community. 

I need a new laptop, I have no problem buying used/refurbished, I just want something good. I've had a lot of bad experiences lately with some laptops, so I need some outside help to choose. 

I need something with at least 4gb of RAM, either an SSD or at lease a user replaceable drive for later upgrades, metal construction (this is a must!), not too heavy or thick, and my budget is around $700 or less. 

Obviously I would love the Razer Blade... if only it was a lot cheaper :P Basically I just need a good laptop to use as a secondary machine alongside my gaming desktop. One more thing, it wouldn't be a bad thing if the laptop could run a few games... 

 

Thanks everyone!

 

-Matt

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Is there a specific reason why a laptop? Laptops for about 700$ wont be able to hold a GPU.

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LOL ^this is more than 700 $

I'm searching wait a moment

I'd love that lol 

 

Is there a specific reason why a laptop? Laptops for about 700$ wont be able to hold a GPU.

I just need a portable machine for schooling and around the house. My Nexus 7 and Surface just aren't cutting it anymore

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What do you want to do on it?

word processing, web browsing, maybe some gaming if possible (Arma 2, BF3, I'll keep Arma 3 and BF4 on my desktop as they are very demanding), just general computing. Definately some image manipulation in Photoshop

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I only can find APU's... but you'd find at that price range laptops with a 710M or something like that

My old laptop had an APU. I wasn't that impressed to be honest.

Is the 710M good? I'm not that familiar with mobile GPUs

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Can run games like TF2, MC... Also tried NFS: Hot pursuit and Most wanted (the new one), GTA IV (medium a bit lowered), Burnout Paradise. Also emulated GT 4 on it xD

Very nice, I'll keep my eyes open for one with a 710M

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Well, someone offered me a Lenovo Yoga 13 with a Core i5-3317U clocked at 1.7 GHz,  =upgraded from 4 GB to 8 GB of RAM, and upgraded the single 128 GB SSD to two 240 GB SSDs. Seemed like a good deal, and it's only $500. I hope the deal doesn't fall through though! 

 

Though I won't be able to game with the HD 4000, I think I'll get over it. I'm probably better off not being able to game, just one less thing to deplete battery life. Thanks for the help everyone!

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Got the laptop last week, decided to sell the extra 240GB SSD for $160.

So basically, I got an upgraded Yoga 13 for $340 :)

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