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Solve : Which new student touchpad laptop to buy??

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Hey,

I'm looking for a student touchpad laptop that has high RAM and a fast operating SYSTEM, with the added bonus of not reflecting much light IF POSSIBLE. However there are so many on the market, I have no idea where to start! I'm liking the design of the HP's, but how's their insides??

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Flying SoulWe will need a lot more information than this.


  • What do you plan on using the laptop for?
  • What is your budget?
  • What preferences do you have to do with size/weight?
  • What country are you in?
Well the budget (very MAX) is about $1500 Australian Dollars (I'm in Australia). I plan on using the laptop for school work, though would like to use it for gaming/ movies as well. I have no preferences in size/weight, though preferably no smaller then 13 inches  When it comes to a laptop for gaming, you really need to get the best graphics CARD and CPU you can now as you will be unable to upgrade it in the future.  I'd say you would generally want to be looking at something with a decent quad core CPU and some sort of dedicated graphics card (Either NVIDIA GeForce or AMD Radeon).  4gb of RAM would probably be enough for now but 8gb would be better (Remember, you can always buy a laptop with less RAM and upgrade it yourself).

As FAR as screen sizes go, if you are getting a 15" laptop (The most common size you'll tend to find) then you would be best to look for one that has a high resolution such as 1920x1080, this will make movies and games look better and also give you a lot of space for working (You can easily have a web browser and word processor running side by side).

You may also want to consider getting a laptop with a Solid State Drive (SSD) - This does the same job as your hard drive but is a lot faster (Meaning this will open and boot up much quicker) and since it has no moving parts, it will be a lot tougher against the laptop being moved/dropped.  The compromise here is that SSDs tend to have less storage space as compared to a hard drive but you can always get an external hard drive if you need space for large files like movies.

Looking ONLINE I found this laptop that fits into your budget and looks like a great laptop for the price! http://www.mwave.com.au/product/metabox-w350st-156-fhd-intel-i7120gb-ssddvdrwgtx765-2gbwindows-8-ab49990#detailTabs=tabOverview.  It has a Quad Core Intel i7 4700MQ CPU which is pretty much the best CPU you will find in a laptop at the moment.  It also has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765m which should be decent enough to run modern games at a reasonable quality level.  It also meets the other suggestions I made above about having a 1080p screen, 8gb of RAM and a 120gb Solid State Drive.  If the 120gb of storage isn't enough you can always add a second hard drive as this laptop features two drive bays.  It also has a BluRay drive if you want to watch them.


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