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Laptop buying advice

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, F!S

Both my home laptop and my little netbook have both decided to die on me, so I need to buy a new laptop.

I'll be taking it to uni so it mainly needs to be:
- super light & portable
- decent battery life
- fast

I want to use it to run the usual Office programs, watch vidoes & music, browse the Internet.

On my old laptop - my main one - I had several games (eg. Bioshock, Sims, Age of Empires). So ideally, I'd also like it to be able to play some games.

I've also had fun playing around with a friend's tablet/stylus. But that's not really necessary; I'm willing to give up on that option if it will bring the price down.

Some of the ones I've considered so far are:
HP Envy X2
Samsung ATIV 500T
Microsoft Surface Pro
Apple Macbook Air

As well as a bunch of ultrabooks. There's so many choices, and it's all so confusing!

I'm also on a limited budget. Ideally, I'm looking for something under $1000AUD. I'll also have to end up getting an external CD/DVD drive, an external HD, and probably an SD card for expanded storage.

So, for anyone on F!S who knows their laptops - what would you recommend for me?

Re: Laptop buying advice

[manifold]

A refurbished MacBook Air is working out really well for my spouse so far. It's a bit on the pricy side, but it is very light for what you get out of it, the battery life is pretty good, and if you can afford the AppleCare, it's worry-free for three years.

(I never thought I'd end up liking the Air, tbh—I like Macs but I've always preferred the "heavier" pro end of options. But then my spouse needed a new laptop and the Air turned out to be the right choice.)

Re: Laptop buying advice

[(Anonymous)]

forgive me if this is a dumb question... but what's Apple Care? is that like an extended warranty or something?

yeah the only thing with the Macbook is switching over to an unfamiliar OS (and also the price)

how are you finding the Mountain Lion OS in comparison to Windows?

Re: Laptop buying advice

[manifold]

AppleCare is basically an extended warranty, yeah, but it's possibly the best one I've ever encountered. If you have AppleCare and something goes wrong, getting it fixed is free, no matter HOW bad it is. I literally had my work computer die on me in the last month of coverage and took it in to the store, and after many efforts to replace all the innards, they just went "Fuck it, here's a brand new computer that replicates the specs including the memory upgrade you installed later by yourself, NO CHARGE, ENJOY," and... given it's a 27-inch iMac, I am perpetually grateful I dodged losing a $2000 computer by spending $300 three years ago.

Aaaaah, my feelings about Windows vs. Mac OS could get long and complicated. (tl;dr I don't like the direction that either OS has gone in since XP and Snow Leopard.) But it is worth pointing out that you don't HAVE to use Mac OS just because you bought a MacBook. You can dual boot both with BootCamp, OR if you have a thumb drive to download the appropriate Boot Camp drivers onto, you can just skip having Mac OS entirely and install Windows as your sole operating system.

(Sorry about the twelve hour wait. I went to bed!)

Re: Laptop buying advice

[(Anonymous)]

here you go op

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3552651

Re: Laptop buying advice

[(Anonymous)]

oh wow thanks so much, this is very educational