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I'm going off to college and was very lucky to have a choice of laptop under $1250 from my parents. So I would like to know what are some good laptops, or actual companies. I wanted to get a Alienware m14x that is slightly upgraded to be right in my price range, but my friend told me to get an Asus. After some reading I see that Asus has horrible service, so I need some opinions. Thanks.
Answer
ASUS has good customer service. They even offer one year damage coverage on most of their laptops.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 2GB GT 635M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
Two HP
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2K91UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-Sleekbook-6-1110us
HP SleekBook AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M APU AMD Radeon HD 7600G 4 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $700
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2N66UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-dv7-7230us-Notebook-PC
17" DV7-7230US laptop AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M APU AMD Radeon HD 7640G 6 GB DDR3 750 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $750
Brand buying advice
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate. My experience with them are limited because the few I worked on made me think they were designed in such a way as it would take a blow torch and a jack hammer just to disassemble them.
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down.
Choose wisely.
ASUS has good customer service. They even offer one year damage coverage on most of their laptops.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 2GB GT 635M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
Two HP
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2K91UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-Sleekbook-6-1110us
HP SleekBook AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M APU AMD Radeon HD 7600G 4 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $700
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2N66UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-dv7-7230us-Notebook-PC
17" DV7-7230US laptop AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M APU AMD Radeon HD 7640G 6 GB DDR3 750 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $750
Brand buying advice
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate. My experience with them are limited because the few I worked on made me think they were designed in such a way as it would take a blow torch and a jack hammer just to disassemble them.
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down.
Choose wisely.
Best high performance laptop for under £750?
Oliver
For Christmas I received a 32" 3D TV to use as a display for my gaming rig I got last year, but when we tried to turn it on, it refused. The day after we took it to the shop to get a refund, and now I am looking at laptops. I got some money from the TV, but not enough to get your Alienwares or high end MSI gaming laptops, so I want to try not to spend over £750, give or take £10/£20. I have been looking at the HP ENVY TouchSmart 15-j013ea which happens to be on sale at the moment, but I don't know if there is a better deal elsewhere. I will be using the PC for a range of things, but mainly gaming, with a bit of schoolwork.
Thanks for the help.
Answer
£750=$1234.42 This is workable. Computer brands I recommend are HP, Lenovo and ASUS. The HP is a nice computer and all but not a nice computer for gaming. In your case a Lenovo Y sieries or an ASUS gaming laptop would be good for you. Check out the computers in the link below.
\/Specific ASUS computer \/
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-G750JW-DB71-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00COQIKB4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388290432&sr=8-2&keywords=ASUS+gaming+laptops
\/ ASUS gaming sieries \/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_operating_system_mrr_0?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A565108%2Ck%3AASUS+gaming+laptops%2Cp_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A5945786011&keywords=ASUS+gaming+laptops&ie=UTF8&qid=1388290596&rnid=562215011
\/ Lenovo Y sieries \/
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/
\/ Specific Lenovo computer \/
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/
~good luck
£750=$1234.42 This is workable. Computer brands I recommend are HP, Lenovo and ASUS. The HP is a nice computer and all but not a nice computer for gaming. In your case a Lenovo Y sieries or an ASUS gaming laptop would be good for you. Check out the computers in the link below.
\/Specific ASUS computer \/
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-G750JW-DB71-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00COQIKB4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388290432&sr=8-2&keywords=ASUS+gaming+laptops
\/ ASUS gaming sieries \/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_operating_system_mrr_0?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A565108%2Ck%3AASUS+gaming+laptops%2Cp_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A5945786011&keywords=ASUS+gaming+laptops&ie=UTF8&qid=1388290596&rnid=562215011
\/ Lenovo Y sieries \/
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/
\/ Specific Lenovo computer \/
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/
~good luck
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