Recommend me an awesome multimedia laptop!
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
- Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: US$1500 or below. Located in the USA.
- Are you open to refurbs/used? New or refurbs only.
- How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Battery life, build quality, performance, and form factor, in order of priority.
- How important is weight and thinness to you? Not important, as long as build quality is good.
- Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14" is ideal.
- Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Standard Office 365 programs. Light photo editing. Light gaming.
- If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? For general reference, the performance should be enough to run GTA V at 90 FPS+ at medium setting. Not gaming at the moment, but would love the ability in the future.
- Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good battery (10+ hours on wi-fi browsing with 50% brightness), good screen quality (at least 99% sRGB coverage), and low heat and fan noise emission. No Snapdragon/ARM processor yet (to avoid short-run compatibility risk),
- Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. In short, looking for a MacBook-quality machine, with a Windows OS!