Charting laptop for a young traveller
General Questions
1) What is your budget?
$1000USD
2) What size notebook would you prefer?
b. Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen
3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
- Stock chart software which does database work - screening and filtering certain techincal criteria from thousands of items(equities etc)
- Document writing, Internet browsing, Watching videos and listening to music(occaisonally)
Here's a screenshot of the charting software to give you guys some idea:
4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
I will be travelling with it overseas for one year or longer.
5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
No games
6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
Well for the five hours + i've balled my eyes out looking for laptops MSI, ASUS and DELL look quite good but I'd prefer if you guys enlighten me to somthing also.
7) How many hours of battery life do you need?
Well the more the better, but I can deal with 2-3 hours if the laptop is truely of value.
8) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
Nope, if its got rad reviews and everything appears to be in order that's fine.
9) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in?
I'm in Australia, Melbourne. However, I understand I can purchase from America for much cheaper prices. I dont mind doing so.
Screen Specifics
10) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
Widescreen
11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?
Widescreen
d. WXGA or WXGA+ - 1280x768/800 or 1440x900; Wider viewing version of XGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
f. WUXGA - 1920x1200; Wider viewing version of UXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
I'm not to sure in this area but both of these appeal to me... I'll take this one to the shop soon and check them out.
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
No preferance. Glossy sounds better though ;)
Build Quality and Design
13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
Sure but i'll buy a well valued ugly laptop anyday.
14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
I'll be buying it most likely in the next 2-3 months. I'll want it to last for 3-4 years.
Notebook Components
15) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 120GB?
40gb-60gb will suffice.
16) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD-ROM, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-RW drive?
DVD-ROM. Burner not necessary.
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Re: Charting laptop for a young traveller
The dv2000 is a decently powerful, cheap 14" from HP.
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Yes, the HP dv2000 sound like a good start for you. Dell's e1405 may work for you as well.
I could be wrong, but it doesn't look like the software you will be running will require a dedicated graphics card.
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Re: Charting laptop for a young traveller
ibms and fujitsus are awesome quality and some, especially fujitsu, have like 6 hours battery life... the good thing is cos you dont need to play games your budget becomes quite adequate to get something that is fully capable of catering to your needs... look for something 1.8GHz although i know of ppl who have said you wont really notice the difference as long as its a core duo... go for 1 gig ram, and on board graphics - this should be more than fine for your needs...