I respect my fellow [H]'ers comments and perspectives so I'm here for some advice!
Need to replace my Consulting laptop. I do have a 13" MBA for personal use, but this repalcement machine is strictly for VPN'ing into side work stuff and Windows specific tasks. Currently I have an older Dell Latitude E6500. It's old, battery is crapping out, heavy as hell, and I'd like to replace before the harddrive dies.
Requirements for new machine:
Looking for something light (under 5 lbs) and portable.
Minimum specs:
13.3-14" screen.
Proc: core i5
RAM: 6+
HDD: SSD if possble (256 minimum)
Higher resolution screen if possible.
I don't care for a touchscreen, but if needs be, I'm ok with that.
Tasks would include basic work stuff. Word/Excel, browsing / email troubleshooting.
On the off chance I get free time, I wouldn't mind some light games to play: DOTA2, CS, StarCraft 2 maybe at medium settings. Nothing intensive by any means.
Price point would be $1k or less. I know that might take the majority of the Ultrabooks out, but I did find a few Asus machines possibly worth looking at.
Need to replace my Consulting laptop. I do have a 13" MBA for personal use, but this repalcement machine is strictly for VPN'ing into side work stuff and Windows specific tasks. Currently I have an older Dell Latitude E6500. It's old, battery is crapping out, heavy as hell, and I'd like to replace before the harddrive dies.
Requirements for new machine:
Looking for something light (under 5 lbs) and portable.
Minimum specs:
13.3-14" screen.
Proc: core i5
RAM: 6+
HDD: SSD if possble (256 minimum)
Higher resolution screen if possible.
I don't care for a touchscreen, but if needs be, I'm ok with that.
Tasks would include basic work stuff. Word/Excel, browsing / email troubleshooting.
On the off chance I get free time, I wouldn't mind some light games to play: DOTA2, CS, StarCraft 2 maybe at medium settings. Nothing intensive by any means.
Price point would be $1k or less. I know that might take the majority of the Ultrabooks out, but I did find a few Asus machines possibly worth looking at.
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