ultrabook Recomendation

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Im looking at ultrabooks..(the old thread of mine was for my bro in law). Im looking at spending 750 max. Doesnt have to be an ultrabook really just lightweight. Sleek design would be cool too..its mainly for traveling...would be using it for a number of things...internet use to programming. Thanks!
 
Also..now that i have looked into ultrabooks more...they are pricey for what you get. Im opening myself up to laptops...

Additional requirements..aluminum case and backlit keyboard.
 
I just wanted to say I bought this lenovo ideapad with the i5.

I enjoy it a lot, but the pinch to zoom feature of the trackpad was insanely annoying. I kep scrolling and it would mess it up. It made me think that the control key (left side) was broken. I deactivated this feature myself and it seems like all is well. Also had to increase the feature where the touchpad is supposed to not work because again I was getting ctrl+ functions randomly when typing. This leads me to believe the synaptics driver does implement the ctrl+mouse up and down for the zoom function which is a huge headache. Maybe now that I made it so it would register palms better it won't do it... it does need tweaking though the trackpad doesn't just work like an apple. Besides that I love the machine it does what I need it to do for work. The display is a little disappointing but it hasn't stopped it from being a machine that runs my companies software and allows me to web browse, e-mail and watch a few shows. It also boots, in my opinion, fast, like less than 10 seconds and from sleep in less than 6 and this is with my companies bloated security software. I like the four finger drag to hide everything. you can 4-finger to the right to bring up stick notes instead of having them all over your desktop if you use that sort of thing. Four finger to the right can display your picture folders, if you need to look at your family to remind you while you slave in a cubicle and don't blow your brains out.

I never had a notebook that much prior to this but battery life seems respectable but I know it's less than other ultrabooks out there. Now wifi performance is lacking... I notice it takes longer than it should to initiate something to start going, like latency lag, once it gets going throughput seems to be ok, like if I FTP a TV episode it will arrive on time. But web browsing can seem a little choppy over wifi, hopefully a driver update will fix this. Very thin and light and quick boot times were what I was looking for and the price was good. Very happy with purchase, but yes originally the trackpad was super annoying because a bunch of control + a letter features were getting activated while I typed making me think I had a blown keyboard. Iv'e owned it for approximately three weeks now so can't attest to the longevity of the notebook.

I might install Diablo 3 on it, if I do I'll update this.
 
One issue with the ultrabooks in the <$1k category, they will not typically have a display that you will find "good". It is usualy a TN panel with fairl poor angles.
 
Trepidati0n said:
One issue with the ultrabooks in the <$1k category, they will not typically have a display that you will find "good". It is usualy a TN panel with fairl poor angles.
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This.

One of the very best ultrabooks out there right now is the ASUS Zenbook UX32VD-DB71. But you have to upgrade the RAM (only comes with 4 gigs) and swap out the old school drive for a fast SSD, so you end up spending closer to $1600 on it. But, what you end up with is a wicked fast ultrabook with an insanely nice screen (13.3" IPS matte display @ 1920 x 1080) that weighs in at just under 3 lbs.
 
blueadept33 said:
I just wanted to say I bought this lenovo ideapad with the i5.
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I returned mine to Staples since mine had wifi problems. There's a thread at Lenovo were a customer service rep said that all U310 before 7/23 have that issue and it's a hardware issue and a software update won't fix it.

I liked the laptop alot except for the spotty wifi. If I could knowingly get a U310 made after 7/23 I would purchase again since it was a pretty good laptop.
 
I got an asus ux31a-db51 for $1000, the screen is awesome on it. I wish it had more ram though, but like they said above the ux32vd is more expensive if you want more ram. I'm saving $500ish by going with less ram (I don't need the graphics at all) so I figure I can put that to a new computer in 2 years when this one becomes too slow.

If the difference were only $300 then I would do the ux32vd but honestly this laptop I using is for school and I mostly do internet, word, and visual studio/eclipse on it so I don't think I will need more ram and $500+ just isn't worth it to me.
 
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