(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Looking to buy a new laptop this summer/fall for university. I am taking computer programming, and so I would like it to run smoothly for tasks such as coding, running programs/games, and pretty much anything I throw at it. I would like to play games on it occasionally (meaning I don't want to just make them, if that's what I'm doing).

Basically, I want to have an awesome laptop - media, sporadic gaming, everyday use. But here's the catch: I want to spend the least amount of money on it as possible. I know that's probably pretty obvious, but I don't have a huge budget for it. Tops is around $2000, preferred is around $1500, and less is magnificent, but only if it meets requirements.

These are my requirements for now (they are flexible):
- quad-core (or more! Though I doubt the possibility, at least in my price range...)
- processor reaching near or (preferably) beyond 3.0GHz
- backlit keyboard (night-time work is probable)
- preferred 15" or greater screen size (flexible, and not priority)
- USB 3.0
- ram 8gb or greater
- 802.11n (and maybe one with those fancy new 802.11ac models... not necessary though)
- disc-drive
- HDMI-out port
- good battery life
- good graphics card (I don't know much about graphics cards, so help there is appreciated)

Desired, but not required:
- bluetooth
- slot load disc-drive as compared to tray-load
- blu-ray reader/writer
- Full HD 1080p screen (I'll go out on a limb and say "3D!". I wonder, does touch-screen 3D work?)
- Full HD webcam - whatever that means. Can't imagine it going beyond 2-4 MP
- 0.2 pounds in weight. Yes, I'm joking


I am not sure whether to go SSD or HDD. I know that solid-state is faster (by a lot), but I also know that they are more expensive, have less read/write cycles, and have lower capacities. A nice compromise would be both: SSD for the OS (as I have heard is done), and HDD for the other files, or documents, or whatever. Capacity doesn't matter too much, except for maybe the SSD if I get one, as I would want it to hold the OS and commonly used files well. I can just get an external hard-drive if necessary.

So, there you have it. I have a lot of holes in my purchase criteria, and seek help filling them. After they are all filled in, I still need to know where to get it, and hope it's somewhere that I can actually purchase from. I would like something a little more professionally made; I don't want to purchase from some company that neither I nor my best friend has ever heard of. As I've said before, my criteria is pretty flexible, so long as it at least meets a certain standard I have. Oh, and let me know if there's anything I've missed that needs to be addressed.

Any help?

That's completely true. Thanks for clearing that up.

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