so I've decided to buy a laptop since an ipad won't cut it when I'm away and need to finish projects. I was looking at an asus vivobook 13.3" but I'm pretty undecided and I need some advice. my budget is around $650 to 700 and I just need the laptop to be able to run photoshop decently as well as maybe small games like warcraft 3 or the like (but that runs on everything). thanks
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so I've decided to buy a laptop since an ipad won't cut it when I'm away and need to finish projects. I was looking at an asus vivobook 13.3" but I'm pretty undecided and I need some advice. my budget is around $650 to 700 and I just need the laptop to be able to run photoshop decently as well as maybe small games like warcraft 3 or the like (but that runs on everything). thanks
Well that laptop has some good points (battery life and low power usage in general) and some bad ones, including no integrated graphics, the gimmicky touchscreen which will have unnecessarily boosted the cost of the whole thing (but if that's what you want...), the not-at-all-powerful cpu... it will run tf2 fine (my cpu has half that power and i have no gpu and with all settings at minimum+swiftshader+nohats I get a solid 50-60 fps constantly) and as you said, anything will run warcraft three... but if I were you I'd find something with a bit more grunt. Then again, as long as you don't want to play battlefield 4 or whatever and you don't mind it being outdated by early 2017, it should serve you well enough.
Without being in the same country I can't really offer alternatives, but my gut feeling is that you can probably do a bit better for that price. Shop around, compare passmark cpu and gpu scores, see what you can find. I also didn't see the size of the hdd, just keep in mind that windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs on its own, (edit: this is hilariously wrong nvm me) so if you're dealing with videos or whatever make sure you get a decent sized hdd.
Just my two cents, best of luck.
Well that laptop has some good points (battery life and low power usage in general) and some bad ones, including no integrated graphics, the gimmicky touchscreen which will have unnecessarily boosted the cost of the whole thing (but if that's what you want...), the not-at-all-powerful cpu... it will run tf2 fine (my cpu has half that power and i have no gpu and with all settings at minimum+swiftshader+nohats I get a solid 50-60 fps constantly) and as you said, anything will run warcraft three... but if I were you I'd find something with a bit more grunt. Then again, as long as you don't want to play battlefield 4 or whatever and you don't mind it being outdated by early 2017, it should serve you well enough.
Without being in the same country I can't really offer alternatives, but my gut feeling is that you can probably do a bit better for that price. Shop around, compare passmark cpu and gpu scores, see what you can find. I also didn't see the size of the hdd, [s]just keep in mind that windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs on its own,[/s] (edit: this is hilariously wrong nvm me) so if you're dealing with videos or whatever make sure you get a decent sized hdd.
Just my two cents, best of luck.
Without being in the same country I can't really offer alternatives, but my gut feeling is that you can probably do a bit better for that price. Shop around, compare passmark cpu and gpu scores, see what you can find. I also didn't see the size of the hdd, [s]just keep in mind that windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs on its own,[/s] (edit: this is hilariously wrong nvm me) so if you're dealing with videos or whatever make sure you get a decent sized hdd.
Just my two cents, best of luck.
d4m0 windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs
damn...
[quote=d4m0] windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs [/quote]
damn...
damn...
potmacbook pro
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.
[quote=pot]macbook pro[/quote]
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.
GTSBYpotmacbook proi'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_air
Macbook Air refurbs are constantly around the $700 mark, which is a very good value for an ultrabook with the best battery life of almost any notebook on the market. Don't get a Macbook Pro, they're going to get phased out soon by Apple and haven't had their hardware refreshed in a long time.
[quote=GTSBY][quote=pot]macbook pro[/quote]
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.[/quote]
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_air
Macbook Air refurbs are constantly around the $700 mark, which is a very good value for an ultrabook with the best battery life of almost any notebook on the market. Don't get a Macbook Pro, they're going to get phased out soon by Apple and haven't had their hardware refreshed in a long time.
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.[/quote]
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_air
Macbook Air refurbs are constantly around the $700 mark, which is a very good value for an ultrabook with the best battery life of almost any notebook on the market. Don't get a Macbook Pro, they're going to get phased out soon by Apple and haven't had their hardware refreshed in a long time.
Grapistd4m0 windows 8 takes up something like 200gbsdamn...
Nvm i just looked it up and microsoft says like 20gbs needed
Ok so wtf is taking up all the space on MY hard drive...!?
Sry
[quote=Grapist][quote=d4m0] windows 8 takes up something like 200gbs [/quote]
damn...[/quote]
Nvm i just looked it up and microsoft says like 20gbs needed
Ok so wtf is taking up all the space on MY hard drive...!?
Sry
damn...[/quote]
Nvm i just looked it up and microsoft says like 20gbs needed
Ok so wtf is taking up all the space on MY hard drive...!?
Sry
GTSBYpotmacbook proi'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.
gotta agree, Surface Pro+Type Cover is an Option. I have one. while Storage Space is limited, you can extend it with SD-Cards and USB-Sticks. I have a 64GB SDcard permanently in it and well those things are tiny and cheap, would be easy to carry around multiple cards for different Projects.
[quote=GTSBY][quote=pot]macbook pro[/quote]
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.[/quote]
gotta agree, Surface Pro+Type Cover is an Option. I have one. while Storage Space is limited, you can extend it with SD-Cards and USB-Sticks. I have a 64GB SDcard permanently in it and well those things are tiny and cheap, would be easy to carry around multiple cards for different Projects.
i'm going to leave all my personal bias aside and say that he stated $650-$700 was his price range.
Also, while it's definitely not for everyone, something to consider is the Microsoft Surface. You should try and find one to try out, but if you like it, it'll suit your needs rather well. However, the storage space is rather limited, to say the least.[/quote]
gotta agree, Surface Pro+Type Cover is an Option. I have one. while Storage Space is limited, you can extend it with SD-Cards and USB-Sticks. I have a 64GB SDcard permanently in it and well those things are tiny and cheap, would be easy to carry around multiple cards for different Projects.
Surface Pro starts at $800, plus another $130 for a keyboard cover. That's not even close to his stated price range, unless you're talking about refurbs.
Surface Pro starts at $800, plus another $130 for a keyboard cover. That's not even close to his stated price range, unless you're talking about refurbs.
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