Guys,
I have been searching for an ideal laptop for the last 4 months extensively, since my business is slow, I get a lot of time free to do my research at office.
I usually do the following three things on my laptop:
1.
browse web extensively (youtube, google, etc.
etc.)
2.
do(sending/receiving) a lot of emails
3.
Lot of word processing (.doc., excel)
4.
watching movies (occasionally) and listening to music during my free time (usually on flight, about twice a month)
5.
Also my computer is ON about 15 hours a day, so I want something which is durable and has STAMINA (not necessarily POWER) and does not heat up in an instant (like my current DELL XPS M1330 after more than 2 years of usage)
So I need an ideal laptop which was good to do the above things without any hiccups, at the same time I do not want a beast with super power processor loads of RAM etc.
etc.....
I have shortlisted the qualities I want in my laptop which would be ideal for a person with my type of usage, and they are:
1.
A decent processor (not too power consuming and demanding, and not something very weak like ATOM, in which if I open 30 web pages (including tabs on firefox,) the thing gets stuck up !! something like Intel ULV or the core2 Duo in MBA is ideal as it has a TDP of 10 only !! which sounds good.
2.
A decent amount of RAM for my multi tab browsing and listening to music at same time.
(about 2GB would be enough, I guess)
3.
A Windows OS (7 or XP, but NO VISTA) or a MAC OS SNOW LEOPARD
4.
backlit keyboard, so I use is easily in nite or low light conditions
5.
Matte (Anti-Glare) screen (I totally hate the GLOSSY screen) this is very important for me as I travel a lot in car, and the GLOSSY is very unreadable in bright sunlight shines through the window of my car.
6.
I would LOVE if the aspect ratio is 4:3 of screen rather than 16:10 or 16:9 like all manufacturers are doing since last few years !! (As I use my laptop for surfing web pages and doc files more than watching movies)
7.
A SSD drive rather than a HDD, so it can take the bumps while I am traveling and also speed up things like MS WORD and FIREFOX and boot up times etc.
(A minimum of 64 GB of SSD would be sufficient and fine with me)
8.
It should be ultra-portable and light weight with a screen size of around 12 inch (between 11 and 13 prefrably)
9.
I don't need a DVD drive.
10.
It should have an AWESOME battery life (more than 4 hours of practical usage)
This would be an ideal laptop for people like me, who need it for basic stuff and need to carry it with themselves whole day.
But its unfortunate, whenever I go to store, I see all 14 inch and 15 inch beasts with fugly GLOSSY screens !!
I hope some manufacture comes out and makes something as close to above, so people like me can finally enjoy all the advantages in one pack.
After extensive research, I have shortlisted following three models, which come close (but do not meet) my expectations:
1.
mac book air 11 inch (base model) - 1000 USD
2.
LENOVO THINKPAD X201 - 1050 USD (after upgrading from HDD to SSD and using an extended 9 cell battery) after using 20% OFF coupon
3.
PANASONIC TOUGHBOOK W8 (i found a nice deal on it, which I think will not last for more than a week, its being sold for 1199 USD, SUGGESTED PRICE: 2499 USD)
Can you guys suggest which one should I go for ?
IF you guys have any other laptop in mind, which will be suitable for me, please let me know.
SHOOT YOUR SUGGESTIONS !!
anand dot rohira at gmail dot com
Thứ Năm, 16 tháng 12, 2010
The Perfect Laptop
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