Help me find a laptop?

Question

Here's what I use my computer for:

School (Microsoft office)

I travel with my laptop everywhere so weight in important

Download, Music, Movies - I watch more movies on my computer than I do on my TV.

I want a laptop that runs at very minimum heat. My computer now Gateway MT6451 is always HOT.

Battery Life is somewhat important.

SPEED, I need a computer that will not lag when I use 3 or 4 different computers.

Burning CD's, but burnign dvds would be nice

Fixing pictures, not photoshop, but something that will help me to fix my pictures up a little bit.

I need this computer to get me through school, durability and it being able to last is really important to me.

I was looking into the VAIOs today at Best buy, looked amazing, and then I ran across a company called ASUS, dont know much about them. What laptop would you suggest? I do not like gateway or acer, and dont like dell. Looking for either HP, sony, or any other brand you may know of.

Please dont mention buying a MAC, I dont want it.

Here's my price range: 1,000-1,500 a hundred more or less is fine as long as its worth it.

Answer 1

I recommend this one

HP Pavilion DV5-1010US 15.4" Laptop 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive

or you can view more detail here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BWPYIY/?tag...

Answer 2

Go for this HP http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail...

i believe HP has the best battery life, if it gets to hot, you can buy this math thing, it has like 3 fans in it, my friend recently purchased it, and it does its job very well, good luck, and props for not getting a mac )))

Answer 3

!laptops resources & information!---

http://ruggedlaptop.com/

Answer 4

vaio gets broke easily for that budget i recomend you a hp good price long lasting and good for upgrades if youwanna do it

if you can spend a little more take a look at this web page alienware.com best computers even better than any other

Answer 5

I prefer Toshiba because they are work horses. I have a 1978 running Win98 and it still runs great. ACER is also another good machine for the buck and I know several people who have them and they are good. The other stuff you seem to want to use the machine for is mainly what programs you need to get on it when you buy it. For pics, Picasa2 is a good generic pic fixer & is free online. I also prefer AMD processors they have consistently run faster and more reliable than Intel. I picked up a Toshiba with all I needed for $600

Answer 6

my brother has an asus laptop,($1300) it does all the things your looking for . its very good quality... lots of people also say asus is a very good brand in laptops in quality and very durable for travelling around  in. if i were to buy a laptop, asus would be first on the list. you can get lots of asus laptops in ur price range....shopping around would be very heplful too   :)

Answer 7

Get Asus M50vm-B1. It's very fit to you,it will run silently with low temperature and it's battery life is last for 2.5 hours. It also included intel montevina,4gb of ram, and 1 gb of VGA card(9600m gs). Get that one!! You won't dissappointed in it!!