Hello all!
I just stumbled onto the forum yesterday and after hours upon hours of reading and rereading I have been blown away by the quality of feedback and sheer amount of information that it has to offer.
First off, this will be my first laptop ever. I have been building desktops for as long as I can remember...but I am entering my 3rd year of college and I really need the portability of a laptop going back and forth from campus and my apartment.
At first I was looking dell inspirons...but soon after finding this forum I discovered I can do much much better.
Of the three laptops...from what I have read...any of them will make me a very very happy man. I just want to make the best choice possible
Each of these three laptops seem to have their own individual issues:
Sager 3880: I've heard it has some heating issues. Also it weighs 8pounds which is a little heavy for me (when you include the adaptor etc). The video card is not upgradeable (I dont mind that so much)
Asus z70va: All the talk about a noisy fan does make me a little worried. This is a powerful laptop and if it needs to cool itself down...I understand. I am new to laptops...so I figure I will be too distracted by how awesome it is. I just dont there to be something inherently wrong with the machine. I am having a little trouble finding resellers for this thing.
MSI 1029: This thing looks awesome for the price. I guess the screen isnt as high of a quality as the other too. It does have the 64bit processor which is cool. Not quite as cool looking as the asus.
So yeah, any help deciding between these three is greatly appreciated. Since this is my first venture into these brands of laptops I am a little concerned about reliability and what I should do regarding warranties. One factor that I am having trouble getting info about is battery life...I am not sure which is best in that regard. I'd like to get 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
Thanks!
I just stumbled onto the forum yesterday and after hours upon hours of reading and rereading I have been blown away by the quality of feedback and sheer amount of information that it has to offer.
First off, this will be my first laptop ever. I have been building desktops for as long as I can remember...but I am entering my 3rd year of college and I really need the portability of a laptop going back and forth from campus and my apartment.
At first I was looking dell inspirons...but soon after finding this forum I discovered I can do much much better.
Of the three laptops...from what I have read...any of them will make me a very very happy man. I just want to make the best choice possible
Each of these three laptops seem to have their own individual issues:
Sager 3880: I've heard it has some heating issues. Also it weighs 8pounds which is a little heavy for me (when you include the adaptor etc). The video card is not upgradeable (I dont mind that so much)
Asus z70va: All the talk about a noisy fan does make me a little worried. This is a powerful laptop and if it needs to cool itself down...I understand. I am new to laptops...so I figure I will be too distracted by how awesome it is. I just dont there to be something inherently wrong with the machine. I am having a little trouble finding resellers for this thing.
MSI 1029: This thing looks awesome for the price. I guess the screen isnt as high of a quality as the other too. It does have the 64bit processor which is cool. Not quite as cool looking as the asus.
So yeah, any help deciding between these three is greatly appreciated. Since this is my first venture into these brands of laptops I am a little concerned about reliability and what I should do regarding warranties. One factor that I am having trouble getting info about is battery life...I am not sure which is best in that regard. I'd like to get 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
Thanks!
Im 100% sure you will ike it and I would not change it for anything 
