Almost every day I check a handful of reseller sites to see whether there are cool new models. At the moment I think the best bang-for-the-buck is probably the Asus Z70Va (according to my needs).
The thing is, this model is already like 4 months old at least. Yeah, that's not old, and it's much newer than my Sager 4020 which is almost 3 years old.
I think most of the manufacturers are on hold waiting for the new dual Intels or something like that. And I expect the new models will have dual cores plus giant-monkey-kong-GPUs for teenage gamers. I don't need that.
I want a not-so-heavy machine with good battery life (3+ or 4 hs), GOOD SCREEN (but don't need those GPUs with more RAM than the main memory), a quiet one, etc. etc. ...
I can hear you... pretty much the Asus Z70Va except that I'd hate to buy one and a couple of months later a new model comes with an embeded webcam, better battery life and 1 pound lighter.
My main use is software development and the normal web/office stuff.
I plan to run some Linux distro if I can....
So... anybody knows of a cool upcoming notebook in the same category as the Asus?
The thing is, this model is already like 4 months old at least. Yeah, that's not old, and it's much newer than my Sager 4020 which is almost 3 years old.
I think most of the manufacturers are on hold waiting for the new dual Intels or something like that. And I expect the new models will have dual cores plus giant-monkey-kong-GPUs for teenage gamers. I don't need that.
I want a not-so-heavy machine with good battery life (3+ or 4 hs), GOOD SCREEN (but don't need those GPUs with more RAM than the main memory), a quiet one, etc. etc. ...
I can hear you... pretty much the Asus Z70Va except that I'd hate to buy one and a couple of months later a new model comes with an embeded webcam, better battery life and 1 pound lighter.
My main use is software development and the normal web/office stuff.
I plan to run some Linux distro if I can....
So... anybody knows of a cool upcoming notebook in the same category as the Asus?
