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post #1 of 8
10/24/12 at 11:31am
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hi guys i'm planning to get a new laptop soon
 
i'm considering few models and would be really happy to hear your comments
 
1. asus ux51vz
2. razer blade
3.retina mbp 15 ''
4. dell xps 15
 
i generally expect performance and portability from a laptop. i will play games but also i'm a college student and i need to carry it to some lessons.
 
other small things that i care about are backlit keyboard,non-glare monitor, a nice speaker and high quality manifacturing
 
i don't need(want) an optical drive and it's okay if the laptop doesn't have an ethernet port.
 
the razer blade has the highest performance on gaming i guess, but its primary storage is hdd and i really care about ssd. also 17" is too big i think.
 
the rmbp on the other hand is great but it has image retention issue which is unacceptable to me. so i dont seriously consider macbook.
 
dell's graphic card gt 640m is probably not enough for me
 
asus seems like the best choice for now but its technical support in my country is one of the worst. of course it's not important if i won't need tech support
 
 
 
what do you think about these laptops and what would you offer me from other brands?
 
my biggest criterias are 
 
height less then 2.3cm
graphic card at least gt 650m
high ssd storage
150 mins of battery life with common uses
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post #2 of 8
10/24/12 at 1:10pm
have you looked into the new macbook 13" Retina? And as far as "image retention" issue, I only read but not yet seen on my own. We have a couple Retina in the office with no issue

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post #3 of 8
10/24/12 at 1:52pm
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13" retina doesn't have the nvidia gt 650m, it only has intel hd 4000 which is not enough for me.

 

about the image retention issue. do you know the brand of your screen or any of other retinas in your office. are they lg or samsung?

actually i recently started to doubt that it's a smear campain. without the IR 15" retina seems to be the best notebook for me.

 

and thank you for your reply

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post #4 of 8
10/24/12 at 1:55pm
I can try to check it tomorrow, doubt that the support group would let us taking the ding apart for verification laugh4.gif

But does it matter? Apple is more than willing to fix the issue if it happens.

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post #5 of 8
10/24/12 at 2:01pm
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the problem is that my country doesn't have appstores therefore apple geniuses but a weak technical support. So i can not risk ending up with a broken machine especially with such high prize.

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post #6 of 8
10/24/12 at 2:06pm
I see, yes it can be a bummer waiting for a few weeks for a replacement. To be fair the issue of image retention was being reported back in June and lately there is no new report on the issue. So we can expect that it was due to a bad batch of screen from the assembly line. We hope smile.gif

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post #7 of 8
10/24/12 at 2:09pm
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thank you very much for your helpsmile.gif

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post #8 of 8
10/24/12 at 2:13pm
No problem at all. Thank you for visiting us smile.gif

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