Price: As the title indicates I'm looking for a laptop for under $2000.
Purpose: Land surveying, Gaming, Netflix.
Ram:8-16 GB for GIS.
Hard drive:500 GB 7200 rpm.
Graphics Card: 860m+ (able to paly witcher)
Screen: Size 14 inch or less, FHD or QHD.
Thanks for looking.
Alienware 13 on sale for $1,698 at JB until 15th June. I personally think the Alienware 15 for $2,123 is better but it's not within your specification of 14" or under and slightly over $2k.
Slightly above your budget but can be trimmed down
http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/d489_meta…
$2,099 EOFY at the moment.
Remove Microsoft OS & the 1TB HDD (it comes with a 250gb ssd) = $1904.00 incl. GST
Reckon the additional $350.00 is worth the upgrade to the processor (4710MQ —> 4720HQ) & the GFX card (960M —> 970M) compared to the Kong deal below.
(it comes with a 250gb ssd)
Where does it say that?
Did you make it Drive Slot 1 - Not required?
UPDATE: Never mind, a few box above says that.
i'd go for the asus rog the-mal mentioned above.
i've seen the alienware 13 struggle a bit playing modern games at medium/high settings with a stable fps.
for the money you're paying you'd expect to get something that can hold a stable framerate.
better to spend a few extra $ to get something that'll last.
Metabox W230SD? From Kong Computers
No Windows license though. $129 extra from Kong Computers or if you are students you might be able to source it cheaper from school.
I work with people who run GIS computers and from experience, get a quad core i7 (for hyperthreading), more RAM is better and get a SSD (for OS and GIS files you are working with) and HDD or external HDD (backup/archive) if possible. The one scotty linked looks the best value and meets these requirements, it also comes with a 1tb HDD that he didn't include in the list. $1747 with W8.1
Get one with GTX 970M :-)
ASUS ROG for $1894
http://www.mln.com.au/product/?itemID=6004
or
GIGABYTE P34G v2 for $1599
http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/contents/en-us/d448_giga…
or if you want to hammer your budget for a really slim form factor:
MSI GS60 Ghost for $2852
http://www.mln.com.au/product/?itemID=5921