Wanting to purchase laptop for my daughter who is about to study graphic design. Looking for i5 or i7 with 200 gb internal memory and retina or hi-res display. any deals out there at the moment
New Laptop $1000 to $1200 Budget
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Get her a 13 inch MacBook pro
Look at the student discount websites. I think both Lenovo and Apple have student discount sites
http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/students/?cid=au:sem:5yifxx&ef_…
http://www.apple.com/au/shop/browse/campaigns/education_pric…
Not sure if it gets you a better discount than looking at specials in stores or online; but prob worth chasing down.
looking around the $1000- $1200 mark. Are refurbished laptops any good.?
Only if it's Dell refurbished notebook.
I'd recommend the DFO-3479631LT ($1,059)
Broadwell Core i5 processor
256GB SSD
8GB RAM
14" standard 720p displayNot super ideal, so I'd still recommend going to Lenovo website and getting a 14" Lenovo Edge thinkpad with the customisations:
Choose Lenovo E460,
Select Windows 10 Home to reduce the price by $100
Select Core i7 processor upgrade (+$200)
Select 1920 x 1080 FHD IPS non Touch display upgrade ($125)
Select 8GB RAM Single DIMM upgrade (+$50)
Select 192GB Solid State Drive ($100)Use AUSTRALIA coupon code
Check out, the price should be $ 1,134.75EDIT just noted it would be cheaper to just spec it with an SSD rather than buying one additionally.
Thinkpad Edge's build quality doesn't compare to the main business line though. Its like Dell's Vostro line
Whirlpool loves Kong, metabox at 1400 is just over your price range http://www.kongcomputers.com/product-detail/gamers/metabox-a…
Main bonus is they offer a 2 years warranty, compared to default 1.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SB4B330/
Lenovo Z70 17.3-Inch Laptop
$900 + Shipping
Intel Core i7-5500U 2.2 GHz Processor
16 GB DDR3L SDRAM
1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 8 GB Solid-State Drive;DVDRW
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seems to rule it out?Who the hell wants a 17 inch laptop? You may as well cart around a 40 inch plasma with the portability of a laptop like that.
a couple of good lenovo deals recently-
look at this deal
or this deal