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I am planning on getting a new laptop because mine is starting to break and I've had it for a while. My birthday and Christmas are coming up so that's around when I'll be getting it. With all the new Windows 8 ultrabooks and the retina MacBook Pro that have all just come out, I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what I should get.
Currently I'm VERY interested in the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, and I'm waiting for them to announce when the 256GB hard drive (and hopefully the orange colored laptop) to be announced--hopefully before the time when I'm wanting to get the laptop. That's the only thing stopping me from getting it right now--I've read that the 128GB version is partitioned very oddly and that there's less than 50 GB of actual space on it, leaving very little room for anything.
Here's a video review:
[video=youtube;4x4MXzIX-kk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x4MXzIX-kk[/video]
Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else had any tips or personal experiences with any of the new Windows 8 ultrabooks or if even a Mac is a better option (I'd rather not though because they're expensive.) Here is basically what I'd need it for(not much):
-Able to handle movies, videos, and music easily
-Basic games (really just League of Legends)
-School: Microsoft Office, basically stuff any computer can handle.
-A decent amount of space in the hard drive (on my current 500GB hard drive I've used up about half of it)
-A webcam
-Lastly, after the new Windows 8 ultrabooks a touch screen would be really nice. That's why I'm leaning towards the Yoga.
So does anyone have any advice as to what kind of laptop I should get? I'm not too savvy on tech stuff so I'm not sure how much RAM or how strong of a processor I really need. It seems like playing games like League of Legends would be the biggest determining factor in that because everything else I'm looking for can be handled by virtually any current laptop. Thanks for the help in advance.
Currently I'm VERY interested in the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, and I'm waiting for them to announce when the 256GB hard drive (and hopefully the orange colored laptop) to be announced--hopefully before the time when I'm wanting to get the laptop. That's the only thing stopping me from getting it right now--I've read that the 128GB version is partitioned very oddly and that there's less than 50 GB of actual space on it, leaving very little room for anything.
Here's a video review:
[video=youtube;4x4MXzIX-kk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x4MXzIX-kk[/video]
Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else had any tips or personal experiences with any of the new Windows 8 ultrabooks or if even a Mac is a better option (I'd rather not though because they're expensive.) Here is basically what I'd need it for(not much):
-Able to handle movies, videos, and music easily
-Basic games (really just League of Legends)
-School: Microsoft Office, basically stuff any computer can handle.
-A decent amount of space in the hard drive (on my current 500GB hard drive I've used up about half of it)
-A webcam
-Lastly, after the new Windows 8 ultrabooks a touch screen would be really nice. That's why I'm leaning towards the Yoga.
So does anyone have any advice as to what kind of laptop I should get? I'm not too savvy on tech stuff so I'm not sure how much RAM or how strong of a processor I really need. It seems like playing games like League of Legends would be the biggest determining factor in that because everything else I'm looking for can be handled by virtually any current laptop. Thanks for the help in advance.