Laptop decisions.

[HDS]

Laptop is for university studies. Will mostly be used for media, programming and downloading.

These are the absolute necessities.

- 1080p display.
- 4-8GB ram.
- A 128gb ssd, or a hybrid disk.
- a 4th gen i5 or i7.
- 14" display.

These are the ones that got my attention so far :

http://toshiba.laptopdirect.co.za/Toshiba-P50T-A0377-lp-87405.php

http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/Dell-NBDELCA014LE74406E3G-lp-87361.php

Could anyone recommend a laptop, keeping in mind the specs I mentioned? I would prefer the price to be below 20k, even less if possible. No Apple, the OS creeps me the **** out.

 

[McGuywer]

I heard that Hybrid Disks does not work as well as advertised....

My 2cents.

 

[RichardG]

Rather wait for June/July , are you in a rush to purchase the notebook! New models will be introduced shortly and many reductions will be underway.

 

[HDS]

I heard that Hybrid Disks does not work as well as advertised....

My 2cents.

Nothing works as well as advertised .

The performance gains relative to the price is where a sshd excels. I would have to fork out a lot more to get a decently sized ssd in a laptop, and I don't really care about the write speeds.

Rather wait for June/July , are you in a rush to purchase the notebook! New models will be introduced shortly and many reductions will be underway.

I'm only leaving in August, but quitting job at the end of this month, so I would like to buy it with the paycheck and not from savings.