Laptop with Hard Casing

[Johnatan56]

Hi,

I need a laptop with a hard casing for taking with to uni.
The current laptop I have has a plastic casing and the right side is slightly broken, the USB ports inside are slightly moved, but it is coming more loose.
The current specs I have are:
i3-380M
6GB RAM
750GB HDD @ 7200RPM
and a battery life of ~3.5 hours.

I am looking at this laptop from wootware:
Asus A555la-XX377H

Does it have a hard casing? I am also going to need to get a new bag for a laptop, has to be a backpack and not carry in hand (use the bus to travel and have to walk about 5km every day).

 

[chrisc]

Some Dells have a hard case (metal) although none will withstand being sat on. Why not a backpack, some are well padded? You can get these from R120 up

 

[Thor]

although none will withstand being sat on.

This can:


http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/semi-rugged-laptop-toughbook-52.asp

http://rugged-laptop-review.toptenreviews.com/

 

[Johnatan56]

Some Dells have a hard case (metal) although none will withstand being sat on. Why not a backpack, some are well padded? You can get these from R120 up

I said I want a backpack, lol.
I do not need it to withstand being sat on, just being put down. This laptop casing is damaged due to being in a backpack that does not have padding and the casing of the laptop is a hard plastic shell.

This can:


http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/semi-rugged-laptop-toughbook-52.asp

http://rugged-laptop-review.toptenreviews.com/

Not that extreme, a metal body should be good enough.

 

[Thor]

 

[spiderz]

Back pack - Targus Campus
http://www.kalahari.com/Technology/Targus-Notebook-Backpacks_p_34370087

 

[dj_jyno]

My Fujitsu survived 4 years of living in a Karrimor and a laptop sleeve. Then again, it had a magnesium alloy lid.

 

[Johnatan56]

My Fujitsu survived 4 years of living in a Karrimor and a laptop sleeve. Then again, it had a magnesium alloy lid.

Yes, exactly what I want, metal body

Does anyone have the laptop I linked? Is it fully metal?

 

[Rayza73]

The best bags are Targus. Lots of padding and they have a lifetime guarantee. I've had mates take their torn or zip damaged bags back to Targus and they're replaced straight away, no questions...

 

[ichigo]

The best bags are Targus. Lots of padding and they have a lifetime guarantee. I've had mates take their torn or zip damaged bags back to Targus and they're replaced straight away, no questions...

I think mine is also a Targus very nice bags

 

[Johnatan56]

Bags aside, any laptop recommendations lol

 

[ichigo]

Bags aside, any laptop recommendations lol

Hp Envy 17 if you can afford it

 

[Johnatan56]

Hp Envy 17 if you can afford it

I am doing programming at uni level, the i7 seems a bit of an overkill .
Assuming you meant this one.

Basically the specs I need:
i3
metal body, which the laptop you linked does have.

I have a laptop HDDs (750GB @ 7200RPM WD Elements Black), so not that important, I have 2x4GB laptop RAM as well (DDR3, not DDR4, but don't think my budget will even come lose to affording a new DDR4 laptop) that I bought for another laptop of which the motherboard died.

 

[ichigo]

I am doing programming at uni level, the i7 seems a bit of an overkill .
Assuming you meant this one.

Basically the specs I need:
i3
metal body, which the laptop you linked does have.

I have a laptop HDDs (750GB @ 7200RPM WD Elements Black), so not that important, I have 2x4GB laptop RAM as well (DDR3, not DDR4, but don't think my budget will even come lose to affording a new DDR4 laptop) that I bought for another laptop of which the motherboard died.

Yep thats the one and they got the HP Envy 15 if you want a smaller screen etc. but at your price it may be hard to get one for programming.

 

[momo786]

Apple MacBooks are aluminum

 

[Johnatan56]

Yep thats the one and they got the HP Envy 15 if you want a smaller screen etc. but at your price it may be hard to get one for programming.

Yeah, I do not want a high-end machine, only one that is transportable.

Apple MacBooks are aluminum

Yep, contacted wootware and evetech, seems that only the Apple MacBooks have full aluminium bodies, or at least the ones they have in stock.

Guess I am going to end up building a good machine at home and RDP'ing into my house through my tablet, spend the extra money on mobile data.