Which laptop to buy?

[JustinR]

Dell 15z

The nVidia GT 525M does have Optimus though - although BumbleBee is promising.

[beew]

integrated intel graphics here from my i5 450m and i can game decently, Half Life 2, Audiosurf, etc. but nothing that's way out there. http://boards.4chan.org/g/

a full on discrete graphics card is a stupid, stupid idea. you get terrible battery life, and you're going to overpay to the point where your parents will threaten to disown you on a daily basis.

Then why even get a Nvidia card? A standalone Intel would be cheaper.

Battery life may be a concern for some, but for others it is quite secondary, I have my laptop plugged in most of the time.

[eddietours]

www.system76.com

[era86]

For development, why would you pick laptops with such horrible resolution? Go with a higher resolution laptop that is known to be Linux-friendly...

I'm being biased, but I don't care. Thinkpad T420 with HD+ or, even better, Thinkpad T520 with FHD. Fit more code on there.