So the old topic i got alot of help but it started too look a little sloppy. Figured I should post a new one to help me out with what I am looking at now.
I'm Ready to purchase when ever but have a laptop at the moment so can also wait for deals.
Though im not convinced I will find any given then CDN dollar at the moment.

Purpose: Light gaming, (like runescape, hearthstone) Internet browsing, Word processing (main purpose), Streaming movies to the TV and the like.
Budget: Under $1000 CDN
Priority: Build Quality > Specs

I am seriously Considering the Zenbook because i hear great reports about them. I do not want something that going to fall apart. I am avoiding acers on that principle.
I am coming from a Mac which I love but looks like I can get alot more power by leaving mac behind.

I have a fairly powerful Desktop computer that CHD helped me with, which will be where I will play games like fallout 4, This computer really is only for some lighter usages, while watching tv or travelling/ working.


Asus Zenbook UX305CA: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9867612&CatId=3998
$899 (cdn)
Integrated Gpu (intel 515),
Intel m3 6y30,
8gb ram
256gb SSD

ASUS Laptop X555LB-NS51: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232376&_ga=1.160745652.84632181.1445527553
$849(Cdn)
Nvidia 940m,
Intel i5 5200u
8gb ram
750gb 7200rpm

ASUS Laptop X555UB-NH51: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232793
$999(Cdn)
Nvidia 940m,
Intel i5 6200u
8gb ram
1tb 7200rpm

Lenovo ThinkPad Laptop E550: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD2V55480
$849(cdn)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
Intel Core i7 5500U (2.40 GHz)
8 GB Memory 500 GB HDD
500gb 7200rpm

MSI GE Series GE62 Apache-276: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152903
$999 (cdn)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 2 GB GDDR5
Intel Core i7 5700HQ (2.70 GHz)
12 GB Memory
1 TB 7200 rpm

This post was edited by Nearin on Nov 4 2015 03:59pm

Ya i mean im leaning to the zenbook as it seems the best in terms of build quality and its certainly the sleekest .

how do people Feel about MSI, I have good MSI parts but my mums msi laptop is garbage, (could just be a lemon though, BSOD all the time even after reformat)

I think your price is off on the ge62 apache 276.
I'm looking at getting one of the msi models also, and it's 1,399$ CAD on newegg for the model you listed.

oh crap you are right, you can see that the link is .com i ended up on the US newegg somehow. that pretty well takes that out of the contest.

I was stuck between the zzenbook and that because it seemed like such good value, now that i realize my mistake i guess ill do the zenbook.


So removing that option and Removing the 555UB ( the 150$ is too much for the upgraded processor im left with The following
+ XPS 13 (which i have been told to consider, thought it looks weaker than the Zenbook)

Asus Zenbook UX305CA: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9867612&CatId=3998
$899 (cdn)
Integrated Gpu (intel 515),
Intel m3 6y30,
8gb ram
256gb SSD

ASUS Laptop X555LB-NS51: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232376&_ga=1.160745652.84632181.1445527553
$849(Cdn)
Nvidia 940m,
Intel i5 5200u
8gb ram
750gb 7200rpm


Lenovo ThinkPad Laptop E550: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD2V55480
$849(cdn)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
Intel Core i7 5500U (2.40 GHz)
8 GB Memory 500 GB HDD
500gb 7200rpm


This post was edited by Nearin on Nov 4 2015 06:42pm

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152925

This ones down to 1149 cad after mir

my mum has a 17" too big for me, i think im gonna do the zenbook.

the next q is will black friday sales be any good lol

Sooooo


Will black friday sales be any good?


And the new debate is Dell Xps 13
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/Dell-XPS-13-9343-2727SLV-Core-i5-128GB-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.312527400
899



vs
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9867612&CatId=3998
879

First one has on board graphics?
Second link won't work for me.

I have a Zenbook Prime and love it, I also have one that I bought when the Zenbook was available for under $1k with a dedicated graphics (base specs were i7 3517, 4gb ram, 2x 128gb SSDs, 620m/HD4500 switchable graphics, backlit keyboard, 1080p IPS LED screen, upgraded it to 10gb of RAM (only one slot accessible) and have loved this thing)


It is very light, thin, if you turn the background brightness down and don't use it for games you can get 4-6+ hours of solid battery life, you can go all day if you use the sleep and rapid restore functions

It isn't the most powerful graphics, but it has been enough to play L4d2, Killing floor, Warhammer 40k2, Terra, DDO, EQ2, Neverwinter, Bioshock 1/2/infinite, New Vegas, etc, I run it with 2 128gb slim USB 3.0 flash drives full of games and an external 500gb USB 3.0 drive, also full of games



Get the zenbook, the I5 is a bit more powerful than the M but you are going to get better battery life with the M, and the zenbook is quite a bit cheaper (at least, when I look at the site the pricing is $870 vs $999

or wait until black fri/cyber Monday, its only 3 weeks



This post was edited by Ice98 on Nov 5 2015 08:51pm