Help me buy a new laptop

[Tanstalas]

rocketpig said:

Tanstalas said:

theman88 said:

It needs to be less than $1600. I want performance so i am most likely going to go for an i7 processor, i just want it to be fast for a long time, have awesome speakers and decent battery life.... needs to look tight lol

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache
512MB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 240M
15.6-inch WideHD 1600x900 (900p) WLED
6GB Memory (1x 2GB, 1x 4GB DDR3)
500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD -RW, CD-RW)
Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Internal Bluetooth 2.1 Mini-Card - 2.1 Enhanced Data Rate

$1,399

If he wants battery life, he needs to stay away from that quad core i7. It's a great desktop chip but suffers in a laptop.

He said he wanted an i7