Hello all! My 4 year old Acer Aspire 4937G looks like is finally heading the grave and in need of some help for laptop recommendations

1. Preferred Brand - Not so choosy on this, but would prefer to avoid Acer again due to frequent failure in hardware
2. Budget - 1.3k to 1.5k
3. Usage - Used for programming (Visual Studio, MATLAB and in Ubuntu) with some light gaming (e.g. Minecraft, Warcraft 3, CS)
4. Preferred laptop/screen size - 13" - 15" (not so choosy too on the size)

I'm not aiming for a very high specs laptop, a low-mid range like an i3 processor is good enough for me Also due to light gaming only, I'm in a dilemma of whether to get a Intel integrated graphics card or not.

And..also preferably a laptop that can last as long as my previous one

Thanks!

This post has been edited by barrybear: Apr 2 2013, 08:10 PM

Thanks! I was thinking is a graphic card really necessary for my case? I'm trying to use an Acer Aspire 4710 with integrated graphics to play Warcraft 3, although some lags occuring but I dont play much so it wouldn't annoy me much.

Ohhhh thats awesome! will consider one of these options! Thanks!