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Unfortunately it seems like the features I'm looking for aren't really 'searchable' in the sense that when I look at say, Amazon.com, or Best Buy, it doesn't seem like I'm getting really good information as far as particulars.
Any review site recommendations are appreciated, but basically what I'm looking for is this:
1) Aluminum / metallic frame.
2) Easily accessible CPU/fan heatsink, memory, and hard drive bays. Tired of gutting my Dell to upgrade the RAM or swap out hard drives. Obviously laptops with soldered-in upgradable memory are a no-go; I plan on keeping this for several years so I'd like to be able clean the heatsink easily, and even replace thermal compound if needed.
3) Replaceable battery.
4) Price within ballpark of $1200 or so, preferably less.
And . . . . that's pretty much it. Screen size isn't a huge deal, this will mostly be an office app system so I can always enlarge the text if need be. If it doesn't have an SSD included no worries as I can always swap that out and bump up the memory.
Thanks! I'm currently using an Inspiron M5030 that's older than dirt so I'm definitely ready for something new.
Any review site recommendations are appreciated, but basically what I'm looking for is this:
1) Aluminum / metallic frame.
2) Easily accessible CPU/fan heatsink, memory, and hard drive bays. Tired of gutting my Dell to upgrade the RAM or swap out hard drives. Obviously laptops with soldered-in upgradable memory are a no-go; I plan on keeping this for several years so I'd like to be able clean the heatsink easily, and even replace thermal compound if needed.
3) Replaceable battery.
4) Price within ballpark of $1200 or so, preferably less.
And . . . . that's pretty much it. Screen size isn't a huge deal, this will mostly be an office app system so I can always enlarge the text if need be. If it doesn't have an SSD included no worries as I can always swap that out and bump up the memory.
Thanks! I'm currently using an Inspiron M5030 that's older than dirt so I'm definitely ready for something new.