(high res) Laptop advice (on budget)

[Taronyu]

I had a Samsung Chromebook but sold it because I found that I really barely ever used it. It was more useful in high school but even then my full size laptop was more versatile (Ethernet for fixing the network, VGA for connecting to projectors, disc drive, etc)...

I also have a laptop, but a battery life of 2hours with the screen brightness set to the lowest. And everytime it is emtpy I can find myself going back to my desktop. Tough the Chromebook was more meant to replace my ipad. The ipad is fun and it is easy but it sucks if you want to do 2 things at a time. (1 side a editor and other side a snippet, or skype, or SSH or anything else) So I wanted to sell my laptop and buy a Chromebook back.

 

[peterw]

If you can live with 14'' take a IdeaPad U410 http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/u-series/u410/

 

[shovenose]

Yeah, that ASUS Q501 has a great battery life. 4+ hours... on full brightness with backlight enabled on the keyboard.