Advice Needed for New Laptop

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<p>Hello everyone, long time no talk (back to AP testing last year... oh what a ride).</p>

<p>I'm off to a new place this year, and my big ol XPS 420 won't be coming along in a full capacity.</p>

<p>I've been narrowing it down for a while now, and I've been looking for a 13-15" laptop with decent dedicated graphics(not a gaming rig... the occasional game but not the purpose built clunkers please) with a screen better than 768p and a form factor of ~<1". A backlit keyboard would also be nice.</p>

<p>I think I've narrowed the choice down to a Samsung Series 7 S04 variant off of Microsoft's website, or a Sony S Series from their website. The 7 comes with a 360... not like I need one. The S Series has 10% off from the sale and I may potentially be able to game them out of a $150 gift card (I couldn't find an exclusion clause and the laptop qualifies).</p>

<p>So far I'm leaning towards the S Series. I've been so deep in this for what seems like a week I want to make sure I'm not missing any obvious choices, and I want to confirm that the S Series build quality is satisfactory. </p>

<p>Thank you very much, hopefully it's just a google search away.</p>

<p>P.S. I've also looked at the Dell XPS 14" and the ASUS 32VD which is never in stock. The Dell is just too expensive to customize and the 32VD seems a bit much given the older chipset.</p>

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<p>Not too many notebooks fall under the < 1" category with a dGPU to boot, while balancing a good quality screen and decent battery life.</p>

<p>The [Asus</a> UX32VD-DB71](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Zenbook-UX32VD-DB71-13-3-Inch-Ultrabook/dp/B00863L2MS"]Asus”>http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Zenbook-UX32VD-DB71-13-3-Inch-Ultrabook/dp/B00863L2MS) might be also be an option. 13", 1080p screen, and a dGPU (albeit weak) 620M.</p>

<p>Both the Samsung and the Sony offer better graphics cards at the expense of lower resolution screens. It depends on what you value more.</p>

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<p>Retina MacBook Pro.</p>