Windows 8 with 4th gen Intel?

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<p>I'm going to make one last run for thoughts on which laptops I should get and I'm going to get very specific. </p>

<p>What I need:
~Incoming Freshman looking into Engineering- basically any windows 8 would fulfilled my school specs requirements.
~Thoughts and link on which Windows 8 laptops equipped with the new haswell intel processor aka gen 4.
~Disc/blu-ray player (I don't know what you call that pull out thing)
~Camera- for Skyping back home
~Powerful enough to play casual games like Sims 3. I won't be playing any MMO or CoD or any games (I will have PS3/PS4 for that).
~15 inches or larger screen. I don't like the small stuffs( ''13, ''14)- Carrying it around is NOT an issue (Unless it is like 15 pounds)
~Prefer touch screen
~Decent battery life (not 2 hours)
~Other suggestions like AMD processors and powerful 3rd gen Intel processors are appreciated.
~Max price range: I don't want to go too much over $1000</p>

<p>What I don't want(to hear):
~"I own a 13' Macbook air pro w Retina Display"- No. I'm not considering any Macs. Just no mention of Mac unless you are comparing to a PC or something.
~"Build a PC"- Also no. That required an extensive knowledge of computer (and I'm that person that uses Google as a last resort.) Also not lightly priced.
~Windows 7. -No windows 7 at all.
~"Don't get Windows 8. It's bad!" -I tried my friend's windows 8 w/ touch screen for a while and it was just a little tricky to learn. I rarely had an issue but most of my problems results from not knowing where/how to do something. </p>

<p>Thank in advance for the suggestions. If I missed something let me know.</p>

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<p>Look at Lenovo laptops, very good build quality (Imo top 3 with apple and asus), I don’t know if they have done a haswell refresh yet.</p>

<p><a href=“Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US”>Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US;

<p>I know Apple did a haswell refresh and the new macbook airs are getting like 55% more battery life, haswell however hasn’t shown much of a performance advantage.</p>

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<p>Lenovo have several 4th Gen laptop available.</p>

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<p>Yo, check it out: [College</a> Computers - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-computers/]College”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-computers/)</p>

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<p>^Does anyone ever post there?</p>

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<p>5 active threads in the past week; I’d say so. :)</p>

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<p>I second looking into Lenovo computers. A close friend just got one. I don’t know what it’s called but the screen flips all the way around into a tablet. It’s nice. He hasn’t complained about it.</p>

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<p>I didn’t see a Lenovo laptop that could do that…</p>

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<p>Lenovo’s Yoga (their one that flips around) is only in 11 and 13 inch varieties…</p>

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<p>Oh, nevermind it’s 13"…
[Convertible</a> Ultrabook Laptop & Tablet | Ideapad Yoga 13 with Windows 8 | Lenovo (US)](<a href=“Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US”>Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US)</p>

<p>Cross posted with Serenity. Whoops.</p>

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<p>How about Lenovo IdeaPad s500 touch?</p>

<p>It’s had a Haswell processor…i5…touch screen…Windows 8…but</p>

<p>No camera…no CD/DVD player…</p>

<p>It starts at about $500. You could easily get an external CD/DVD player and webcam.</p>

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<p>Is it a hassle to work an ext dish drive. Like installing it to your computer?</p>

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<p>It’s not a hassle at all. Just plug it in when you need to use a CD.
[How</a> to Survive Without a DVD Drive In Your Laptop](<a href=“How to Survive Without a DVD Drive In Your Laptop”>How to Survive Without a DVD Drive In Your Laptop)</p>

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<p>Well I found a few I like:
-ASUS Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook-too expensive for a beauty. </p>

<p>-IdeaPad Y510p Laptop ([IdeaPad</a> Y510p High-Performance 15.6" Multimedia Laptop from Lenovo | Lenovo (US)](<a href=“Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US)-problem%5DIdeaPad”>Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US)-problem) the problem with this is that it was designed to be an entertainment laptop so idk about this one.</p>

<p>-Acer i looked at. They had this laptop DESIGNED for windows 8 touch but it had many flaws. I did find this: [Acer</a> | Product Compare](<a href=“http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/NX.M8EAA.002-NX.M09AA.026-NX.RYFAA.009]Acer”>http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/NX.M8EAA.002-NX.M09AA.026-NX.RYFAA.009)
–But this is probably the one I like: [Acer</a> | Aspire V7 | V7-582P-6673 | Datasheet](<a href=“http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MBRAA.001]Acer”>http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/NX.MBRAA.001)</p>

<p>What is this quad core though…?</p>

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<p>The Aspire is pretty and the IdeaPad looks nice.</p>

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<p>Problem is I have no review for the Aspire (Was to be expected for new processor).</p>