[mtfeeney = Baron]

My laptop is dying, so I want to do it right and buy a laptop worth keeping for a while. Here's what I'm hoping to get :

Touch screen
Nvidia gpu
i7 cpu

I don't feel like I'm asking for too much, but it's autoroute hard to find touch screen laptops that aren't crappy ultrabooks with terrible integrated graphics. Any assistance would be appreciated.

[Novocrane]

What do you want to do with it?

http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/asus-notebook-search.php

You could try ticking a few options here and see what comes up.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

That is such an excellent question.  I can't really commit.  I guess I'm aiming for somewhere between a gaming laptop and an ultrabook.

[Basic]

Go with xoticpc.com and get a sager laptop. I have a sager and so far I have had zero problems with it in the 1 and half I had it.

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Do they have touchscreens? I was looking at a msi gt70,but it isn't touchscreen. I also looked at the new hp 15t-j000 quad edition, but it only has a 740m, which I had hoped would be better. It would probably be perfect for me of I could just convince myself that I'm not shopping for a gaming laptop.

Side question : do we have any idea what sort of specs are needed to run Shadowrun returns?

[mtfeeney = Baron]

I finally ordered a laptop last night.  I got the HP 15t-j000 Quad Edition.  It has a 4th generation i7-4702mq, Nvidia GT 740M, 1TB Hybrid hdd and a 24GB mSATA acceleration drive, 8GB of DDR3-12800, backlit keyboard, bluetooth 4.0, and... probably other stuff I'm forgetting to mention.  Not what I was hoping for, but pretty good(especially for only $1033).  Hopefully this will last until someone comes out with a real gaming laptop with a touchscreen display.

[Reaver]

Touch screen and gaming don't really mix.... Unless you are playing crappy Facebook/ITunes/Istore games. But if you are playing those, why pay for the power and proformance of a portable gaming rig???

[mtfeeney = Baron]

Amusingly, that its most people's response.  I'll point out that I never said anything about using the touchscreen to game.  The only game I can think of that I might use the touchscreen for is the new Shadowrun games, as both are designed to be used on tablets.

[PeterSmith]

Amusingly, that its most people's response.  I'll point out that I never said anything about using the touchscreen to game.  The only game I can think of that I might use the touchscreen for is the new Shadowrun games, as both are designed to be used on tablets.

CivV supports touchscreen gaming. When/if I pick up a Surface Pro I'm going to give it a whirl.