[jd1020]

Well, my shit ass HP finally croaked. Power cord popped out and the computer shutdown. When I turned it on it went straight to system restore and the internal restore is corrupted and errors. So now it's time to get a new one for school/programming.

Right now I'm thinking about the Lenovo T440p with the i7-4700mq, a 1080p screen, and the upgraded dual band AC wireless. The rest of it is pretty much stock (4gb ram, integrated gpu, 500gb hdd) since I'm trying to keep the cost as low as possible and I can upgrade those later, I'll probably upgrade to a 512gb MX100 as soon as I buy a laptop. Total is around $1200 + the ssd.

But, does anyone have any other recommendations for a good laptop? I'd like a quad core processor at least, pretty much my only requirement. I don't really care about gaming on it too much since I have a top of the line custom built desktop for that. I might load Civ5 or something on it but the intel 4600 integrated graphics will handle that.