Acer Laptop Aspire E 15 E5-575G-52RJ Intel Core i5 6th Gen 6200U (2.30 GHz) 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 15.6" Windows 10 Home ONLY @ NEWEGG

Pros: Runs PCSX2 pretty well, don't forget to enable the DX10/11 features.
Runs Dolphin like a pro, haven't noticed lag nor choppy audio.
Compatible with XBOX controllers out of the box
Compatible with Steam controllers after a 10 mb update.
Lightweight, very portable.
It really does have great battery life.

Cons: Default 10 install idles at 3 gigs of used RAM.
Trackpad is garbage, I have used 5 laptops in seven years and this is easily the worst trackpad.
The trackpad has a high precision mode which is equally garbage.
Some idiot put the home key above the backspace key instead of delete.

Overall Review: I bought this as a portable emulator station and it does that fantastically thanks to its specs, but the trackpad is terrible. If someone needed a dedicated laptop I couldn't recommend this unless they only use attached mice.

Ensure you grab one of the enterprise versions of 10 off the bay with pirates to avoid the update/restart hell another user was complaining about. There are tools to remove W10 update, but they work best with enterprise.

If they had any sense they would have swapped the home and delete key, like seriously who uses the home key?

All laptops use 5200 RPM hard drives for the safety of the hard drive. The user complaining about that doesn't know what they are talking about. If your pockets are deep enough you can get higher spin rates but you are better off buying a SSD then.

Pros: - relatively quiet, even when running heavy games
- can run graphic intense games on a medium/high most of the time and not have too many frame drops
- doesn't weight too much, meaning its portable
- was getting really good wifi speeds while downloading on this laptop specifically

Cons: - windows 10 (this is more of a matter of personal preference)
- small number pad and arrow keys (really only an issue for people planning to play games)
- battery life (expect about 1-2h for gaming and 3-4h from regular use)
- screen looks ...meh, something wrong with the gamma values on mine (maybe just a defect with mine though)
- no back-lit keyboard
- did not come with a backup cd or drivers cd (however you will find the drivers on acer's website)
- the sound quality on the speakers is meh... better off using headphones
- if you use more than 2 usb connected things, expect to need a usb hub

Overall Review: if youre looking for a gaming laptop, then this laptop should do fine.