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Thanks, I'll look into the P53 as it's currently on sale. Would you say the Quadro T2000 is gaming capable? As for the Zephyrus G14, it's all I've been getting spammed about on reddit, but unfortunately it's being sold at a huge markup in Canada. The 2060 Max-Q version is being sold at the equivalence of USD$1870 without the 12% tax on top. Even with that aside, both the 1660 Ti and 2060 variants have been completely sold out. Also how does Asus fare in terms of reliability? I have two friends with Strix and both had their hard drives fail within a year. Another friend had the previous gen Zephyrus and it would shut down randomly. I don't care about sticking to 14', that's just a minimum need but thanks for the suggestion. Edit: the Quadro T2000 variant is over CAD$2500 after tax, rip.

Hello folks, first time posting here in five years, I need a laptop suggestion but the relevant subreddits are filled with promoters, so please excuse me for copy-pasting the r/SuggestALaptop format below since I poured a lot of time in the original post. I'm in BC Canada which means limited varieties and everything comes with a markup compared to the US plus 12% tax. It's hard to find good bargains. Background-wise, I'm a senior engineering student and have been using a ThinkPad T430 that had been gradually upgraded for the last seven years. Although the weak GPU killed any possibility of gaming past 2014 for me, I still loved the machine for its beastly reliability, fool-proof upgradability, and many IO ports. But still, it's a seven-year old machine and now I need something that can run professional software for work. So I'm looking for a laptop that can last me five years and easily upgradable. Total budget CAD$1750 sticker price not including taxes, which means CAD$2000 including taxes. Are you open to refurbs/used? No. Not unless there's some magical brand with certified refurbs that have ThinkPad level rep. How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Build quality, performance, form factor (tbh as long as it's not thicker and heavier than a ThinkPad workstation, such as msi or Alienware, I'm okay), battery life How important is weight and thinness to you? Like previously mentioned, ThinkPad level good, MSI/Alienware gamer brick bad. Screen preference? 14-inch 1080p 60 Hz is good enough, but I don't mind larger screens. If everything else is perfect I can tolerate 13-inch. Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit and perhaps SolidWorks need to run smoothly. Gaming-wise I'd love to be able to play Cyberpunk and Red Dead 2 and not burn the street down, but I understand that's a luxury and not a must. If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Like mentioned above, the upcoming Cyberpunk, Red Dead 2, Ace Combat 7 at 60 or 30 fps on medium or low settings. But just being able to play some MP games with friends like Civ6 would already be a luxury for me. If that's too much, gaming can be abandoned in favor of other factors. Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Reliable build quality is a must, I don't want to buy an expensive piece of hardware that costs thousands and get major headaches from it in two years. IO connectivity is also very important, I want either at least three USB ports plus HDMI/DP or two ThunderBolts so I can use a dock. SSD and RAM slots need to be accessible, ideally two RAM slots. Fingerprint reader would also be great (ThinkPad habit), but not a must. So just to reiterate the core needs: Runs Revit/AutoCAD Civil 3D/engineering spreadsheets Excellent reliability (~5 years) Easily upgradable (SSD & RAM) Good IOs Gaming, please? Thanks in advance!

Yep, I'm going for the SHIELD, thank you all very much!

So are you getting the Nexus 9 as well?

Well, as a matter of fact, Nexus line was the first thing came to my mind when I decided to buy for a tablet, so I waited, then Nexus 9 turned out to be a rich man's toy, the 32GB LTE version is way, way out of my price range.

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Hi, guys, I'm a student, and I have been think about buying a tablet for myself lately. After looking though the prices and specs, my options narrowed down to 32 GB Nvidia SHIELD tablet LTE and 32 GB iPad mini 2 LTE. Just to be clear, I'm not a gamer at all, I put Nvidia Shield tablet against iPad mini 2 simply because it's budget price, high performance and near stock android experience, I'm just buying a tablet for general uses as a student. Nvidia's hardware(Tegra K1 chip, pretty much) and it's price, plus, it's very likely to receive fast Android updates since it uses a near stock android. Some of the hardware features are great, too: front facing speakers, 5MP front and rear cameras, and a SD SLOT! Although I think android has been improving rapidly, which is amazing and I love that, but my old Android experiences kept haunting me about the later lags, which I am very afraid of: I will most likely keep use this tablet for about at least 4 years. Since Nvidia is very proactive about software updates, I'm really hoping for the update speed like a Nexus, but to my other concern, this ISN'T a Nexus, the future of this new product line is uncertain, what if, just what if Nvidia stops caring about it 1 or 2 years later? It's a gaming tablet, and Nvidia isn't a mobile device manufacturer after all. I also have a little bit concern about the build quality since a few users got their SHIELD's edges cracked because of the processor's heat. Now to the iPad mini 2. Honestly, it wasn't even on the list before the price cut right after the Apple's new releases, mainly because I'm not an Apple fan at all, I prefer Android, a lot better! Yet I can not deny that Apple has advantages of it's own, the high build quality, the efficiency of it's hardware, promising software updates, they all just seem as great, especially the battery, comparing to the Nvidia SHIELD, it's a big gap. About the display, although it's not that much better, but it's still greater at reading and web browsing. OK, I just wrote down pretty much all the Apple advantages I could ever think of, now the downside. First of all, the price, it's still $100 more expensive than the SHIELD even after the price cut, that's a BIG difference to me. And, iOS, not a fan of it, it runs smooth, sure; it saves battery, sure; it looks so fab, sure. But it's much less fun to play with and open than Android, and it's not as convenient. Although iOS can keep running smooth for a long time, but let's face it, Apple doesn't give much sh*t about the old customers, besides the instability, those fast software updates aren't made for the older models all that much, it just lags... Plus, Apple loves making new devices, mini 2 is probably an old junk to Apple already. The gap between the A7 and A8 concerns me that the later A8 or future A9 oriented iOS might not work so well on the A7 equipped devices. So much for the software, there are problems with the hardware, too. SHIELD is one of those tablets with beloved micro SD slots and iPad obviously isn't one of them. 32 GB is all I can afford, but it still doesn't seem to be enough for a tablet. Even iPad mini 2 uses iOS,Nvidia's 2.2 GHz Tegra K1 with 2GB of RAM is clearly better than the 1.4 GHz A7 with 1GB. Although I don't care that much, but 1.2 MP front camera and the bottom speaker are just not so great... Whoo, there, I said it all(probably), most of you guys might even know better than be already but I just felt like it's better to put it out anyway. This is a really hard decision for me, so I come to you guys, looking for helps, and I will most likely go by the result of this discussion. I appreciate it a lot! Thanks!