Hi guys,
I am buying a new Notebook and I have done my research, but I need help in my decision making.
I am a masters student in microbiology and need a notebook mostly for writing, Photoshop, Illustrator and a bit of gaming (Life is strange and other not very demanding titles).
I narrowed down my options to three laptops and will now list the differences, which maybe also help someone else decide.
Just to inform you, I will use an external Monitor so colors and size isn't really a factor here.
HP Spectre x360
Kaby Lake G-Chip with 4x 3.10 ghz
Vega Graphics with 4GB HBM2
4k Touchscreen with Pen and around 300 nits brightness
2 in 1
HDMI Port
Card Reader
15,6 inch
1700€
Dell 9570
i7-8750H
1050ti with 4GB
4k Touchscreen and around 400 nits brightness
HDMI Port
Card Reader
15,6 inch
USB-C Charging
2100€
Huawei Matebook Pro
U8550
Mx150 with 2GB
3000x2000 Touchscreen with around 450 nits brightness
no HDMI
no Card Reader
14 inch
USB-C charging
1600€
So my thoughts:
I really like the HP Spectre because it's all I want for an good prize, my worries are that the screen brightness might not enough and it doesn't have USB charging with would be a nice to have.
The Dell 9570 seems like a solid choice although the cooling seems to be a problem, and alot of people complain about the graphics which seem to crash a lot. A nice to have from Dell is their Desktop Dock, which can charge the Laptop and also has all the ports I would like to have. and yeah the screen is awesome.
Huawei Matebook Pro
Best screen but a little underpowered an I would have to buy a dongle, because they copied too much from Apple. A nice to have is that with the right screen it can be charged over USB-C because its so low powered. Cool trackpad as well.
Right now my favourite is the Dell, because of the screen, otherwise HP all the way. The Huawei would be a nice, but with the Huawei I can't get rid of my current Desktop because it doesn't have enough power.
What I want from this thread? Built quality from these manufacturers, Personal experience with the mentioned models and a discussion about screen brightness (no experience in this area, my current Laptop is around 8 years old and I guess has aorund 200 nits)
And yes I thought about Razor as well, but for that price and my use case it doesn't make sense.