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Okey so it looks like that the OMEN 15-en0029nr (Ryzen 7 4800H, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 2×8 GB, 512 GB, FHD, IPS, 144 Hz) will be right choice for now, at least to bridge one to two years and hopefully there will be more 16:10 or 3:2 options available. The ZenBook Pro Duo is a concept which i really like but Gen1 has to many issues and is a bit on the heavy side maybe Gen2 or Gen3. The ProArt wouldn't have been an option, way too expensive and had to much compromises for me. Anyway, thank you for you help and maybe till next year

I wouldn't say the only "good" laptop, as always it depends on the use case. If you need power the ProArt has more raw power under the hood (syntetic workload - cinebench) than the SB3, nearly twice as much. And as far as i know the SB3 does thermal throttle as well, most if not any notebook with a high powered CPU does. But i have to give credits to the battery life of the SB series, it's one of the best i've ever seen. But it look like if there aren't any good options atm and I have to wait till next year and reevaluate my options again. Maybe i'll go for the OMEN 15-en0029nr to close the performance gap for now which I need for the 3D and audio simulation software and use my Surface Pro when i need touch input. But i'll have to wait when or if this laptop gets available here in europe at all. Any other suggestion with a 16:9 screen, if possible even with touch and not too expensive? Perhaps I'm a bit baised because the company i work for runs on SB1 (3x), SB2 (~40x) and SB3 (2x) which i have to manage/maintain and we have had so many (stupid) issues. But i had a success a few days ago, i managed to convince them to go for the surface laptop 3 as default device in the future.

There are better devices with 16:10 than the Surface Book take look at the Asus ProArt lineup. (They advertise a XEON CPU but there is one with an i9 I think) But too expensive for me and a bit on the heavy side but better than the Surface Book. https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ProArt-StudioBook-Pro-X-W730G5T/

Yes would have been an option but the notebook i got from the company i work for is a 13in Surface Book 2 and i don't like it. smeary display (maybe it has been fixed on the new one) heavy and thick dongle wars 60 Hz price2performance is laughable

That OMEN is indeed interesting, maybe a good device till 16x10 is more common in the ultrabook section. I'm really in need of that extra space 16:10/3:2 due to the 3D and audio simulation software. EDIT: Just saw that the OMEN doesn't have touch input - too bad. I could have lived with the 16:9 - The rest of the specs were on point even the LAN-Port, 144Hz and FHD Display. I've allready looked into the XPS lineup but too much compromises (they're silver, run really hot, touch only on 4k display)

Hey LTT Forum I need some help. I'm looking for a new Laptop (currently i have the Surface Pro 2017 i7/8G/256GB) which fits my needs but it seems like he's hidding from me or does not exist. Type of person: System Engineer (got a notebook from the company i work for) and i have my own event rental company (loudspeakers, lights, rigging and much more). What i do on my laptop: Lots of browsing and web-apps managing my private servers simpel 3D work (modelling event locations, needs a little bit of GPU) Audio simulations (needs CPU Power) Monitoring soundsystems Controlling light fixtures (needs touch input) Must criteria: mostly black color (outer shell) 16:10 or 3:2 Display (i need that extra vertical workspace) Touch Dedicated GPU (it doesn't have to be the most powerful one but around low-mid or mid range) 3x USB (minimum 1x USB-C) charging over USB-C good battery (around 8hrs or more) max 15" (or a 17" with thin bazels which is as big as a 15" laptop) 10th Gen with 4+ Cores or newest AMD with 4+ Cores 16GB+ RAM Price max 3000$ max 2.5kg NO MacOS (i need Windows for the software i use) NO Xeon Processors Nice to have: max 1440p display (some sound engineering tools have trouble with high DPI displays but i could work around that) 120Hz LAN-Port NumPad SIM-Card Slot good price to performance ratio, i don't want to pay lots just because of the name Less than 1.8kg Random Questions: Is it a good time to buy a new notebook or should i wait till Intel releases their GPU and new CPU or how the ARM move from Apple works out (could took two year or more)? If it isn't a good time maybe a good (used) notebook to bridge the time (max 1400$)? Thank you! -Thomas

Hi there Maybe use shipito?

Hello TheUncannyScrub This will work only for Games or Applications which support connection over domainnames or FQDN. TeamSpeak is one of these applications but in most games you will need an IP to connect and as far as i know most Games also use the IP form the sever anywhere in their config files. Best Thomas