Hi guys!
Im new here, but been a fan of LTT. I need some genius expert mega help.
So, as the title says, i am looking for a laptop. It's been almost 2 months of reading reviews, watching unboxings, and digging issues on reddit.
But I still don't have a fix decision on what unit should I get.
My budget is around 100,000 PHP (~$2000). To give you how the market is in my country(Philippines), here are some of the laptops that I am looking into:
1. Dell XPS 15 (i7 - 1050ti - 16gb RAM - 512 SSD - 4k touch) == ₱129,999 (US $2488.96 if converted as of today) @ local store
2. Asus Zenbook UX533FD (i7 - 1050 - 16gb RAM - 1TB SSD - 1080p) == ₱87,885.27 (US $1682.65) @ newegg
3. Lenovo X1 Extreme - not available locally. 1-2 month preorder from local store
So i have a thing to premium slim laptop with good design. Here's are the issues now.
Apparently XPS 15 is bugged down with issues like DPS, wifi card, CPU and GPU throttling, etc etc, more on reddit.
Then the zenbook has known issues with it's touchpad going crazy and some reporting its heating more than normal.
What do you think guys? Should I go for XPS 15 and ignore the issues? and hope that i get a unit with very less issues? gamble?
or go with zenbook - cause itsss dayyymmm beautiful - and ignore touchpad issue? or try to look for an available seller for the lenovo?
Or should I look into other laptops? Like Gaming laptop (problem is the battery life)? Can you name some? So I can look into it.
My use cases will be;
Work - Sheets, Emails, Small photo/vid editing
Game - mid to high 1080p. I only game like once or twice a week. 5-10 hours.
Leisure - programming, and showing off at my local coffee shop (i will need good battery life for this, for long lasting bragging, jk).
If this is not allowed here, I am very sorry, please notify me so i can remove.
Thank you in advance!