Choosing laptop

[griffin931]

Heey guuys, 

 

I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm currenly deciding on my new laptop and as it stands, I'm between few choices. 

 

1. Lenovo Yoga C930 - around 1350 € 

2. Dell XPS 13 – I'd probably wait for the new 9380 models – around 1400 € 

3. Ooor Macbook Pro 13 2018 – 2150 € 

(they're all i5, 256gb, 8gb ram models, converted the prices from CZK as I'll be buying it in the Czech Republic) 

 

In the beginning I was pretty dead set on macbook, but then I found out about pretty glaring problems with the keyboard, so I started looking at Windows laptops too. 

 

What am I looking for? I'm doing literally everything on my laptop besides gaming, for that I have pretty competent desktop pc. I want long battery life, something around 8 hours preferably. Workload will be anything from editing photos, to office work to movie watching.., maybe some programming if I won't be lazy pos.. As I said everything besides gaming. 

I'm looking for light laptop as it'll be living in my backpack, so preferably not heavier than 1.5 kg. 

And at last I'm looking for something reliable, that's why I was looking at macbooks at first, since they seemed to last for a long time. 

 

So, which one would you choose or would you recommend something else? Keep in mind that if I won't be buying macbook, then I'll rather keep the price around 1400 €. 

 

Thanks for your opinions. 

[Super Spartan]

I'd go with the Dell XPS 13 as Dell's quality is better in my experience and their warranty is superb.

[BobVonBob]

For your use case any of those would be a good option. I can say from personal experience that the screens on the Macbook and Dell XPS lineup are spectacular, which is a big plus for editing work. I can't speak to the reliability of Apple's new butterfly keyboards, but they are ridiculously loud compared to other laptop keyboards if that's an issue for you. My suggestion would be between the Dell XPS or Macbook, depending entirely on if you're willing to pay the price premium for a slightly older CPU, and what software compatibility you're looking for.

[GoldenLag]

Take a look at the Huawei Matebook X Pro Or the upcomming Matebook 13.

 

They are like the Macbook. But better in every regard except the webcam. 

[Super Spartan]

Speaking of Apple's new keyboard which were supposed to fix the previous model's faults:

 

 

[griffin931]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Take a look at the Huawei Matebook X Pro Or the upcomming Matebook 13.

 

They are like the Macbook. But better in every regard except the webcam. 

Unfortunately they don't sell them here. Otherwise X Pro looks great.

1 minute ago, Ultra Male said:

Speaking of Apple's new keyboard which were supposed to fix the previous model's faults:

 

 

Yeaah.. that's exactly what I had on mind. Seems like the whole concept of butterfly switches if flawed in the end.

[GoldenLag]

12 minutes ago, griffin931 said:

Yeaah.. that's exactly what I had on mind. Seems like the whole concept of butterfly switches if flawed in the end.

Personally i would never touch the new macbooks. Like they are pretty good laptops. Just not all that great compared to the competition.

13 minutes ago, griffin931 said:

Unfortunately they don't sell them here. Otherwise X Pro looks great.

Can you import them from the Surrounding countries or are import tarriffs quite high?

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, griffin931 said:

And at last I'm looking for something reliable, that's why I was looking at macbooks at first, since they seemed to last for a long time. 

No, they aren't reliable

 

Any links of online stores?

[griffin931]

18 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

No, they aren't reliable

 

Any links of online stores?

Well, they used to be, but it seems they messed it up since 2016.

 

Two of the most popular stores

https://www.czc.cz/

https://www.alza.cz/

 

And price comparison site

https://www.heureka.cz/

 

Everything is in Czech though.

[genexis_x]

Usually premium business laptops have better reliability:

Lenovo ThinkPad X380 Yoga - upgradable RAM, good sRGB display

 

These are good options with good sRGB display:

Dell XPS 13 9360

HP Spectre x360 13

Asus UX490UAR

Lenovo Yoga C930

Lenovo Yoga 920

Lenovo Yoga 730 13

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13

Asus UX461UA

Asus UX430UN

HP Envy 13

Asus UX331UA

Acer Spin 5 13

 

Let me know if you have other options in mind

[tikker]

1 hour ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Dell XPS 13 9360

Lots of issues with the touchpad/motherboard on this model for some reason though. Mine broke within a year, they replaced the whole internals and a year later it broke again in the same way. If you get one, get extended warranty  Otherwise an awesome machine in my opinoin as well. Solid build quality, looks good and one of the best touchpads/keyboards I have tried.

[genexis_x]

Just now, tikker said:

Lots of issues with the touchpad/motherboard on this model for some reason though

typical consumer (XPS) QC

[tikker]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

typical consumer (XPS) QC

Yeah the QC on Dell's XPS line seems to be horrible, or it's something in the design. My warranty experience is excellent though, so if they keep that up my next laptop may just be their XPS 13 again.