macbook pro replacement

[DaybreakOmega]

Hi everyone,

 

due to a change in interests I am looking for a new laptop to replace my current MacBook pro 2016 touchbar.

 

Use

I recently started new studies and will be performing the following tasks:

 

- programming in java, c#, python, php using programs such as Visual Studio, Intelij, Pycharm,...

 

- run VM’s, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time

 

- I use photoshop once in a blue moon or so

 

- everyday tasks, office, browsing

 

Why I’m switching

I am tired of the keyboard and poor touchpad drivers under bootcamp. Although the build quality and screen overall is great I find myself often times anoyed. Also the small hdd space is givong me headaches. And bootcamp can only use the dedicated gpu which causes the laptop to heat up and drain battery.

 

looking for

 

a 15” (or possibly 17”) to help me with this. I am planning on getting a new desktop when the Ryzen 3000 cpu’s are released. In the mean time I’ll hook the laptop up to al external keyboard an monitor when I’m at home.

 

I don’t really mind if the laptop is a few 100 grams heavier, I always travel with car. But I am looking to avoid large gaming laptops.

 

I like the way lenovo laptops type, especially the ideapad. But most laptops only come with an i7 8550u. And I don’t know how it will compare to the 6700hq I have now. The XPS 15 also looks promising but too bad about the webcam placement (although I never use it) and the reported throtteling.

 

But I don’t know how much the throttle would be an issue for me as I am not looking to export video’s and I will not game on this laptop.

 

I am mostly wondering how the 8550u would do performance wise. In benchmarks the 6700hq usually wins but I don’t find benchmarks such as gaming and synthetics comparable with my usecase.

 

I hope I have given enough info and hope to be able to find the perfect laptop for my needs.

 

kind regards

[genexis_x]

8550U is generally behind 6700HQ due to power and thermal throttling

 

From my understanding, you don't want 'nosecam'?

 

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred max weight and min battery life?

[DaybreakOmega]

5 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

8550U is generally behind 6700HQ due to power and thermal throttling

 

From my understanding, you don't want 'nosecam'?

 

Where are you from? Budget? Preferred max weight and min battery life?

 

I don’t really use the webcame anyway, but the nosecam placement bothers me in some way.

 

I’m from belgium, I’ve got a budget of arround 1500€ (1700$) but it can stretch. The one I have now weighs just above 3 lbs but I don’t mind if it’s a bit heavier.

 

Battery life should be at least a couple of hours (arround 6 sounds like an nice number).

[Turretgaming]

Something with 4+cores at 3ghz (more cores for your VM and higher clocks for editing) or more and 16gb of ram (to give more to your VM and still have the bare metal system run good) and a GPU of some kind (for editing) other than the Intel eGPU any system around that will be good and a SSD would be nice.

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, DaybreakOmega said:

but I don’t mind if it’s a bit heavier

Max weight in kg/lbs?

2 hours ago, DaybreakOmega said:

I’m from belgium

Any links of online stores?

[DaybreakOmega]

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[genexis_x]

On 4/2/2019 at 7:03 PM, DaybreakOmega said:

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On 3/22/2019 at 10:49 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

Max weight in kg/lbs?

Any links of online stores?