Laptop recommendations requested

[For Science!]

Looking for some laptop recommendations. More information can be provided on request

 

Relevant information

No real budget limit

15" screen

If supported i am capable of upgrading the laptop internals

 

In order of importance:

Snappy multitabbed performance 

Thin and light

Good build quality 

Good quality screen for media consumption, Preferably thin bezel

Battery life 

 

Main use case

Office suite

Web browsing content cosumption

Maybe light photo editing (Darktable)

[kelvinhall05]

Thinkpad X1E2.

[Wellingtonzed]

well, theres a couple of stuff

 

You can start by taking a look at Asus Zenbooks. Theres alot of em and different versions at different prices so go nuts. Just make sure it works out of the box and theres nothing funny happening. Asus doesnt have the best quality control compared to other manufacturers but if it works then your fine. 

 

There are also the Asus Vivobooks, again same story. 

 

Microsoft does have stuff too. maybe surface laptop 2. Only downsides i consider is the lack of ports but otherwise a good office device and screen. 

 

and as kelvin said, Lenovo does have a large lineup of X1 laptops and different versions. 

[Super Spartan]

2 hours ago, For Science! said:

Looking for some laptop recommendations. More information can be provided on request

 

Relevant information

No real budget limit

15" screen

If supported i am capable of upgrading the laptop internals

 

In order of importance:

Snappy multitabbed performance 

Thin and light

Good build quality 

Good quality screen for media consumption, Preferably thin bezel

Battery life 

 

Main use case

Office suite

Web browsing content cosumption

Maybe light photo editing (Darktable)

Here you go:

 

- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme

- MSI Prestige 15

- Dell XPS 7590

- ASUS Zephyrus

 

HIDevolution has superb build and quality control and best of all, they offer Thermal paste upgrades + thermal pads so I would definitely choose "Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut + Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads" in the laptop customization screen. That upgrade alone reduces temps by 15C to ensure the laptop doesn't overheat and/or thermal throttle.

[Firewrath9]

MBP 13", if you like MacOS, if you get the model with the Iris Plus 655 it has noticably better graphics than most other 13" laptops that use UHD 620, MacOS tends to be pretty fast. 4 TB3 ports too, bud sadly no USB-A. Great screen, 2560x1600 with excellent colors. Ram comes stock with 8GB, but nothing is user upgradable. Good CPU too, the 28W 8259U outperforms any 15W quad core. (other configs available)

2000$ for i5-8259U, Iris Plus 655, 16GB Ram, 256GB SSD

 

MSI Prestige 14/15  - 6c12t and a GTX 1650 in a sleek laptop, imo looks great and is not too expensive. 4K screen is very sharp, and 32GB of DDR4 and 1TB SSD is a major improvement over other laptops at this price point. 6c12t 15W, should hold decent clocks with a repaste or an undervolt or both. (other configs available)

1800$ for the i7-10710U/1650 15" 4k 1TB SSD/32GB Ram, but is out of stock.
1400$ for the i7-10710U/1650 15" 1080p 512GB SSD/16GB Ram.

1600$ for the i7-10710U/1650 14" 4k 1TB/16GB Ram Pre-order

 

 

Dell XPS 13/15 - I love my XPS 15, very powerful 45W 6c12t, and a 1050 ti/1650 with tiny bezels, decent keyboard, and MASSIVE battery. XPS 13 has a 6c12t proc and a great screen and battery life. 4K oled on the 15, 1080p screen on the 13. (other configs available)

1400$ for the i7-10710U/UHD 620/16GB/256GB 1080p

1700$ for the 9750H/1650/4K OLED/16GB/256GB

 

[r2724r16]

1 hour ago, For Science! said:

Main use case

Office suite

Web browsing content cosumption

Maybe light photo editing (Darktable)

Please don't get a Lenovo ThinkPad. They have terrible quality control (my $2000 P1 Extreme 2019 had a defective keyboard) and terrible customer service (look it up on Google if you don't believe me, they took several weeks to give me a refund even though I was promised that I would get my money in a week). I was getting 5 hours of battery life with my ThinkPad configuration (1080p 500 nit display, i7 9850H) and build quality was pretty mediocre given the price.

 

Buy a MacBook Pro instead (that's what I did), it's a great laptop. Also OS X gestures are AMAZING (I can't emphasize this enough), I hate using Windows 10 now lol.