Does this laptop exist?

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Hi All,

 

Thinking about downsizing, while I love my office pc build, I would like something that is more portable.

 

Spec:

• 13 or 14inch
• 100% sRGB 400 nits
• 90hz+ preferred
• Unsoldered RAM or Storage / easily repairable
• Decent cooling / fairly quiet
• USB-C or Thunderbolt 4 charging
• 8hours+ battery life

Soldered ram seems to have become a bit of a nasty norm.  Macbook is clearly a no (+ i am a Linux user)

 

Does the above exist?  Non-negotiables are soldered RAM and storage.

[Vishera]

What are the maximum weight and thickness you can tolerate?

[Yannic5]

HP EliteBook 835 G8 & ASUS ExpertBook B2

[Gokul_P]

20 minutes ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

Hi All,

 

Thinking about downsizing, while I love my office pc build, I would like something that is more portable.

 

Spec:

• 13 or 14inch
• 100% sRGB 400 nits
• 90hz+ preferred
• Unsoldered RAM or Storage / easily repairable
• Decent cooling / fairly quiet
• USB-C or Thunderbolt 4 charging
• 8hours+ battery life

Soldered ram seems to have become a bit of a nasty norm.  Macbook is clearly a no (+ i am a Linux user)

 

Does the above exist?  Non-negotiables are soldered RAM and storage.

Framework Is the best upgradable,Repairable laptop if you care about upgrade and repairability https://frame.work/ , It meet everything in your list except 90hz Refreshrate 

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, CaptainKieseI said:

HP EliteBook 835 G8

do the elitebooks actually get propper color accurate displays these days?

 

other than that - EliteBooks were my first thought as well, they are made to be servicable, because as it turns out, businesses prefer to keep downtime low.

[Yannic5]

Just now, manikyath said:

do the elitebooks actually get propper color accurate displays these days?

 

other than that - EliteBooks were my first thought as well, they are made to be servicable, because as it turns out, businesses prefer to keep downtime low.

In my experience HP has had pretty decent displays lately

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, CaptainKieseI said:

In my experience HP has had pretty decent displays lately

yeah sure, but if OP is looking for 100% sRGB, there's 'decent' and 'actually good'.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

What are the maximum weight and thickness you can tolerate?

1.6kg, thickness don't mind

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

1 hour ago, CaptainKieseI said:

HP EliteBook 835 G8 & ASUS ExpertBook B2

Thanks, wasn't aware of the line up. 

 

Will have a look, though finding 100% sRGB 400nits seems difficult.

[Yannic5]

90 HZ will be the main problem - there are some that fit all other points you listed but none with 90hz aswell

[Yannic5]

https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb&xf=12826_1~13697_400~18318_100.000999999999000~2377_14.1

 

Here you go - all 60Hz tho

[Darkseth]

1 hour ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

Will have a look, though finding 100% sRGB 400nits seems difficult.

Yeah need to be careful with HP. Their 250 nit Panels have 60% sRGB.

Also, stay away from their 1000 nit Displays with SureView. SureView gives you worse viewing angles than TN, even when turned off. horrible for any color accurate work.

 

Also, i really like the Elitebook 845 G9 with Ryzen 6000 series.

One of the only (or maybe THE only) 14" Laptop with 2 full Ram Slots - and even DDR5.

Still only 0,9 MP Webcam, and only 90 Hz, but at least 16:10 this Generation.

 

I think, sacraficing 90 Hz is worth here, because 2 Ram Slots are a rare feature now.

Notebookcheck has a good Review on it. The 6-Core even lasts quite a while with 12 hours on wifi browsing (they use a Script that's used on every single Test), 

 

You can't use 60 Hz anymore? Then you kinda have to get used to soldered Ram, often at maximum 16gb.

Ideapad 5 Pro 14", Yoga Slim 7 Pro, and with a slightly sharper and bigger Display at 14,5", the Yoga Slim 7 ProX.

 

Maybe a few Vivobook Pros / Zenbooks. OLED might be great for you even with 60 Hz, because response times with Oled are extremely sick, while even fast IPS Panels do have more or less ghosting.

[Qyygle]

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 review (2022 GA402RK - Ryzen 9, RX 6800S) (ultrabookreview.com)

This could work. It has half it's ram soldered, but you can still replace one dimm if needed. It looks like the G14 matches everything else on your list