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I've never owned a laptop but I want one now and I'm on a budget. I don't need it to be powerful but I don't want it to be slow either.

 

I need solid state storage but as long as i can upgrade the HDD to an SSD thats fine. I also want at least 8GB of ram and preferably an IPS and full HD display.

 

I just don't know where to start when it comes to buying a laptop for myself.

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I've never owned a laptop but I want one now and I'm on a budget. I don't need it to be powerful but I don't want it to be slow either.

 

I need solid state storage but as long as i can upgrade the HDD to an SSD thats fine. I also want at least 8GB of ram and preferably an IPS and full HD display.

 

I just don't know where to start when it comes to buying a laptop for myself.

 

The New XPS 13 is really nice.

 

But what's your budget? I can't give any ideas without that :P

The projects never end in my line of work.

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The New XPS 13 is really nice.

 

But what's your budget? I can't give any ideas without that :P

As cheap as possible but my limit is around 500 or so.

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ide say a 13inch macbook pro with a core i5, 8gb of ram and ssd. 

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As cheap as possible but my limit is around 500 or so.

 

At that price, you're going to have to give up on something...

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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ide say a 13inch macbook pro with a core i5, 8gb of ram and ssd. 

I would love one but they start at 1000$.

My Reviews: Sennheiser HD 518 Mayflower Electronics ODAC/O2 Review

My Tutorials: How To Play Crysis on Linux in DirectX 10 with DXVK

 

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At that price, you're going to have to give up on something...

True but at a minimum I want the ability to upgrade to an ssd later.

My Reviews: Sennheiser HD 518 Mayflower Electronics ODAC/O2 Review

My Tutorials: How To Play Crysis on Linux in DirectX 10 with DXVK

 

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I would love one but they start at 1000$.

oh sorry didnt see the 500$ thing i to love the 13inch macbook pro 

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Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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oh sorry didnt see the 500$ thing i to love the 13inch macbook pro 

I used one once and as far as I'm concerned they are the best laptops you can get but they are expensive as hell.

My Reviews: Sennheiser HD 518 Mayflower Electronics ODAC/O2 Review

My Tutorials: How To Play Crysis on Linux in DirectX 10 with DXVK

 

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True but at a minimum I want the ability to upgrade to an ssd later.

 

I mean that to get one with an FHD screen, a refurbished one will start around 550. New ones are 600 on up... And some of those I wouldn't recommend.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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At that price, you're going to have to give up on something...

Try everything he's asked for except upgrade-ability of RAM/HDD.

I have finally moved to a desktop. Also my guides are outdated as hell.

 

THE INFORMATION GUIDES: SLI INFORMATION || vRAM INFORMATION || MOBILE i7 CPU INFORMATION || Maybe more someday

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