Laptop for school

[Freaky_spider]

Hello!,

 

I'm searching for a laptop for mostly schoolwork and maybe some light gaming, i havent followed the laptop "scene" since 2010, so im out of date on what's good and what's not.

 

What im searching for:

 

-13-15" inch screen (touch screen not necessary)

-Good keyboard

-Hi-res screen (1080p+)

-Aluminium build

-dedicated GPU (or intel iris pro)

-Skylake (preferably an i7 for the hyperthreading)

- 10+ hours of batterylife

 

What would be nice:

 

-USB-C (future proofing yo!)

-SD card slot

-numpad (would be very nice)

 

I've already looked into a macbook pro and then dualbooting windows 10 on it, but its really bothering me that it doesnt have skylake... Otherwise i'm really not up-to-date on laptops . 

 

I've looked into the google chromebook 2 on which i would put windows 10, but im not sure how the batterylife would be with windows on it (i would go for the LS version)

 

I know my lists is pretty impossible to get, so the more of the essential requirements it, obviously, the better.

 

Almost forgot, my max budget is 2500€+- (yes, i know thats a lot for a laptop which is mainly for text editing, but i have no idea what im going to use it for later, so id rather get something good)

 

Thanks in advance

 

Freaky_spider

[Flight1sim]

Either XPS 13 or Macbook Pro 2015

XPS 13:

Amazing screen (if you get the high res touch version) 

Does overheat slightly

Very compact and lightweight, due to small bezels

Horrible Battery life, under 4 hours

 

Macbook pro (retina) 13" 2015:
Great screen (color accuracy is better)

Build quality is FANTASTIC

Does not overheat

No bottom vents so you can actually put it on your lap (i usually have a laptop sleeve under it)

AMAZING battery life, I usually get 9 hours on 50% brightness

Better CPU than XPS 13 (and iGPU)

OSX is fantastic, you can get used to it fast..

 

Both laptops are the same price

 

I say go for Macbook Pro

I speak from experience since 3 weeks ago I had an XPS 13 but it was pretty disappointing since battery was crap, and so was the performance

I got a macbook pro the week after and it's been  my best friend, just the fact that waking from sleep takes so little time is AMAZING. 
Also, I got a dbrand skin for my mac and i gotta say, i'm never going to suggesst the XPS 13 over the macbook pro ever again

 

@Freaky_spider

[The Cool n00B]

future proofing

I don't like the f-word.

[ilikemacandpc]

Lol you can't get all of those things. 

 

The closest you can get is the Razer Blade 14, but its battery life isn't great. 

[Freaky_spider]

I don't like the f-word.

well, its stupid for anything CPU or GPU related, but when it's about connectors it pretty safe to use imho. usb-c is bound to be the next standard

[Goodman2265]

http://www.eurocom.com/ec/configure(1,253,0)ec

 

Put the best CPU ad 512 GB SSD and it in your budget

[Freaky_spider]

Lol you can't get all of those things. 

 

The closest you can get is the Razer Blade 14, but its battery life isn't great. 

yea, i updated my first post saying that i know my requirements are almost impossible to find, but thanks for comfirming

[Enderman]

very few notebooks have skylake, it was just released

 

either deal with not having skylake or wait a few months for manufacturers to update their devices with gen 6

[Nineshadow]

10+ hours of battery life is pretty damn hard to reach.

 

Honestly, the Asus UX305 is really good for its price. Or maybe the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. Want to spend more? Then Asus UX303LA/LB or Dell XPS 13.

 

 

Or you could get something like a Surface (Pro) 3.

[Goodman2265]

Look at the link i sent, these guys famous for the xeons in laptops