New high end laptop

markmb · January 17, 2016

I'm looking for a new laptop, and I have an idea of what I need, but I don't find many laptops that fit in that category.

I'm looking for a high end laptop. But not high end for games. High end for development, calculations, emulations, and these sort of stuff that only use CPU. So, here is a short list of what I'm looking for:

- 2 or more CPU cores (ideally 4)

- No dedicated GPU (I have enough with Intel integrated, and I don't want to pay for something I don't need).

- More than 4 GB of RAM (ideally 8 or more)

- Ideally 1900 x 1280 screen resolution

- Ideally with SSD

- OS not necessary

But my budged is small, of around 1000 € (1100 $. I'm in Europe, by the way).

At work (which I'm leaving at the end of the month), I have a top-end Lenovo T450s, which works great for my needs, even a bit too much. But it is too expensive (~2000 €), and I cannot buy it from my company (company policy).

I found these configurable laptops, which are made by a spanish company. I talked with them about the Mustang model, and they can build it without graphics card for 110 € less.

Do you recommend any consumer laptop that fits these specs? Do you know any other companies that build laptops from scratch?

Thanks!