Laptop for my specific needs

[oxitran]

I already have a very powerful gaming pc. However, due to an upcoming move of country and my future leading to a lot of further moves in country in the next few years, I have decided it would be best to invest in a laptop.

The ideal solution would have been if the new Lumia phones ran an x86 build of windows but I digress.

 

The laptop would be meant as a 8 week desktop stand in while moving, and then as a portable pc and stream companion to the desktop while not moving. I would like to have it for as close to a decade as I can so I want it to be as new as it needs to be for future proofing where it matters. So unless in 2 years they find a battery solution that allows for 30 hours of intense gaming in the same form factor as the normal lith-ion batteries, I wont need an upgrade realistically.

 

The specs I want are realistically:

Any i7 with 4 cores, 8 threads, around 3-4 ghz. 

16 DDR4

A 256gb SSD or m.2 drive (does not need a storage HDD)

A matte finish 1440p or 1600p non touch screen. Basically best ppi to battery hour performance, I also dont care for 4K on a laptop.

Small and portable but not so small that I would wallow as to what could have been with windows 10 phones. Basically not a hulking beast like most gaming laptops, but as close to the form factor of the dell xps 13 without being a detriment to performance.

Usb 3.1 typeC, the full connector not that pseudo crap they have in some laptops. lan port, the faster the better but not to picky. a sturdy power connector that wont break in a year and leave me with a door stop.

As quiet as possible without burning a hole in my legs.

And as most would want, not a flimsy screen that you feel like your bending each time you open the thing.

 

Does such a laptop exist or is it to good to ask for?

 

PS. I dont care much for graphics cards in a laptop. I know some dedicated graphics would give it more longevity but to be honest my i7 4770k can run most games that have come out in the past 3 years with no issue, so unless nvidia starts making their own laptops with custom motherboards with i7 intel chips and gtx 1080ti's or whatever their hbm ready card is, I reckon the laptop could make it the whole decade with just the intel graphics.

[don_svetlio]

Lenovo ThinkPad T460S - 10 hours of max usage battery life

[Supercian411]

m,2 correct it

[oxitran]

11 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Lenovo ThinkPad T460S - 10 hours of max usage battery life

Thats one hell of a close fit, but if you look at the models 2 have a dual battery config to get 10 hours, while 2 do not. sadly the only i7 model does not have the dual battery setup and some reports of only 4 hours.

 

Also damn that is a steep price increase for the i7.

 

And the ram has a super weird config, not a deal breaker but real strange.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, oxitran said:

Thats one hell of a close fit, but if you look at the models 2 have a dual battery config to get 10 hours, while 2 do not. sadly the only i7 model does not have the dual battery setup and some reports of only 4 hours.

 

Also damn that is a steep price increase for the i7.

 

And the ram has a super weird config, not a deal breaker but real strange.

Go for the i5 and double battery.

[oxitran]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Go for the i5 and double battery.

Strange I just noticed that their configuration builder think actually says a rear battery option yet the previous page said it didn't. I would have to ask them directly.

 

But it is exactly what I wanted, maybe not the price but that cant be helped.

 

In case its a no go do you know of any other options?

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, oxitran said:

Strange I just noticed that their configuration builder think actually says a rear battery option yet the previous page said it didn't. I would have to ask them directly.

 

But it is exactly what I wanted, maybe not the price but that cant be helped.

 

In case its a no go do you know of any other options?

Hmmm. Their X-series is also good for battery. HP Elitebooks are also solid for battery (not as good tho) and I guess you COULD get a gaming laptop.

[oxitran]

hmmm the 6600U seems to be only 2 core with 4 hyperthreaded, and the usb 3.1 typeC seems to be elusive. I have more searching to do I think.

 

But very close to what I want, very close.