P40 vs T460s

[Dackzy]

             P40: 2090$                                                     T460s: 2110$

CPU     i7 6500u                                                          i7 6600u

Ram     8GB DDR3                                                      8GB DDR 4

GPU     Quadro M500M 2GB                                     Intel HD 520

Screen 14inch 1080p touch screen                          14inch 1080p

 

What would you get and why?

[mikat]

i'd get a razer blade 14

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade

because: 

it has:

i7-6700HQ (quad-core)
GTX 970M

16 GB of ram

for only 1999$

and it has a QHD+ screen (3200x1800)

[Dackzy]

Just now, mikat said:

i'd get a quad core i7 and a gtx 970m or 980m

Well I need to carry the laptop with me all day 5 days a week and it happens often that I don't have a place to charge my laptop for 4-5 hours. A gaming laptop would be to heavy and will not be able to last that long on battery with 60-70% cpu usage.

[mikat]

 

Just now, Dackzy said:

Well I need to carry the laptop with me all day 5 days a week and it happens often that I don't have a place to charge my laptop for 4-5 hours. A gaming laptop would be to heavy and will not be able to last that long on battery with 60-70% cpu usage.

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-stealth

you can even get the razer core later down the road if you want a desktop gpu when you're at home

[Dackzy]

Just now, mikat said:

 

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-stealth

you can even get the razer core later down the road if you want a desktop gpu when you're at home

that thing runs so hot that you can cook food on it  

[mikat]

Just now, Dackzy said:

that thing runs so hot that you can cook food on it  

but it does have a 4k screen and is half the price

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, mikat said:

but it does have a 4k screen and is half the price

and so what, it will still run at 90C+ most of the time, and I can't buy that with a Danish keyboard.

[Dackzy]

I know that a gaming laptop will give me more performance and all that but the battery life is not very good on them. If the clevo p640re had about 7 hours of battery life I would buy that, but it has 4-5 hours and that is a little short for me.

[Hamako]

The Razer has a crappy keyboard, so it's probably out of the race. It's also made of inferior materials (aluminium). Not to mention that almost any laptop can run an eGPU, so I don't see the point of the overpriced Core. (it's probably for the type of people who rather buy a pre-built desktop than build one themselves)

 

I'd go with the T460s. It's a higher quality machine and the low weight is noticeable if you carry it with you every day.

[star-lord]

5 hours ago, Dackzy said:

and so what, it will still run at 90C+ most of the time, and I can't buy that with a Danish keyboard.

Well. if your away from chargers alot it means your away from households with kitchens alot, so you could cook food on it.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Hamako said:

The Razer has a crappy keyboard, so it's probably out of the race. Not to mention that almost any laptop can run an eGPU, so I don't see the point of the overpriced Core. (it's probably for the type of people who rather buy a pre-built desktop than build one themselves)

 

I'd go with the T460s. It's a higher quality machine and the low weight is noticeable if you carry it with you every day.

Yeah I also think the T460s is the winner of those two, but now my friend told me about the XPS 13 with iris graphics and a little better cpu than what you can get in the T460s, so now I am in doubt again...

[star-lord]

You could go also with the 460p, it has dgpu and upgradable battery (which the 460s doesn´t)

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, star-lord said:

Well. if your away from chargers alot it means your away from households with kitchens alot, so you could cook food on it.

I can heat my lunch on it  

[Dackzy]

Just now, star-lord said:

You could go also with the 460p, it has dgpu and upgradable battery (which the 460s doesn´t)

CPU throttle sadly.

[star-lord]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

I can heat my lunch on it  

Exactly, so the winner is clear: 

[Hamako]

The CPU in the XPS 13 will be on par or worse than in the T460s. Remember, the T460s has a 25W CPU. I believe the XPS 13 with Iris has a 28W CPU, but all of that extra power reserves are going to the GPU, not the CPU. In fact, the T460s should still be faster in terms of the CPU, but it will have a slower integrated GPU.

 

The XPS 13 is a really nice machine, but the keyboard won't be able to keep up with the T460s.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Hamako said:

The CPU in the XPS 13 will be on par or worse than in the T460s. Remember, the T460s has a 25W CPU. I believe the XPS 13 with Iris has a 28W CPU, but all of that extra power reserves are going to the GPU, not the CPU. In fact, the T460s should still be faster in terms of the CPU, but it will have a slower integrated GPU.

 

The XPS 13 is a really nice machine, but the keyboard won't be able to keep up with the T460s.

Thanks for the help  there is a 65% chance that i will get the T460s over the XPS 13 iris.

[Pendragon]

maybe consider waiting a bit. intel's skull canyon nuc is coming (really) soon, and so will Iris Pro 580 series, can be considered on par with GT940m or 945m. XPS 13 iris only has the 530.

 

[Dackzy]

13 hours ago, Pendragon said:

maybe consider waiting a bit. intel's skull canyon nuc is coming (really) soon, and so will Iris Pro 580 series, can be considered on par with GT940m or 945m. XPS 13 iris only has the 530.

 

Well I can wait untill my dGPU in my T420s gives up....

[Electronics Wizardy]

On 5/8/2016 at 3:01 AM, mikat said:

i'd get a razer blade 14

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade

because: 

it has:

i7-6700HQ (quad-core)
GTX 970M

16 GB of ram

for only 1999$

and it has a QHD+ screen (3200x1800)

no trackpoint. Worse build quality. Worse support. Flashy looks.

[mikat]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

no trackpoint. Worse build quality. Worse support. Flashy looks.

yup, but i'd rather have a quad core cpu, 16 gbs of ram and 970m for less than what that other thing costs

[Dackzy]

6 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

no trackpoint. Worse build quality. Worse support. Flashy looks.

You do know that I already shot down that idea right?

 

3 hours ago, mikat said:

yup, but i'd rather have a quad core cpu, 16 gbs of ram and 970m for less than what that other thing costs

I would rather have a 14inch business laptop