Laptop for school

[Daan101]

Hi,

So I'm looking For a laptop for collage next year, it begins mid september.

Currently I'm looking at the dell XPS 15 with i7-6700HQ and 960m link, I also like the Alienware 15 with a i7-6700HQ and 970m link.

I know there rather different but I like the XPS its portability and the alienware is better for gaming.

I will be doing some triple A gaming like Watch Dogs 2 for sure, I'll be following applied informatics.

And on top of that there is the 10 series that might come to laptops soon, so I might wan't to wait for those to come out,but would they come out before september.

 

I would appreciate your humble opinions.

If there is any thing I forgot or you want to ask, i'll do my best to reply as fast as possible.

 

Thanks in advance

[Matias_Chambers]

If you care more about portability than gaming get the XPS. If you don't mind lugging around a heavy laptop then go with the Alienware. 

[Daan101]

How about waiting for the mobile 1070?

[don_svetlio]

9 minutes ago, Daan101 said:

How about waiting for the mobile 1070?

MSI GS60 Ghost Pro is the best of both worlds

[Daan101]

OMG this is awsome but does MSI have a online shop, I cant seem to find it on normal websites in belgium

[Nineshadow]

Another option would be the Lenovo Y700.

 

I have a Y50 and it's been a really great experience. No issues whatsoever. It was also really great for the price. $1000 for 860M, i7 and 256GB SSD? Not bad at all. At least that's what I paid for mine, when the 800 series was still the latest from Nvidia.

[don_svetlio]

8 minutes ago, Daan101 said:

OMG this is awsome but does MSI have a online shop, I cant seem to find it on normal websites in belgium

Not sure, also check the Asus GL502 Strix

[Daan101]

Alright thank you to all of you who helped me so far but there is one more thing, right now I'm looking at the MSI GS60 Ghost pro that don_svetlio suggested, thanks a lot for that by the way, but now my question is, whether it is worth is to wait for the new 1070 mobile lineup since I don't need my laptop until mid september but I am going on holiday in the last week of august so it would be a bonus to have a laptop by then.

when do you think the 1070 laptops will appear on market and available in the EU.

[don_svetlio]

43 minutes ago, Daan101 said:

Alright thank you to all of you who helped me so far but there is one more thing, right now I'm looking at the MSI GS60 Ghost pro that don_svetlio suggested, thanks a lot for that by the way, but now my question is, whether it is worth is to wait for the new 1070 mobile lineup since I don't need my laptop until mid september but I am going on holiday in the last week of august so it would be a bonus to have a laptop by then.

when do you think the 1070 laptops will appear on market and available in the EU.

Well, keep in mind that mobile Pascal is a bit warmer than mobile Maxwell so the GS60 may not get a 1070M revision but a 1065M. 1070M has not even been announced yet, only the 1080M.

[Daan101]

oh no thats not it, if I was to be going with 10 series I might not even be able to get the GS60 in this country, for example when I was looking the GS60 up on the websites of stores I didn't have to look hard as there only were 7 gaming laptops, and this is one of the biggest electronic stores we have so even finding a laptop withe a 10 series would be lucky. But anyway so I found that the 1080m is announced for end july so based on that is the laptops with other cards even a thing before september?

[don_svetlio]

59 minutes ago, Daan101 said:

oh no thats not it, if I was to be going with 10 series I might not even be able to get the GS60 in this country, for example when I was looking the GS60 up on the websites of stores I didn't have to look hard as there only were 7 gaming laptops, and this is one of the biggest electronic stores we have so even finding a laptop withe a 10 series would be lucky. But anyway so I found that the 1080m is announced for end july so based on that is the laptops with other cards even a thing before september?

They may be announced but they will likely hit the market after that. Also, the prices might be higher on a 1070M or 1060M. You could wait for Polaris laptops but again, no guarantee that it will be affordable or thin

[Squirrel724]

I would definitely go with the XPS over the Alienware. I have a friend who has an alienware and he is constantly complaining about the weight and size in his backpack.