New laptop

cortexcortex · August 3, 2016

Hi,

So, I made a post similar to this one about a week ago (or so). I have some new ideas. So, I currently have a 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (late 2013) -- kind of bad, I know. I'm getting a new one. I don't have a budget but I don't want to surpass 3499 or something like that. Unless there's a big difference. I don't really want the display to be bigger than 15" because I feel like it'll be too big, and also I don't like bulky laptops. The other thing to consider is I'm already into the Mac OS, that's why I'm considering going for a new mac. I was looking into a few laptops: the EVGA SC17 is nice, the 15" MacBook Pro with the 2.8GHz CPU, 512GB PCIe drive and the dedicated GPU (m370x), the Surface Book (still got to look into the config), or the Dell XPS 15 (which config?).

Which one do you think I should go with? Also, things to consider is that I doubt I'll be doing any gaming on my laptop since I already have extremely good desktop computers around my houses, I'll be doing more video editing on the go, watching series/movies, if I do game it'll be more light. But I do want nice specs. Should I wait for new mobile GPU's (new laptops) to come out and the new MacBook Pro to come out, or am I fine with the current ones?

I'm not really in a extreme hurry to change my laptop, the only thing is that it lags often, and I'm running out of available space on my computer (gotta delete stuff, 5GB free currently).

Thanks, and as always sorry for the long thread.

Electronics Wizardy · August 3, 2016

Dell xps 15?(id go i7/32gb 512/256 ssd0 if you want more config options get a 5510.

cortexcortex · August 3, 2016

35 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Dell xps 15?(id go i7/32gb 512/256 ssd0 if you want more config options get a 5510.

Ok, should I get the i7 or the Xeon on the 5510?

Electronics Wizardy · August 3, 2016

39 minutes ago, cortexcortex said:

Ok, should I get the i7 or the Xeon on the 5510?

Do you want ecc? if yes xeon, if no i7. The xeon is faster, but not much as its costs much more.

Pendragon · August 3, 2016

3 hours ago, cortexcortex said:

I'll be doing more video editing on the go, watching series/movies, if I do game it'll be more light.

Definitely wait for the new macbook then. nothing really beats them in mobile editing (FCP) at this form factor or price point.

if you were using premier or anything else in the first place, the XPS15 is definitely a good choice. You wouldn't need the precision lineup version of it. It's geared towards a much different audience.

3 hours ago, cortexcortex said:

I'm running out of available space on my computer (gotta delete stuff, 5GB free currently).

That is actually why your computer lags. SSD's do not perform well when they are close to max capacity. Try offloading a bunch of files to a external backup drive and see if performance improves.