Replacement for the new Macbook Pro?

[Cyrus]

So my friend wanted to buy a macbook pro a while ago and i told her to wait for the refresh of the pros

and now that they are released i was kind of let down.

 

Is there another 13 inch laptop that could replace it? (design is important) and would

the older macbook pros still be viable?

 

She is studying engineering in industrial economics so GPU performance is not really that important.

 

The budget is about 1700 dollars (15000 SEK)

[Guest]

Thumbs up for leaving apple!

 

_{Now you only still need to change to desktops...}

[Cyrus]

2 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Thumbs up for leaving apple!

 

_{Now you only still need to change to desktops...}

Already have a desktop, just need something portable as well.

[WillG]

The Razer Blade Stealth is $750 less than a comparable spec Mac Book Pro

[Cyrus]

1 hour ago, WillG said:

The Razer Blade Stealth is $750 less than a comparable spec Mac Book Pro

As said the design is very important and the razer blade is very gamerish and not very clean looking.

[gametime10]

Check out the Xiaomi Air 13. Apple-like design, USB type C, discrete graphics. Xiaomi is an up and coming company IMO. 

[Dackzy]

29 minutes ago, Cyrus said:

As said the design is very important and the razer blade is very gamerish and not very clean looking.

Dell XPS 13 or 15

[Pendragon]

8 hours ago, Cyrus said:

Is there another 13 inch laptop that could replace it? (design is important) and would

XPS13, XiaoMI Notebook 13 (with the quad core), T460s, E7470.

Depending on the prices of the old MBPs, it can be worth it, but only if you pick up the ones with quad cores (15in). 

[Squirrel724]

XPS 13 is one of the best ultrabooks you can buy currently.

[Dark]

Is there any software that she plans/needs to run that is OSX dependent?  If not, XPS 13 (look at the 6600U model if she wants it cheaper or the 7500U if she wants the latest)

 

Sometimes you can find a better spec'd (16GB/512GB) 6560u version for about the same price--
 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Dell-XPS-13-9350-13-3-i7-6560U-16GB-512GB-PCIe-SSD-QHD-touch-IRIS-540-/232111138882?hash=item360ae6e842:g:7WUAAOSwO~hXIP2m

[ErrystioT]

If GPU is not of a concern, like most say here, Dell XPS 13 is a great option. There's also the new HP Spectre x360 (2016 version) that is recently refresh with Kaby Lake CPUs and has 2 ThunderBolt 3 ports with a USB 3.1 Type A port.