Replacing my old HP with XPS / MBP

[KarsonC]

Hi guys,

 

I am retiring my old HP 4310s for being my happy business laptop since 2009,

handling word documents, autocads and minor video editing stuffs fine.

But it's not holding up long enough for a daily use without plugging in,

2 hours of maximum battery life without internet, can't even get things done on long travel.

Terrified Youtube experience that I can't even play back 720p without dropping a frame per second (Internet is quick enough).

And now, I have a powerful enough desktop for heavy gaming, autocads and video editing works.

 

I would like to get a decent laptop that comes  with 4k 15inch monitor,

for a document works, video editing and perhaps autocads.

I wish it can last as long as my HP does. But I am not restricted to Windows.

Seem a normal guy will see MacBook Pro (or Apple computers) as a money pit.

Do you guys have any suggestion for me to look for?

 

Last but not lease, the best of my budget is either the Dell XPS 15 4K or the Macbook Pro i7 2.5Ghz 512GB(SSD) w/ M370X.

 

Cheers,

Karson

[Pendragon]

20 minutes ago, KarsonC said:

And now, I have a powerful enough desktop for heavy gaming, autocads and video editing works.

Is it the one in your sig? That's honestly not that powerful. If you get an XPS15 it will be more powerful than ur sig.

Also grab the XPS15 on Dell Outlet or refurbished. It's alot cheaper. If you're doing autocad, don't bother with the Macbook. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RB-Dell-XPS-15-9550-4444SLV-Core-i7-6700-512GB-16GB-4K-Touch-Sig-Edition-Laptop-/272368439770?hash=item3f6a6c91da:g:67sAAOSwInxXN9Zu

[KarsonC]

9 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Is it the one in your sig? That's honestly not that powerful. If you get an XPS15 it will be more powerful than ur sig.

Also grab the XPS15 on Dell Outlet or refurbished. It's alot cheaper. If you're doing autocad, don't bother with the Macbook. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RB-Dell-XPS-15-9550-4444SLV-Core-i7-6700-512GB-16GB-4K-Touch-Sig-Edition-Laptop-/272368439770?hash=item3f6a6c91da:g:67sAAOSwInxXN9Zu

Oh I forgotten to update it, I swapped the GTS450 for GTX760 now.

 

At the same time, I am looking forward to try Final Cut Pro, 

as they  mentioned it's more efficient and faster in editing video.

The down side is it only works with OSX. Can't possible get it running on XPS too?

[Pendragon]

11 minutes ago, KarsonC said:

The down side is it only works with OSX. Can't possible get it running on XPS too?

no. fcp only works on Macbooks. Or if you get a hackintosh running on a laptop (quite a feat), that works too. But as far as I know, no dGPU has sucessfully been enabled on the lastest hackintoshes, so you'll be running the shitty intel HD graphics. fcp works great in individual environments, but priemere is still "better" in terms of functionality. 

[KarsonC]

2 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

no. fcp only works on Macbooks. Or if you get a hackintosh running on a laptop (quite a feat), that works too. fcp works great in individual environments, but priemere is still "better" in terms of functionality. 

Hmmm, while Premiere needs to pay subscriptions with it's latest CC like office 365,

FCPX is one-off and free to upgrade forever.(As told by the internet).

Continue to pay more money for CC is like too stupid to go with as I am not going to use the

laptop as my main editing computer.

 

In my area, the best deals I can get for brand new MBP is @ CAD 2660, XPS 15 @ CAD3110.

Refurbished XPS need to email Dell to get the information from them.

 

Sounds nice to have hackintosh running though.

[Pendragon]

1 hour ago, KarsonC said:

Refurbished XPS need to email Dell to get the information from them.

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1 hour ago, KarsonC said:

In my area, the best deals I can get for brand new MBP is @ CAD 2660, XPS 15 @ CAD3110.

If you're going to use FCP, then Macbooks are the only option. The new ones ... ugh. Idk. See if you can pick up the 2015 models. I prefer those over the new ones simply due to IO. 

[KarsonC]

1 hour ago, Pendragon said:

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If you're going to use FCP, then Macbooks are the only option. The new ones ... ugh. Idk. See if you can pick up the 2015 models. I prefer those over the new ones simply due to IO. 

Oh, sorry for incomplete English, what I mean is for my local area, the Dell Online Store did't list out any refurbished product. I have to make an enquiry for stock left by email. 

[Eason85]

Don't buy from Dell refurb. Buy from ebay resellers with good feedback.

[KarsonC]

Are there any better options you guys would suggest?