Help finding a non-gaming laptop?

[4flat4life]

My requirements... 

 

i7 6th gen or 7th

At least 1 M.2 SSD (Raid would be awesome too)

Lowest GPU possible, or none. (No games. At all. I don't want to pay for a 1060 that I will never use)

 

Any recommendations? 

[RUWO_builder]

Dell xps Has a lot of diffrent models. Try searching there

[4flat4life]

Thank you

 

[Pendragon]

Is the CPU a duo-core or a quad-core?

[PCGeek]

I generally go business laptops or a Razer Blade. The HP EliteBook 1040 is pretty good.

[4flat4life]

Quad core 8 threads. I found the Laptop I want unless someone knows of a better one.

http://dell.to/2hG8dGx

[4flat4life]

1 minute ago, PCGeek said:

I generally go business laptops or a Razer Blade. The HP EliteBook 1040 is pretty good.

I don't trust HP at all, and the reviews for the elitebook support that claim.

[PCGeek]

1 minute ago, 4flat4life said:

I don't trust HP at all, and the reviews for the elitebook support that claim.

Lenovo, Dell and HPs have had their ups and downs in the business laptop area.  It's like when one excels there other drops.  In general I've had better experiences with them over consumer notebooks.  The HP EliteBook 840 G1 I'm using isn't so great but the reviews internally on the 1040 is pretty good.  Where I work we have all brands as standards (Dell, Lenovo, HP, Asus, Toshiba, and of course Surface and Surface Books).

[4flat4life]

I appreciate the insight. 
I think I am liking that Dell XPS 15 touch the most as of right now.

[PCGeek]

1 minute ago, 4flat4life said:

I appreciate the insight. 
I think I am liking that Dell XPS 15 touch the most as of right now.

I like the XPS 15.  Good choice.  

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, 4flat4life said:

Quad core 8 threads. I found the Laptop I want unless someone knows of a better one.

Best laptop with no dGPU at all would be the E5470. Dell Outlet or Ebay Refurb. It costs less than a grand. And if you need less storage or ram it gets even cheaper. If you don't need 8 threads and just want a quad core you can get an i5 option that makes it even cheaper LOL. 

[Dash Lambda]

10 hours ago, 4flat4life said:

Quad core 8 threads. I found the Laptop I want unless someone knows of a better one.

http://dell.to/2hG8dGx

You said you didn't want a dGPU.

 

I'd suggest ThinkPads, but I'm not aware of one with a 6th-gen i7 quad-core and no dGPU.

[Pendragon]

9 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

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The T460p has variants with no dGPU

[Dash Lambda]

4 hours ago, Pendragon said:

The T460p has variants with no dGPU.

Those variants have an i5, so no hyperthreading.

[Pendragon]

40 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Those variants have an i5, so no hyperthreading.

Well, hence my E5470 is still number 1 recommendation. I do believe it's one of the few 6820HQs without a dGPU. 

[Dash Lambda]

3 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Well, hence my E5470 is still number 1 recommendation. I do believe it's one of the few 6820HQs without a dGPU. 

Well, since I've never used the E5470, I'm not really qualified to recommend for or against it.

 

I really do wish Lenovo had a ThinkPad with a current generation quad-core i7 and no dGPU, though. That would be amazing ;-;.