Would you be interested in this laptop?

[Eason85]

So I've got a pitch and it's this:

 

It's for... people who wanted a macbook pro but can't stomach non-serviceable hardware and the price tag

people who wanted an XPS 15 but don't don't want gimped TB3 and a GPU 

people who wanted a T470p but want TB3 and a touchscreen

people who wanted a razer blade, but not ugly bezels, green design, and a stove.

 

I want to test the feasibility of getting 3-500K to produce 5000 or so laptops like the following:

 

14/15" slim bezel design. >97% SRGB, matte touch display

3.9 lbs

i7 7700HQ/7820HQ

NO discrete GPU

2 RAM slots

full speed TB3

90 WHr+ battery

aluminum or carbon fiber construction

 

Anyone have experience (or know someone interested) in such a thing? (manufacturing, kickstarting, etc)

Do you think such an idea has legs? Are there enough people who just want a solid workstation but not a GPU?

[Buzz301]

Nope would not buy

[Matt_98]

30 minutes ago, Eason85 said:

So I've got a pitch and it's this:

 

It's for... people who wanted a macbook pro but can't stomach non-serviceable hardware and the price tag

people who wanted an XPS 15 but don't don't want gimped TB3 and a GPU 

people who wanted a T470p but want TB3 and a touchscreen

people who wanted a razer blade, but not ugly bezels, green design, and a stove.

 

I want to test the feasibility of getting 3-500K to produce 5000 or so laptops like the following:

 

14/15" slim bezel design. >97% SRGB, matte touch display

3.9 lbs

i7 7700HQ/7820HQ

NO discrete GPU

2 RAM slots

full speed TB3

90 WHr+ battery

aluminum or carbon fiber construction

 

Anyone have experience (or know someone interested) in such a thing? (manufacturing, kickstarting, etc)

Do you think such an idea has legs? Are there enough people who just want a solid workstation but not a GPU?

 

would buy if it had good I/O

[Eason85]

25 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

would buy if it had good I/O

TB3 + what else?

[Matt_98]

11 minutes ago, Eason85 said:

TB3 + what else?

a couple of 3.1 gen 2 type c ports for adapters and whatnot, maybe even a couple of display outs

[Imglidinhere]

4 hours ago, Eason85 said:

So I've got a pitch and it's this:

 

It's for... people who wanted a macbook pro but can't stomach non-serviceable hardware and the price tag

people who wanted an XPS 15 but don't don't want gimped TB3 and a GPU 

people who wanted a T470p but want TB3 and a touchscreen

people who wanted a razer blade, but not ugly bezels, green design, and a stove.

 

I want to test the feasibility of getting 3-500K to produce 5000 or so laptops like the following:

 

14/15" slim bezel design. >97% SRGB, matte touch display

3.9 lbs

i7 7700HQ/7820HQ

NO discrete GPU

2 RAM slots

full speed TB3

90 WHr+ battery

aluminum or carbon fiber construction

 

Anyone have experience (or know someone interested) in such a thing? (manufacturing, kickstarting, etc)

Do you think such an idea has legs? Are there enough people who just want a solid workstation but not a GPU?

I'd save up money right now to buy it... if the price was right.  I wouldn't drop $1000 or more on a laptop without a discrete GPU in it. I mean, there's no point unless it's priced fairly.

 

But the 7820HQ would be preferred for the Iris Pro graphics it has when you're on the go. It's potent enough to enjoy plenty of games even at low-med settings. I know the HD 530 I have is very capable for a number of games today even. Makes me giddy about the HD 580. >U>

[Eason85]

I don't think it could sell for anything under $1500. The 7820HQ + lcd are going to be the most costly components I'd guess, and would probably be at cost $600 or so on their own.

[Dash Lambda]

That sounds very close to what I described here...

So yeah, I'd be very interested. I'm not sure if I'd buy it, because regardless of the hardware and features I do care a lot about build quality and engineering (which is something for which I trust Lenovo more, no offence), and I do have very limited money at the moment.

I'd be interested to see how it turns out, assuming you get far enough. Not saying you're likely to fail, just... I've heard stories about how prohibitive hardware manufacturing is for small projects.

[vyx]

Would buy 110%, I thought the new latitude 5480 would get it done but needs the dgpu for tb3. and its hella expensive.

 

[vyx]

Trying to put stuff in order... edit at will I am no expert

 

 

Chassis

Aluminum or carbon fiber construction

Processor

Intel® Core™ i7-7820HQ

Memory

16GB DDR4 Memory,2X8GB

Hard Drive

M.2 256GB Sata

Graphics

Intel® HD Graphics 620 with Thunderbolt™ 3

Display

>97% SRGB, matte touch display w/ HD Cam 

14/15" slim bezel design

Ports

2 USB 3.1 gen 2 type C
1 SD 4.0 Memory card reader
1 Headset/mic combo jack
1 HDMI

Battery

90WHR Primary Battery

Connectivity

Intel® Tri-Band Wireless-AC 18265 WiGig + Wi-Fi + BT4.2 Wireless card
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet

 

[Pendragon]

17 hours ago, Eason85 said:

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A few things to add

• Needs to be 15in. There aren't enough 14in panels that are good. And R&Ding one will take way too many resources. 
• Make it a full 99whr battery cause you're so close anyways. 
• Needs good ports
  • HDMI 2.1
  • DP 1.3
  • 2 USB 3.0
  • 2 USB C TB3
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • SD Card Slot (I know people need this, but I personally don't)
  • 2 audio in and out 3.5m
• Needs at least 2 M2 at the minimum. I would prefer to have 3 M2 + 1 2.5in. CANNOT have 1 M2. That is a deal breaker

This would be a tempting buy. But I'm still not convinced of TB3's future viability. While the idea of eGPU is great, I personally don't think that TB3 is sufficient. Needs to be at the TB4 or a dedicated PCIE 3.0 8x out power. That's all in my opinion. 

 

[Eason85]

Thanks, guys. I may work on a proposal.