Posted October 18, 2017 Looking for a thin and light laptop mainly for school use. I will be doing some light gaming; CS:GO or Skyrim would probably be the most demanding titles - not sure that I need a dedicated GPU. Battery life is important - I want to be able to go at least 5 or 6 hours without needing a recharge. Budget is around $1500 AUD but I'm slightly flexible here. No Macs please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2017 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233226 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154620 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234458 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154480 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233230 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3FA62J0489 You need and would want dedicated graphics for gaming and it will be great for the future subscribe to pewdiepie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2017 Anything with 8250U/8550U or HQ CPUs and good build quality (metal or carbon fiber construction) XPS 13, Zenbook, Yoga, Swift 3/5 and many more Desktop specs: Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6 Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 18, 2017 24 minutes ago, Merp83 said: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233226 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154620 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234458 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154480 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233230 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3FA62J0489 You need and would want dedicated graphics for gaming and it will be great for the future I would consider those reasonable light gaming-laptops, but not a thin and light. Problem is: For school/work and battery life I would go with a really light 13.3". For your gaming the 15.6" class with a gaming or even a lower end dedicated gpu is the better choice. I think OP should focus on the school/work aspect and do exactly that: 15 minutes ago, ZM Fong said: XPS 13, Zenbook, Yoga, Swift 3/5 and many more Ryzen 5 5600, 32GB DDR4, GTX 3070Ti, Acer Predator x34 InWin 901 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 19, 2017 Acer Swift 3 from JB Hi-Fi (https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/laptops/acer/acer-swift-3-sf314-52g-77na-14-laptop/468788/) with i7-7500U (not 8th Gen Kaby Lake-R unfortunately), 14" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and MX150 GPU (very capable of light gaming, on par with the old GTX 950M) all for a weight of 1.7kg ish (just below 2kg) for $1400 AUD as of this writing Daily drivers: - HP Elite x2 1012 G2: Intel Core i7-7600U, Intel HD Graphics 620 + Aorus Gaming Box GTX 1080 eGPU, 16GB LPDDR3-1867, 256GB Toshiba NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD + 128GB Toshiba Exceria UHS-1 U3 MicroSD, 12.3" 2736x1824 + HP Pavilion 22cwa Monitor 21.5" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - LG V20 (H990DS): Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (ARM-based), Adreno 530, 4GB LPDDR4, 64GB eMMC UFS 2.0 + 64GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 U3 V30 MicroSD, 5.7" IPS LCD 1440p + 2.1" 160x1040, Android 7.0 (LG UX 5.0) Other devices: - Lenovo IdeaPad Y400: Intel Core i7-3630QM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI, 16GB DDR3-1600, 120GB Kingston mS200 mSATA SSD + 1TB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 7200rpm 2.5" HDD, 14" 768p, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired] - Dell Venue 11 Pro (7139): Intel Core i5-4300Y, Intel HD Graphics 4200, 8GB LPDDR3-1600, 256GB SanDisk X110 M.2 2260 SATA3 SSD, 10.8" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired] - Acer Iconia W4: Intel Atom Z3740, Intel HD Graphics, 2GB DDR3L-1033, 64GB Samsung MCG8GC eMMC, 8" IPS WXGA (1280x800), Windows 10 Home 32-bit - Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML: Intel Atom Z3580 (x86-based), PowerVR G6430, 4GB LPDDR3, 64GB eMMC, 5.5" IPS LCD 1080p, Android 6.0.1 (Asus ZenUI) - New Nintendo 2DS XL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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