1000 USD laptop suggestions please

[Havel]

Helping a friend get her first real laptop and we want to get it right. The price point is obviously 1000 USD, the primary use for the laptop is productivity and portability with gaming being a secondary focus (ie: gtx 1050 level of performance). Personally i'm trying to stick with Acer laptops because I've always had fantastic luck with them and they lend themselves to being very easy and friendly to tamper with (also a major focus). Regarding the productivity its mostly going to be working online for a company so connectivity is crucial and it should have a fairly decent battery to accompany long working sessions if possible. I'm open to any suggestions outside of HP and Mac, love to see what you guys can help find for this.

Edit: this is my current suggestion
 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509743213&sr=8-4&keywords=Acer+Predator+15&dpID=41v2oytxs9L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

[Aleks NE]

1 minute ago, bdphxdude said:

Helping a friend get her first real laptop and we want to get it right. The price point is obviously 1000 USD, the primary use for the laptop is productivity and portability with gaming being a secondary focus (ie: gtx 1050 level of performance). Personally i'm trying to stick with Acer laptops because I've always had fantastic luck with them and they lend themselves to being very easy and friendly to tamper with (also a major focus). Regarding the productivity its mostly going to be working online for a company so connectivity is crucial and it should have a fairly decent battery to accompany long working sessions if possible. I'm open to any suggestions outside of HP and Mac, love to see what you guys can help find for this.

Why no HPs?
 

[Havel]

Just now, <Aleks> said:

Why no HPs?
 

They specifically dont let you use HDD's other than ones they provide making swapping or tampering with drives a nightmare 

[Moress]

8 minutes ago, bdphxdude said:

Edit: this is my current suggestion
 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509743213&sr=8-4&keywords=Acer+Predator+15&dpID=41v2oytxs9L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

That is a pretty good sized laptop so if your friend was trying to focus on portability I wouldn't suggest that one. But as far as price to performance goes thats a good choice

[Aleks NE]

Just now, bdphxdude said:

They specifically dont let you use HDD's other than ones they provide making swapping or tampering with drives a nightmare 

Wait, what? Since when? I put an SSD instead of the 2TB Hd that came in mine. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Leopard-079UK-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B01N1YANAG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1509744266&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+laptop

This is decent for the price, just don't expect over 3 hours battery life, also have a look at the razer laptops they are pretty portable and powerful if you don't mind buying second hand.

[Aleks NE]

8 minutes ago, bdphxdude said:

Helping a friend get her first real laptop and we want to get it right. The price point is obviously 1000 USD, the primary use for the laptop is productivity and portability with gaming being a secondary focus (ie: gtx 1050 level of performance). Personally i'm trying to stick with Acer laptops because I've always had fantastic luck with them and they lend themselves to being very easy and friendly to tamper with (also a major focus). Regarding the productivity its mostly going to be working online for a company so connectivity is crucial and it should have a fairly decent battery to accompany long working sessions if possible. I'm open to any suggestions outside of HP and Mac, love to see what you guys can help find for this.

Edit: this is my current suggestion
 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509743213&sr=8-4&keywords=Acer+Predator+15&dpID=41v2oytxs9L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Your choice is pretty solid tbh, not sure how exaggerated the battery life quote is.

[General Winter]

19 minutes ago, <Aleks> said:

Wait, what? Since when? I put an SSD instead of the 2TB Hd that came in mine. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Leopard-079UK-Gaming-Laptop/dp/B01N1YANAG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1509744266&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+laptop

This is decent for the price, just don't expect over 3 hours battery life, also have a look at the razer laptops they are pretty portable and powerful if you don't mind buying second hand.

thats pretty weak, an i5 7300hq and a 1050 for $750 euros, thats terrible and OP doesn't live in EU anyway

 

[General Winter]

28 minutes ago, bdphxdude said:

Helping a friend get her first real laptop and we want to get it right. The price point is obviously 1000 USD, the primary use for the laptop is productivity and portability with gaming being a secondary focus (ie: gtx 1050 level of performance). Personally i'm trying to stick with Acer laptops because I've always had fantastic luck with them and they lend themselves to being very easy and friendly to tamper with (also a major focus). Regarding the productivity its mostly going to be working online for a company so connectivity is crucial and it should have a fairly decent battery to accompany long working sessions if possible. I'm open to any suggestions outside of HP and Mac, love to see what you guys can help find for this.

Edit: this is my current suggestion
 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509743213&sr=8-4&keywords=Acer+Predator+15&dpID=41v2oytxs9L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

this laptop is a beast for its price; however its a little on the heavy side at almost 6 lbs so if the extra weight and bulk doesn't hamper "productivity and portability" i'd say go for it

 

otherwise you can find lighter machines that may have much worse gpu's and about the same cpu performance but if gaming is secondary then you don't care that much to begin with

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, General Winter said:

thats pretty weak, an i5 7300hq and a 1050 for $750 euros, thats terrible and OP doesn't live in EU anyway

7300HQ+1050 for 750 Euros isn't that bad, the problem is, for MSI GV,GL,GP series laptops, their build quality is mediocre

[General Winter]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

7300HQ+1050 for 750 Euros isn't that bad, the problem is, for MSI GV,GL,GP series laptops, their build quality is mediocre

its the opposite, thats terrible, maybe for $650-$700 USD or $750 if it has 2tb and 256gb ssd

 

but in euros, thats awful, especially considering the conversion and neither of us live in london, you're definition of good is far worse than ours

[Aleks NE]

12 hours ago, General Winter said:

thats pretty weak, an i5 7300hq and a 1050 for $750 euros, thats terrible and OP doesn't live in EU anyway

 

Amazon changes the currency of the product based on your geographical location.  And a 7th gen I5 with a1050 for 700 is pretty good.

[General Winter]

9 hours ago, <Aleks> said:

Amazon changes the currency of the product based on your geographical location.  And a 7th gen I5 with a1050 for 700 is pretty good.

thats really bad by american standards, for that price and size you should be getting an I7, i know somebody who did and within the states its much better

 

 

you're "deals" are scams us put simply; of course i don't know the hassale of bringing good from USA to london, really that just makes everything more expensive for you guys and OP location isn't shown but his amazon URL would have me guess he's an american like myself so i'd be of better assistance, especially since i know how to get more for less down here

[Idkwhat2putheresowhatever]

On 04/11/2017 at 5:19 AM, bdphxdude said:

Helping a friend get her first real laptop and we want to get it right. The price point is obviously 1000 USD, the primary use for the laptop is productivity and portability with gaming being a secondary focus (ie: gtx 1050 level of performance). Personally i'm trying to stick with Acer laptops because I've always had fantastic luck with them and they lend themselves to being very easy and friendly to tamper with (also a major focus). Regarding the productivity its mostly going to be working online for a company so connectivity is crucial and it should have a fairly decent battery to accompany long working sessions if possible. I'm open to any suggestions outside of HP and Mac, love to see what you guys can help find for this.

Edit: this is my current suggestion
 https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509743213&sr=8-4&keywords=Acer+Predator+15&dpID=41v2oytxs9L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

ROG Strix GL503VD. It just launched last month or something. i7-7700HQ+GTX1050

https://www.amazon.com/IPS-Type-Display-FireCuda-Keyboard-GL503VD/dp/B0753MSN75/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509934494&sr=8-1&keywords=GL503VD

Other suggestions:

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GP62MVR-Leopard-Pro-4K-463/dp/B01MT3HRDB/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1509934621&sr=1-1&keywords=GP62M

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-GeForce-Graphics-i5577-7359BLK-PUS/dp/B06XFGF7SN/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1509934759&sr=1-2&keywords=inspiron+15+gaming

https://www.amazon.com/15-6-inch-i7-7700HQ-Processor-GeForce-Windows/dp/B01N9QKYZ9/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1509934813&sr=1-2&keywords=FX502VM

 

Sorry about the clutter btw.