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$1500 Productivity Laptop

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I'm looking for a laptop as I'm about to leave for university. I have a budget of around $1500-1800 max and need something for general course/everyday use and potentially some light gaming. I don't care much for features like touch screen etc. but I'd like something with a decent build quality and keyboard. Any help is appreciated. 

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XPS 15, or if you need something smaller, the XPS 13.  You won't regret it :) 

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10 minutes ago, DeWat4 said:

XPS 15, or if you need something smaller, the XPS 13.  You won't regret it :) 

Damn the XPS 15 is just over budget and I think the XPS 13 will be a little small hahahah. The 13 might still be a good option but if I could find something in between it'd perfect

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https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-15-6inch-Touchscreen-i7-6700HQ/dp/B06XB388P5/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1516245280&sr=1-3-spons&keywords=laptop&psc=1

 

This dell laptop is good for its price. It is powered by a quad core i7 6700 HQ processor with a GTX 960M. Good for gaming as well as productivity. It also includes a 4k LED touchscreen. This is a really good deal in terms of its price

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My vote is for the 13" MacBook Pro. Not sure what your course needs are but this can certainly do some light gaming with its Intel Iris Graphics (on low settings and at 900p) and it ticks the boxes on the build quality and imo the Keyboard. Its also light and gets great battery life. 

 

 https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MPXT2LL/A&step=config# 

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get the xps 15 1080p 11.5 hours of battery... 4k is not very nice in my opinion in such small display... and for gaming... u will have to upscale to 1080p :\ not good for image quality...
get the Starting at $999.99 
add
® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5
add the i5-7300HQ Q if u want it...
but keep the 7200rpm drive...
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-15/spd/xps-15-9560-laptop
the mac pro it's good to... depends on the screen size u want etc

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Maybe you should wait for the new Thinkpads

Desktop specs:

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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

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