Looking for a laptop to buy after University Graduation

[Vextoxic]

Hi everyone!

I'm looking at some laptops since I graduate from university soon (soon meaning May 2019). I've mainly been looking at some mobile workstations and the HP ZBOOK Studio x360 caught my attention. I really love x360 laptops and haven't found any mobile workstations in that form factor. What I'm wondering is whether or not I could game on something like this. HP says that this has a Quadro P1000. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a mobile version, but i have no clue. The only game I really play nowadays is Warframe and I know that it runs pretty well on most things. Do you guys think this is worth it?

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[Firewrath9]

for a "workstation", just buy a gaming laptop, any 1070 will shredddd the p1000 in benchmarking tests. try to get a i7-8750H or 8850H with 1070 or above. try not to get a MAX-q.l

[genexis_x]

20 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

any 1070 will shredddd the p1000 in benchmarking tests

Except for professional workloads

20 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

try not to get a MAX-q

Reason?

21 hours ago, Vextoxic said:

laptops

Location? Budget? Any special requirements? (weight, battery life, display size etc)

[Vextoxic]

17 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Location? Budget? Any special requirements? (weight, battery life, display size etc)

I'm in Massachusetts, and as long as the laptop doesn't weigh 9 pounds (ideally around 5 pounds) I'll be good. For screen size I'm accustomed to 15 inch. I'm okay with at least 3 hours of battery life. Also the reason I don't want to buy a gaming laptop is that they look pretty garish and not very good for professional meetings. I do a lot of product design and biological modeling which is why I've been looking into workstations. I also really, really like the x360/2 in 1 form factor; its really good for media consumption and product meetings.

[genexis_x]

42 minutes ago, Vextoxic said:

they look pretty garish and not very good for professional meetings

Not all gaming laptops

 

You forgot to mention your budget

[Vextoxic]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

You forgot to mention your budget

Ah right, I'm looking for something between $2,000-3000, but ideally on the lower side of that range. I am willing to spring for something closer to $3000 if it has a really good price/performance ratio.

[genexis_x]

9 hours ago, Vextoxic said:

$2,000-3000

I would say mobile workstation like Thinkpad P52, Precision 7530, Zbook 15 G5 etc

[Vextoxic]

10 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

I would say mobile workstation like Thinkpad P52, Precision 7530, Zbook 15 G5 etc

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into it!