Macbook Pro alternative

[Tristanus]

Hello guys,

 

For my upcomming education they recommend me to get a Macbook Pro, but as we all know they ain't the cheapest. I'm allowed to use Windows if I want though. So that can eliminate some costs. I'm looking for a mobile and easy to transport laptop that packs the power to edit photos, design, code and if possible can edit video's. My budget is max 1700 euro. If really needed I can go over budget a little bit. For anyone interested. I'm based in The Netherlands. I've seen the HP Spectre as a good canidate. Also maybe the Razer Blade. Any recommendations? Would love to hear from you guys soon. Have a good one!

[D13H4RD]

Avoid the Razer Blade. They run hot and have too many QC issues and too inconsistent customer support to properly recommend.

 

CPU wise, I would recommend the i7 8750H. The 6-cores would help for video editing and whatnot although I do heavily recommend undervolting (it's easy to do and there's pretty much no risk) to have it run cooler.

 

Normally, the Dell XPS15 comes to mind but the laptop has had VRM issues for 3 years now, so it's becoming harder to recommend.

 

I'll page @ZM Fongto help out

[Tristanus]

6 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Avoid the Razer Blade. They run hot and have too many QC issues and too inconsistent customer support to properly recommend.

 

CPU wise, I would recommend the i7 8750H. The 6-cores would help for video editing and whatnot although I do heavily recommend undervolting (it's easy to do and there's pretty much no risk) to have it run cooler.

 

Normally, the Dell XPS15 comes to mind but the laptop has had VRM issues for 3 years now, so it's becoming harder to recommend.

 

I'll page @ZM Fongto help out

Thank you so much for that information. I'll take that in consideration. And thank you for linking me to @ZM Fong !

[DrMacintosh]

Maybe the Dell XPS line? 

[KarathKasun]

Pretty much anything on the PC side has better performance for what you pay.

[Techicolors]

the Thinkpad X1 Carbon

 

Huawei Matebook X Pro as well. it looks a lot like the MBP. like a lot

 

[Firewrath9]

18 minutes ago, Tristanus said:

Hello guys,

 

For my upcomming education they recommend me to get a Macbook Pro, but as we all know they ain't the cheapest. I'm allowed to use Windows if I want though. So that can eliminate some costs. I'm looking for a mobile and easy to transport laptop that packs the power to edit photos, design, code and if possible can edit video's. My budget is max 1700 euro. If really needed I can go over budget a little bit. For anyone interested. I'm based in The Netherlands. I've seen the HP Spectre as a good canidate. Also maybe the Razer Blade. Any recommendations? Would love to hear from you guys soon. Have a good one!

one of these?

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/inspiron-15-7000/spd/inspiron-15-7570-laptop/cai157w10p1c109

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-15-9570/spd/xps-15-9570-laptop/smx15w10p1c1608

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B076D5172R/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all

[D13H4RD]

43 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Maybe the Dell XPS line? 

 

40 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-15-9570/spd/xps-15-9570-laptop/smx15w10p1c1608

 

The XPS15 9570 is becoming harder to recommend due to VRM cooling issues that bizarrely exists for 3 years now. 

 

With that said, the i7 8750H is probably the way to go 

[genexis_x]

8 hours ago, Tristanus said:

I'm based in The Netherlands

Any links of online stores?

[genexis_x]

7 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

XPS15 9570

Also bad cooling which could not even handle a 8300H+1050 properly

[Tristanus]

On 7/25/2018 at 4:11 AM, ZM Fong said:

Any links of online stores?

tweakers.net is a nice price comparing site. I hope you can dig your way trough the weird language.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Tristanus said:

tweakers.net is a nice price comparing site. I hope you can dig your way trough the weird language.

Forgot to ask, what are your preferred weight and battery life?

[Tristanus]

1 minute ago, ZM Fong said:

Forgot to ask, what are your preferred weight and battery life?

I would like it to be light. Battery life doesn't matter.

[genexis_x]

If battery life isn't important, I would suggest TongFang GK5CN6Z. Good build quality and cooling. Get the 144Hz panel and 8750H+1060

https://clevocenter.nl/nextcore-gk5cn6z-cfg.html

https://laptopparts4less.frl/TongFang-GK5CN6Z-GTX-1060-6Gb-Coffee-Lake-game-laptop-samenstellen