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I'm looking to buy a mobile workstation. My current budget is $1500. Is there any good any good mobile workstations under this budget? I need a good processing power and a decent graphics card, but I also need a really good battery life (preferably 7 hours or more). Any Ideas? 

I thought about getting a gaming laptop and use it for light work while I do the heavy work on my desktop PC, but gaming laptops have some serious battery problems. most of them won't last more than 3.5 hours. 

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Preferred weight and battery life?

8 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

These workstation laptops don't exactly cool well.

Most workstation laptops don't have major cooling problem

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16 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Preferred weight and battery life?

Most workstation laptops don't have major cooling problem

The weight doesn't really matter as long as it's under 2.5 kg. I'm looking for something with a 7 hours or more battery life.

I never heard about any cooling problems with workstation laptops.

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6 hours ago, Georgeat said:

7 hours or more battery life.

Hmm with your budget you won't get a good option

 

You can consider Ultrabook+eGPU

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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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4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Hmm with your budget you won't get a good option

 

You can consider Ultrabook+eGPU

True, That's why I was considering something like Lenovo ThinkPad T480. Not a workstation, but it sure can handle some serious work. and It has a great battery life.  

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2 hours ago, Georgeat said:

True, That's why I was considering something like Lenovo ThinkPad T480. Not a workstation, but it sure can handle some serious work. and It has a great battery life.  

maybe wait for the T480p if they ever make that, since it will have a 45W CPU and a small dGPU

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4 minutes ago, Georgeat said:

Yeah, but I don't think they're going to make it. 

The p version has always been the last to come out, at least here in Denmark.

But what kind of work are you doing?

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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