IT tech laptop - migrating from MBP Early 2013 recommendation

[confuded]

Looking for a Notebook replacement. Want to play matchmaker?

 

Place I am coming from:

I have an Early 2013 Macbook Pro (i7-3840QM 2.8 GHZ, 16 GB RAM, 750 GB Apple SSD). Great machine, no complaints - but its slowly dying on me. Swapped the battery, alt key stopped working, screen has some dead pixels, heats up recently (yes, I've cleaned the dust out) - in short a replacement is certainly coming soon.

After my Louis Rossmann channel marathon (I watched 70% of it) and complaints from friends about MBP issues I am not going the Apple way anymore.

 

I work in IT. Need something around 2000$ (in the middle East).

Place I want to be (note the place I am coming from): (EDIT: sorted by importance)

0. Centered keyboard and touchpad (no numpad) - thanks Lenovo for having only the P1 in the 15inch size with this requirement! 

1. USB type A - at least 1 port! (EDITED from 2 ports)

2. RJ45 - no bloody dongles! Enough!

3. Sturdy - lenovo T/P series sturdy

4. Good keyboard (Lenovo level).

5. Great touchpad - nothing will match the MBP though (in my mind right now anyways).

6. Fairly portable - under 2KG.

7. 16GB RAM for starters

8. 15 inches - high res. (not 4k) Anti glare - need that physical real estate.

[9. Preferably good Linux support. I doubt I will bother with Hakintosh...]

 

Place I dream to be (in addition to above): - just ignore this section really...

7. Witcher 3 and Kingdom Come playable on mids

8. High refresh rate display

9. VR (Vive) - i know its asking too much

 

What I don't care about:

1. RGB

2. Touchscreen

3. Battery Life (if it lasts 1.5 hours under non power hungry usage and I am happy)

 

What I've looked at:

1. Lenovo X1 Carbon - good, but no RJ45. Needs a dongle.

2. Lenovo P1 - no RJ45. Wasted money on Quadro.

3. Lenovo T480/T580 - 480 too small; 580 has thad madn off center keyboard and touchpad (Lenovo will burn in hell for it!)

4. XPS 15 - no RJ45. Read about too many issues. Does not look sturdy.

5. HP EliteBook 1050 - no RJ45. Keyboard and build quality look dubious (from no solid evidence whatsoever).

6.  HP Zbook 15/15u - same as the T480/T580 issues (3)

7. HP Studio - same issues as Lenovo P1 (2).

 

Any pointers would be highly appreciated!

[Droidbot]

x1 extreme / lenovo p1 but it might be a bit expensive in your country

 

nvm im retarded

 

precision 3530 / 7530

[genexis_x]

Any preference on weight and battery life?

 

BTW, you have quite a lot of requirements. Maybe you can sort the requirements from most important to least important

[confuded]

5 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Any preference on weight and battery life?

 

BTW, you have quite a lot of requirements. Maybe you can sort the requirements from most important to least important

Don't care about battery life that much. As long as its still a laptop. 30 minutes is fine by me really. Weight - 2.2 KG (without power block) - no more.

 

Sorted. Thanks!

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, confuded said:

Weight - 2.2 KG (without power block)

Do you mind gaming/performance laptop? Any links of online stores?

[confuded]

I don't mind at all. As long as it is built well (most gamery ones aren't).

Local stores?

I use this website that has a DB of stuff from other websites: zap.co.il

Just ignore the language - the prices are in ILS (NIS). 

 

Others:

ksp.co.il

ivory.co.il

notebookclub.co.il

 

Thanks!

[genexis_x]

Can consider Lenovo Legion Y730 15. Centered keyboard, plenty of ports, good build quality (QC not the same with business laptop level though), good keyboard, good enough touchpad, good sRGB 15 inch IPS display, has a 1050TI and optional 144Hz display, around 2.2kg. RGB can be turned off

[confuded]

On 11/6/2018 at 6:02 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

Can consider Lenovo Legion Y730 15. Centered keyboard, plenty of ports, good build quality (QC not the same with business laptop level though), good keyboard, good enough touchpad, good sRGB 15 inch IPS display, has a 1050TI and optional 144Hz display, around 2.2kg. RGB can be turned off

This looks really great! All the stuff I am looking for and even teh bonuses! It's also cheaper that my other options!

 

Just two questions about it that I need to research:

1. How is the keyboard

2. How well it survives (at least i want to see a teardown and see it looks like inside)

 

Thanks a lot!

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, confuded said:

Just two questions about it that I need to research:

1. How is the keyboard

2. How well it survives (at least i want to see a teardown and see it looks like inside)

1. The keyboard is good, but still slightly behind Thinkpad level

2. Normal laptop, nothing special

[confuded]

I guess I can't have it all =P.

 

I found your post here about the laptop googling =).

[confuded]

On 11/4/2018 at 2:35 PM, Droidbot said:

x1 extreme / lenovo p1 but it might be a bit expensive in your country

 

nvm im retarded

 

precision 3530 / 7530

No go. Off center touchpad/keyboard.

[genexis_x]

12 hours ago, confuded said:

I guess I can't have it all =P

So what's your decision?

[confuded]

On 11/14/2018 at 10:50 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

So what's your decision?

Legion Y730 15 as you suggested. Love the ports on the back!

Will wait till 2019 to get it though  . 

 

Thanks for the advice again.