australia Laptop Recomendations

[BethFoster5841]

Hi so i need a good laptop that can be a good driver but it needs to have a Dedicated GPU something good for Preimre Pro and Photoshop and needs to be able to run Visual Studio

 

Thinking about the $1000-$1500 Price Range

 

first i found it is not a Dedicated GPU Sadly but it would run well im guessing for this https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/hp-envy-x360-13-2-in-1-laptop-13-ag0011au-hp13ag0011#!specifications battery life would be awesome needs to last a day at school so about 8 hours 

 

Thanks Chris

MS-DOS

NSW

Australia 

[Fasauceome]

What's the Dell XPS lineup look like for you?

[BethFoster5841]

way out of my price range AUS hardware prices are out the window

[genexis_x]

With 10W/25W MX150:

1. Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14

2. Xiaomi Notebook Pro 15 - warranty concerns, good cooling (3.4GHz all core turbo for 8250U)

3. Asus UX461UN - soldered RAM

4. Asus UX430UN - soldered RAM, OKish keyboard, GPU throttling due to insufficient cooling for 25W MX150

5. Asus UX331UN - soldered RAM, OKish keyboard, thermal issue (common in 13 inch Ultrabooks with dGPU)

6. MSI PS42 8RB - many cons: OKish build quality, difficult maintenance, nosecam, 1x1 WIFI, OKish input devices

[BethFoster5841]

19 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

With 10W/25W MX150:

1. Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14

2. Xiaomi Notebook Pro 15 - warranty concerns, good cooling (3.4GHz all core turbo for 8250U)

3. Asus UX461UN - soldered RAM

4. Asus UX430UN - soldered RAM, OKish keyboard, GPU throttling due to insufficient cooling for 25W MX150

5. Asus UX331UN - soldered RAM, OKish keyboard, thermal issue (common in 13 inch Ultrabooks with dGPU)

6. MSI PS42 8RB - many cons: OKish build quality, difficult maintenance, nosecam, 1x1 WIFI, OKish input devices

https://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-ps42-8m238au-14-notebook-i58250u-8gb-256gb-win10-home-ac17145

https://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-ps42-8m237au-14-notebook-i78550u-8gb-512gb-win10-pro-ac17144

I Think theses are good for my budget

what do you think?

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

what do you think?

Too many issues as mentioned above, buy it ONLY if you really need the 25W MX150 and 1 upgradable RAM slot. Ideapad 720s 14 has 1 upgradable RAM slot too

[BethFoster5841]

yea but i cant go outside my budget and the Ideapad is outside it you might want to look at aussie prices i cant go over $1500 AUD

[genexis_x]

37 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

yea but i cant go outside my budget and the Ideapad is outside it you might want to look at aussie prices i cant go over $1500 AUD

It is in your budget. Refer to Lenovo website.

[BethFoster5841]

it hits the $1500 mark just the msi one yes does have cons but it has a core I7 what i would rather prefer for my needs 

[genexis_x]

58 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

but it has a core I7 what i would rather prefer for my needs 

FYI i5 and i7 don't have much performance difference in ULV due to thermal and firmware limitations. And the PS42 doesn't have enough cooling to handle all core boost clock of the CPU, even the 8250U model.

[BethFoster5841]

Yea but i would prefer the i7 and also the bigger NVMe PCIe SSD  if i can i will see if i can get the Ideapad but it looks like the MSI laptop is gonna be a better deal for pricing and it also comes with 10 Pro what i need for network stuff

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

Yea but i would prefer the i7 and also the bigger NVMe PCIe SSD

i7 ULV doesn't really matter. You can upgrade storage later

6 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

if i can i will see if i can get the Ideapad

You mean Ideapad 330? Avoid this model, mediocre

[BethFoster5841]

3 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

i7 ULV doesn't really matter. You can upgrade storage later

You mean Ideapad 330? Avoid this model, mediocre

1 storage i rather not go though the whole process of reinstalling windows and pulling it apart thats what my NAS is for

2 i7 i would still prefer for some things and 3 no not the 330 im talking about the 720

[genexis_x]

37 minutes ago, ms-DOS said:

720

720s 15?

[BethFoster5841]

14