Cant Make Up My Mind

[Chris9090]

So I'm looking for a new laptop for college and I can't decide what laptop I should get. I'm currently using Microsoft Surface 3 and it is definitely showing its age. My budget is around  $1000 and I'm looking for a bigger screen like a 15in or bigger. I like the surface line of devices and have been looking at getting the Microsoft surface laptop 2 but I can't seem to convince myself to get it. I am also interested in other options than just surface options. Please help. 

[MrReaver]

4 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

So I'm looking for a new laptop for college and I can't decide what laptop I should get. I'm currently using Microsoft Surface 3 and it is definitely showing its age. My budget is around  $1000 and I'm looking for a bigger screen like a 15in or bigger. I like the surface line of devices and have been looking at getting the Microsoft surface laptop 2 but I can't seem to convince myself to get it. I am also interested in other options than just surface options. Please help. 

Are you looking to game on it or no?

[Chris9090]

Not really, I have a good tower for gaming on

[MandoPanda]

4 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

or bigger.

Maybe not if you want to get it for college.

 

Have you considered Dell XPS line? The 15 is a great laptop for around your price. But the webcam is in a weird place.

[MrReaver]

2 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

Not really, I have a good tower for gaming on

Well I would never go with the surface books, thats just personal preference but i think they are trash. What all are you wanting this laptop to have, any specific features?

[Chris9090]

2 minutes ago, MandoPanda said:

Have you considered Dell XPS line?

I have looked at the XPS 13 but the screen is smaller than I want

[Chris9090]

3 minutes ago, MrReaver said:

What all are you wanting this laptop to have

A good keyboard, screen, and, a large battery as well as being future proof. I want to have this laptop for a large amount of time.

[MrReaver]

2 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

A good keyboard, screen, and, a large battery as well as being future proof. I want to have this laptop for a large amount of time.

What about the XPS 15?

[Chris9090]

3 minutes ago, MrReaver said:

What about the XPS 15?

Well I have really only looked at the XPS 13 but I just looked on Newegg and Amazon about the 15 and they seem to be a bit pricey, I'm seeing prices of around $1,500 and that is a bit higher than I am wanting to spend. is it that I'm just looking at the really high end of the XPS 15's and I'm not seeing the cheaper ones or are they all that high?

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, Chris9090 said:

My budget is around  $1000 and I'm looking for a bigger screen like a 15in or bigger

Location? Usage? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours? Do you mind low sRGB display?

[Chris9090]

5 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Usage? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours? Do you mind low sRGB display?

Location: US

Usage: high 

Weight: not heavy, not a gaming laptop, can't give exacts 

RGB: I Don't Care, preferably to distracting because I will be using it in class

battery life: preferably around 5 to 6 hours

[genexis_x]

11 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

Usage: high

What will you do with the laptop?

11 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

not heavy

Give a range

12 minutes ago, Chris9090 said:

RGB: I Don't Care, preferably to distracting because I will be using it in class

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB

[Chris9090]

4 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

What will you do with the laptop?

Usage: basically everything besides gaming. Web surfing, video streaming, doing homework assignments. Mainly video streaming

Weight: nothing more than 5 lb

sRGB: I would be okay with low

[genexis_x]

On 11/20/2018 at 3:09 PM, Chris9090 said:

sRGB: I would be okay with low

You don't have to spend so much actually

 

Premium business laptops:

Lenovo Thinkpad P52s/T580 - default panel is low sRGB IPS

 

Regular laptops/Ultrabooks:

Spoiler

Dell XPS 15 iGPU - excellent IPS display, large 97Wh battery (no HDD)

Lenovo Yoga 730 15 iGPU - good sRGB IPS

Lenovo Thinkpad E580/E585

Acer Swift 3 15 SF315-52-52YN / SF315-52-51NV

Lenovo Ideapad 530s 15

HP Envy x360 15 Intel/AMD

Lenovo Flex 15

Acer Aspire 5 A515-52-50G0 / A515-52-5109

Regular laptops/Ultrabooks with shorter battery life:

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Dell Inspiron 7586 - good sRGB IPS

Dell Inspiron 7573 - good sRGB IPS

Dell Inspiron 7580 - good sRGB IPS

Acer Swift 3 15 SF315-41-R8PP - soldered RAM

HP Pavilion 15z with IPS

HP Pavilion 15z R5-2500U with IPS

Gaming/performance laptops:

Spoiler

Lenovo Yoga 720 15 UHD

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 15 81AC003EUS

Lenovo Yoga 730 15

Eluktronics MB-15 (TongFang GK5CM5X)