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    I've spent hours researching, but I still don know...


    I've spent hours researching, but I still don know...

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:47 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: Roughly $1700 but can go higher if buying used, Canada
    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Absolute BEST specs for the money.
    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Going to school with it so I'd like it thin. Not too worried about weight.
    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows
    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15 inches give or take
    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Video editing (premiere), and some light gaming.
    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Primary Minecraft ngl. I just want some good shaders on it and no fps lag.
    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Nice keyboard (think ThinkPad), finger print would be cool, but I don't need touch. Lots of Ram and cool graphics!
    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I don't know a ton about laptops. I wish there was a thin, sleek laptop, that was also amazing specs and could handle some stuff, that wasn't insanely expensive. I can buy used, so that brings costs down. Thanks!
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    Laptop for college work and gaming

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:59 AM PDT

    I need a new laptop for college and I'm trying decide between a Lenovo Thinkpad t590 or a Legion Y540. My major is Computer Science but I'm already set between these two laptops, but I'm not sure which to chose because the Y540 is for gaming which I want to to when I have free time, however I already have a pc that can play games but I'm not sure if my parent will let me bring it to college. But I also want something that doesn't have a ton of led rainbow lights all over the Laptop which is why I also like the T590, but I don't how week it will perform with games (however I can also live with the legion y540's because they appear to only be one color which is white.)I am open to other options that I can both college work and play games on it. I will greatly appreciate any suggestions.

    Edit: I've already made my decision for a laptop and have bought already. I want to say thank you to those of you who have given me suggestions.

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    2 in 1 laptop for college

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 03:18 AM PDT

    * **Total budget and country of purchase:**

    500 euros (I'm open to refurbished and used products), Italy

    * **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.**

    2 in 1

    * **How important is weight and thinness to you?**

    Weight: not important, thinness: thin enough to fit in the laptop compartment of a NF Borealis

    * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.**

    Windows

    * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.**

    N/A

    * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.**

    only light gaming (2d games) and programming

    * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**

    Dead Cells, Hollow Knight

    * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**

    No

    * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.**

    This will be a laptop for college, so I'd like to have a screen big and good enough for reading textbooks and taking notes.

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    My first laptop

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 02:53 AM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: 1200-1400$ CAD, Canada
    • **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Best specs, I'm new to computers so any advice is helpful.
    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Not important at all
    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. I'm fine with anything
      • Do you have a preferred screen size On the bigger side
    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Gaming- DBD, Destiny 2, Newer Games, ETC
      • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? high resolution and 60+ frames if possible
      • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good Keyboard, if possible good microphone
      • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. My starting range is about 1200$ but I can go up to about 1400$ at max, looking for something i could get in store somewhere in Canada or possibly Amazon as it's financed by a financial course I took, thanks in advance for any advice.
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    Help me please! (I don't know how to write titles)

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 02:45 AM PDT

    Total budget and country of purchase: ~$1000 give or take a few hundred below or under preferred, upper limit $1500, Australia.

    Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. I'm going to be using it quite often, so battery life (hopefully above ~6 hours at the least) and the best specifications for the money would be nice.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Don't mind thinness, nothing too heavy though because I'm short and have back problems

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows for the most part while I'm outside the house, but I definitely want to have Debian on when I'm at home.

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Would like to run Blender, photoshop, stellarium, and misc. software that is pretty much for spectroscopy and astronomy, and some gaming.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I'd like to be able to play the following at high settings preferably but medium is pretty good, just no obvious pixelation: Kerbal Space Program, Universe Sandbox, Minecraft (I'm probably gonna dump heaps of mods in this one), Sims 4 (again, dump some more mods), Cities: Skylines, PUBG, Battlefield V. I'm also hoping to run a couple of emulators (if it matters, I'm hoping to run Dolphin primarily to play Gamecube games with).

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I understand I'm probably asking too much, but a finger print reader or a touch screen would be nice. After using a macbook air for most of highschool, I'd like a relatively nice touchpad as well.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    Thank you for spending the time to help recommend a good laptop! Really the specific requirements are entirely optional but the rest is pretty important to me. Thank you again!

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    Which one of these laptops is a better Value?

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 10:49 PM PDT

    Lenovo IdeaPad S340 $459.99

    Acer Aspire 5 $399.99

    Lenovo Yoga 730 $549.99

    I want a laptop that can be used for watching videos, multi-tasking with Apps such as Microsoft Word and Chrome. Basically a really fast laptop. I want a laptop that can at least run Pcsx2 as I won't be doing heavy games such as Battlefield or Rainbow Six

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    $500-$800 Laptop for a college student that starts in 5 days!

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 02:00 AM PDT

    * Total budget (In local currency) and country of purchase:

    $500-$800 / US (More specifically Texas)

    * Are you open to refurbs/used?

    No

    * How would you prioritize form factor, build quality, performance, and battery life?

    Build Quality, Performance, Battery Life, Form Factor

    * Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    14"-16"

    * Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    I will likely be using CAD

    * If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    N/A

    * Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

    I would like a good keyboard with no numpad. Don't care for touch screen, and a finger-print scanner would be cool but definitely not needed.

    * Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    I have been searching a lot but every time i find something i like i always find downsides but do not really know if they will really affect me (I'm not the most versed with laptops). Also I will be using this for pretty much only college related work/research due to me having a PC that can handle all of my other needs.

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    Laptop under 750 euros?

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 01:56 AM PDT

    So I have been searching for a laptop for a week now and I can't find anything that suits me completely. It either doesn't have good specs or its battery sucks or display sucks.

    So I don't really need it for anything specific. The only 2 real requirements would be display quality and usable screen. I would rather have the latter but don't compromise a lot from screen quality.

    The only store I can buy from right now is Amazon.de.

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    Laptop recommendations for excellent note taking and functional programming. $1000-1500$

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 05:04 PM PDT

    Hello world! I am a university student looking to buy a laptop with two main requirements.

    1) I want the note taking to feel great. I will be writing math proofs and inscribing notes on published papers.

    2) I want to be able to run python and other editors. This needs to be functional, but nothing special.

    So far I've seen that the iPad Pro doesn't have the functionality to run python and other IDE's. On the other hand I've seen reviews that the windows laptop writing only feels mediocre. I am expecting to spend around 1000-1500$, of course if the job can be done for less- that's excellent.

    Any suggestions? Thanks :)

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    cheapie 'burner' for Minecraft

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 03:52 PM PDT

    hi yall. i'm looking for a suggestion for a cheapie burner laptop to play minecraft on with my son. that's it. my only requirement is it be able to run windows 10. i'd prefer new as i just don't know what i'm looking for and looking at the craigslist ads really doesn't make the most sense at this point.

    i checked the sidebar and the cheapest previously listed now goes for 799. that's a good bit more than i wanted to spend.

    i'm hoping to keep it below 150 because really at that point, i could probably just buy an xbox one. don't really want to do that though.

    again. all i want to do is play minecraft with my son on it. i plan on purchasing an additional mouse and ethernet cord. thanks so much in advance.

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    4 College

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 12:47 AM PDT

    1) Total budget and country of purchase:

    Reply: Preferably under $1300. Residing in USA.

    2) Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money?

    Reply: I want a good battery life and a good key board at a reasonable price.

    3) How important is weight and thinness to you?

    Reply: I would like a laptop that weighs less than 4 lbs. As long as the laptop isn't too thin that if you type it moves the laptop yah know.

    4) Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

    Reply: I don't want mac because it is v overpriced and I want the best without it being too overpriced. Currently thinking about Lenovo Thinkpad X390 but idk. I like to use google and will need to have a laptop that I can download office 365 too.

    5) Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    Reply: Screen Size: less than/equal to 15 inches. I just want it to be light weigh less than 4 lbs.

    6) Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    Reply: None of the above will be happening.

    7) If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    Reply: None of the above will be happening.

    8) Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**

    Reply: A good keyboard would be nice. A good webcam is necessary. I want storage for pics and vids. Touchscreen would be dope but is not necessary. Also I would not like it to overheat too quickly and for the fan to be quiet. A good speaker would also be nice while I listen with my earbuds or out loud in my room. I want the screen to be visible and not too dimmed.

    tyyy ppl

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    Do I really need a laptop? Looking for advice

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 12:45 AM PDT

    This is my situation:

    • I now have an old mac laptop from 2010. It has been repaired some times and it still works, but it is definitely not powerful enough for what I want to do. It would need some repair, but it does have a 1TB SSD that maybe can be reused.

    • I would like to buy a new computer, that can handle both games and large databases. Below my ideas in the form required.

    • I am not convinced that a desktop computer would be the best option. On one side, I'd like the mobility of a laptop. On the other, there's budget constraints and less performance for laptops. Plus, I read that laptops are harder to repair in case they break.

    • I can buy a laptop in the US at the end of this month, but I am only there for a short time.

    The options I am looking at are:

    1. Buying a gaming laptop within my budget (1200 EUR) and get done with it. In this case, could I ask to reuse and mount my current SSD? Also, would you recommend a product warranty in case it needs repair?
    2. Buying a gaming desktop with just one screen AND repair my old laptop, staying within budget. Is that even possible? Maybe moving the old SSD to the desktop and buying a cheap HD for the mac.
    3. Buying a gaming desktop with just one screen AND a cheap laptop for when I need to move.

    What is your more experienced opinion?

    Here's the form for the laptop

    Total budget and country of purchase:

    1300 EUR (1450 USD) – either Belgium or US

    Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.

    No major needs, but I would prefer if it did not look like a gaming laptop (no LEDs and stuff like that)

    How important is weight and thinness to you?

    Not at all, can be bulky or heavy.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

    Windows

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    15 inches or plus

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    Not yet but I'd like to start gaming.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    Games I'd like to try:

    Red Dead Redemption 2

    TW Warhammer

    I do not know enough about settings but I guess medium settings and 60 fps would be fine.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices.

    As I would use the laptop for work too, it's probable I will spend a lot of hours in front of it. So it is better if the screen is comfortable (Flickerfree + Blue light?)

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    I really do not like the "gaming look" of some gaming laptops.

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    Laptop for light video editing and WoW <$850

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 08:44 PM PDT

    I'm trying to avoid buying a desktop because I know I'll get more bang for my buck, but if I can run WoW in 1080p at a high frame rate (on an external monitor, stock monitor doesn't matter for gaming) I'll be happy. Also gonna be editing some videos using Adobe Premiere. Weight and battery life aren't important.

    If I can get a laptop that will handle that well enough I'd rather do that than a desktop.

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    Looking for a powerful photo editing laptop.

    Posted: 15 Aug 2019 12:26 AM PDT

    **Total budget and country of purchase:

    $2,500, United States

    **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.

    2 in 1 is a must and I'd be happy with 5 or 6 hours of battery life if possible.

    **How important is weight and thinness to you?

    I would like it to be reasonably light and thin but its not that important.

    **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

    Windows 10

    **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    14 inches.

    **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    I run Lightroom primarily and the rest of the Adobe suite too. Not doing any gaming on it but a modest dGPU would be nice regardless.

    **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    N/A

    **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

    A well made keyboard with back lighting and some noticeable key travel, a metal chassis is preferred but not mandatory, touch-screen is also a must, along with a stylus too for the 2 in 1 mode, 1 or 2 of full size USB ports and 1 USB-C port too, 1 HDMI out, and a full size SD card reader.

    **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    A 4k panel with full sRGB and/or AdobeRGB color spaces is the most important thing that I want out of this laptop so I am willing to pay a markup to get the best color accurate display possible.

    **Preferred Specs

    CPU: 8th gen i7 or newer

    GPU: RTX 2060 or newer

    Ram: 16gb

    Storage: 1tb SSD

    I would like the ram and storage to be expandable for future proofing but do they even make self serviceable laptops anymore besides Thinkpads?

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    I need a laptop for college but I'm incredibly indecisive, please help

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 11:37 PM PDT

    I'm heading to college in about a month and for the life of me, I cannot decide on a laptop. I have spent hours researching. Please help me. I have an (essentially) unlimited budget and I want the perfect laptop for me.

    • Total budget and country of purchase: Basically unlimited budget (nothing ridiculous though), USA
    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. I would like a decent battery life but good enough specs for games are also important (again, price isn't really a factor)\
    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Very important, needs to be portable so I can take it to class
    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Personally, Mac is easier for me but I feel like Windows is a better choice based on what I've learned
    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. The smaller the better, between 14-15 inches is good, definitely no bigger than 16"
    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I want to be able to play games but I never really have before. I will have access to a lot of them because of a family member who shares his with me and I want to make use of them. I definitely want to play GTA, Minecraft, Overwatch, etc.
    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Like I said before I would like to be able to play most games well, I don't know much about it though
    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Ideally I would like it to look like a normal laptop and not like some of the gaming laptops I have seen (like the "Republic of Gamers" ones)
    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I have done a bunch of research on my own but I can't seem to pick one. I ruled out Apple because I want to play video games (unless it's possible?) and I found the Dell G7 15 Gaming Laptop which seems pretty good but I wanted some other opinions from people who know more than me. I realize I'm basically asking for the perfect laptop (powerful, small/portable, good battery life) but I thought it couldn't hurt to try.
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    [~1000 USD budget] Laptop for a Finance student, with some photo/video editing

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 11:07 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $1000 dollars, can go a little over but obviously prefer not to go over that cap
    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Prefer the best specs for my money. Good battery life for school
    • How important is weight and thinness to you? I'm a college student, so thin is preferable but lightish is a must.
    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows
    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. ~ 15 inches
    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. V Going to be doing some photo-editting for marketing, and probably some light video editing. I would like to be able to run LoL but this is not a must, and do not want to sacrifice anything because of gaming.
    • **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**P League of Legends, don't really care as long as its above 30fps, but again, do not want to sacrifice any other specs bc of gaming
    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? A really nice keyboard and trackpad. Just a good build yakno? Don't need any of the extra stuff
    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I'm going to be using microsoft office and photoshop a fair amount, so would like those to run nicely.
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    Need help buying a laptop for school and light gaming

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 10:48 PM PDT

    * **Total budget and country of purchase:*\*

    Canada

    Under $2000CAD

    * **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.*\*

    Good Battery life, best specs. 2 in 1 isn't crazy important

    * **How important is weight and thinness to you?*\*

    Quite important since I'll be carrying it around all day.

    * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.*\*

    Windows

    * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.*\*

    15.6 inches is preferred

    * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.*\*

    I will be programming and gaming.

    * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?*\*

    In terms of games:

    Battlefield

    Rocket League

    PUBG

    Minecraft

    F1 2019

    Possibly AAA titles that run out.

    I would like to play on typically medium settings if I can but I'd sacrifice that in any game as long as it can run smoothly at 60FPS.

    ***Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?*\*

    No requirements, but obviously all of the above matters slightly. I would prefer a laptop that doesn't look like a gaming laptop if possible

    * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.*\*

    So, I am considering:

    Asus Zenbook 15 UX533FD (GTX 1550 + i7-8565U) ($1700 CAD)

    Dell XPS 15 9560 (GTX 1050ti + i7-8750H) ($1900 CAD)

    Razer Blade 15 (GTX 1060 MAX Q + i7-8750H) ($1839.99 CAD)

    MSI PS63 (GTX 1650 + i7-8565U) ($1900 CAD)

    I'm leaning towards the zenbook but I am concerned about the throttling. Is there known heat issues with that laptop? Could I play games like PUBG or AAA titles for an hour or 2 without having to stop?

    Edit: I plan on doing AI/ML in my upper years. Will the CPU be able to handle the intensity?

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    [$1400 - $1500] Laptop for college, gaming and programming

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 10:30 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $1400 - $1500 EUR. I am from Argentina so I can buy it only on Amazon EUROPE (Spain, Germany, UK, IT, FR)* Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 2 in 1 or good battery life * How important is weight and thinness to you? It is not important * Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows * Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A * Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I will need it for programming, gaming and use it at university * If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Yes, FIFA, CSGO, COD 60 fps it's ok * Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? No * Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.
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    Looking for a gaming laptop for 24 hour shiftwork

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:57 PM PDT

    I'll be starting work at a station doing 24 hour days and I'd like to be able to keep my regular gaming habits going while I'm there. My price range was from 1500-2200 and had considered the Strix Scar II and Eluktronics M-17 as my two top picks. After some browsing I'm seeing more and more hate on the Eluktronics brand and I'm not quite sure anymore. The machine will mainly be used for Classic WOW and strategy games. Does anyone have any suggestions? I feel like I'm watching video after video and reading endless articles just to end up where I started.

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    Upgrading my 2012 Macbook air. Do I get 2015 Pro, 2018 Air, or try switching to surface pro 6. I want to learn Adobe + start gaming.

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:56 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: ±$1000 USA

    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 40% Good battery 40% Specs 20% Form Factor (maybe)

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? The air is currently perfect so willing to go a little heavier but wouldn't want a beast.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Mac preferred, Windows acceptable.

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 13"-15"

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Want to learn Adobe Creative Suite better. I use a web browser for creating online learning. Chrome is too power hungry for my current 2012 Macbook Air.

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? N/A but would like the opportunity to start playing games.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? N/A

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Currently have a 2012 Macbook Air. Looking at 2015 Macbook Pro vs. 2018 Macbook Air or... going weird and trying out the Surface Pro 6

    I guess I'm looking for an ultrabook that can handle photography stuff

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    Graduate student looking for 2 in 1

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:44 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $1000-$2000

    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 2 in 1 definitely, given that I will be using tablet mode to read and write journal articles. Followed by best specs for money, will be doing a bunch of data work, so 16gb ram is the minimum for me.

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? important given that I will be using tablet mode to read and edit.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A. Weight matters most.

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. The only game I play is final fantasy xiv, but I can always get an egpu for that. Apart from that, I code using Python, R for pretty large datasets.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good keyboard definitely, will be typing a lot. Touch screen yes. And thunderbolt ports.

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I have been deciding between (i) Spectre x360, (ii) yoga c930, (iii) Dell XPS 13 or (iv) Lenovo Thinkpad yoga x1. Still can't decide between them, any advice or suggestions would be great.

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    Macbook Pro 15 inch mid-2014 needs $750 Motherboard replacement-- Should I just buy a new laptop?

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 05:49 PM PDT

    Not sure if I should pay for a new laptop or buy an expensive motherboard replacement for my MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.2GHz Quad-core i7 with 16gb of RAM.

    I was just quoted at $750 for a motherboard replacement. At this price point, I'm considering buying a new laptop.

    • Budget is $2,000
    • I'm in NYC, USA
    • Plan to use my laptop for general internet use, coding, and work on Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

      **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.** Best specifications

    **How important is weight and thinness to you?** 6/10 importance

    **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.** -Windows or Mac-

    **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.** 15 inch

    **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.** Premiere and After Effects

    **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?** No gaming.

    **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?** Good keyboard would be nice

    **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.** Would rather spend closer to $1,200 than the full $2,000 budget.

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    Need laptop for school

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:32 PM PDT

    Total budget and country of purchase: Canada. $1300 CAD budget.

    Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. I7-8550U or better. GPU should be decent but doesn't have to be amazing. Atleast 256 SSD. 4k would be nice but will settle with FHD

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Don't care

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Preference is Windows but any will work

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15 inch or more

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Need it for school. Will be doing video editing on the side for fun.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? NA

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? NA

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. NA

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    MacBook Pro vs Msi gs65

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 02:00 PM PDT

    Hey

    I'm looking for new laptop (previously i had a Macbook pro 2013) .

    I want it for gaming when not at home(happens about 2 month per yer) and programming/studying.

    I'm thinking about new Razer Blade 2019 with 2060 GTX or Msi gs65 2060 on BestBuy promo for 1500$.

    And still considering taking another Macbook ... ( droping requirement of portable gaming, still have a very good PC)

    **Total budget and country of purchase:**

    2200$ USA

    **How important is weight and thinness to you?**

    Pretty Important

    **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.**

    Windows mostly, but I like Mac OS too.

    * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.**

    15'' but I will consider all propositions

    **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.**

    FPS Competetive gaming

    **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**

    Lowest possible, but with very high Fps

    * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**

    I wish laptop would last at least 5 years.

    GOOD QUALITY or INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY CAUSE IM FROM EUROPE

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    Currently using ASUS G75VX-BHI7N11. Looking for a replacement that doesn't compromise.

    Posted: 14 Aug 2019 12:40 PM PDT

    • Total budget and country of purchase: USA, no budget, but cheaper is better.

    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best specs, with usable battery. At least 3.5hr+

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Shouldn't be more cumbersome than my current machine.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. l'll be using Windows and Linux

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 17" or bigger. 15" is a reasonable step-down, but anything less is too small.

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Photoshop CC, Java compiler, Dedtint 2, Cyberpunk 2077(if it ever comes out)

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Preferably on an external 1440p display, steady 60fps, preferred 90fps. In a perfect world, 120+. VR-capable out of the box.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Touch screen seems useless. Squishy keys are a chore to use regularly, an optical drive is nice but not necessary. Materials like Alcantara and leather will not age well, and are out.

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I'm just trying to replace my ASUS G75VX. The ASUS G703GX looked promising until I saw the design and dual charging bricks. The MSI GS75 Stealth looked promising until I found out it had 2.5Hr battery life and a Max-Q 2080 that's worse than a Mobile 2070. Same goes for the Zephyrus-S, with a Max-Q and single-channel RAM. Is there a laptop with decent battery life and hardware?

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