Whelp, I need a new laptop

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I hate that this one looks so much like gaming garbage.

come on, some input please? I've been here forever giving useful advice and I get that it's not your favorite topic, but I can't decide.

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>>57633454
>an actual ton (2,4kg or 5.3 lbs)

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>>57633454
wait for the XPS refresh with the 1050

>>57633666
yeah it's not much to lift, but it is really heavy, especially when you will be carrying it everywhere you go. When I used to hand my laptop to thinkpad owners they were always shocked by weight and almost dropped it.

>>57633686
Is the 1050 confirmed? I thought it was only rumored. Also thanks for the reply.

>>57633738
just admit it, you want to buy new cool laptops
it's fine

>>57633738
Pretty much a rumor but maybe worth a wait?
Otherwise there are also things like razer blade and alienware 13 if you don't mind le epik gaymer stuff.

>>57633751
Well, that's not entirely wrong.

>>57633773
Yeah I guess you are right, I even have until February. Also I would feel sort of stupid running around with a gaming laptop.
Thank you.

>>57633775
that's the spirit. here's my input: if i had the money i'd get an xps
if you want a gpu for gayming get a desktop really, unless you're working with a gpu, like rendering 3D stuff or whatever, you don't need one.

i'm waiting for a zenbook i got off ebay for $175

>>57633806
Thanks, will probably do even if the refresh doesn't come out in time.

I have a desktop though, yet I can hardly take my Silverstone FT02 with me to China regularly.

>>57633869
don't fall for the qhd and touchscreen memes

>>57633898
I agree with you and I wouldn't have. Also I never felt the urge to have fingerprints on my laptop screen.

definitely hold off on buying a gaymer laptop with 9x series gpus OP, the jump in performance is so big that it's worth waiting a couple of more months until more shit gets released that doesn't look half retarded

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Get a laptop this week while the Black Friday deals are on.

I just got an X1 Carbon with
i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
for $1,145 (Canadian, Pre-Tax) which is $850 USD.

After tax $950 USD.

Specs in pic related. Chose Carbon > XPS because it's an ultrabook with all the ports I need, solid battery life, much better keyboard than the XPS, and the IBMEPP discount in the ThinkPad General thread combined with the Black Friday deals brought the price down a ton

Get the xps 15 1080p with 512 GB SSD.
Best value/specs on the market atm, otherwise you can wait a month and get the refresh.
It's a shitty laptop, but it's the best you can get.

Second best alternative is the macbook pro 15 >noports edition.

Third best alternative is the razer blade >le edgy green everything edition.

The market is fucked right now

>>57634472
Is the X1 user-serviceable? Can you replace the RAM, battery and HDD?

>>57634870
Why the heck does all of /g/ need 500+GB of onboard SSD? OP, I recommend you strongly consider putting your dollars towards CPU, RAM, and build quality, and the store your anime on external storage.

>>57634940
This is an ultrabook, so user upgrading/servicing is limited.

RAM is onboard I believe (verify this), so not easy to upgrade. 8GB is the only choice, as far as I can tell. Should be plenty, unless your running chrome or gaming - neither of which you should be doing on this machine.

HDD isn't offered. Base is 128SSD. SSD is replaceable.

Battery is replaceable.

>>57634985
When you work with data (I'm a data science/ML student) it stacks up quickly, add a couple of movies and series, music and pics, and you get to 500GB easily.

>>57635369
Fair, fair.

Does anybody have experience with 1440p or 4k screens on a ~15" notebook?
How well does it work when a program doesn't scale? Still usable?