LAPTOP THREAD

>>60681824
Asus N56VZ and x220 owner.
Using X220 all the time, cause It's fucking powerful on-the-go solution that I don't have to care too much about.

>>60681862

>x220
sounds about right

How's the asus? Everyone I know with one has expressed dissatisfaction with the build quality.

Whats a good 1080p entry level laptop? I just need it for the most basic shit and prefer integrated graphics.

>>60681887
Asus n56VZ is built quite well, quite sturdy. The only thing that broke was the screen frame -the hinge is steel and inforced like in thinkpads, but the frame was shit non-flex plastic

>>60681929
Toshiba Chromebook 2

does somebody own an xps 13 with a fhd screen? would like to know if the adaptive brightness shit is still an issue

XPS 9560. After some distro hopping, I've finally settled on Xubuntu, as it's the only stable one on this laptop. Arch next contender. And dual booting Windows for games.

I'm regretting not going for an X1 Carbon, as I'm mostly working on the commute. But the thing is a beast and I have no problem with it whatsoever. It's really good on every single thing, it's just that I know the X1 would be even better on build quality, weight, portability and keyboard.

I did also consider waiting for the P50's successor. Those are the only three modern professional laptops worth the money imo.

None atm, I'm a poorfag living a in third world shithole.

I'm trying to track down something cheap here, but the best that I could find so far was the X200. Any suggestions?

>>60682622
The XPS 13 DE is also a good choice. I've got mine running Fedora and Ubuntu, both not requiring any extra drivers.

What's a good laptop with a good screen, good battery life and metal body? I have a Thinkpad T430 now and it's great otherwise but I don't want to have my next one be plastic on the outside since mine has cracked from the lower body from opening the lid for some reason.

2016 MacBook

It's great - super light so I can take it everywhere I need to

>>60681929
HP laptop are cheap and do this fine

>>60681824
I've got a T440s and my old T430

T440s is a damn good device, I have the 4200u/12gb/730m version. It has an internal and a hotswappable battery.

My work device is a W540, and the thing feels flimsy, but the 2880x1620 display is amazing. Battery life is excellent, too.

>>60681929
There's an HP laptop on Amazon with a 1080p 14" IPS display and a quad core AMD LP APU for about $220. I think you can mod it/just install a full sized SSD or HDD if you open it up, and it has a crappy eMMC.

>>60682681

nothing wrong with getting an x200 m8
t. disposableincomefag in burgerland

I want to play CSGO on medium with 120+ fps while not carrying around a 5+ lb laptop. Possible?

>>60682622

>consider waiting for the p50's successor
When do you think that'll come out?

>>60682751
I think the newer thinkpads are more metallic on the outside, no?

Otherwise, sounds like a dell xps / precision might be up your alley.

>>60682949
The w540 feels flimsy but the t440s doesn't? I'd expect it to be the opposite. Did you do the trackpad swap on either of them?

>>60682993
Razer Blade is probably your best bet

>>60682993
A dell M3800 might work. It's basically an xps 15 with a quad core cpu / dedicated gpu. \

What's the best laptop out of Computex so far?

>>60683027
No, most of the flimsiness is from the base, seems like the W540's filled with more wasted space than the 440s, but the displays feel equally strong. For some reason the W540 has a weird tendency to bend more easily at the palmrest, too.

No trackpad swap, the glass trackpad is fine.

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I have a Metabox P650RE (pic related), which is an amazing all-rounder laptop that can handle most modern games at decent settings. It's basically just a reskinned, Australian-based CLEVO. I'm considering buying a chink Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 as a more portable one specifically for shitposting, Normiebooking and running my TTRPG. It's like $258USD/$351AUD, and all the reviews I've read say that it's a cracking notebook for the price.

Decent cheap gaming laptop, anyone? Just want to play chivalry or cod4...

>>60681824
T420, display isn't the greatest, but in terms of other features I have yet to see a reasonable alternative released since then

>>60682993
>120+ fps
60hz monitor? Whats that.

Razer blade stealth for uni

its overpriced as FUCK and the battery life sucks fat cock but it looks nice and i switched to ubuntu so i dont have malware 10

XPS 13 9360
Super light, decent specs, and great battery

>>60683309
>Razer
>overpriced
>shit battery
>but it looks nice
Ill have the opposite of what he's having, with extra sauce.

>bought a laptop with a high resolution display

im disappointed. sure the stuff that does scale correctly looks nice, but everything else (which is mostly everyone) doesnt and is a complete fucking joke.

i dont know people praise these displays as being so great

>>60683386

are you saying a 1366x768 would've been a better choice?

>>60683405
at this point it doesnt look too bad, at least everything isnt blurry or ridiculously small

Am I the only one who appreciates touch on a laptop? I think it makes most things I use my laptop for quite a bit easier.

ThinkPad X200 tablet - top-tier
ThinkPad X220 tablet - top-tier; using this one when I work abroad since I can run virtual machines in it (otherwise, I would stick with the X200)
Latitude 2120 - bought it as a cheap travel laptop when visiting third world countries; not bad but pretty slow even with an SSD; considering just using the X200 for that

What's a good laptop that has flawless linux compatibility?

>>60684310
any older thinkpad

>>60684327
I said "good", hombre.

Alienware 17 r3
i7 6700 HQ
GTX 970m
32 GiB RAM
Samsung 950 Pro for OS disk
17 inch 4k screen

Runs Arch quit well. Only problem is I can only adjust the LEDs on Windows so I have an install on a second m.2 sata ssd for that purpose.

>>60683176
The Chuwi with the 3000x2000 screen driven by a celery? Seems like a bad idea.

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Dell Inspiron 13 i7 2 in 1

>>60681824
Get a dell 5470/540 depending on if you need thunderbolt or not.

>>60683528
not a fan.
>worsens battery life
>fingerprints on screen

I need a little help guys. So I just bought a new slightly used laptop today, looks like it never got used and apparently the drivers hasn't been updated in 25 months if I am to believe that site that test if your system can run certain games.
I'm sorta a tech retard and never had a computer worth shit for gaming or anything. But I got this alienware 13 r2 with pretty insane specs (to me at least and for what I paid)
Could someone tell me how I go about updating drivers or keeping it maintained or just advice on what I do now with this shiny new toy? I've never had anything this nice before, nor have I ever used or touched anything with a nvidia gpu or alienware before
Specs

i7-5500U
16GB DDR3L ram
GTX 860M
512GB SSD
windows 8.1

Kinda wish it was windows 10 to be honest.

>>60684691
Dude get the Alienware command center

>>60684519
There are people who need thunderbolt?
Fucking who?

>>60684404
>Arch
what a waste of a gaming laptop.

>>60681824
some hp elitebook I got refurbished for cheap off of newegg. if I remember right I paid like a hundred and forty for it and it's a first gen i5 with four jigs of ram

>>60684875
I should probably google to find out what that is shouldn't I?
Thanks

>>60685068
just go to the alienware site downloads section

Are MSI laptops really shitty? Any brands to outright avoid?

>>60681824
I have an old ass Dell Latitude E4300.
Hardware is obviously outdated garbage but its a fine shitposting machine that will endure roughest domestic violence without ever complaining.

>>60685088
not so much a brand to avoid as a class to avoid. stay away from consumer grade laptops and get a business grade one. you can get a refurbished one with the same or better specs as a consumer grade one new, for much less monies

>>60681824
A piece of shit HP Envy with a touchscreen

Man, was that a mistake

>>60685142
Are touchscreens really that bad? Last 3 laptops I've gotten all had them, it seems to have been a big fad a few years ago but I don't see it as much anymore, or maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about.
I sorta liked them at first but they seem like the color is always off on them for some reason.. Like it's washed out or whatever.
It's useful for when you're in bed and just wanna scroll up and down a page but other than that
>fingerprints
everywhere

>>60685088
No but they're not the best, still far from bad.

Acer, mostly any consumer laptop, etc.

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>>60681824
Should I get the 2016 MacBook Pro 13.3" (Silver, dual-core i5, 256gb SSD) for around $1300-$1400?

It's my birthday coming up next week, and my wife insists on buying me(us) a laptop. I initially was looking at the Dell XPS 13, but there seem to be quite a lot of problems showing up in reviews, and the thought of Windows 10 kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth. And I've always wanted to give MacOS a shot, desu. It looks pretty damn comfy...

I just wanna make sure this purchase wouldn't be an obvious mistake due to some glaring flaw, or something else I'm not seeing. (Note: I use Android exclusively and don't plan on using an iPhone any time soon - in case it matters.)

Thoughts?

Currently have some Samsung laptop, for a ~5 year old laptop it's still holding up really well. Before that I had a HP Pavilion dv6700 and while that thing was a piece of literal hot shit, I still find myself missing those media buttons.

Don't know if I want to replace this with a XPS 15 or Xiaomi Air. Honestly, if I had the money I would just buy both. I already know about the Air's shitty battery and I wouldn't mind it. Does the XPS 15 have any issues?

>>60685442

For me it's Linux > mac > windows
If you aren't a linux person, mac is a better experience than windows.
But that doesn't change the fact you're going to overpay for underpowered hardware.

Android shouldn't be a concern. I used an S5 for years with a macbook air. Just download android file transfer

>>60685442
what the hell
do gooks need tampons for their bellybuttons?

got a used laptop today that has nothing on it and the user wasn't even set yet, do I need to format it or do a system refresh or just change the user name and use it as my own?
Seems like it never even got used or the place I bought it from already did that before I got it and it's just a random user account not tied to anything

>>60686009

I'd definitely format and reinstall the OS fresh, my man.

>>60686066
does that delete or mess up any preinstalled things that may have came with it?

>>60686095

Yes, a clean slate is the whole point.
3rd party software will have to be reinstalled. If you don't have the license keys and can't into piracy then you're up shit creek without a paddle.

It's better than an account someone else made on an operating system someone else installed.

>>60683027
>When do you think that'll come out?
Already out, the P51

>>60684300
>(otherwise, I would stick with the X200)
Can I ask why? The X200 is 1280x800 and TN right?, I always thought 1366x768 (though IPS) on the X220T was small enough

What's better about the 200?

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My Dell came with oobontoo. So is most free components...

>>60686341
The X220 is better, but the X200 suits my needs for basically everything except virtualization.

>>60681824
e7450
yes

>>60683107
>No trackpad swap, the glass trackpad is fine.

opinion discarded

>>60684415
Nah, 1080p I think. I'm looking at the 14.1" one, not the 15" one.

i need a laptop thats not plastic
decent cpu/ gpu (no atom or pentiums)
isnt locked down (can run linux)
has a hd screen, maybe 16:10 or not a super wide screen.
is it possible?

>>60686411

hola my friend
https://stallman.org/guantanamero.ogg

>>60683528
>>60684525
yeah fug i have it on my xps 15 because you have no choice in 4k

>>60681824
I have the m3800 and wouldn't recommend it. Not the worst laptop, but you'll have to put up with coil whine and a shit trackpad.

2012 Series 7 Chronos. It's getting up there, but still doing most anything I ask for it. I think I'd only upgrade if the Zen Vega APUs notebooks start dropping jaws. And even then I'd like an 80+ Watt hour battery plus an extra HDD bay.

>>60687891

thanks for the warning. Both of those things would bother me.

Thinkpad X220 and G751 (965m) and about to pick up another G751 (980m)

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I ordered a XPS 15 i7 8GB
Really exited, my last one was a Latitude D600.

5 year old Asus U31F that i put an ssd in and run Ubuntu 16.04 off. Still works for everything i need. Fan stopped a few minutes ago and I was worried it was dying, but it turns out it was just winter being cold.

I need an 11 incher or so for college. I was thinking about chromebooks but the new ones are crazy expensive and a lot of them only have 2GB RAM which I can't believe is sufficient for even web browsing

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acer aspire e5-475g
regret it

>>60688992
why?

>>60689010
i5* (*dual-core)
1366x768
build quality is meh

but at least it's cheap and has a nice gpu for it's price

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>>60685142
Mine is amazing sry famallama

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>How it feels to upgrade from your stinkpad

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>>60681824
t420,
probably, or close to, the best $175 i've ever spent
8gb of ram + 3.5 gbz i7. All it needed was a new battery. I run Debian on it, perfect laptop.

It's a bit thicc but who gives a fuck

Thinkpad t540, i7 4800mq, 8gb RAM, ssd, sh, 3 yo, but steel absolute beast

x220t i7 8gb ram 240gb ssd USB 3.0 via expresscard and fresh extended battery still trucking

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Got an inspiron 7559 last month for 650, pretty nice little machine (i7 6700hq, 8gb ram, gtx 960m, 4k touchscreen). Got an m.2 ssd and 8gb more ram coming today, should help this thing fly. They certainly look nice

Dell XPS 15, T470(s/p) or X1 carbon?

Money is not an issue.

I used to use a Toshiba satellite c55, but the casing is falling apart, so I'm using that as a backup and got a Thinkpad E575 for everyday use.

>>60681824
I've got a thinkpad x1 yoga. It's good.

>>60688992
ever heard of returns?

>>60681824
I pray everyday for when lenovo will lauch the thinkpad classic.

I love my x200, but I want something faster, with the same level of portability the x series has that doesn't cost a kidney.

X230
Cheap, well built, enough power for my usage (light video editing and a bit of 3D), good battery life, small, tiny little things that I like

I don't like the screen (a fHD IPS would be better) and the fact that I bought a second 4gb ram stick but the second slot was broken so I can only handle 4GB of ram.

Paid it in 2 days of work so I can't complain

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Current is an 8-year old Toshiba Satellite

Was pretty set on getting a XPS 9550 till the new SP was announced since I'm more into digital art. Now I'm thinking of SP4(i7) + new pen, which apparently is much improved and backwards compatible. Thoughts?

>>60687579
xps

>>60681824
I want a decent laptop for college. I have a good desktop so I don't need dedicated graphics or anything crazy. I'm looking for good battery life, and a nice construction. Looking to spend around $800 or less.

>>60691878
I've got a 4 year old satellite C55. The outsides falling apart and the 768p kills my eyes, but it runs like a beaut after it's 3 minute start up even though it was only $400 dollars

inspiron 7567 and ya i like it

swapped panel w/ nice 120hz panel, games love it. might swap the panel back and use it for just a daily browser/multitasking laptop bc dell didn't whitelist 3rd party monitors so i can't turn down the brightness lmao.

otherwise A+

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I have a clevo gaming laptop but its quite old now and I hardly game, I am considering getting xps13 just for travel and portability.

I also use some shitty think pad from work, dont even know the model, I hate it

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Clevo from last december with a 1070. Got it for around $2100.

MSI CX 500, bought it 7 years ago.

It was shit then, It's shit now.

>>60681824
>What kind of laptop do you have?
XPS 13 2-in-1 9365
>Do you like it?
No, I meant to buy an XPS 13 and I can't find a way to see the damn thing.

>>60681824
X220 - i5 2540M, 256GB MyDigitalSSD BP4e, 8GB DDR3L @ 1600MHz, 320GB 7200RPM Hitachi Deskstar 2.5" drive, 9-cell battery + sheet battery and an eGPU with a GTX760, and I use the 95W power adapter. Upgrades (9-cell and sheet came with the X220 which was $150) costed me about another $100 bucks.

Great machine but thermals could be better. Don't get the i7 variants because the battery life is much worse and most of them are TFT as opposed to IPS, though the upside is the USB 3.0. Performance is bretty good, sandy bridge still runs well but will obviously throttle due to average thermals. Everything works pretty much OOTB for Linux (I'm using Void Linux).

HP EliteBook 840 G3
a nice and stable workhorse with the 8gbRAM meme. Is capable, keyboard is so-so. The trackball is annoying as fuck. The trackpad is actually decent.
The B&O audio is actually pretty nice, arguably one of the best audio experiences I had with a laptop (still a laptop tho, so don't expect miracles).

Upgraded it to the corporate w10 image, makes me wanna kill myself, but they won't let us run loonix on it due to MUH POLICEEH

>>60684336
any older thinkpad

The new Apple MacBook Air fits my needs perfectly. It's so thin and sleek that you know you are in the future. Why use an outdated Lenovo ThinkPad when you know you're just holding technology back?

2015 15" MacBook Pro with retina display and Radeon R9 m370X, I like it

Anyone have any experience with the Surface Pro 3?

Currently waiting for a sale or dip in price so I can finally make the switch to digital art faggot.

>>60694285
Apple doesn't magically bring components with a time machine from the future. They use the same processors and stuff that other computers use. So if they are thin it means they have cut corners somewhere, in this case performance and thermals. A thicker laptop is better in these. Your laptop might be good enough for you but not good enough for everyone. What are you doing with your laptop where it's important for it to be thin anyway? It just means your fingers are a few millimeters higher when typing. Is it the weight? Has Apple found the absolute correct weight for humans to carry, biology wise? Other laptops have the wrong weight and will be bad for moving with a human body moving them? Could it just be that it's cool when it's light but it really has no difference in the real world?

have you guys seen the new asus ZenBook UX550?

looks fucking perfect from all points of view

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>>60681824
Thinkpad T520

>>60694994
>4GB 1050ti

I want one! The Dell XPS 15 use the 2GB 1050 non Ti

>>60681862
N56VZ here too, best purchase I've made in a while. And all the parts are easily swappable. Still working without dropping a sweat for almost 6 years.

Can someone suggest me something decent, around £1000 budget, I'll be running Ableton and probably a few other DAWs some amateur-ish video editing and maybe a few light games on it.

T460s or T470?

>>60695873

t470 has a swappable battery
but so does a t460
just not the t460s

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I have a lenovo Y50-70 it has a gtx 960m, 16gb DDR3, core I7 4720HQ, and a 512 gb samsung ssd

>>60681824

2013 Chromebook Pixel with crouton

Pros:
-Incredibly fast on ChromeOS, ubuntu is pretty speedy
-Looks and feels better than a Macbook
-Good specs for the price
-Speakers are good
-Backlit keyboard that turns off by itself
-Can play retro PC games under Wine
-Battery is replaceable
-Touchscreen is nice

The bad:
-Around 4 hours battery life (my unit has 80% battery health)
-Gets hot on the bottom
-Screen has image persistence on gray colors

>>60696039
I had that before my pixel. The biggest issue was the 4k screen. 48Hz + Windows scaling made it so annoying to use. Everything else about it was nice. If only the lights were white instead of red, it is one of the more sensible looking gaming laptops.

Also, it has great cooling. Most of the time I could force turbo on all cores while playing games.

>>60696039

looks like a pretty dank configuration, desu

so what is a "business grade" vs "consumerr grade"
im asking because im pretty much deadset on getting an xps 15 in 2 months, ill maybe look at the zenbook pro asus released 2 days ago, and I might look at the new nividia max q laptops if I can get away with using them at school work, (maybe the new msi one?)

>>60681824

2016 DELL XPS 13", core i5, 8gb RAM, 128gb SSD. has been running fine for over a year. replaced my macbook air...

>>60682608
i have it, no issue for me....

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Holy fucking shilljerk

>>60695996
But T460s has a 1080p screen, and the 470(and 460) have 768
hmm

>>60696142
business grade (in theory) means better build quality. it's designed to be lugged all over the place and stand up to abuse.

Consumer grade = overpriced chinkshit from walmart. corners cut and overpriced based on the shitty components. They don't give a fuck because the computers are being sold to the tech illiterate.

>>60696142
or a gigabyte aero 15
sorry forgot that one

>>60696190
so are any of the laptops i mentioned "business grade"
>>60696204
>>60696142

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>>60681824
https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GE62VR-6RF-Apache-Pro.html#hero-overview


Got it on sale for $1000 which I though was a steal for a laptop with a gtx1060 in it


other than the shitty software (mostly being the shitty realtek audio drivers) and the really questionable build quality (maybe me just coming from using a macbook pro for 5 years [its was free btw])

its pretty decent. Didn't even get it for gaming I just got it for the specs per value of worth. The other workstation version with a quadro card was far more expensive than this.

>>60696231
At your price range, you're probably fine. People talking about consumer shit are generally referring to places like bestbuy / walmart / staples.

I don't know anything about the asus / gigabyte machines, but my impression is that the dell xps 13 / 15 are what people point to when asked for a windows equivalent to macbooks.

Take that as you will.

What does /g/ think about Vaio now that they are non Sony?

My faithful Sony Vaio needs to be put to rest but I'm really undecided, it is 14inches, i5 and 4GB of RAM, 8 hours or so of battery. I want at least the same specs, a dedicated 1GB video would be good but not mandatory, operative system either win or linux would do the trick.

Anything for less than 1000 ameridollars?

>>60697295

Have you considered a lenovo t430?

>>60697326
Not until now, very similar to what I have, I'll consider it

Thank you anon