The state of laptop, 2017

some clevo/sager

>>61502266
Acer Predator 21 X.

>>61502266
That's not the ZBook Studio

>>61502308
That's pushing the definition of a laptop, isn't it.

It really can't reasonably placed on a person's lap.

>>61502266
>pic unrelated
True dat

>>61502321
OP's question is dumb to begin with. A stupid question gets a stupid answer.

>>61502328
Why is it dumb? I too am looking for a laptop to buy and everything seems shit.

>>61502340
>everything seems shit
It seems that way because it is

>>61502340
Acer Predator 21 X has the best gaming performance with GTX 1080 SLI which is also "best".
"Best" is a stupid description.

Precision 7720. Just click all the max options except leave the lowest HDD installed, buy an aftermarket 2 TB Samsung 960 NVME's (or 2, if you want to be sexy). The P5000 GPU with 4K screen is gorgeous and plays game like a 1070, and more reliable than a gayming laptop. 64 GB ECC means it is equivalent to a low-end server if you need to run a bunch of VMs. So, it plays games, develops like a boss, and has very good I/O. It is a fairly high end desktop workstation in a seven pound laptop.

>>61502308
>>61502359
Acer Predator 21 X is basically living proof that chinks have out-murica'd murica.
Not that it's a bad thing

>>61502380
The build and keyboard on the P71 is subjectively better than on the Dell. Same specs otherwise.

The HP ZBook G4 has an additional Thunderbolt port, but DESU, I have yet to use the one with the 7720. The Thinkpad P71 has a good price, but you have extra bulk to carry around a CDROM drive. Who's even seen a DVD in the last 4 years?

The last time I bought a Lenovo workstation, the plastic outer shell started to chip after just slightly rougher than usual use. Dell Precision has a very solid metal chassis. The P71 keyboard is definitely the best, but the 7720 keyboard does the job too.

>>61502395
*objectively
Also, God tier trackpoint.

>>61502409
>plastic got chipped
Which series Lenovo was it?

>>61502386

The best laptop is a laptop that needs two wall socket plugs, obviously. Also, if you whip out an Acer Predator 21X at a trendy coffee cafe, the cuties will point at you and laugh.

>>61502396
Zbook series is terrible in every way, stay away

>>61502380
>ECC
Ahh I miss the good ol' DDR2 days when ECC ram was dirt cheap because desktop users can't install them so supply >>> demand. Stick 16 of them in a 2 socket board for pennies, boom you get a beast of a space heater.

>>61502420
It was a W520. I hope they've fixed that, but it was sort of lame to have an expensive laptop that chips. I also have a T520 and it's well-nigh indestructible.

I just want a laptop with GOOD build quality fuck

Asus ROG Zephyr

>>61502443
I have an HP 14 G2. The lame keyboard on it sometimes fails to register keypresses, which is quite unfortunate. I have an HP 8770 which I call an 'aircraft carrier'. I haven't really played with the HP Zbook G3 - they're really expensive for what you get.

>>61502443
And they are going up in space to replace thinkpads. Fuck this gay earth

>>61502448
The T520 and W520 casings are completely identical. The only difference between the two is the motherboard.

>>61502448
Yup, that is strange. I was expecting an idea pad/L/E series thinkpad as an answer and am surprised that it was w series. T/W series (especially the old ones) are usually not known for their structural weaknesses

>>61502458
Lenovo (if you like CD's), or Dell. Choose one.

>>61502458
Thinkpad T series

>>61502479
Actually, not a T520, it's aT410, smaller screen. It also has some cracking in the plastic case, but at least pieces haven't come off yet. It's 7 years old.

>>61502308
this pretty much, if we are talking performance

>>61502266
HP has a 4k gaymen laptop with a GTX 1060/70/80

>>61502443
Studio ain't bad

>>61502266
Macbook

X1 Carbon 5th gen?

>>61502266
>Being comfy and generally shitposting
unironically any macbook <2015
EliteBooks <2013~ish
Thinkpads T and X series <2012~ish
>Workhorses
W series from Chinknovo still looks pretty good
2015 Macbook again, it sucks I know but every piece of software that's geared towards macOS handles the fact that its a potato CPU pretty well. See: FCP
HP Enterprise Level Laptops: Modern EliteBooks and ZBooks
DELL Precision/XPS Laptops
>xboxhueg gaymen laptop
>>61502308
>>61502301

>>61502266
sadly, x200

but looking towards the future, if the libreboot guys can free the ME, I'd expect something like Purism to be the best.

>>61502266
if you don't want 100% autism get a 14" blade