Laptop General Thread

>>62250220
just get a mac

>>62250548
>Shitty retina displays

Uh, I don't think OP is that poor… Laptops with 4K displays exist.

>>62250766
>uncalibrated 4k displays with shitty backlight bleed just so they can check off a box on the spec sheet
>better
yeah, no

>>62251258
>Applel displays
>shitty 8-bit panels

Lmao

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>>62250220
Just bought this.

Waiting for it to come in

>gaming laptops after all these years are finally no longer a meme

Thank you based pascal.

>7700hq basically same perf as i5 7600k (all u need 4 games) (wont bottle neck even a titan xp)
>full fat gtx 1060 for gaming on the go
> Alienware Graphics Amplifier for gaming at home
>Only eGPU option that actually uses direct PCIe
> light af at only 5 pounds
> great battery life
> premium build quality

Can't fuckin wait for it to get here at the end of the week.

>>62251684
oh yeah also

>OLED Display
>steel plate backed keyboard
>2.2mm travel

mmmmmmmmmm

>>62250220
What specs should I look out for in a relatively new fullstack dev machine?

>>62251684
does alienware pull that rub "sections" bullshit like mis does?

what's the poorest poorfag laptop i can possibly get? willing to install the ugliest de possible for stability too

>>62251817
>rub "sections"


Elaborate?

>>62251817
RGB* the Mi mix is a good phone but the autocorrect is a bit wonky when you first get it

>>62251684
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>62251819
whats your top budget?

>>62251850
Enjoy your shitty t500 nightmarefuelpad, faggot.

>>62251819
around 60-100 bucks is about as low as it goes for modern day usability mixed with old as fuck but still good enough qualities.

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>>62251684
>gaming laptop

>>62251911
Defend that purchase big boy, hope you enjoy your overpriced Christmas tree of a laptop

>>62252230
It defends itself?

Precision/latitude tier build quality
god tier keyboard
god tier OLED screen
light
Portable
powerful

It doesn't have excessive LEDs, i like that the keyboard LED and Trackpad LED are customizable, so that's a subjective bonus for me. If you don't like that shit, you can disable it all.

it was 1500 dollars on sale. You can probably find a cheaper gaming laptop, but it won't have this level of build quality.

The alien asthetic is pretty fucking dumb but it feels pretty minimal in the over all design compared to previous iterations.

>Logo
>power button
>back of the screen


I'm a chick so I like customizing my shit and making it look pretty. Precisions are NEVER pretty, but they are among the most well made laptops in the world. This is the best of both.

>>62252219
Normally I'd agree, but as I said early. 2017 is the first year gaming laptops are reasonably decently possible. At no point in history has perf/watt been good enough. It's only barely there, but its enough for me to want to try. If it sucks i'll fuckin sell it and build a ryzen machine and go back to using a used e7440.

I dick around on old laptop hardware and os's too much, man handle the shit out of them. I'd be far too afraid to have a modern needle dick laptop.

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I'm waiting for this to come out.
>1060 max q
>thunderbolt 3
>4k option
>good build quality
>no retarded gaymer asthetics besides red accents
the only con seems to be 54w battery, but it's fast charging so might not be too bad.

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>>62250220
Is there a laptop that has "MacBook" build quality while also having a slim profile, magnetic charger cable and having a nice design?

Not trying to start shit, genuine question as I look for my new laptop

>>62252704
The only one would be the Surface laptop

And you DO NOT WANT that fucking peice of garbage.

do any of you fags have a system76 laptop? I'm thinking about picking up a oryx pro with a few upgrades

>>62252483
link to product page?

>>62252483
Aren't the Max Q's basically just gimped versions of the usual card? Like the Max Q 1080 performs like a 1070 I thought.

>>62253227
Not quite but almost yeah. Most reviewers argue its on the fence.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FJLQ2LL/A/refurbished-154-inch-macbook-pro-22ghz-quad-core-intel-i7-with-retina-display

>>62252321
Well at least you have a back up plan.

>>62253344
So how does the Q 1060 compare to the 1050Ti?

>>62254093
Notebookcheck.com knows

Hello /g/. I don't know much about laptops but right now I'm in need of a new one. I don't need something fancy or expensive, just want that will run fairly well, have decent storage, and look decent graphics-wise. I also hate touch screens so I'd rather avoid them. What should I get?

Want something with a GTX 1060
Lenovo Y720 or Apache Pro or Clevo
Have a 960M Clevo but it's fucky

http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&storeId=10151&urlLangId=&catEntryId=1771653&quantity=1

I configured this HP Omen with a GTX 1070, 512gb nvme and a i7 7700 for under $2000.

Dell 7567 or x230?

>>62254833
What is decent graphics wise?

>>62255338
Dell inspiron gaming laptops are good build quality.

>>62255787
Better than shit but less than good

>>62255365
Hp sucks shit right from the ass hole my friend. Get a Dell.

>>62255808
So like Intel HD 620 is not totally awful.. But you know a gtx 1050 beats it hand over fist so be more specific you shit face

Can someone give me a recommendation for something either used or new that is

1. Sub let's say $600
2. Has a highish res screen, at least not 1366x768
3. Is max 13"
4. Isn't Intel Atom shit

I have an x230 now but can't stand the screen res. I'm contemplating getting a Chromebook Pixel and booting linux, since that has a great screen for the price, but not sure if I'll end up doing that.

get a thinkpad p51 with a good gpu or a p71 off of the lenovo online outlet, you can get it for like 950 USD and it'll last you easily 10 years

i got one with a xeon cpu, m2200m gpu for 900 usd, fuck yes

>>62255839
Latitude e6440 refurb

>>62255839
GET A THINKPAD FROM THE LENOVO ONLINE OUTLET

>>62255851
I wish deluded thinkfaggots would fuck off.

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I own the aero 15 ama

>>62255907
>own
until you miss a payment and repo break into your house

ALL YE WHO SEEK GAYMIN LAPTOPS

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1060-Laptop-Benchmarks-and-Specs.169547.0.html

scroll down, list of laptops with one of these there

>>62255907
>gigabyte garbage

Rip

Gonna piggyback onto this thread. Suggestions on a good laptop for students for under 800? Ssd preferred

>>62255907

Excuse me I watched a dave2d video and he said it was really good he even had a thermal camera and told me it had high nits u think I know what the fuck a nit is but I bought it anyway

>>62255973
There are thousands faggot be more specific.

Fuck off or go buy a chromebook.

>>62255365
>>62255815
This, HP build quality is 0/10 you're guaranteed to have problems

Just bought an xps 13 at Costco for $1300

Specs:
i7 kaby lake dual core 4 thread
16gb ddr3 1866
512gb samsung SSD

The screen is amazing. If you have a Costco nearby I highly recommend it. The price was marked "$300 off $1600," but that's the base price. With the above specs and free copy of office it comes in at over $2,000.

>>62256076
Sounds like it came in at 1300 for you

>>62256052
Chromebook not sufficient, need to run exam software that only runs on windows or mac. The question implicitly asks what the best I could do for 800 is. Good battery life is a plus, not going to be used for gaming. Ssd because I need it for traveling around, i3+ 4gb+ 128gb+? I don't know what else I could add.

>>62255870
What model?

Specifically what model that satisfies 13" or less and a non-shit screen resolution?

>>62256117
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WVMJ713

>>62256086
*$2,000 from dell

>>62255858
Isn't this 14"

>>62252321
>a chick
just say trans female

We will believe you.

>>62255907
well, how are you enjoying it?

>>62256151
The only difference there is your insecurity

>>62255803
I love the way they look but 960M to 1050 Ti isn't a worthwhile upgrade to me

>>62252321
Post feet

>>62256144
Looks good man thanks, does the video card impact battery life when word processing?

>>62256165
It's alright, the screen is nice. Although I think this thread has derailed. I got the black option because I can't pull off an orange or green laptop

>>62255907
Heat issues?

>>62251684
I'm thinking to get the 13" one, after a long search, it is the only one checked all the boxes.
But, is it wise to buy now, or wait for the better Nvidia and CPU this year?

>>62256250
>literally 3 times the performance
>fatty 1050 Ti is equal to a 980m
>its not worth it

Nigga please

>>62256320
The 7700HQ doesn't bottleneck even a 1080Ti.

We might get a CPU refresh but I'm thinking it'll take another 6 months

So you can be a waitfag or just buy whats available right now and when what evers next comes out, if its a reasonable upgrade to you, buy it and sell the other thing, or dont.

Volta wont be releasing for another 6 months. Laptop Variants will take at least as long if not longer.

When are we gonna have ryzen based laptops?

>>62256356
>The 7700HQ doesn't bottleneck even a 1080Ti.
I'm not a gaymer, so games bottlenecks doesn't concern me, however, I do 3D design and I travel a lot, that's why CPU upgrade (maybe ryzen, 8 cores) will be great.

>>62256435
I guess you need to look at what software you're personally running and decide for yourself.

>>62256261

No idea, I don't own it.

>>62256261
>Guy recommends a gaming laptop
>I'm not going to be gaming

Lol

Do you want performance or size? I can find you a nice refurb business laptop from eBay. They have significantly better build quality and are much better to type on, have better screens, etc, and are way fucking cheaper.

>>62256285
No heat issues so far, I have edited 4k video in premiere with the laptop on my lap and it's gotten warm but not unbearable

>>62256435
The only thing you're going to get better in a laptop is the 7820hq unless you shell out a fucking mint for some Xeon or a literal 8000 dollar desktop gpu in a laptop house fire.

ASUS has a ryzen 7 in the pipeline, but fuck asus their build quality is shit and their warranty support is the worst in the world.

So guess you get to be a waitfag then rippo!

>>62256491
Not planning on gaming on this whatsoever, I have a desktop for that. This is just for grad school exams and doing some word processing and reading on the go.

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are the new kaby lake U series chips going to be any good or is it safer just to wait till coffee lake?
quad core 13 inch machines sound really good on paper.

>>62255907
who are the ghosting issues anon, is the screen size decent with games, any throttling or stutters?

>>62255907
how is the screen brightness on it, also is the color accuracy a gimmick or is it worth shelling out. any issues that might cause regret?

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>>62252483
>>no retarded gaymer asthetics besides red accents
And the star wars jet pack on it's ass

>>62256794

With these types of laptops the intel graphics kick in when you're not playing games. This leads to lower temps, almost no fan noise, and increased battery life. When I start gaming I get around 30-45 minutes of battery life. When I am just typing and browsing I get around 3 hours.

>>62255917

Who the fuck puts a laptop on payments?

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Acer Aspire E5-575G is my laptopfu

>>62255917
I don't do much work where color accuracy is important, but it's clearly not a gimmick

>>62256892
No ghosting, screen feels small but above 60 fps on pubg 1080p ultra. That's with Adobe cc and Ms office loaded

>>62257155
whats the response time for the panel, i read somewhere that it was in the 28ms range, is it shit for fast paced multiplayer games?

>>62251684
>7700hq basically same perf as i5 7600k (all u need 4 games) (wont bottle neck even a titan xp)

i5 7600k is a bottleneck for titan xp, even if you clock it to the same speeeds as a 7700k.

>>6225720
my reaction time sucks so it could be bad and I wouldn't be able to tell you

>>62256129
just look, there are hundreds in stock

>>62257141
>Acer
Are their power supplies and jacks still shitty and unreliable?

>>62251684
> 7700hq basically same perf as i5 7600k (all u need 4 games) (wont bottle neck even a titan xp)

What is meant by bottleneck here? For me to say that a CPU dont bottleneck, would mean that another CPU wouldnt increase the fps in a multitude of games. Games still benefits from clockspeed so the 7700hq would be a bottleneck compared to 7700k and many newer games benefits from a increase of threads so the i5 7600k bottlenecks in these.

>>62257288
Calling bullshit here. 7600k has like 7% less single thread performance than the 7700k. if it does bottleneck it has to be like a 3% loss tops.

Can you even provide a single fact to back that up?

>>62257471
It's simple, if the CPU is maxed out, and the GPU isn't, and it's a demanding game and your performance doesn't match up what others are getting in online benchmarks, then there is a bottleneck.

the 7700HQ doesn't bottleneck the 1080 Ti. That will not change. When volta launches, the GV102 will probably get bottlenecked by it.

>>62251684
Great machine, got mine some days ago but with a i5-6300HQ. I won't get HDR support and lost a lot of CPU performance but the OLED (only reason to buy this) was all worth it.

>>62257342
What about Acer is reliable at any point ever? Even their fucking 8 grand joketop that weighs 24 pounds has shitty fucking build quality and design.

>>62257662
I probably should've kept mine cheaper, but it's gonna be a desktop replacement. Can't wait to see the OLED screen.

Why laptop batteries sucks ass

>>62257700
Do a 5% grey test on your screen so you can exchange it if necessary before warranty runs out. OLED panel quality on laptops and tvs's is a gamble so better safe than sorry.

>>62257869
It's not coming in till Thursday.

Any other tests you'd recommend? Why the grey test specifically?

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>>62256935
fuck I can't unsee it now. still, it's not as bad as it used to be. don't suppose you have any suggestions?

>>62253100
Google Dell inspiron 7577

>>62258009
How is that a gaymer aesthetic? Do you see a CPU cooler and sperg out over it?

Fuck.

>>62255815
>>62256072
How big of a problem is this or is build quality just a meme as long you're not rough handling it and keeping it ventilated?

Local store is selling an HP Pavilion Power.
i7-7700HQ
12 gb mem
4 gb GTX 1050
Seems really good value for 899 tbqh

>>62257965
5% grey shows most imperfections of OLED displays. Just search 5% grey test on youtube, play it on full screen at max brightness and start looking for imperfections.

PCH uses passive cooling for some reason, so if it is reaching 85C then you will need to repaste/mod it.

Some 13R3's come with a Toshiba ssd, and they suck/overheat. Make sure they don't reach >75C or it will die quickly. Also CPU cores shouldn't reach >85C; same for the GPU. Repaste if they do.

You can't disable Optimus with the Oled display so you will have to stuttering/tearing. Enable VSync and select Nvidia GPU as preferred on the Nvidia gpu to fix that crap.

There are some more, but these will keep you busy for a while.

>>62258296
spot the dumbass.

>>62258190
Build quality kind of describes a few things

the engineering that went into the construction
The quality of materials
And the over all design.

You get shit in all three and you're going to notice it, if not immediately, then over time, when it breaks, has random ass issues, or flat out stops working one day.

This is the main reason I stand behind Dells. I work in a laptop repair shop and honestly, time and time again, even their shittiest models are better than some of the best offerings from other manufacturers, especially shitty ass brands like HP and Acer.

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Look I know.. it's expensive and the specs could be 10x better for the money. But you know what, it works very well, it's built very well and it runs Windows. On top of that it plays all the PC games I'm interested in when I'm not near my gaming PC.

>>62258572

is it a macbook pro?

Specs??

any laptop out there without camera/mic?

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>>62258636

>>62258636
Buy laptop
Take apart
Unplug mic/camera

Done.

Wow so hard

>>62258852
Not him but: Idk man, lots of these computers are glued together and are so thin it's nearly impossible to take them apart.

Wouldn't it be better to disable them from the bios? I know the Surface Pro 4 has settings in the bios to disable each camera and microphones.

>>62258889

Every laptop or desktop for that matter can have the cameras and mics disabled. I am actually in disbelief that on this board of all places people are even asking if they can just buy a laptop without them in this day an age.

>>62258889
>buying a computer that is so cheap and so shit you cant take it apart without destroying it.

Do your research and dont buy the wrong thing?

>>62258899
That isn't really as secure as disabling them in the bios or unplugging them, so....
If some entity hacked your PC it would be easy to reenable them if all you did was disable them inside of Windows.

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>>62257141
>Acer Aspire E5-575
What's the battery life like

>>62257141
Idk, I can't bring myself to buy these thick plastic laptops. I would rather buy last years model of something that's much thinner and made of metal. Not that this Acer is bad, I just have had bad luck with the plastic eventually splitting even with lots of care.

>>62259122
Modern components have backdoors built in by design anyway.

>>62257141
I was looking at the cheapest E5 for a new school laptop

I'm ordering a Thinkpad Carbon X1 5th Gen in a few days. Does anybody have any experience with it? Linux specific advice especially appreciated

>>62259225
>>62259402
>>62259960

Anons all acers are bad. Please stop buying them.

>>62259989
Thinkpads fucking suck.

>>62260119
you got better idea for a cheap school laptop?

>>62260240
No dGPU - Surface 3
dGPU - second hand Razer

Are there any laptops that are
>not 16:9 trash
and
>not chink trash
???

>>62260925
MacBook Pro is 16:10 and can run Windows

>>62251684
The only gaming laptop worth mentioning, basically a nice thicc business laptop with graphics

Not an alienware, it's just Dell's own creation at this point

all others are chinkshit desu

>>62252483
fuc that looks good
these also have spectacular battery life, something like the best thinkpads because of the huge battery inside
don't count on that model keeping the $800 price tag though

>>62256935
fuc off its vents

Can anyone redpill me on Lenovos, specifically the Y520.

I had asus rog w: gtx 860, worked ok , played gta v ok if not used to something better

>>62253643
not bad desu

>>62258190
>>62258523
Biggest reason to get a Dell is the precision touchpad, I use it constantly and you can customize multi finger gestures to do whatever you like

>>62261041
well ventilated, decent keyboard, shitty trackpad

shitty battery life, about half that off the Dell Inspiron gaming edition (there is less WH inside)

>>62260925
Dell Precision mobile workstations

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PRECISION-M6500-17-i7-940XM-2-13G-256G-SSD-16G-RAM-Windows-10-/302432862451?hash=item466a6740f3:g:7oIAAOSwCotZl-cS

>>62261041
Don't.
Unless after 1 year you want to end up in a dead dGPU

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>>62258636
This will get you halfway there. Looks like pretty good hardware too.

https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Laptops/ASUSPRO-B9440UA/

>>62261179
>desu
Fuck off, pedo.

Is the Dell Inspiron 7000 a worthwhile buy compared to the other 1050 ti laptops now that they put in an IPS screen? I remember they really roasted that tn screen hard when it first rolled out.

>>62261447
>he is not aware of the current text replacements
reply to me with the following text in your post, without any spaces:
f a m

>>62262631
also
t b h