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Offline fudgums

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Laptops
« on: March 09, 2017, 04:51:56 PM »
Figured I would come to the guys I trust. Looking for a new laptop, something with a little power, gaming is not a priority at all, durability is big. 

Been looking at the new Surfacebook by Microsoft, the cheapest model. I have been intrigued by the Dell XPS series as well recently.

Would like opinions or experiences on ones.

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Not getting another HP, nope nope nope.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2017, 04:55:57 PM »
My experience through work with Dell, I wouldn't even use one for a doorstop.  Not sure what I'd recommend, but I actively recommend against Dell at any opportunity.  YMMV.

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2017, 05:16:39 PM »
Quote from: Wiley on March 09, 2017, 04:55:57 PM
My experience through work with Dell, I wouldn't even use one for a doorstop.  Not sure what I'd recommend, but I actively recommend against Dell at any opportunity.  YMMV.

Wiley.

I've had Dell laptops for the last 6 years, been awesome. We currently have 4 in our household (3 lattitudes and one Precision). They take a beating (2 are used by my kids).
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2017, 06:01:01 PM »
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2017, 04:35:05 AM »
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Anyone have experience with Sager?
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2017, 04:46:38 AM »
I am using Lenvevo y50-70, 2 years and quite happy with it... so far only changed the hard drive (it came with 1tb hybrid harddrive , changed it with 500gb samsung ssd and upgraded the ram from 8gb to 16gb). Next I am planing to upgrade my screen to 4K screen...

my version has intel i7 (dont exactly remember which generation) and Nvdia 860m (8gb ram) runs all the games i like to play quite smoth)

long story short I suggest lenevo y50-70 serries they make good work & play computer (but dont compare it to custom build gaming desktop pc)

looking at Sagers, they look also really nice but looks like they are a lil bit more expensive (atleast for me at the moment)
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2017, 08:58:06 AM »
Lenovo Y50-70 here too (with Nvidia 920 graphics, and an I5 processor), just be sure to kill all bloatware they send with it, very solid buy.

I also have 3 Dell in various reincarnations (dock-able work machines), and one Asus travel laptop with a Pentium 3700 (11.6).



Only the hard drives seem to die on all the Dell's I've had, replacing 2 youngest machines with SSD did the trick.
I had to change motherboard on my ASUS after a Windows, and also changed to SSD on it.


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Re: Laptops
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2017, 09:28:46 PM »
My daughter has a surface 4 and loves it. She is quite adept at computing. She never uses her desktop anymore.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2017, 07:23:39 AM »
Quote from: fudgums on March 09, 2017, 04:51:56 PM
Figured I would come to the guys I trust. Looking for a new laptop, something with a little power, gaming is not a priority at all, durability is big. 

Been looking at the new Surfacebook by Microsoft, the cheapest model. I have been intrigued by the Dell XPS series as well recently.

Would like opinions or experiences on ones.

PS.

Not getting another HP, nope nope nope.
I've always used Dell for the most part, I'm not a fan of those new 2 in 1's though, they seem cool in theory but I feel like they would/could break very easily. Murphy's Law and all. The XPS laptops look decent, at least the old ones used to be able to take a beating.
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Offline fudgums

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2017, 12:04:05 PM »
Appreciate the advice guys! I like the lenovo's but it seems they are out of stock!
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Offline EagleDNY

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2017, 08:30:03 PM »
Lenovo's are nice - I've bought a lot of them for my clients.   I have also had some good luck with the Asus laptops - if you are looking for a gaming laptop you might want to take a look at one of those.
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2017, 01:17:00 AM »
I've had a couple ASUS laptops and they worked nicely, been a few years though.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2017, 03:56:23 AM »
I had Sager about 10 years ago. See that their website didn't change over the years :) Basically they aren't really a laptop producer - rather "desktop replacement". That means all their notebooks weight a ton, but they are loaded for any game you throw at them.

Not really needed for work ( 1070 card ? wow !!! ) but if you're looking for portable gaming solution - sager is the way to go.

As for work, I'm using Lenovo Y700 for over a year now and i'm very pleased.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2017, 07:36:20 AM »
I have an older (5 years) sager that it will run AH3 but very poorly. It weighs 6 or 7 pounds and gets hot. I cant even get a replacement battery anymore but apparently for this model it may last 30 min before draining it
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2017, 09:06:22 AM »
Acer makes good laptops and pads that are reasonably priced.

www.acer.com
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