Hey all, I’m looking to retire my old 2014 11” MacBook Air, but the newer MacBooks look pretty bad. I use a Surface Pro 3 at work so the old 768p screen is really nasty now.
I’m mostly looking for a really good screen and keyboard in a laptop, but also at least some USB-A and C, not just C.
I’ll also be using this for uni, so I should probably get a GPU and some extra RAM in it for some of the engineering work I’ll eventually have.
I was thinking of the Surface Book 2 off the bat since I seriously love the screen on the Pro 3 I use, but the price is a little far off. I could probably survive with this model plus I also get the student discount.
The other option I was thinking of was the Dell XPS 15 but I’ve heard of really terrible quality and defects of basically every component so I’m not too sure if that one.
If anyone can suggest other options I’ll take a look at them, thanks.
Well whats your budget?
I know I didn't make this thread, but I basically have the exact same situation, uni, macbook, and all.
My budget is $1000 CAD
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should have said that, $1500 US. I have access to student coupons and such.
I've got it down to two laptops:
Microsoft Surface Book 2 15" - Micro Center ($2000)
i7-8650U (4c/8t)
16GB DDR3L-1866
256GB SSD
GTX 1060 6GB (in keyboard base)
2160p (4K but 3:2 aspect ratio)
obviously the detach/reattach gimmick
I'm not entirely sure I'd use the detach/tablet stuff off the bat since the stylus is an extra $100, but if I had it I'd try to use it.
Dell XPS 15 9570 - Micro Center ($1600)
i7-8750H (6c/12t)
16GB DDR4-2666
512GB PCIe M.2 SSD
GTX 1050Ti Max-Q 4GB
4K touchscreen
mostly upgradable/repairable - RAM, SSD, battery etc.
Clearly the better choice on paper but I hear tons of complaints about slow SSDs, overheating etc. also apparently Killer WiFi sucks.
Literally the first thing I hear is to reinstall Windows once you get it.
The 4K Dell is out of stock and might come back Wednesday. The 1080p one is there right now but ehhhh
Anyone have opinions?
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