I'm very happy with my Dell so far no issues. Unless the user is a hard core gamer I think most people vastly over estimate their needs.
my niece is in the market for a new laptop so I've been looking at ultrabooks on her behalf. It's pretty hard to fit her requirements (she does a lot of autocad work and wants discrete graphics) but there sure are some nice looking machines these days!
Quote from: Whoey on December 31, 2016, 07:40:54 PMmy niece is in the market for a new laptop so I've been looking at ultrabooks on her behalf. It's pretty hard to fit her requirements (she does a lot of autocad work and wants discrete graphics) but there sure are some nice looking machines these days!Ultrabook and computing power doesn't go in the same sentence lol. A thin fanless body just can't dissipate heat generated by a high power CPU.
Quote from: jzmtl on January 02, 2017, 07:47:05 PMQuote from: Whoey on December 31, 2016, 07:40:54 PMmy niece is in the market for a new laptop so I've been looking at ultrabooks on her behalf. It's pretty hard to fit her requirements (she does a lot of autocad work and wants discrete graphics) but there sure are some nice looking machines these days!Ultrabook and computing power doesn't go in the same sentence lol. A thin fanless body just can't dissipate heat generated by a high power CPU. I agree, personally there's some excellent thinkpad models that would do exactly what she needs, but her hubby is convinced she needs one of the shiny underpowered metal casing machines because her clients are picky about aesthetics rather than functionality and then tack on one of those xconnect external graphics cards...
It looks like it is time for me to do something I hate doing- upgrade to new equipment.Don't get me wrong, I love shiny new toys as much as the next guy, but I hate the process of going from one machine to another. Something always gets lost, missed, forgotten etc. I also hate dropping that much money on something. At any rate, I'll probably be keeping this new one as long as I've kept the old ones, which is at least 5 years. My current machine is still good, but maxing out at 4gb of RAM is sadly very limiting. So, I'd like to get a higher end machine and is like to keep it around $1000.I'd also like an i7 processor and at least 12gb of RAM- upgradeable if not from the factory like that.So far the closest I've found is the Asus ROG GL771JW. It's a bit overkill for me but I like overkill because it means the things I do won't tax it too heavily and very likely it will live a longer and more relevant life. Any other suggestions? If anyone suggests a Mac, please also be prepared to have your suggestions ignored....Def
we also moved from a 15.6 to a 13, however the 15.6 was 1366x768 and the 13 is 3200x1800