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Mu Zeta posted:Liliputing seems to think real soon Excellent
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I've been keeping my eye out for an X250 for the last couple of weeks, and I found this one on eBay for <$800 and decided to pull the trigger. Did I do good?
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Oct 5, 2015 07:12
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Philip Rivers posted:I've been keeping my eye out for an X250 for the last couple of weeks, and I found this one on eBay for >$800 and decided to pull the trigger. Did I do good? Yes you did. Have fun with that awesome tiny machine!
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I'm trying to figure out the kind of specs I should be looking at for my needs. I'm in search of a laptop for general home use. No gaming, no portability. The most intensive tasks would be running Photoshop CC and connecting to my work VPN one day per week. I need Windows. What general specs should I be paying attention to? My budget is $600 max. If anyone has any direct suggestions I'd be happy to hear them.
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Oct 6, 2015 15:34
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I'm currently waiting for more of the Skylake laptops to come out, and was wondering if anyone knows of something with an excellent keyboard and large (17") screen? I'm going to be doing some serious programming in Visual Studio on this, so I'd like to avoid RSI and eye strain, and have something that can compile pretty quickly, has at least a TB hard drive, and has a non-integrated GPU (NVidia if at all possible). But I really don't want a noisy ugly bulky beast like Alienware or MSI provide. Decent battery life would be nice but isn't a requirement. Am I looking for a special unicorn here? The Acer Aspire V17 Nitro seems like it would be a good candidate if they ever release the Skylake version in the US, but I'm unsure.
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Oct 6, 2015 15:37
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The Lenovo P70? Dell Precision M6800? HP ZBook 17?
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Oct 6, 2015 15:41
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Absolutely not Lenovo - I don't trust anyone who uses BIOS hacks. Dell seems pricey but a possibility? Is the build quality on HP good nowadays? I've had issues with their laptops falling apart in the past, and the new swivel-elevate design seems like it might be shaky? (Please correct me if this is wrong)
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Oct 6, 2015 15:58
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Was it a cheap consumer laptop?
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Microosft Surface Book. 13.5" screen. edit: glass trackpad, nvidia gpu with gddr5 memory also supposedly 12 hours of battery life. edit 2: Hahaha, the screen can come off the hinge so it really is a super surface/laptop hybrid thing instead of well what the surface pro 4 already is. edit 3: Okay, the gpu is built into the keyboard. Intel cpu is in the display. That's really neat. Probably has extra battery built into the keyboard. MagusDraco fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Oct 6, 2015 |
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Oct 6, 2015 16:24
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Surface Book looks loving awesome.
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If that hinge works as advertised, surface book looks ridiculous.
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Oct 6, 2015 16:52
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Depending on which GPU they fit in there I might be tempted. It could be the first professional looking laptop with a hint of gaming at a price worth paying.
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TopherCStone posted:Surface Book looks loving awesome. I was debating on getting a Macbook Pro, but this machine with a drawing surface and Windows looks sexy as hell. It will be a very hard choice between saving money on the Surface 3, or getting this monster. I'll definitely need more details to decide.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:15
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havenwaters posted:[edit 3: Okay, the gpu is built into the keyboard. Intel cpu is in the display. That's really neat. Probably has extra battery built into the keyboard. This Surface Book thing (lol) is looking pretty good. Minus the $1500 entry level price.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:21
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ilkhan posted:Didn't notice that part. That's...awesome? Why not just put out a full on gaming dock, then? The intent is pretty clearly to directly challenge and one-up the Macbook Pro.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:23
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ilkhan posted:Didn't notice that part. That's...awesome? Why not just put out a full on gaming dock, then? Well, with the GPU in the keyboard, any laptop platform that does active cooling pretty much is a gaming dock. I was looking at a gaming laptop recently, but this may well be even better. Time to take advantage of the fact I have more money than sense these days...
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Oct 6, 2015 17:26
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ilkhan posted:Didn't notice that part. That's...awesome? Why not just put out a full on gaming dock, then? $1500 is what a 13" Macbook Pro with 256GB SSD / 8GB RAM costs, and that doesn't have the touchscreen, the dedicated GPU, or the whole detachable screen and surface pen thing. Not only that, but the 13" rMBP isn't really a bad value. It's a very nice machine. Edit: Apparently the dedicated GPU isn't in the $1500 config. I had bad info. Twerk from Home fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Oct 6, 2015 |
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Oct 6, 2015 17:30
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The pre-order page is up. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.325716000?icid=en_US_SurfaceBk_cat_modG_100615 So it's not all good news. You don't get a dGPU until you pay $1899. edit: And the fully maxed out version (i7, 512 GB ssd, dgpu, 16 gb of ram) is $2699. Tech specs don't mention what gpu it actually is either.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:34
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Article on the Surface Book: http://gizmodo.com/surface-book-is-microsofts-glorious-new-laptop-1734937744
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Link to said pre-order. Adding a GPU adds about $200. edit: Beaten while looking for mobile gpu MSRPs.
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Boiled Water posted:Was it a cheap consumer laptop? It was a cheaper HP laptop, so yeah. However, it seems a little unclear to me in the current market what laptops are made of better materials. Is it just a gray area where 1000$+ laptops tend to be made of increasingly better materials?
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havenwaters posted:The pre-order page is up. Yikes...
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$400 more for a i5/256GB/8GB book vs a pro 4, and +$200 on top of that for the dGPU. drat, Microsoft. Is the full presentation on youtube yet?
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ilkhan posted:$400 more for a i5/256GB/8GB book vs a pro 4, and +$200 on top of that for the dGPU. Yeah the pro 4 doesn't come with the keyboard though (still). That's another $129.99 on top of the $1299. edit: $159.99 if you get the version with the fingerprint ID.
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Goreld posted:It was a cheaper HP laptop, so yeah. However, it seems a little unclear to me in the current market what laptops are made of better materials. Is it just a gray area where 1000$+ laptops tend to be made of increasingly better materials? When you enter from consumer into enterprise computers a lot of things change. Prices go up, but so does build quality.
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What's up with the Surface Book hinge? From the pictures on the preorder page, it looks like the screen doesn't lay flat on the keyboard when it's closed, and that if any significant pressure was applied, it would be easy to break the curved hinge.
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Oct 6, 2015 18:24
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havenwaters posted:Yeah the pro 4 doesn't come with the keyboard though (still). That's another $129.99 on top of the $1299. edit: $159.99 if you get the version with the fingerprint ID. Fingerprint ID stuff is pretty cool tech and worth the extra $20-30
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Oct 6, 2015 18:24
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Because my wallet didn't hate me enough for buying a new Nexus 6P last week already. Now it *really* hates me. i5/256/8/dGPU. Phone was already fully funded, have my N5 and current laptop, and maybe current desktop, to sell to fund this new toy. I was already planning on a surface pro 4, and this nails my needs even better than that does. Wonder what the dGPU is. ilkhan fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Oct 6, 2015 |
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Oct 6, 2015 18:24
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Chu020 posted:What's up with the Surface Book hinge? From the pictures on the preorder page, it looks like the screen doesn't lay flat on the keyboard when it's closed, and that if any significant pressure was applied, it would be easy to break the curved hinge. It does look like that. Can detach it if you want them to lay flat though.
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Chu020 posted:What's up with the Surface Book hinge? From the pictures on the preorder page, it looks like the screen doesn't lay flat on the keyboard when it's closed, and that if any significant pressure was applied, it would be easy to break the curved hinge. An associate from Microsoft went back to late 70s SciFi. When he came back he had the hinge with him.
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Chu020 posted:What's up with the Surface Book hinge? From the pictures on the preorder page, it looks like the screen doesn't lay flat on the keyboard when it's closed, and that if any significant pressure was applied, it would be easy to break the curved hinge. It detaches from the hinge. There's (what looks like) an eject button that makes the "musclewire" release the display. It's built to also (after re-attaching it facing the other way) be a convertible. ilkhan posted:Because my wallet didn't hate me enough for buying a new Nexus 6P last week already. Now it *really* hates me. I'm waiting for reviews (what the dGPU is, actual battery life while browsing internet at full screen brightness, etc). This old hp laptop with an i5 520m still working pretty well since it has a ssd in it.
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havenwaters posted:I'm waiting for reviews (what the dGPU is, actual battery life while browsing internet at full screen brightness, etc). This old hp laptop with an i5 520m still working pretty well since it has a ssd in it. My only other real concern is how much better the v2 will be when they swap all the ports over to type-C.
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ilkhan posted:Because my wallet didn't hate me enough for buying a new Nexus 6P last week already. Now it *really* hates me. Awesome, be sure to report back with impressions.
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Someone finally made my dream laptop! Now to wait for reviews..
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None of the material lists a model. The only thing any of it confirms is whatever it is, it has 1gb of memory.
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I wonder if you'll be able to upgrade the GPU in the future by buying the keyboard/GPU of Surface Book 2 and using the same screen as SB1. That would be a killer option if you don't mind keeping the same CPU.
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No one in this world is willing to kill a goose this golden.
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Silly Burrito posted:I wonder if you'll be able to upgrade the GPU in the future by buying the keyboard/GPU of Surface Book 2 and using the same screen as SB1. That would be a killer option if you don't mind keeping the same CPU. Could there be a third party market? I wonder if it's possible for the likes of ASUS, MSI, EVGA etc to come out with a Surface Book keyboard that has a beefier battery and GPU to upgrade with eventually.
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teagone posted:Could there be a third party market? I wonder if it's possible for the likes of ASUS, MSI, EVGA etc to come out with a Surface Book keyboard that has a beefier battery and GPU to upgrade with eventually. Anything is possible, it's really up to Microsoft to licence it to them. Would be pretty kick rear end if they did.
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Press kit Fact Sheet for the Surface Book showed up, it's a docx file: http://news.microsoft.com/download/presskits/surface/docs/surfacebookfs.docx Intel GPU is the HD 520 (so Skylake GT2) and the Nvidia GPU is still not specified but has 1 GB of GDDR5 ram. 100 % sRGB display that is individually calibrated. It's using PCIe 3.0 SSDs. 1 TB is listed as an option but is not available right now.
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