New Laptop Considerations
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@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
Wouldn't choose a consumer grade device
Used to be a ThinkPad fan. Still good devices, but not what they used to be. Airbus for example is using Dell's business line, other companies I know are mostly using Fujitsu.
Name a business grade device that has a dedicated GPU for a not insane amount of money..
Please..
Also what laptops would you honestly choose? I consider everything from any of the large suppliers to be "consumer grade". they aren't getting shipped to the Space Station.
Oddly the space station runs linux for life support / windows for Skype... True fact.
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@DustinB3403 You know what you're buying, I don't see the problem. Just pointing out why it might be that cheap is all. It's still a smoking deal.
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
Wouldn't choose a consumer grade device
Used to be a ThinkPad fan. Still good devices, but not what they used to be. Airbus for example is using Dell's business line, other companies I know are mostly using Fujitsu.
Name a business grade device that has a dedicated GPU for a not insane amount of money..
Please..
Also what laptops would you honestly choose? I consider everything from any of the large suppliers to be "consumer grade". they aren't getting shipped to the Space Station.
Oddly the space station runs linux for life support / windows for Skype... True fact.
In fact, it's Windows XP on the notebooks. At least in 2014 I think.
I'm still buying Lenovo ThinkPad's (T4xx-Series and few business Yoga's, nothing else). Mostly because of our huge EDU discount. I must admit that the onsite service is great.
Fujitsu Celsius is decent but expensive. Fujitsu Lifebook is a good allrounder.
Used Dell only once myself, it's ok I guess.
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@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
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Inspiron is gonna suck nard if you ever have to open it up for upgrades or repair. I wouldn't take a Dell consumer laptop if you paid me $500. I don't have any other suggestions for a real laptop at that price point, but be aware that if you plan to put an ssd or RAM into it, you will get pissed off at the disassembly required to get to the components.
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
Oh, sorry, I will let my Nvidia card in my (aging) T410s know
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
What kind of GPU are you looking for? Gaming or CAD (e.g. FirePro / Quadro)?
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@RojoLoco said in New Laptop Considerations:
Inspiron is gonna suck nard if you ever have to open it up for upgrades or repair. I wouldn't take a Dell consumer laptop if you paid me $500. I don't have any other suggestions for a real laptop at that price point, but be aware that if you plan to put an ssd or RAM into it, you will get pissed off at the disassembly required to get to the components.
The disassembly guide can be found here Direct link to the PDF. The base cover (underside) has screw to hold it all together.
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@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
What kind of GPU are you looking for? Gaming or CAD (e.g. FirePro / Quadro)?
Gaming usage. I'm not a CAD kind of person.
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
What kind of GPU are you looking for? Gaming or CAD (e.g. FirePro / Quadro)?
Gaming usage. I'm not a CAD kind of person.
Ah, now this is a whole different story. Forget about 99% of the business and workstation class notebooks - they are almost always Quadro or FirePro.
What's your price point? Like 550$?
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@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
What kind of GPU are you looking for? Gaming or CAD (e.g. FirePro / Quadro)?
Gaming usage. I'm not a CAD kind of person.
Ah, now this is a whole different story. Forget about 99% of the business and workstation class notebooks - they are almost always Quadro or FirePro.
What's your price point? Like 550$?
It is at this point, since I've got a hell of a deal sitting in front of me for it.
I wasn't really looking until the deal was here.
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@RojoLoco said in New Laptop Considerations:
Inspiron is gonna suck nard if you ever have to open it up for upgrades or repair. I wouldn't take a Dell consumer laptop if you paid me $500. I don't have any other suggestions for a real laptop at that price point, but be aware that if you plan to put an ssd or RAM into it, you will get pissed off at the disassembly required to get to the components.
The disassembly guide can be found here Direct link to the PDF. The base cover (underside) has screw to hold it all together.
That is drastically different than the previous generation of Inspirons... but still, I don't really like consumer grade garbage. Dell Precision FTW, but not in your budget of $550-ish.
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@RojoLoco said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@RojoLoco said in New Laptop Considerations:
Inspiron is gonna suck nard if you ever have to open it up for upgrades or repair. I wouldn't take a Dell consumer laptop if you paid me $500. I don't have any other suggestions for a real laptop at that price point, but be aware that if you plan to put an ssd or RAM into it, you will get pissed off at the disassembly required to get to the components.
The disassembly guide can be found here Direct link to the PDF. The base cover (underside) has screw to hold it all together.
That is drastically different than the previous generation of Inspirons... but still, I don't really like consumer grade garbage. Dell Precision FTW, but not in your budget of $550-ish.
Agree, but like he said, there's not much room if you want a gaming thingy for $550. You don't even get a cheapo ThinkPad for that (not looking at the GPU at all)
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@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr said in New Laptop Considerations:
@DustinB3403 said in New Laptop Considerations:
@thwr None of the laptops you mentioned here have the dedicated GPU.
The use case for this laptop is very much along the lines of consumer use.
Sure I'll use it as my daily driver for work etc but 98% of the time, all consumer use.
What kind of GPU are you looking for? Gaming or CAD (e.g. FirePro / Quadro)?
Gaming usage. I'm not a CAD kind of person.
Ah, now this is a whole different story. Forget about 99% of the business and workstation class notebooks - they are almost always Quadro or FirePro.
What's your price point? Like 550$?
It is at this point, since I've got a hell of a deal sitting in front of me for it.
I wasn't really looking until the deal was here.
I guess you won't find something better (if you don't have a contract like I do where I can get something for EDU discounts). The 960M is Ok, and given the price...
