You are given $1500 USD. You must find the most powerful laptop for the price. What do you buy?
>I need a laptop but I'm too lazy to research the best one for my budget, so you guys can work for free and find one for me!
alienware
>>53468791
kys
>>53468791
alienware OP
they make good stuff for the prize
No I don't. If I'm given 1500$ I'll just keep them.
>>53468754
New thinkpad.
Depends. If you're going to be gaming a ROG series laptop would get you the most bang for your buck. If you need a workstation laptop you'd need something with an actual workstation card (worse for games than a gaming card) with an appropriate CPU (e.g. xeon) which I've seen only in MSI laptops, which are overpriced in general.
:^)
>>53468915
compare a 1500 dollar alienware laptop to nearly any other laptop for the same price. You get a shitty gpu, and old haswell processor, no SSD, minimal RAM, and a worthless piece of junk that lights up all pretty. This gigabyte laptop has significantly less aesthetic value, but has one of the faster skylake processors, a gtx 970M, an SSD, and DDR4 RAM
>>53469135
forgot to include link
http://www.excaliberpc.com/638061/gigabyte-p55wv5-sl3-15.6-full-hd.html
>>53469135
>>53469149
see that wasn't so hard, if you want to find a decent laptop/notebook you only have to look in your price range. and 15,6" is the recommended notebook size since it offers the largest screen without going overboard in the dimensions.
and by the way, I recommend msi if you want to buy a notebook. they may not have the best price/performance ratio right now but they are not far off and the build quality on the few I have tested are quite good and feels more quality like than any other non-mac portable PC.
A Clevo.
/thread.
>>53468754
Assuming the only thing I intend to do with it is browse the Web or edit text documents, I'd spend about $30 - $50 on a used legacy laptop and put the rest of the money toward something else, like basic living expenses.
>>53469135
>gigabyte laptop
Whoa what the fuck.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Laptop-P35WV3-CF4-15-6-Inch/dp/B00SBCHS36
>$1,930.99
>i7-4710HQ, 16GB ddr3, gtx 970m 6GB
>15.3"
>http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-P37Wv4-BW1-Broadwell-i7-5700HQ-Computer/dp/B00ZV7G6LE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
>$1250
>i7-5700HQ, 8GB ddr3, gtx 970m 6GB
>17.3"
What am I missing? The latter weighs more that's it pretty much. Everything else is the same. Cooling issues maybe? They have the same number of hardr-drive bays (e.g. m2 supported), same screen quality (FHD/IPS), same HDD (7200 rpm 1BT), and both come with Win8.1.
>>53469378
I think that a lesser graphics card would be just fine.
A gtx970m with only 3GB would be enough for most newer games without AA on ultra or high.
Thing is that laptop isn't a good choice compared to alternatives like ROG series laptops since the former only comes with 2 USB 3.0 ports while the latter has 4 3.0 ports and 3.1/Thunderbolt, in addition to Vsync (usually).
Only redeemable thing is that the CPU is better on the Gigabyte laptop than the ROG laptop I have in mind ($1200 -- same price range), i7-4710HQ vs the i7-5700HQ in the gigabyte laptop and the graphics card has more memory, but less RAM (8gb vs 16gb.)
Even though you can replace RAM, you can't replace/add faster USB ports and built-in Vsync. Essentially, the issue is:
i7-5700 HQ + 8gb ram + 6gb gtx970m + 2 USB 3.0 + No Vsync ---vs--- 17-4710HQ + 16gb ram + 3gb gtx970m + 4 USB 3.0 + USB 3.1 + Vsync. Tough choice desu.
cop a 200 dollar chromebook op, spend the rest of your money on figures ;^)
>>53470116
You're sort of missing OP's question there, (as well as being a moron).
>>53468754
precision 5510
or if i want something more mobile a Thinkpad T460s or even smaller a XPS 13
Macbook Pro™
>>53469135
Wrong, but thanks for playing.
Go to Alienware and configure what you want. You can get Skylake and the best mobile GPUs. Then before checkout click to chat with customer support. Tell them you have a coupon that isn't working. After a few minutes chatting, you'll have saved 25-30% on the best laptop available.
>>53468754
>>53468754
MacBook. Not the Air and not the Pro, just the normal ass MacBook.
Surface Pro 4
>>53468754
a sex doll
>>53468754
T60 + Advanced Dock + PCI-e Videocard
easy
Maxed out thinkpad t460 w/ CocaCola corporate discount code
>>53468754
Asus UX305UA
> i5 Skylake
> 8Gb RAM
> 1080p screen
> M.2 SSD
> Intel WiFi Bluetooth
> 12hr battery life
> Thinner than MacBook Air
> Super Delete button
>>53468754
Mackbooook pro
>>53472338
lmao who the fuck designed that
Gigabyte P37x
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16834233083
>i7 2.6 GHz
>980m 8 GB memory
>16 GB system memory
>1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD
I love mine. It can handle anything I throw at it and it's pretty thin for such a powerful laptop. No cooling issues either.
And yes, I know it's $250 more than $1,500. Just suck a few dicks, OP, and you'll have that extra cash in no time.
I'll just take the $1500 and walk off because powerful laptops are defective by design.
>>53468754
Sager Barebone series.
>>53468754
XPS 13
>>53472537
How the heck do they manage to keep it so light. An ASUS ROG laptop weighs about the same (~6pounds) for 960m models and adds an additional 2 pounds for 970/980. Probably the battery is a bit less beefy I'm guessing, or the fans are smaller/simpler cooling. Pretty damn good for the price imo.
I buy new parts for my desktop with the 1000, and weed with the rest.
>>53472675
I think just having it in a smaller form factor than the ones like ASUS helps with the weight. I was shocked at how thin it was when I took it out of the box for the first time. The battery lasts at least 4 hours without gaming.
I just love the fact that it doesn't have any of the gawdy gayming looks to it so I'm still able to look relatively normie when in class with it.
>>53468754
I buy a 500 dollar thinkpad and spend the $1000 on something useful.
Just got an Alienware a few days ago
i7 6700HQ
GTX 970m
Only 8 GB RAM but DDR4 at least
M.2 ssd
4k display
Can't say I'm unhappy, when you turn off the gaymen leds it doesn't look TOO disgusting
>>53469335
Why cant you follow simple fucking instructions? Why cant you for once get out of your poorfag fucking mentality that you were given from your parents?
Basic living expenses? What are you fucking talking about? Cant you read?
>>53468754
The most powerful thing you can buy for 1500$ is a 970m and maybe 16gb RAM, standard i7.
I'd probably go with the MSI Stealth Pro.
>>53468754
sager
A pile of used Thinkpads.
>>53472537
He can get a 980m with 4GB and a 128GB SSD instead for $1630. The Gigabyte at some $1750 seems worth it but some people just don't have that kind of cash.
Think about it though, for $120 you get an additional 128GB of SSD space, 4GB more VRAM for the 980, and a more lightweight aesthetically pleasing design (no gaymer shit, no muh raptor vent)...
(used) razer blade desu
>>53471408
What? How? Shouldn't they ask about the coupon yo had in the first place?
>>53469135
You actually do get all of that in an Alienware laptop you mindless cuck:
i7-6700HQ
16GB DDR4
970m
120gb SSD + 1TB Fusion Drive
$1500 with a student discount.
>>53469335
Poor and retarded. The two usually come as a pair, but this is a special kind of stupid and broke.
>>53473844
Student discount? That's new, is there any thread or link with a guide to buying this expensive shit at the lowest price possible?
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>>53468754
It's likely going to be an HP Elitebook. They go a little cheaper than the Macbooks, Precisions, and Thinkpads.
It's going to be used. It's going to be somewhat small-ish.
This is a possibility
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-M4800-Laptop-15-6-UHD-3840x2160-Intel-i7-4810MQ-16GB-1TB-K1100M-/291619761537?hash=item43e5e46d81:g:Ts0AAOSwLzdWTTSP
Add a SSD to it with your remaining money.
>>53468754
A raspi and tiny screen or something.
The ratio of power-to-cost is almost certainly ideal, and any additional money can be reused elsewhere. :^)
>>53468808
mmf
I buy a macbook, sell it, then use the money to put together a fully specced T60 with 1600x1200 ips. That will probably come to 300-400$, so I can pocket the rest of the money.
>>53475240
Why stop there? Just keep buying and reselling macbooks until Bill Gates asks for your secrets.
>>53468754
A Thinkpad x220 for 300 bucks and spend the rest and cocaine and bitches.
some 10lb ASUS ROG laptop. Just remember to replace the garbage-ass trackpad driver
