Whats the most you'd spend on a laptop?
idk whatever my dad paid for my macbook? XD
idk whatever my dad paid for my alienware? XD
>>53506258
$1500
>>53506233
would never spend more than 1k on a laptop
$700. Good thing I work at apple and can get a $1700 macbook pro for just that price.
>>53506278
idk whatever I paid for my wife's son's laptop? XD
>>53506233
Depends on what I'd use it for.
Zero (0) because Iaptops are dumb. I'd rather have a Surface or something similar.
>>53506233
200
because buying laptops "new" is wasteful.
>>53506233
Bought a laptop similar to the one you posted, spent £600 which would probably be close to the most I'd be willing to spend
>>53506233
$2000 + taxes
I don't like desktops so my workstation is my laptop, I don't regret anything.
>>53506383
any chicks working with you?
I would love to bang one in uniform.
>>53506368
Thats what my gut tells me, but isnt 250 more worth it?
1799$ for a Dell XPS 15 4k.
about $600, it would have to be pretty fucking nice, too.
My current laptop cost me $60, it's a c2d and works wonderfully, so I would expect a $600 laptop to be at least 10x as nice.
3000$
>MSI GT-80 SLI
>>53506575
they are.. moreso infact
>>53506505
yeah of course my dude, got a small ass store but still a bit over 110 employees, there's probably like a solid 10 of them I can say with confidence that I would bang or find attractive.
>>53506575
$60? what can you do with it besides crack open walnuts?
>>53506233
run of the mill laptop no more than £300 as i'd just get a used elitebook or latitude,
but would spend like £3000 for a mobile workstation if it was needed.
>>53506233
a 4k gaymen laptop for 4K dinarodoos
90% worth it
>>53506383
jelly af desu lad. how long do you need to work there for this benefit?
>>53506590
How long before it catches on fire and you buy another?
$4000 in 2012
quad core 3.6ghz i7 sony vaio z, 8gb ram, 1080p screen, 512gb ssd in raid 0, and external gpu dock and additional sheet battery for double battery life
still using it today
>>53506649
Whats the most recent game you can play on it?
>>53506641
Only 90 days surprisingly enough. After those 90 days you get a 25% off that replenishes after a year for phones or computers, and then you get $500 off that replenishes after 3 years.
>>53506678
crysis 3 on medium 720p with gpu dock, i don't really play many games
1400€ Macbook, worth every single cent. Macbook Air for 1.2 or 1.3 before, also 100% worth it. Had a 800€ HP TM2 before which oscillated from "nice" to "shit".
>>53506621
write software
i managed to play minecraft on it at 15fps, but then I had to stop playing after the server I was on decided to kick out pirate clients
>>53506692
lmfao
>$4000
>>53506645
Nice mayamy
>>53506649
how do you feel knowing its closer to 400 bucks today?
>>53506649
Interesting design with great bits like the minimalist look but horrible ones like the fat bezels, keyboard/trackpad and printed on icons.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/search/sya?query=thinkpad&min_price=1&max_price=50
fuck off, Dell Market Research™
>>53506715
>laptop
>game
dunno what you expected
like i said i dont even game much, i got it for ssd raid and 1080p screen, 2.5 pounds carbon fiber chassis which basically no one had back then, not to mention full voltage processor (ulv belongs in the trash)
>>53506723
pretty good considering everything is ultra low voltage garbage cpu's and i can still render videos twice as fast as the best ultrabook i7 today thanks to full voltage and 4 physical cores 3.6ghz
>>53506764
you can game for $1000 on a solid laptop you know. I can even understand dropping 2K but nothing over that. Imagine a 2K desktop AND a 2K laptop
>>53506678
>Buying a laptop
>To play games
get out
>>53506812
today sure, in 2012? Not unless it weighted 12 pounds, sorry but no, i needed something light and strong
and like i for some reason have to repeat, i don't even game which is probably obvious by the fact i tried to play crysis which is barely a game at all
>>53506649
> raid 0
> ssd
hope you backup your data at least once a week
>>53506849
dunno what kind of shit quality ssd's you use but the fucker hasn't failed me once for 4 years
>>53506575
More like $150 desu family
Nice pic btw
>>53506864
> using ssds
would rather safe my data on floppy disks and tape drives
>>53506430
>Surface
Found the Micro®Soft™™®™© Certified™ Reputation©™ Agent®®™©℠
>>53506902
> safe
save
>>53506902
cant argue with tape drives
>>53506814
cause word processing is the best benchmark for a computers ability, right? calm down desu
>>53506868
>not awooo picture
I am disappointed senpai
>>53506973
I can make one later... ;-;
>>53506917
Fuck off, the day I can afford a Skylake Surface and Linux runs properly on it, I'm getting one.
>>53506970
>cause word processing is the best benchmark for a computers ability, right?
Why not? They depend on great input methods and quality screens. Besides, most people who do word processing, do it outside of their mothers basement, so it requires a better battery/efficient hardware.
Gaymers are happy with shit if they get their 60-144fps.
probably around $500 but even that's pricey.
for me a laptop is mostly used as a terminal to do work and shitpost from when I don't want to be at my desk for whatever reason. I suppose I'd also like it to at least be powerful enough to handle video playback but that's not asking for too much.
>>53506970
video editing, image rendering, compression, file transfering, compiling, muxing
seems the only thing you can think with is your graphics card and your dick, back to /v/ you go
>>53506233
around €850 + some updates: 500gb msata ssd, 2tb hdd
>>53507296
how is Gigabytes quality, they look cool but does it last?
$0
My company gives me one.
£600 is what my first laptop cost me 5 years ago, and it's still going strong after upgrading the HDD to ssd. I probably wouldn't spend that much again though, closer to £400 next time
>>53507356
been using mine for more than 3 years now, it holds pretty decent. Good materials, cover and inside from aluminium but the base from plastic to disipate heat better.
I don't game much, it's still ok for an everyday laptop since is very thin and light and only 14inch screen.
Honestly would recommend, this particular machine, I don't know about their other laptops.
>>53506233
there's really not much of a reason to buy new any longer since cpu development came to a screeching halt a few years ago, so i guess 500eur to 600eur for something that used to be worth 2000, 2500 three years ago. if i had an employer or someone else pay or it really didn't matter, i could find enough stuff in the x1 carbon configurator to bring it to about 3000 i guess.
i don't give much of a shit about money, but i'm not keen on throwing it out the window either.
>>53507416
My HP is burned out and rn im half way between one of their medium spec laptops or an asus. I dont have a desktop so it has to be able to do everything at least pretty well. 1500 max, 900-1K preferred
>>53507470
Screens.
Spent £1000 for something with a 240GB SSD + 2TB HDD, 960M and 4720HQ. Just wanted something that can store all my music, videos etc but also play MMOs with a bit of SSAA on. Powerful CPU was also pretty important for uni work.
Can't understand why people spend £1500+ on 980M stuff, but it's up to them tbqh
>>53506233
I dropped 1700 on my surface book. It's nice having a 6 figure job.
Under 1000
>>53507541
did you build this, if not link?
1500 dollars. The current one I have cost this much (Clevo are nice laptops).
I set the bar to around $400, preferably one that uses an A10 APU too.
>>53507597
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/15in-gaming-laptop-nvidia-geforce-960m
Just change a few of the options and get rid of the Windows install (-£70). Scan are pretty good and I live only about 15 miles away from the shop, so it's my go to for computer stuff
>>53507636
>.uk
probably not available in the US
>>53507722
I thought you'd know that since I used £s :(
>>53507738
I was hoping it would be a brand on both sides of the pond
20$ max
Spent 6.50 plus 5$ shipping, got a 7$ 512mb ram card for it
s'all good
>>53507754
The actual build is probably quite easy to get in the US: have at look at Sager?
I bought one of these for my mum.
£586
I have been living neet with her for a while, finally got a decent paying job, and she needs a new one.
In return I get goodboy points.
I paid $1336.98 (after taxes, worst day of my life) for a "high-end" HP DV7. Its been upgraded afew times, and it treats me well. It cant be trusted though, the graphics module in it is "the worst". And I mean it. AMD R6, and in windows, there's no such things as drivers, and in Linux, there's no need for the module :/
Save ME!
>>53507790
You did good. Moms fucking love that convertible laptop stuff. I will also buy one for my mom when I get a job.
>>53507886
But its not a thinkpad, so according to /g/ I fucked up.
>>53507904
Those /g/ fags don't love their mums, don't listen to them.
>>53507770
I will be checking this out. Thank you my British friend
>>53506233
$3500 for the maxed out 2016 memebook
but only if it has gt 950m
>>53506233
~750$
less than that you lose quality
greater than that you pay the brandname
>>53506786
enjoy your battery life.
if you don't mind about battery life, why u buy a laptop
>>53506649
Fellow VAIO Z ("SVZ") owner here but it was more like $3000 before taxes for me.
All that performance crammed into a 0.66" thick case and weighed 2.6lb in 2012. Was and still is amazing considering nothing then was remotely comparable and most laptops now in 2016 still can't compete in terms of performance.
>>53506764
No one really offers that in 2016 either. I'm waiting on the MBPr refresh and hoping maybe they'll offer a quad core option but it's highly unlikely.
>>53507962
>enjoy your battery life.
It still gets 4.5 hours on the main battery after 3 years of battery wear. 8.5 hours with the sheet battery.
It's not as if you render while on battery for hours on end. You'd be retarded to not have brought your power brick if you knew you were doing so before hand.
>>53507962
sheet battery for 12 hours
what's the next part of your master plan
>>53507967
fuck yeah man
mine was actually a vpc (second), but i think the svz also had some other improvements too like faster ssd's plus reduced production cost since it was basically the third iteration of the vaio z2
and yeah you still can't find a proper compact model that has enough performance that doesn't fucking throttle and is low voltage dogshit, hence im still sticking to my z
It depends OP. If it were right now? Nothing. I have no need for a laptop when my desktop works just fine.
If I didn't have a desktop? I'd get something majorly budget based at the moment, because I'm broke.
If money was no object? Whatever the most powerful one was, regardless of the price. Lavish things like "diamond encrusting" doesn't do anything for me, so I'd just get the most top of the line whatever is out there.
A million Mongolian möngös
>>53506233
For a shitposting netbook, 300€. For a desktop replacement (sans gaming), cheapest one with a 1080p screen, quad core, iGPU and SSD (like... 700€?)
>>53508131
simbly ebin
I have never seen a Gigabyte laptop in Norway.
Are they more popular in the US and Asia?
They mostly sell video cards and motherboards here.
$1500 and 3.5% sales tax. I'm waiting for Dell to launch their new line of Precision laptops with the i7-6700hq, ddr4, and m.2 ssd. They're still packing ddr3L and i7-4720hq CPU's. If there is one thing the new Skylake intel shit was good for, it was squeezing a little more battery life. That and ddr4 operating on 1.2v compared to 1.35v or 1.5v. This thing has everything I want in a laptop.
>1080p matte IPS panel
>16gb ddr3 starting
>8 thread i7
>Full amazing typing keyboard
>nvidia quadro is a plus
>Solid construction
>Amazing thermals.
I want one badly. My 1600x900 T420 is feeling old now.
>>53507790
why the two keyboards tho????
>>53507904
considering that there is a lenovo thinkpad yoga, and they fucking rule, you did fuck up
>>53506420
Cuck
>>53508441
>buying chink crap with actual, literal botnets you cannot delete because they restore themselves from UEFI on startup
>being caught red-handed twice, keep doing it anyway
ayy lmao
>>53506566
Hiw's the battery life on it? Also, is it the new one with the infinity display?
>>53506233
2k eroerinoius
>>53506692
>crysis 3 on medium 720p
kek
My old 8800GT could do that
>>53508477
>memes
>>53508506
This sums you up perfectly >>53507035
>>53506233
$200
>>53508559
>shills
>>53507761
>Windows 2000
My current one cost me $2300 USD.
>>53508464
>hooked
>>53509865
why no spend that on desktop?
I probably won't be buying another laptop for the better part of a decade so probably $3000. Hopefully laptops won't have gone to shit in that time.
>>53506233
$200
I don't like buying new stuff on laptops as clock speeds are pathietic and usually not worth the coin
However in saying that
I'm planing to buy a $250~$500 NZD laptop
I couldn't afford a $800NZD laptop any way i'm just a poorfag.
;_;
$1500
Just spent $1599 on mine, but I guess I'd spend as much as I was comfortable spending based on my current financial situation.
>>53506233
2000€
It was asus P4 2.8
512 mb
It was a great machine. i miss that quality build
$300 for an X22/T420 or less.
Used thinkpads are the best, I loved my father's ancient models in his time and I love mine.
Cheap, fast, and expandable. Built well and with the options for a huge battery.
>>53506233
$200 or maybe $300
Why would I buy an expensive consumer laptop new when I can get a used business class laptop that was initially magnitudes more for a fraction of the cost?
>>53511821
>>53511884
this
plus they feel comfy
Laptops are worthless, $0, better to drop money on hybrid tablets.
>>53506233
>hp dv7
This right here.
I fucking hate hp.
But theres something special about this laptop. It really shines through on some levels(its old as shit 2011) fucker has an:
[email protected]
6gb ddr3
500gb hdd
and the gpu can handle most old games and some source game like cs:go, tf2, and arma3.
All other tasks it works great.
I guess itd be around 150-200 now. Id buy it again(I still have it. it works fine.) Only decent product Hp ever made.
>>53512075
>recommending a tablet over a laptop
>>53506233
I don't buy laptops new. my most expensive one was 20$ and it was just an old dell latitude d630
>>53512144
>better portability.
>you can detach the keyboard for comfy usage anywhere.
Yes, yes I would.
>>53512158
D630 is a great laptop
about $500
i like a nice screen
>>53512194
I have a tablet for when I need a tablet. This is the only acceptable type of convertible is this
>>53512196
Its a great machine, It handles any version of linux I throw at it. I also have two other Latitudes, a Dell Latitude cpi I bought for 4$ and a e5500 I bought in 2011 when it was new
>>53506233
That's a stupid question, it depends on what you need it for and how much you plan on using it (ie will doing things that require more power be able to wait until you have access to a desktop or will there be times when you don't have a desktop for extended periods and will need to be able to do those tasks on the laptop). If you just want something for occasional portable web browsing you could get away with spending very little. If you need something that can completely replace your desktop while you're on the go for long periods of time then expect to pay significantly more. Don't just say I'm willing to spend X and find the best specs in that category, find out what specs you will need and go from there. I just use my laptop for shitposting on the go, so I got a used netbook that cost me just over $100 including the new SSD that I put in it, but if I still played games a lot and had a job where I would be regularly be gone for a few days at a time like some I used to know I'd spend significantly more for a laptop that could run the games I wanted to play.
>>53506233
i spent 1100usd in 2010 for a laptop.
i still use the same laptop but i regret profoundly spending that much
i wont spend more than 800usd in the future
>>53506233
US$ 1 195.11
1k
>>53508464
Yes anon, that's the joke
Spent about $1000 for a gayman laptop in 2012, some Asus thing, still using it today. Good build quality, no obnoxious logos anywhere, rubberized wrist rest. Has a 3.2GHz i7, a 670m, upgraded it 16GB ram, 2 hdd slots so I have an ssd and a hdd for storage. Still runs nice but chews through battery like a monster, use it more as a portable workstation than games, but it still does decently with vidya.
i don't give a fuck what laptop it is, I'm not spending more than 1k.
after buying a thinkpad? probably $150 tops
>>53506298
this
>>53507021
>linux
>touchscREEEEEEns
>>53512660
What's the issue anon?
>>53509865
Battery life?
less than 1 hour, defeating the purpose.
>>53506383
I live in Romania and gypsy sell stolen apple products for 1/10 of price, top that.
>>53512677
It sucks with touch, assuming you can find drivers, or compile some hacky ones.
>>53512713
My local thrift shop sells any computer they get for around 4-7$
>>53512779
Nah. Even OpenBSD works with touchscreens
>>53512677
>>53512677
The same issue with any device and Linux.
Make your own drivers.
>>53512796
Damn, the best thrift store deals you find around here is $70 for a P4 with 512MB RAM and an 80GB HDD
I did talk a guy down to $30 for a PowerMac G4 once. The fucker didn't want to sell it just in case that one guy comes in who needs parts for it, I retorted with It's a fucking 17 year old computer
>>53512811
Retard detected
Max I ever paid was $1800 for a X1 Carbon at launch.
yddif eert tuob
>>53512849
The people who work there are all elderly women, They have no idea what they are dealing with and usually price it really low. They dont even wipe the hard drives!
>$3,000
I am not shitting, I prefer laptops 100x more than desktops, I can't stand sitting in the same position and place for hours, my body and brain just can't, I can code while looking at the mountain, in my bed, in the living room, it's like changing the desktop background but now I am changing the real background whenever I want, it gives a real mind refresh.
$500? Idk, I'd probably only use a laptop for when I'm on the go, I'd rather put all my money in my desktop considering you can remote access your desktop from your smartphone. There really doesn't seem to be a point to expensive laptops unless you're a gamer, and even then a desktop is better, you're paying more for portability.
>>53512936
>it's like changing the desktop background but now I am changing the real background whenever I want
I know this board gets a reputation for being shut-in but, you don't need to explain changing scenery that much mate.
$600
Mines 400 and runs perfectly fine, a10, r6 gets pretty hot sometimes though
1k
$600 before tax
It's not a fucking desktop, it doesn't need to be insanely powerful
>>53506233
$1299.00 c:
>>53506471
exactly same, hate desktops and need powerful machine
>>53516637
Why do you hate proper computers?
>>53508427
keked
$1100 on my Asus gaming "memebook"
$1400 CAD on that aluminum macbook back when it came out. Served my needs for many years until I realized what a joke apple and their toy OS was.
Now I wouldn't spend more than $800 and the last laptop I bought was $120. My needs have changed I guess.
>>53506233
800 australian buckaroos
Its how much it cost me to get a lenovo t520, i7 2820qm, external graphics card adapter for my quadro 4000 or 7850 and 16 gig of ram.
>>53506233
half that of my desktop currently around $500-$600
>>53512936
I can't stand looking downwards.
>>53517154
>>53512936
>>53516637
>>53506471
>>53506631
so you can only play at 3.6k?
I wouldn't spend anymore than $300-400 because that's just plain retarded and a waste of money.
>>53506814
>>Buying a laptop
>>To play games
I quite enjoy playing civ v and dwarf fortress on mine.
>>53517527
I think he's talking about paying >$1000 to play graphics intensive FPS shit.
>>53506233
700$
I will pay for something I can use for a few years for code and compile "fast". I think 700€ would be my max. I won't play in it.
