Base model: Lenovo Y50
-White illumination/Detail over red
-Smaller bezels
-Media keys on top of keyboard
Specs:
Skylake i7
DDR4 RAM
Pascal/Polaris Dedicated GPU
PCI-E SSD
60Hz 4k, with proper RGB format
Thunderbolt 3.0 with eGPU support
Why?
-Super thin, and strong build
-Non gaymen look asthetic
-eGPU for desktop horsepower
-Strong battery life with Skylake and 14/16Nm GPUs
>non gayman aesthetic
>black rubber finish with red trimmings
>ebin 'futuristic' embossed edges
Looks like a fucking alienware lite
Best laptop coming through
>>53611650
mah laptop
it's really the best game/media/hardcoreuse laptop available
fuckbois get fucked
>>53611929
Meant this brute, although the HP envy is top-tier
>>53611650
Looks great but that red color theme is an awful trend that we need to stop...
Also it's mandatory to purchase windows with it and lenovo is fucking expensive... idk senpai
>>53611650
>-Non gaymen look asthetic
You're joking right?
>>53611650
>Smaller bezels
>looks at OPs picture
>>53611957
What is that
>>53612104
XPS 15. I will admit it's pretty pricey, but if you can get one second hand (I picked up a faulty one) it's a god-tier laptop. One of the few laptops I've seen that performs well and doesn't look like shit (see OP)
these things look so tacky in photos but in person theyre a lot less vibrant. that keyboard is a real treat to type on, short of a t420 but still fine. it's a nice computer especially if you don't mind Lenovo spyware
happy with my i7559 though. if you're not a manlet fag who cares about anesthetics then you get 256gb ssd, skylake quad i5, 960m and 74whr battery for $700. it's literally the xps 15 but ugly and half the price. dell really stepped it up
>>53611650
Also one of the shittiest panels on the entire universe
>>53612355
>$700
>it's £800 ($1150) wherever I look
Where the hell do you guys find it so cheap? Do bongians just get ripped off or something?
>>53611650
k501ux
>Non gaymen look asthetic
Am I like only one who thinks that OPs pic looks gaming as fuck?
those angled sharp edgies...
maybe op only saw alienware and compared it to that
>>53612402
might be euro thing. on amazon US it was 700usd but appears to have bumped to 800. I got it for 600 at the time literally because the packaging was damaged. keep looking fampai
>>53612104
portable botnet
>>53611650
i would get a thinkpad edge over that piece of crap since we're talking about a grand.
>>53612402
Its literally all tax.
Automatically add 20% VAT and duty.
>20% failure rate
k
>>53612532
I recently discovered thinkpad edge line
dont remember if the thing I had for 2 days was 450 or 550, but it was good
seriously people, check out its reviews and price
its a really solid thing with surprising build quality for 400€
and absolutely amazing keyboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDW9297D68U
>>53612500
Just looked on the US sites, it's so much cheaper it's god damn ridiculous.
>>53612556
>$800 = £556.50
>£556.50 + VAT = £667.80
>£132.20 duty
>nearly £250 in taxes
This country is fucking nuts.
>>53612509
Nah it aint a Macbook
>>53612937
>>53612971
>im-fucking-playing I left bindows 10 on it
come on nigger, it's a stock image
>shitty keyboards with no travel
>fragile casings that break when looked at
Out of all the good series some manufacturers make you guys literally picked the worst consumer grade garbage. The cheapass ThinkPad edge is probably the only good value laptop posted here.
>>53611929
HP's rounded design is horrible though
>>53612989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0diJNybk0Mw
>>53611929
Why do HP hate right angles so much?
>>53613152
The Y50 actually has a good value proposition. I've got one since I need a bit of horsepower for school and it doesn't disappoint. For quite a cheap price you get a top of the line i7 with hyperthreading, a decent gpu and a pretty nice screen. Once I got it I just added an extra 8gigs of ram and an ac wifi card since they cut of a couple of corners to manage to keep its price low. The build quality is ok. Definitely not the best but since it's made of metal on the exterior it's not to bad. Reaching all the components you want to upgrade is easy. And the Linux support is pretty good except for the touchpad. The only real gripe I have is that it only supports 1 2,5 inch disk with no ability to add an extra ssd. So overall it definitely isn't too shabby if you need a goof bang for the buck laptop.
>>53611650
Looks pretty fat and wastes space. Also small trackpad.
>>53611929
Fat and huge. Also budget looks, no thanks.
>>53611957
Would be nice with smaller lower bezel and non boring base.
>Thin
Not buying on principle
Every thin laptop is a laptop that could last longer if it were thicker to accommodate a larger battery pack, do more if it were thicker to accommodate more ports and hardware in general, and cost less to own if it had a thicker and more repairable/upgradable design. About a half inch is really the minimum thickness for a GOOD laptop given current technology
Corporate fucks say you want and need this thin shit because it saves them the cost of making high quality durable machines you won't want or need to replace 4 years from now. They say it makes it more portable. But the world runs on soft cases, tote bags, purses, and backpacks that can spare more in thickness than they can in any other dimension, and most people who aren't cripples and kids don't notice the weight difference, so that's a straight up lie.
ALSO
>16:9
>>53613286
>>53611650
I don't like the way it looks and egpu and super thin typically don't mix
I gave my dad a y50 and the mouse has gone bad on it. I replaced it myself and it turns out the plastic on the inside is complete shit and warps from minimal use.
Also if you think the "sturdiness" is actually a positive factor, you're forgetting about the back side of the laptop where there is plastic screw into metal.
if you want an literally solid laptop even with a gay ass logo, msi's steath pro is fucking solid.
>>53611650
Macbook 12" is the perfect laptop already. The only way to make it even better would be faster CPU (which isn't technically possible beyond Skylake) and cutting the bezels a bit.
>>53614138
>no bezels meme
I honestly fucking hate this
>>53614209
Why the fuck would you want lesser screen space?
>>53614209
have you tried using a macbook 11"? that bezel is so fucking wide it's distracting from it's terrible resolution and screen.
look at the dell xps 13, that thing looks sexy as hell because there isn't any padding around it that thick.
I like thick women dude, but using an 11" inch macbook air is like fucking a mix between a marshmellow and a pillow, that smells like chinese food
>>53614209
Fitting as much screen real-estate in a small space is not a meme.
The XPS13 proves this. I wish my 13 inch rMPB has less bezel, because I want a bigger screen but I don't want a big chassis.
>>53614255
xps would be a very good laptop if it had a 16:10 display instead of 16:9 with awful bottom bezel. Instead it is just a bit better than the rest of garbage that we have on marked in this day and age
>>53611650
ur like my dad XDDD
>laptop
>never leaves the house
>>53614242
A trade off for both better overall looks and durability
>>53614255
Don't like the 11 mba but the 13 is great including the bezel. If they completely removed the bezel from 3 sides of the lid I definitely would not like it anymore.
>>53614707
mba! Gay confirmed.
Using a UX305LA, its ok.
>>53611650
>eGPU
Those things stopped being a meme?
>>53612971
Dosent know how to install his own OS.
As much as I hate Razer, this this is bad ass. $1000
>>53611650
it looks like a faggy plastic cheap piece of shit
>>53614790
>Gay confirmed.
Until you lose your desperate-and-dateless status your sexuality is in limbo, anon.
>>53615844
>black Air with 16:9 screen
Absolutely haram.
>>53615844
Was considering getting that but
>Thick ass bezel is unacceptable in 2016
>Keyboard has really shallow travel.
>Multi-color lightup keyboard is meme-ware for manchildren.
>mfw I can't overlook these things.
>>53616744
Shit battery life too. 4.5 hours for web browsing, while most competitors are pushing 10.
>>53611650
>Ideapad, a line known for poor build quality
>Y50, a model infamous for poor build quality
>Will overheat because lol dedicated GPU
>eGPU, which will cost as much as a desktop
Yeah, no, you're an idiot.
>>53616756
True I forgot about that.
>>53615844
>An extra $500
Might as well just build an extra desktop, at which point you might as well go for a laptop with better battery life.
>>53616744
>Keyboard has really shallow travel.
Haven't used it but travel alone is a shitty indicator for keyboard quality.
>Multi-color lightup keyboard is meme-ware for manchildren.
Not like you have to use it.
>Thick ass bezel is unacceptable in 2016
True.
>>53612710
Keep in mind that the yanks add "sales tax" to the sticker price, so what you see is almost never what you pay. It's like they're paying VAT without telling the customer about it up front.
>>53616811
>Haven't used it but travel alone is a shitty indicator for keyboard quality.
Not so much quality as usability. Anything less than 1.4mm feels cheap. Not to mention the letters aren't centered on the key(aesthetically grinds my gears for some reason)
>Not like you have to use it.
True but it's literally one of their main selling points.
>>53616790
You must be rough on your laptops bro. This thing is rock solid.
And I have never had a problem with overheating or throttling. The 4710HQ stays at it's 2.5GHz.
You're the idiot.
>>53611978
That's why I said to remove the red and replace with black and white illumination.
>>53615844
>unacceptable in 2016
>True.
It's only a Dual core though. Any powerful GPU would get bottlenecked by it.
I have one of these. The trackpad, keyboard, dispaly, and battery life are awful. The amount of horsepower it has for its size is pretty damn good though.
>>53612355
What the fuck are you talking about? The keyboard is one of the worst I have ever used. Cheap ass dells have better.
>>53617191
Is it the updated one or the older one with the shitty screen?
Also, are you sure you have the dedicated graphics turned off? With the CPU clocked at 800MHz and the GPU off, with full brightness I can get 4 1/2 hours.
>>53613375
Weird, the touchpad feels much better to use in Linux than in Windows to me.
>>53617238
Yes I have turned the GPU off, put it in power saving, etc. I get about 3 hours max if I turn the brightness near minimum and only do very low intensity activities.
Lol @ the cheap shills ITT
>>53617028
Yeah, guess those hundreds of complaints are just bullshit. This is a series infamous for overheating and build quality issues, that's not going to change.
The physics behind it just doesn't work out in favour of these things, you're looking at combined TDPs in excess of 70 watts which is not a good thing in something like a laptop.
>>53617278
Overall the same for me. The only complaint I have about it is that the y axis moves at twice the speed of the x axis on every Linux distro. I manually have to edit a config file for it to work properly. Further I'd say it's indeed better with Linux than Windows. Even if the trackpad isn't all that good.
>no comfy keyboards
>no comfy 4:3 HR screens
>no tablet options
>no big battery life
Why this is happening?
If you're getting a gaming laptop you might as well just build a rig
Most them last about 3-4hrs just web browsing. I was lucky to get 4hrs with my Aorus.
Switched to the X1 Carbon 3rd gen thing is literally godly.
I bought one of those. It was sent back almost immediately after I discovered Lenovo has done everything in their power to make sure upgrading hardware will be the most painful experience on earth. Enjoy prying apart your case and praying you don't snap a fragile plastic latch.
Also the "non-glare display" is, I shit you not, a piece of film glued on a normal screen.
I'm looking to replace my current laptop. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to technology and their specs and what is usually considered good or bad, so I was hoping I could get some recommendations.
I'm mainly looking for something to use for work/class. I would also like something that has a good amount of memory because I tend to download a lot of shows and movies to watch. My budget is currently around $500, but I'm okay with spending more if I decide it's worth it, preferably no more than $700 though.
Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanks.
>>53616864
>Keep in mind that the yanks add "sales tax" to the sticker price, so what you see is almost never what you pay. It's like they're paying VAT without telling the customer about it up front.
I heard there is no sales tax in the US if you buy online from another state.
Top of the line everything
Dull and single colored as possible
No tacky bullshit fuck ass what the fuck just let me buy a good laptop that doesn't look like flashing light sneakers that kids wore 20 years ago
>>53617327
I have had laptops that have overheated, this is not one of them.
If it is having any heat issues, you are using the GPU without keeping the vents open.
This has been the only laptop that I have had with a GPU that has not had an overheating problem.
>implying the XPS 15 isn't better in every way
>>53617996
My Y50 was $700 refurbished.
>>53619001
Should I get the xps 15 base model or 13" QHD upgraded? they cost the same
>>53619097
spend an extra $200 to get the 15 with the gtx960m
>>53611650
>The perfect laptop
>not thinkpad
I want >>>/v/ to leave.
>>53617996
My Y50 is on ebay right now you should bid on it senpai
>>53615844
>ready for the office
not with that ugly ass logo & color
>>53619295
The base model comes with the 960.
>>53617485
>Switched to the X1 Carbon 3rd gen
how is the keyboard?
i am interested in getting the X1 carbon
>>53620022
Like all thinkpads the keyboard on the x1 is great.
My only problem with the computer is that the touchpad isnt the best, but other than that the thing is solid.
Just make sure to get the 8gb ram model and you can always upgrade the storage in the laptop.
>>53620352
awesome, thanks
>>53615844
holy mother of bezel batman
>>53611650
>-lenovo
>most shitty warranty ever
just don't, read some story about they customer care
Retna macbook
>>53618061
Depends on your state law. Some states operate on the basis of "Corporate Nexus" where if the company you are ordering from has physical infrastructure in the state you pay the sales tax. Sales taxes cap out at 9.45% in Tennessee with a national average of 8.5%.
