by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 11/22/2017 at 21:01
by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 11/22/2017 at 21:01
Tags: Oppo Questions
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Time for you to help me choose a new laptop, Oppo. There are two contenders at near-enough the same price; ~$1000 USD. The requirements are a 14" form factor, quad-core CPU, at least a mobile-spec descrete graphics card, and Thunderbolt 3 support. Primary use is productivity while staying under 2 kg/4.5 lbs.
The first contender is the above Lenovo Ideapad 720s, with a quad-core Intel i7-8550U (U is quad-core now) and an Nvidia MX150. Storage and memory are a 128 M.2 PCIe SSD and 8 GB of RAM; both upgradable (supposedly). Positives are it being a brand-new unit, newest-generation GPU and CPU, and slightly smaller. It is also $200 cheaper. Negatives are a hampered Thunderbolt 3 port (2 PCIe lanes instead of 4), and half the ram of the other contender.
That other contender is a scratch & dent (!) Dell Latitude 5480. It has a quad-core i7-7820HQ processor, an Nvidia 930M GPU, a 128 GB M.2 PCIe SSD, and 16 GB of RAM. It has a full 4 PCIe lane Thunderbolt 3 port, along with HDMI, VGA, and Ethernet ports. It is $200 more expensive, slightly larger, but the greatest negative is the scratch and dent uncertainty. It is warrantied, but who knows what damage it has recieved o_o.
So Oppo, what say you?
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
11/22/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 0
I vote Dell, I am a big fan of their products these days
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
11/22/2017 at 21:11, STARS: 0
I’ve been getting Dells from their business sales unit with hotter i5 processors. They seem to be a nice performance compromise at that price point. Currently using a Latitude with a 3337u i5 pushing 1.8 GHz with 6GB on the board. It’s not “gamer” fast but does a bunch of stuff well for not a lot of money.
"Yeager" (cjherman)
11/22/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 0
"Yeager" (cjherman)
11/22/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 0
I just came across this deal the other day and is mighty tempting, even though I’m normally a Mac guy.
"Willifast" (willifast)
11/22/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 0
With Black Friday you may be able to score an XPS 15 under $1000, even the previous model year with an i7 may fit the bill and will drop price down a good bit. I love everything about mine except for the webcam.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
11/22/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 0
I’ve only ever heard good things about Lenovo. So my vote is Lenovo.
I had a Dell for years and years, and while I liked it well enough, its construction was crap. The plastic frame around the screen cracked and then broke. The hinge broke. The screen eventually broke, too. But in a weird way. It wasn’t because of an impact or anything. Little clusters of pixels would start to go black and then they morphed into HUGE blobs of black spots. I wish I still had pictures of it to show you.
But still, I got a lot of years of use out of that laptop. MOST of that damage happened in the last year or so I had it. Prior to that, it went with me in the field. It held up to being out at football games, in humid or damp weather, crammed in small spaces in media booths, etc.
But the plastics still shouldn’t have failed the way they did. Aside from the hinge, none of the damage happened in high stress locations.
I went shopping (finally) for a new laptop earlier this year (I’d been relying on my work-issued Toshiba). I went with Dell again. It was heavier than my old Dell laptop, which I found surprising, considering that it, too, was a 15-inch laptop. And the plastics felt even cheaper than before.
I honestly think I just got a dud copy, but NOTHING ever went right on that machine. It took over seven hours for its initial bootup. Then random pieces of software would just go haywire. It had difficulty booting a few times. I finally just got sick of it and ended up returning it. I used it maybe half a dozen times in all. That’s it.
I ended up with an HP Envy 360x. Mine doesn’t have the same specs you are looking for, but they do make more beefed up versions. Three things I REALLY like about it over the competitor models of Dells: solid aluminum body. Metal hinges. And a full keyboard (I need that number pad for a lot of my work).
Downside? The screen isn’t as bright as I wish it was. There are better screens out there.
You can always upgrade the RAM on that Lenovo. And that metal body will last a helluva lot longer than the cheap plastics on a Dell. Take that $200 you save on the Lenovo sticker price and use it to upgrade your RAM.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/23/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 0
Don’t buy a Toshiba
Don’t buy an HP
"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
11/23/2017 at 00:30, STARS: 0
Im buying a lenovo x1 catbon in the new year after their 8th gen cpu update. Its got THE best keyboard out thete now since apple changed theirs to flat and dells is okay but not on the same level. The 8th gen will be a bit above your budget but the present day 7th gen is worth your look. Absolutely great work machine.