Replacement Laptop
Looking for ideas on brands and models. Here’s my wish list: 15”, full keyboard with num pad, i7, 2.7 GHz, 8 GB upgradable to 16GB, non integrated graphics chip, 512 GB SSD or 256 + 1 TB, USB C, 2x US...
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1000 limit really rules out discreet graphics. Any particular reason why integrated isn't good enough? Intel has really improved their internal graphics lately.
I love my new laptop. Dell XPS 9650;
Quad core i7-7700
16gb ddr4 ram
NVidia 1050 with dedicated 8gb vram
1tb pci-express SSD
15" 10-bit 4k touchscreen display
Thunderbolt 3 port and and a few USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, plus HDMI port
802.11ac dual band "killer" wireless, don't think it supports wave 2 though
Cost about 2200 with government discount
Edit: 2018 XPS will bring 8th Gen CPU and full 40 gbit (4 lane) bandwidth to the Thunderbolt port. 2017 didn't have enough lanes available, so TB3 is limited to 20gbit (poor external gpu support)
I love my new laptop. Dell XPS 9650;
Quad core i7-7700
16gb ddr4 ram
NVidia 1050 with dedicated 8gb vram
1tb pci-express SSD
15" 10-bit 4k touchscreen display
Thunderbolt 3 port and and a few USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, plus HDMI port
802.11ac dual band "killer" wireless, don't think it supports wave 2 though
Cost about 2200 with government discount
Edit: 2018 XPS will bring 8th Gen CPU and full 40 gbit (4 lane) bandwidth to the Thunderbolt port. 2017 didn't have enough lanes available, so TB3 is limited to 20gbit (poor external gpu support)
