High end laptop

[zazou]

My MacBook Pro (Broadwell) has been struggling a bit lately, Windows 10 dev VM, several other rdp connections (Azure) so I'm desperate for a new one but Apple is sitting on their laurels.

What would you recommend for a laptop, is the Dell XPS game in town?

[SimonMac]

Wait a couple of weeks

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[malvolio]

I've got an XPS. Beats the Mac family at all levels unless you're wedded to the Mac OS, not that the fanbois will believe me...

Asus do some very good kit as well.

[SueEllen]

I have one also.

[b0redom]

+1. I have a very old (2009) MBP, and was looking to replace it with a new top end MBP. The Dell XPS 4k 15" 9550 maxed out seems to be cheaper than the top end MBP, and way cheaper. I really like OSX, but I have to admit dual booting Windows + Linux might be a viable alternative...

[DimPrawn]

ThinkPad P70 (17inch)| Mobile Workstation LaptopÂ*| Lenovo UK

£3,413.19

Ships in 11 business days

Processor
Intel Core i7-6820HQ processor (8MB Cache, Up to 3.6 Ghz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Operating System Language
Windows 10 Pro 64 WE (EN/FR/DE/NL/IT)
Display
17.3 4K(3840x2160) IPS Non-Touch
Memory
64GB(16x4) DDR4 2133MHz SoDIMM
Graphic Card
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M 4GB
Color Sensor
With Color Sensor
Camera
720p HD Camera with Microphone
Keyboard
Keyboard with Number Pad - UK English
Pointing Device
3+3BCP, Fingerprint Reader,Color Sensor
Security Features
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Security Chip
Software TPM Enabled
Storage (SSD)
1TB SSD PCIe-NVMe
Storage (HDD)
500GB HD 7200RPM
Storage (optical)
9.5mm Fixed DVD Recordable
Total Hard Drive Capacity
1.5TB
System Expansion Slots
Smart Card Reader
Power Cord
230W AC Adapter - UK(3pin)
Battery
8 Cell Li-Ion Battery 96Wh
Wireless
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC(2x2) 8260, Bluetooth Version 4.1 vPro

That's a laptop, not that Apple tulipe.

[MrMarkyMark]

@DP, bought a similar priced Lenovo, a little while ago now, SSD, 32 gig ram etc. A number of people recommended Lenovo prior.

Could seem like a Volvo drivers choice for the hipsters amongst us

Been fantastic, couldnt recommend more, one of the best machines I've ever had

[DimPrawn]

@DP, bought a similar priced Lenovo, a little while ago now, SSD, 32 gig ram etc. A number of people recommended Lenovo prior.

Could seem like a Volvo drivers choice for the hipsters amongst us

Been fantastic, couldnt recommend more, one of the best machines I've ever had

Yeah, looks like tulip, but probably faster than the hipster's cloud server room.

[sal]

Where is the bottleneck of your current MBP - Memory, CPU, Disk? You might not need new on in the first place, single VM shouldn't be a problem unless there is a specific load running on it. RDP connections shouldn't put much load on anything but some RAM. I'm regularly running 20+ on a crappy i5 / 8GB RAM laptop.

If you can afford it - wait for the new MBP that should come out in a couple of weeks.

I'm very pleased with the Surface Book, bloody expensive but probably the best 13" laptop out there.

Dell XPS was great choice prior to 2010 and I had one, around 2010 they f**ked up the line, so I went for an Alienware that wasn't fully assimilated by Dell and at that point was still good. In general the quality of all Dell products including servers has gone to sh*t in the last years. With all going private and the buy outs and billions of debt I can envision them keep cutting corners in the future.

I have a personal dislike for Lenovo products with all the spyware backed in the BIOS and what not. Heard they have cleaned their act lately. Good for bottom of the barrel laptop for your granny. For a £2k+ rig, I would pass.

[MrMarkyMark]

Where is the bottleneck of your current MBP - Memory, CPU, Disk? You might not need new on in the first place, single VM shouldn't be a problem unless there is a specific load running on it. RDP connections shouldn't put much load on anything but some RAM. I'm regularly running 20+ on a crappy i5 / 8GB RAM laptop.

If you can afford it - wait for the new MBP that should come out in a couple of weeks.

I'm very pleased with the Surface Book, bloody expensive but probably the best 13" laptop out there.

Dell XPS was great choice prior to 2010 and I had one, around 2010 they f**ked up the line, so I went for an Alienware that wasn't fully assimilated by Dell and at that point was still good. In general the quality of all Dell products including servers has gone to sh*t in the last years. With all going private and the buy outs and billions of debt I can envision them keep cutting corners in the future.

I have a personal dislike for Lenovo products with all the spyware backed in the BIOS and what not. Heard they have cleaned their act lately. Good for bottom of the barrel laptop for your granny. For a £2k+ rig, I would pass.

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