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 Notebook Recommendation Thread v.31, Need To Buy Laptop... Please Come In

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marklarg
post Nov 6 2018, 08:17 AM

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Hi Sifus,
Need a new laptop and wanna get 1 during the 11.11 sales.
Budget: around 4-5K
Usage: Ms Word n PowerPoint. Watching videos. Surfing in chrome with multiple tabs.Light photo n video editing.
Requirements: prefer 2 in 1 type so I can ditch my iPad. But open to regular laptop as well. Most important is good battery life so I don't have to carry charger when I leave the house. Screen around 13 inch. Would be good to have pen support too. Screen resolution at least 1080p. Thin n light.

The ones I have considered so far are
HP spectre x360 13 ( like it a lot but reports of overheating n fan noise have me concerned)
5th gen surface pro ( bad experience with SP3, screen died 1 month after warranty ended.)
Dell XPS 13
Huawei matebook x pro.

Your opinions n feedback are appreciated. Thanks.

This post has been edited by marklarg: Nov 6 2018, 08:18 AM
marklarg
post Nov 6 2018, 10:02 AM

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QUOTE(ZM Fong @ Nov 6 2018, 08:38 AM)
The one with thermal issue is the Spectre x360 15. However, this is due to metal chassis and overload of cooling (they put 25W MX150, KBL-G and now 1050TI MQ while the cooling design cannot handle them properly)

XPS 13 (a bit expensive), Spectre x360 13 and Matebook X Pro (iGPU) are good. Can also consider Lenovo Yoga 730 13, Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 (Intel), HP Envy 13, Asus UX331UA/UN. Mind you, most 13 inch Ultrabooks have soldered RAM so choose properly
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Thanks for the quick reply. Will do more research on the spectre x360.

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