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In the market for a new laptop! Ideas?

Saalik Lokhandwala on October 31, 2018

Mo' Computers Mo' Problems 💻 I'm looking to scale back how many devices I use. Currently I have a 2015 Macbook Air, which has slowed dow...
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rhymes

What if you add 16 GB of RAM and a SSD to your computer? Is that doable?

The new Macbook Air seems the perfect mobile Mac, I'm not sure how powerful the CPU is though, we probably need to wait for some users to review it. Let's talk numbers:

  • Macbook Air with that configuration is 1599$ (but it's an i5 and has a 13" screen)
  • Macbook Pro 13 is at least 1699$ but you get a faster CPU (2.3Ghz dual core i5 instead of 1.6Ghz dual core i5)
  • Macbook Pro 15 is at least 2399$ with 2.2Ghz 6 cores i7 and a dedicated graphics card
  • Dell XPS 15 is 1699$ with 6 cores i7 and 512 GB of SSD instead of 256

So, if you don't really care about the OS and you verify that Linux works on the XPS maybe that's a possible winner. I haven't checked the weights but I think the Dell weighs a little more than the other ones. I have no experience with LG laptops, I didn't even know they made laptops :D

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Saalik Lokhandwala

Unfortunately I can't upgrade my RAM on the Macbook Air 😔

And yeah thanks for that breakdown, that's super helpful! It seems like the XPS would be the best bang for the buck, so I might go to a store just to see how it feels.

That Macbook Air looks super nice though... I wonder if they'll put in on sale for Black Friday? 🤔 That's probably just me being overly optimistic haha

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rhymes

Unfortunately I can't upgrade my RAM on the Macbook Air 😔

Yeah, I dread the day my 2012 Macbook Pro will sing its swan song

That Macbook Air looks super nice though... I wonder if they'll put in on sale for Black Friday? 🤔 That's probably just me being overly optimistic haha

Ahah it came out yesterday, I think you're dreaming :P

 
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Saalik Lokhandwala

Fair, it's a Unix clone though. Nah, but I should check them out. Mostly comfortable on Ubuntu based distros. (Using Elementary OS right now when I'm at home and don't have to use my Mac)

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Saalik Lokhandwala

Unfortunately, I've had experiences with sloooowww Windows computers, and honestly love a Unix based OS for web development. But if whatever I get has enough storage space, it might make sense to dual boot! Windows definitely has some benefits (Unity, games, etc.)

And oooh I'll check those out, thanks!

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Brendan-C

(one of) my dream machine(s) is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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ahmadhasyim

Im using thinkpad t450s 8gig ram... Try look at thinkpad

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Mihir Kumar

Huawei Matebook X Pro. It's the only laptop I would buy right now.