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Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon or MSFT Surface Book 3?
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Date: August 10th, 2020 4:51 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Laptop experts and GC slaves, need your advice on which laptop to go with. Work in finance and use my own device. Travel frequently for work in normal times. Tyia |
Date: August 10th, 2020 5:03 PM Author: Shimmering location faggot firefighter The former since you don't need the dedicated graphics card
SB3 is also just a janky weird hybrid laptop |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:15 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Ty. Any others I should consider? Dedicated GPU would be nice in theory but I have also never played a AAA pc game (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734297) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:21 PM Author: Shimmering location faggot firefighter Dell XPS 13 or 15
Thinkpad Carbon has an Extreme version with a GPU if you want to go that way |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:22 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734341) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:25 PM Author: Abnormal bat shit crazy stage liquid oxygen Thinkpad Carbon Extreme is 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734355) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:46 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Looks 180 but 15.6” display is too big to use on a plane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734443) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:54 PM Author: Massive big property mood its big (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734467) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:57 PM Author: flesh bespoke locale dopamine Look into the details around this, Lenovo has played games with putting in Nvidia GPUs then fiddling with how fast they actually run. I know this was the case back when I owned a 480 and compared it to the 480S. Also, with heat/throttling, at times their i7's are slower than the i5's. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734477) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:24 PM Author: Dark Razzle Kitchen I bought an refurbished HP ProBook a while ago. I guess this is basically the same concept as a thinkpad but from a different brand. anyway it's pretty 180 apart from the shit screen and tiny trackpad. anyway I paid $500 for this and I was considering paying like $2000 for a MacBook. considering I'm getting similar performance this feels like a win. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734352) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:35 PM Author: 180 sick trailer park lettuce zenbook really isnt bad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734402) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 6:05 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon I do like the look of these. Is Asus a decent brand? I’ve only ever used Dell, Lenovo, and Sony Vaio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734517) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 6:18 PM Author: 180 sick trailer park lettuce on laptops at least, they are pretty good these days.
zenbook case is all metal, but still small and lightweight.
very quiet. good monitor. keyboard and trackpad are decent and well laid out.
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Date: August 10th, 2020 5:54 PM Author: Massive big property mood Both awesome, but i would go with carbon. more USB 3.0 ports and and thunderbolt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40734465) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 6:03 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon That’s what I’m thinking. 50-60% off for B2S too
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Date: August 10th, 2020 9:37 PM Author: underhanded puce crackhouse genital piercing which x1 carbon? looks like then 7th gen one with 512, 16gb is sold out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40735621) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 10:49 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon The $1700 model. Think it was 1TB and 10th gen i7 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40736025) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 9:39 PM Author: disturbing irradiated theater mexican x1carbon is unggh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40735633) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 9:05 AM Author: Greedy Rambunctious Ratface it's all I have left (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737180) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:50 AM Author: Flickering lascivious resort as in good? i almost pulled the trigger on one the other day. $900 perks at work for a i5 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737801) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 1:11 PM Author: disturbing irradiated theater mexican yeah, ive had it for about three months now and love it. 16gb, core i5 10th gen. runs better than the pc i have customized with 32gb and graphics cards and shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40738259) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 1:13 PM Author: Greedy Rambunctious Ratface u put any badass stickers on the top? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40738276) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 1:14 PM Author: disturbing irradiated theater mexican lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40738292) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 10:55 PM Author: Excitant snowy affirmative action Zephyrus G14 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40736059) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 11:03 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon It looks 180. AMD knocked Renoir out of the park. However, reviews ALL say that the fans are extremely loud, even the tuned down models on “silent” setting run at 40-50dBs from what I’ve read. Not something I can take to a meeting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40736100) |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 11:41 PM Author: Excitant snowy affirmative action That's fair. The fans are always on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40736272) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 8:11 AM Author: Excitant snowy affirmative action What about the Razor Blade 13? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737054) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:00 AM Author: Diverse National Quadroon That’s a lot of power for a 13-14” NB. Reviews are all super positive and heat/fan noise issues don’t stand out, which is surprising.
Ok Lenovo X1 carbon or razer blade 13? |
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Date: August 10th, 2020 11:42 PM Author: pearl cheese-eating theater stage The Surface malfunctions if you watch YouTube videos on 2x speed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40736277) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:19 AM Author: Buck-toothed Deep Indian Lodge I have an HP Spectre that I like pretty well, think it has a GPU on it. I got it on a huge sale, its normally pretty expensive though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737645) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:25 AM Author: Well-lubricated Lake Doctorate Field I have the Book 3 and it's a beast. I upgraded from the Book 2 for the internals and don't have any complaints other than maybe the esthetics (the Surface Laptop is super slick but the Book 3 can look dated).
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:49 AM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Specs are really appealing I just don’t need the tablet functionality at all. Do you prefer over a traditional notebook? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737794) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 12:00 PM Author: Well-lubricated Lake Doctorate Field i have a two monitor setup at home and the office so i don't really use the laptop as a laptop unless I'm traveling which hasn't happened since i got it. i detach the tablet, flip it upside down and reattach it back and use it take note on calls or markup presentations. if you don't use the tablet, the surface laptop looks amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40737858) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 12:40 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Surface laptop looks expensive for what it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40738067) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 12:44 PM Author: slap-happy pocket flask marketing idea If you want to use high-res monitors and/or play games at home, I'd get something with TB3 and get an eGPU (Razer Core X Chroma).
If you want to review documents on a tablet and don't want to use an iPad, get the Surface Book.
The X1 Extreme (still very light) gives you two accessible SSD drive bays and memory slots for easy upgrades. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 2:00 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon I thought eGPUs sucked but I haven’t looked in a few years. Carbon extreme is too big but carbon + eGPU is an interesting idea. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40738676) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 2:13 PM Author: slap-happy pocket flask marketing idea I have an x1E gen 2 + eGPU and everything runs great, except I have to hot plug the TB3 during boot for some reason.
Carbon should be fine, since you don't really need the extra dGPU anyway. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 3:29 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Would love to have it but few options for 14” display (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40739152) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 3:30 PM Author: Shimmering location faggot firefighter I run a Carbon plus eGPU dock Works great |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 3:31 PM Author: Sapphire Aromatic Yarmulke Lenovo just for the keyboards. The extra millimeter of depression is worth a bazillion bucks to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40739167) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 3:31 PM Author: Swashbuckling Ceo Lodge Both complete garbage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40739172) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 3:35 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Taking recs. Tyia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40739210) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:26 PM Author: Swashbuckling Ceo Lodge Wait for the ARM macbooks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40740294) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:37 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon I’d have to learn all new excel shortcuts. No thx (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40740355) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:27 PM Author: disturbing irradiated theater mexican what do u use? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40740304) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:30 PM Author: unhinged chapel i have an x1 and ive thrown it out of windows, dropped it on stairs, pissed on it, spilled water on it, and it still works (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40740318) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 8:15 PM Author: Greedy Rambunctious Ratface I wake up every morning barf some ungodly mix of coffee vodka and fried eggs all over the keyboard, wipe it off and just start posting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40741144) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 10:21 PM Author: unhinged chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4601046&forum_id=2#40741796) |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 5:44 PM Author: pontificating silver rehab sneaky criminal I went with a Lenovo T15. I was in and out, taxes, shipping + a MSFT 365 license for about $800. I'd highly recommend just going this route. If you truly need an indestructible laptop and want all the upgrades as some kind of status symbol, then by all means go ahead. But T15 is a great trackpad laptop with a billion times more functionality than an iPhone and it's cheaper. |
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Date: August 11th, 2020 11:15 PM Author: Diverse National Quadroon Too big. I want a 14” display.
Not a status symbol just want best PC for $1500-$2000 budget |