Need suggestions for a high-end laptop

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TwistedKestrel said:
Stinkpads?!?!

Were you not exposed to consumer grade garbage at the time??
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This was back in the early-90s. I think I got the very first model they made before they rolled them out company-wide. The dept I was in was customer-facing, so they made sure we always got the newest toys to casually pull out in front of the customer during presentations and meetings. I remember there was a butterfly keyboard model, which was a tiny Thinkpad but when you opened the lid, the keyboard sprung out to full-size like those pop-up books. We also had a Thinkpad with a transparent overlay screen that you could place on top of an overhead projector so you could do presentations - this was well before HDMI and large displays.

All the fun toys!

The Stinkpads thing was an internal joke. Those laptops were actually quite good at the time, not sure how the Lenovos are these days.
 
While it may not be the best fit for your requirements, check out refurb.io. That is where I get ThinkPad from. I am partial to T4x0s series as they are a great portable laptop. There may be a better fit for your power hungry tasks though.
 
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For editing, depending on what program you use, you'll probably want NVenc and that means discrete nvidia GPU is required.

For a sleek package, the Razer Blade (14 or 16) will be the best high end out of the box solution.
Lenovo X1 Carbons are very nice as well.

If the Framework 16 had a discrete nvidia gpu, that'd be a great option for a gear head. Lots of tinkering options. It doesn't however and that's kind of the story full stop.
 
Just to close the loop on this, just ordered a Lenovo Legion 5:

AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 (2.00 GHz up to 5.00 GHz)
32GB DDR5-5600MT/s
2TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
GeForce RTX5070 8GB GDDR7
15.1" OLED WQXGA 2560x1600

$1850 tax in, free shipping

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Just in case anyone is laptop hunting, things are pretty bleak right now. Prices are up and continue to go up as there’s a memory supply issue due to AI servers swallowing available inventory. I had a quote from Lenovo that was locked in last week and the same laptop is now $600 more. I ordered my laptop which cost $1000 more than a similar model 4 years ago and it still won’t ship until September.

Edit: old stock from last year is a better deal but tech is increasing in efficiency all the time. DDR5 RAM is very good but very pricey. New processors are more efficient.
 
JC99 said:
Just in case anyone is laptop hunting, things are pretty bleak right now. Prices are up and continue to go up as there’s a memory supply issue due to AI servers swallowing available inventory. I had a quote from Lenovo that was locked in last week and the same laptop is now $600 more. I ordered my laptop which cost $1000 more than a similar model 4 years ago and it still won’t ship until September.
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Not just laptops, but GPS units too.

Been looking at the new Android-based Nor7e from DMD, and they are eye-wateringly expensive. OVER $1000 *more* than a similar Garmin.

Developer says it's because of the price of memory. :(
 
Yeah if you can hold off on any computer purchases for the next or year and half is when things "might" improve with the RAM hoarding.
 
I am glad I built my system when I did.
Other wise it would have been.... M1000R or 64 gigs of DDR5.
 
Apple upped their prices too by a few hundred per device. These are very significant raises. What I read was either get hold of last years stock, wait it out until 2028 or pay 30-40% more than usual. I’ve never spent what I just did on a laptop and that includes a pimped out MacBook Pro several years ago. The good news is that the model I bought has a special architecture that means most components are user upgradeable so hopefully this means it’s mostly futureproof for a good few years at least.

Another article I read suggested laptops and personal PCs will soon not be a thing and instead you’ll pay a subscription to have AI “compute” things for you. It may not be that far fetched since we all know corporations love subscription models.
 
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