Wow thanks for the comprehensive email Tony. During my research I actually did read about horror stories like yours where people ended up sending machines back several times. It's really disappointing when you're spending so much money. I know several people who just refuse to deal with Dell now after having many issues with them. I'll keep looking...
On Wednesday, 14 December 2016, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tonyw...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I have been reviewing laptops lately for value for money and decided the > battery life on the x360 sucked. > > Most of the laptops in the $3000 range are dual core as well. > > If you're after a 2in1 and dual core is fine you could consider Lenovo > thinkpad x1 yoga, or the Lenovo yoga 910. Lenovo yoga 910 is consumer and > had 7th gen Intel chip but no pen capability. Thinkpad x1 yoga has pen but > different port configuration. > > Check ports on all laptops you consider. Thunderbolt ports are best if you > can get them. Usbc is second best (you can run multiple external monitors + > Ethernet cable via those ports) But you will also need adapters to fit. > > The best value I ended up coming up with was a Dell Xps 15. But I have had > major issues. They have now replaced my motherboard 3 times due to crashes, > screen flickering and thunderbolt port failures. Tomorrow they will replace > my motherboard for the fourth time. Not good enough. If it fails this time, > I'm getting a refund. > > My advice is look for discount codes as well. My son has a student account > giving him access to discounts on hp (limited selection up to 40%), Dell > (15%) and Microsoft (15%). Lenovo had up to 20% recently but have removed > that deal. Lenovo often have other deals. Apple 10% through a student > discount. Auto clubs, like racv, also have discounts. > > If my laptop fails again and I have to buy another laptop, I think I might > get a Lenovo P50, but they're expensive and not as sexy,but I can get a > xeon chip or high end quad core, go up to 64gb ram, and put a second nvme > pcie ssd of I like. > > The other laptops I considered were surface book. Didn't like the lack of > thunderbolt. Apple Macbook pro, which you can install windows natively on. > It's got an awesome configuration but bad battery life, and that's reduced > further by windows. Asus Zenbook pro 15 but couldn't find a price for the > right configuration I want (I only want 1920x1080 as I want more battery > life) > Hp omen - lacks extensibility. Dell precision 7510 far too expensive in > Australia. > > Hope this helps! > > Tony > > On 14 Dec 2016 5:34 PM, "Tom P" <tompbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm thinking of buying the HP Spectre x360 13 inch with high specs (16gb >> ram, 512 ssd, i7) which ends up costing about $3100 with the warranty. Have >> any devs here had bad experiences with this machine or recommend a better >> alternative >> for the price? >> >> Cheers >> Tom >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> Tom >> >> -- Thanks Tom
