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Originally Posted by DoubleF
What the.... I spent like $900-$1200 on work laptops and those are typically work horse and over powered laptops for our needs. What are some of you guys doing that requires such expensive laptops for school and work?
It's metaphorically sounding like you guys are basically buying Porches for short daily commutes. Unless a significant portion of it is pleasure (ie: Gaming). But even then... there's plenty of good budget gaming laptops that should suffice for a lower budget.
https://www.amazon.ca/HP-Pavilion-17-Inch-i5-9300H-17-cd0010nr/dp/B07SH3KS4K/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3KZJM6XTGURUT&keywords=HP+gaming+l aptop+17"&qid=1647544663&sprefix=hp+gaming+laptop+ 17+%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-5
I got this gaming laptop last year for work for like $1,100 and a few of the 15" ones to replace an aging fleet of laptops and desktops for $900 each last summer and I consider these laptops amazing, excellent and overpowered for almost all work processes. They're typically always docked at work and only occasionally do we need the laptop function for on site audits, conferences/school/exam taking and work from home. I also added a few ASUS TUF, Acer Nitro and MSI Modern laptops that I found great deals on to the work fleet and they've met and surpassed expectations.
What kind of things are you guys doing that need $1.5K+ laptops?  At those price points, my dream work machines are the Lenovo X/T/P series rather than gaming laptops.
I guess a major caveat is that I and my colleagues do not game on work computers. |
That machine is over 6 lb - not counting the power brick. I have had several 17" (with numpads) like that, from Dell Precision laptops (great, huge beasts!) to HP Z-book G2 and G5 (also heavy!).
At 3 lb, I can have the Gram on my lap while camping and watching a movie, comfortably, and without issue. The screen is fantastic, and with the numpad it's a fast, portable workhorse. At half the weight of the Pavillion.
I'm partial to workstations - they're built like tanks and stand up to travel and abuse - I camped with one for over 8 months working all the time, from deserts to monsoons. But I also live in the middle of everywhere BC without a place to get service, so reliability is key. All of those - and so far the Gram - have fit that bill admirably.