Looking for a new Laptop

Mobile Tech Laptops & Netbooks
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I currently have a seven-year-old Lenovo Thinkpad T530 and it still works just fine but I’m going to be going into more advanced programming classes next year and I would like something both more powerful and nicer. I’d really prefer to avoid “Gaming Laptops” but I would still like solid specs. It will primarily be for programming and light photo editing/digital painting so touchscreen is a plus. I’d prefer a thin form factor and decent battery life. Thank you in advance.

Edit: Preferably sub $1500

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Budget?

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Sub $1500 sorry I realized I forgot that as you replied.

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No problem. Do you need discrete graphics?

If not I would suggest the Dell XPS line:

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Probably nothing above like an mx150

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It’s hard to go wrong with a XPS unless you really need the extra horse power that comes with bigger laptops.

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I’ll take a look at it. How is it with bloatware?

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You have to be careful as to the MX150 that is in the laptop… remember NVidia are selling two different versions with significant performance differences. Last 4 are either the LGA1 (actually an MX150) or 1D12(The meh MX150).

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I have a Alienware and I don’t even notice it. The only time when it bothers me is when it wants to update a driver or the bios, which is exactly when I want it to notify me; other than that there’s nothing intrusive.

Ever since Dell went back to being private, their products are top notch quality, with a competitive price.

That’s it:
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That’s good to hear, I’ll take a serious look at it.

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Are both versions better than Intel HD620 or UHD620 that I see in a lot of comparable laptops?

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That I’m not sure about, I just know back in March NVidia were slyly sliding in an MX150 that had lower performance while blaming the laptop maker for the confusion.

I would suspect it would smoke Intel’s onboard but finding benchmark sites would be good.

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