So I need a new laptop, mostly for coding on the go. I have looked at different lists and stuff but I can't seem to decide. The specs I'm looking for:
13" 1080 screen Kaby Lake i5 8-16gb ram Good keyboard&touchpad Solid build quality Small form factor 256gb SSD. Price >700 US dollars
The Hp Envy 13 feels like a perfect match, but the ideal model isn't available here(Sweden). I can buy the 128 Sata SSD model with 1080 screen. Do anyone know if this machine has a NVME port aswell? But it feels stupid when for just 50 more I can get a model with NVME 256gb but 1800 screem. I really don't have any use for that kind of resolution and it will just give me worse performance and battery. Any other suggestions?
The XPS is certainly a really nice laptop. that being said, I bought a lenovo X1 carbon a few years ago and like most lightweight laptops it does not have an Ethernet port. It looks like this is the case with the XPS as well. I really really regret not having an Ethernet port on my laptop and the Lemur does have one. Just my thoughts is all, take it or leave it.
You can't look for model numbers. Foreign laptops have different model numbers, so you will never find a true "match". But you can find something with the same specs.
Unfortunately the issue is that prices in sweden are about twice what they are here. Sooooo that will be an issue.
As always, I will also suggest that you look for 2015 13 inch macbook pro laptops. Everyone who sells them are trying to unload them at fairly good prices. I can find them here in the states for 800 bucks.
Yeah well problem is customs and others fees. Importing stuff outside EU gives me taxes and fees of about 25% of the item's value. So If i import a thing for 1000 dollars, I have to pay 1250 dollars. And that is not including shipping, and I won't get any warranty.
Yes that is the machine I want, except It has the quad resolution. 1080 is more then enough on such a tiny screen and I don't want to waste money, performance and battery beacuse of it.
They weigh exactly the same, so maybe it's safe to assume that both has a M.2 interface, but the more expensive one has a NVME drive. Should be possible to buy the cheaper one, sell the drive and get a NVME drive. I can't imagine that HP would have different interfaces on these models.
A bit to heavy and big for me. Will use the laptop when I'm commuting, which is 2 hours of bus every day. Space is pretty cramped so the device must be small so I can use it comfortably.
I'd personally go for the XPS 13, having owned the 15" version for over a year, the build is top notch and the nVME drive and RAM can be easily swapped out down the road.
Other suggestion would be the Razer Blade Stealth but you need to go to the i7 for 256Gb storage and even used they will likely be a good bit over budget - although the build quality is also superb.
Then I would look at the used market and stick to a macbook then.
The IBM style lenovos and the macbooks are going to be your only sturdy options below 1K. Everything else (including that HP and the dell xps) has a considerable amount of flex to it.
