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    I am up for laptop replacement at work, which one please?

    Owner of the Zbook Studio here. Its a nice business ultrabook. Compared to the W530 its very thin and light. The 150W power brick it comes with is very small and light as well. A docking station will be shipping soon, using the Thunderbolt 3 port. It will plug into both the power connector and...
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    Advise top-tier Skylake Iris laptops

    Thats interesting. I am guessing that they intend to release the Iris Pro version without a dedicated GPU, but still keep the dual heatpipe / cooling fan solution. I am curious how close the P580 can get to the M1000M in performance. Sadly though its going to eat TDP from the processor, so...
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    Advise top-tier Skylake Iris laptops

    Your welcome. I wouldn't be surprised if Lenovo added an Iris Pro option to the P50 later on. Same goes with the Dell Precision 7510 / 5510.
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    Advise top-tier Skylake Iris laptops

    http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04832209.pdf?ver=5 http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad%20P70/ThinkPad_P70_Platform_Specifications.pdf Dell also offers this XPS 13 with the 6560U (Iris)...
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    Advise top-tier Skylake Iris laptops

    HP is going to add a Xeon E3-1545M option to their Zbook Studio and Zbook 15 G3 lines in a couple of months, which will have Iris Pro. Lenovo is also adding the Xeon E3-1575M to their P70 model soon, however it is a 17 inch laptop. The Zbook Studio is very similar to a Macbook Pro, but not very...
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    [Best non-Apple Laptop] Who are the candidates?

    I would suggest a Dell XPS 15. Unfortunately the configuration you want (QHD+ screen, 91w battery) costs about $2000. However a refurbished machine should be in your price range. They can occasionally be found on Dell's Outlet website or eBay. New I think the Microsoft Store has the best...
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    Where are the laptops? Why is Apple the only company with a brain?

    http://www.ncix.com/detail/acer-travelmate-tmp645-mg-9617-intel-i7-4500u-ff-91481-1342.htm It isn't perfect, but comes pretty close to what the OP wants while being in the price range. I am fairly certain it CAN be upgraded to an 802.11AC wifi card. It uses an mSATA SSD which can be upgraded...
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    Are people just sitting by their pc's refreshing....

    I was down at my local Micro Center today looking for a keyboard and noticed that they had a couple of the evga 680 sc's sitting on the shelf in their parts island. Asked if anyone had reserved them, they said no, so I picked one up. So much for only spending $40 on that trip...
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    Newegg Shell Shocker - Intel X-25-M 120GB SSD $179.99 after rebate

    I went on ahead and picked up one. It's for my laptop which is only 3gbps and it looks like it was over $100 less than the 510 version not including the rebate.
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    New Laptop Advice: Which Asus G73?

    Stay away from that overseas deal, definitely a scam. At a 6 quantity minimum it is probably out of your budget anyways. The 460M and the 5870M are similar enough in performance that you can just choose based on which brand you prefer. I believe the 460M does run a bit cooler than the 5870M...
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    Multiple video cards -- NOT SLI or CrossFire -- for gaming?

    Windows will only give 3d acceleration to the card that has one of its ports set as the "primary" display. Otherwise, it switches to software rendering - regardless of if both graphics cards are of the same brand and series or not.
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    core 2 duo e8200 vs pentium dual core e6300

    I recently built four machines using the E8200 and was faced with the same dilemma: I wanted the coolest running chip to keep temperature and power usage low. My choices were either the E5200 or E8200, for $70 or $100. In the end, Micro Center actually made the choice much more easy for me. They...
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    Need mac help fast please (help!)

    I would just get the Mac Pro. The processors, while only 2.6Ghz, run on a faster FSB (1333Mhz vs. 1066Mhz) and have more L2 cache (8MB vs. 6MB) so will more than likely "feel" just as fast or faster than the dual core 2.8Ghz iMac. Now, the 7300GT that those came with are somewhat inferior to the...
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    looking for a good gaming laptop

    How about a Clevo M860TU? It's about as powerful as they come in the 15" formfactor. It is a little bit heavy at 7.5lbs with the 8-cell battery, but the 9800M GT will blow the 8600M GT/HD3650 out of the water with its 256-bit memory and 96SP's. I don't know if Clevo is considered a generic brand...
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    Laptop LCD = 0.5

    Your LCD might either have a frayed or partially disconnected cable, or it might have some damage to the top of the screen where the processing logic and individual pins go to each vertical line. If you feel technically inlined, Dell provides a service manual for your laptop here which would...