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New do Everything laptop

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Rollcage

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Hi All,

I am thinking I can finally have one computer that can reasonably well do everything I need. I am tired of a great fast PC at home (I do some gaming, but more like Civ V, WOT, etc. nothing serious), a fairly heavy/slow laptop on the road (that inevitably doesn't have a crucial file/piece of information and I phone my wife to get on my PC to email it to me) and a notebook for meetings (notes and sketching plans -- I am in realestate) and then my kindle for reading in bed.

Looking at the obvious candidates of the surface book (ouch price), surface pro 4 (a bit ouch price), Yoga 900 (build quality?), TP Yoga 250 (same problem?), HP, etc.

Any suggestions please? Greatly appreciated.

John
 
I'd pick the Surface Pro 4 given what you want. If you really need gaming you could get the higher level with Iris Pro graphics. Personally, I just don't think laptops for gaming are worth the tradeoffs/money. The only big negative with the SP4 is the relatively low battery life.

Yoga's are nice for in home use or light traveling. I wouldn't trust them for plane trips and daily commutes, though. The chassis just isn't stiff enough. I wouldn't trust the consumer laptops from HP or Dell for this reason either.

Another good all in one is the Dell Precision 5510.

Good "do everything" laptops tend to be a bit expensive. Most cheap laptops seem to last just past their warranty. Not worth the hassle and are actually more expensive in the long run, anyway.
 
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