Looking for a thin productivity ultrabook/laptop in the 13-14" size, i7, 16GB. I don't need the latest 10th Gen Intel, 8th is good enough and no 2 in 1s. Staying away from Macbooks for their pricing (budget <$1500) How is reliability/customer support amongst Lenovo/Asus/HP/Dell? I had a HP x360 and had to replace within the first 3 mons. The Dell I swapped with lasted about 3 years, still good but needs an upgrade. I purchased at the MS company store years back and now looking at thanksgiving deals. The Huawei Matebook X Pro looks interesting but then it's a Huawei and in this political realm I doubt the longevity. Comes with all bells and whistles around my budget. Ideas?
X1 carbon
Take a look at Lenovo Yoga or Dell XPS, both are reputable manufacturers and laptop lines.
I was looking at the lenovo c930 and the X1 carbon. What's the difference between the thinkpad and yoga lines? XPS is on my short list for price drops. Thanks!
Based on my understanding, Thinkpads are ugly, overpriced, enterprise laptops. You'd be better off going with C930 or another model from that line, which are consumer devices. When buying my laptop a few years ago I narrowed down the choices to Yoga and XPS and eventually went with Yoga. I'm happy with the decision and haven't had any problems so far.
XPS 13
If youâre truly concerned about cost, you could always get a refurbished MacBook Pro (https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac). Thatâs what I did. If youâre set on Windows, Dell XPS 13 is best in class.
For a brief period I used the keyboards and could never get comfortable. Apart from cost this is also a reason
I bet youâd get used to it in a week. On the other hand, you wonât find any windows laptop with half as good of a trackpad. Iâve tried.
X1, xps13 or pixelbook go.
Macbook pro. More economical over long duration of use
I have a Dell XPS 13 and I really like it. Got stolen last year and I bought exactly the same model to replace it. It's fast, reliable and holds the charge quite well
Surprised no one's mentioned lg gram yet
Surface Laptop?
My work laptop is already a surface, would like my personal device to be a non-surface.
Gotcha. Yeah unfortunately customer support at those places is nowhere close to Apple if something goes wrong with your laptop according the some of the complaints Iâve read on subreddits related to specific Dell/Lenovo laptops such as the XPS or Yoga series. I bought a sub $500 laptop that had good reviews with an i5, upgradable RAM, and upgradeable space. Using it until the next generation of MacBooks comes out to either get one of those or buy an older one with better specs for a cheaper price. Edit: the Thinkpad series exists as some users suggested but idk if youâll get those specs for under 1500.