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I know they are designed for the niche of gaming, but Razer has a line of laptops that are very well designed, and if you can handle the black-and-green, almost

by Arelius 10y ago

I know they are designed for the niche of gaming, but Razer has a line of laptops that are very well designed, and if you can handle the black-and-green, almost as nice looking as macbooks. And Linux should run fine on them. http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth-6500U http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth-...

zumzumzum 10y ago
I recently tried to switch away from my MBP. I boiled down the options to the xps 15, razer blade, and the surface book. The SB didn't have enough gpu for my needs, and the other two looked good online until I went to use them in person. It was immediately obvious that the xps 15 was the better machine. The razer blade still has two mouse buttons and you can't click on the trackpad, this is a huge deal breaker for me. I'd try to use one in person before settling on them. Also the gigantic bezel on the screen looks super dated. They look better online. I ended up using the XPS15 and it was pretty good for a windows laptop, but ultimately I returned it too. Haven't found a solid windows laptop I liked. If I didn't want to do a touch of gaming on it, I think the next-gen SB will have a ton of potential.
- archagon 10y ago
  With any luck, someone will release a compact external graphics chip/card for TB3 in the near future — and then you'll be able to get any TB3-sporting notebook you like without having to worry about graphics perf for gaming.
  - vladimir-y 10y ago
    It's actually already on the market - Acer Graphics Dock, size: 245 x 130 x 22.8 mm (B x T x H), Weight:700 grams, review - http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-GTX-960M-Review.175429.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-... I hope Acer is going to update it with newest Nvidia/AMD cards which will make it a perfect graphics dock choice, not so large and expensive as Razer, AKiTiO Thunder3 and other ridiculous boxes.
    - archagon 10y ago
      That's really neat, and certainly a step up from Razer's monstrous GPU box! I think my ideal eGPU, though, would be something less powerful, but roughly the size of a Square card reader. Then I could just throw it in my bag every day and not have to worry about it.
      - vladimir-y 10y ago
        > though, would be something less powerful, but roughly the size of a Square card reader That might happen soon, since Thinderbolt 3 port has come to the mass with Kaby Lake CPUs (looks like no addition chips needed like it was with prev Intel's CPUs).
Impossible 10y ago
I bought a Razer Blade a couple of years ago (switching from a late 2008 MBP) and it's served me well. I run Windows 10 and Ubuntu (dual boot) on it.
vladimir-y 10y ago
I'd like Razer ship to the marked 14/15" frameless laptop with NO graphic card, mate screen, 32GB RAM and Thunderbol 3. I can get for games something like this if needed http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-GTX-960M-Review.175429.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-...

by Arelius 10y ago

zumzumzum 10y ago

I recently tried to switch away from my MBP. I boiled down the options to the xps 15, razer blade, and the surface book. The SB didn't have enough gpu for my needs, and the other two looked good online until I went to use them in person. It was immediately obvious that the xps 15 was the better machine. The razer blade still has two mouse buttons and you can't click on the trackpad, this is a huge deal breaker for me. I'd try to use one in person before settling on them. Also the gigantic bezel on the screen looks super dated. They look better online. I ended up using the XPS15 and it was pretty good for a windows laptop, but ultimately I returned it too. Haven't found a solid windows laptop I liked. If I didn't want to do a touch of gaming on it, I think the next-gen SB will have a ton of potential.

archagon 10y ago
With any luck, someone will release a compact external graphics chip/card for TB3 in the near future — and then you'll be able to get any TB3-sporting notebook you like without having to worry about graphics perf for gaming.
- vladimir-y 10y ago
  It's actually already on the market - Acer Graphics Dock, size: 245 x 130 x 22.8 mm (B x T x H), Weight:700 grams, review - http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-GTX-960M-Review.175429.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-... I hope Acer is going to update it with newest Nvidia/AMD cards which will make it a perfect graphics dock choice, not so large and expensive as Razer, AKiTiO Thunder3 and other ridiculous boxes.
  - archagon 10y ago
    That's really neat, and certainly a step up from Razer's monstrous GPU box! I think my ideal eGPU, though, would be something less powerful, but roughly the size of a Square card reader. Then I could just throw it in my bag every day and not have to worry about it.
    - vladimir-y 10y ago
      > though, would be something less powerful, but roughly the size of a Square card reader That might happen soon, since Thinderbolt 3 port has come to the mass with Kaby Lake CPUs (looks like no addition chips needed like it was with prev Intel's CPUs).

Impossible 10y ago

I bought a Razer Blade a couple of years ago (switching from a late 2008 MBP) and it's served me well. I run Windows 10 and Ubuntu (dual boot) on it.

vladimir-y 10y ago

I'd like Razer ship to the marked 14/15" frameless laptop with NO graphic card, mate screen, 32GB RAM and Thunderbol 3. I can get for games something like this if needed http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-GTX-960M-Review.175429.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Graphics-Dock-with-Nvidia-...