Need a new laptop. 16gb minimum, 1tb ssd, i7 type level. Dell precision and pcspecialist are the two I know. Am I missing anyone good? Don’t need high end graphics and don’t want loads of led keyboards. I.e not a gaming laptop top.

Laptops direct have HP Envy box opens – i7, 31gb and just needing a swap of SSD to a bigger one. Under 1k and based on a Macbook Pro old model.

That’s a seriously powerful machine for not gaming – are you doing video/design/something?

Dell Precision is possibly the one – just been looking at the next batch of machines for work and keep coming back to these – XPS 15 comes close but the choice is a bit limited.

Lenovo were OK but Dell beat them on pricing. HP just seemed to have a range of stupid specs that didn’t quite do what we wanted.

PC Specialist I’ve never tried but they seemed to be a bit overly expensive when I tried sorting a replacement for my home machine last month.

Macbook Pro, just bump the storage up.

http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MLH42B/A&step=config#

I now use a surface pro 4 for running siemens NX and cam for programming hence me seling my HP zbook the thing is easily as capable, though its not going to be doing FEA or rendering so if thats your bag ….not maybe the best tool (and the battery is only 4 hours when being used in superabusive mode)

to answer your question however

Dell outlet

ITC sales

and a seller called XPN1 on ebay often gets dell precision laptops for cheap money (i got a 24 core t7910 workstation off the guy for 1500 quid ) a m5510 i7 was 1200 quid ive seen them on his shop for 799

**personally wouldnt touch laptops direct , once they have your money you are f****D if anything goes wrong

Mate at work has just had a new Precision.
Lovely peice of kit.
The latest chassis, (is that what they call it), is a step up from the older Precisions like mine.

Laptops direct have HP Envy box opens – i7, 31gb and just needing a swap of SSD to a bigger one. Under 1k and based on a Macbook Pro old model.

That’s a seriously powerful machine for not gaming – are you doing video/design/something?

That sounds like a good deal!

It’s only development work I do but I have several vm running aat once plus the other crap. Soon end up at 16 GB.

Good other suggestions thanks.

Not an apple man. Nothing against them, I am just not into the entire ecosystem thing they push. I would have one as a second laptop if I had the money.

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Dell outlet is my favourite, if you check the main specs you can see what you can upgrade the ram too. When I’ve been looking more ram etc usually lands you with better graphics anyway.