Hey Sup Forums, I am not asking this as a meme question, I genuinely need a laptop in the $1000-2000 range and I need something with the same quality and screen as a macbook. That means good screen and completely metal body, no plastic shit. Preferrably slim too since it needs to fit into a smaller backpack. I was looking everywhere but all I found are either thick as fuck, have shitty screen or are plastic. Specs don’t matter that much, won’t be using it for gaymen.
Is there anything with a simular quality to a Macbook Pro or should I just bite the bullet and become a macfag?
>inb4 >>/tpg/ >inb4 install gentoo >inb4 homo sexual
John Rivera
Good screen, completely metal body? You're looking at a Mac and nothing else. Asus has something sorta similar, but the screen is cheap and has a plastic bezel. My girlfriend is looking to replace her aging Macbook Pro from 2009 that I upgraded with a Samsung 840 evo and a 1TB hybrid SSD/HDD, and I looked long and hard for an alternative, but a refurb retina Macbook is far and away the best option. $1100 too, so the Apple tax isn't too steep. She doesn't game, she doesn't use peripherals and she's a writer so it's pretty much perfect.
Oliver Carter
Good luck getting support on those if anything fails. Just take it to one of the hundred Xiaomi stores all over the world. They're not that much cheaper, either.
Jayden Anderson
Those look decent. How is the trackpad?
Kevin Moore
Thinkpad X1 Carbon or whatever the fuck they're called have similar screens and weight, but definitely not the build quality of the IBM Thinkpads.
Gabriel Gomez
>my girlfriend (male)
Liam Thompson
MBPs have a garbage keyboard. I don't get why it's shilled copied so hard. Even lelnovo fallen for this meme, though their keyboard is still better.
Logan Gonzalez
>macshit >good
Parker Rogers
Yeah I'm not a huge fan of it desu. Hopefully they improve that mechanism before my 11" MBA bites it. Why are homophobes so obsessed with dudes? Projection, much?
Ryder Williams
Macbook trash screens can't even touch the IGZO OLEDs on Razer Blades.
Hudson Jones
A used Vaio Z.
Jordan Young
Thinkpads (both new and old) have far better build quality then macbooks, the new ones (especially the X1 line) also have great screens, much more ports than macbooks, much better specs and thermals. They're not metal, they're carbon fiber, which is stronger and lighter.
Jeremiah Myers
Edge thinkpads are the epitome of chinkshit.
Wyatt Foster
>DAT GET! thinkpads confirmed chinkshit
Elijah Moore
This.
Colton Hill
> (especially the X1 line) lmao I switched from a previous gen retina MBP to X1C5. The only thing that's better is the keyboard. I had to send the first one I got back because the lcd panel was misaligned in the screen frame. And the "high res" panel is inferior to my old MBP too. Same with the trackpad (I use the clitmouse now though, so I don't have to suffer that shit).
Justin Powell
>Is there anything with a simular quality to a Macbook Pro A $500 Acer from walmart.
Jeremiah Nguyen
Huawei Matebook X. Really thin and also has a 3:2 aspect ratio.
Evan Rodriguez
Then why do you have 6 Thinkpads as well?
Mason Ortiz
>support Are you a faggot? Or look at the dell xps is support is your thing It's supposed to be good
Isaac Bennett
>support LOL spotted the macfag! Can't live without his aplel geenuises
Chase Thomas
Holy shit checked
Owen Ramirez
Razer’s bezels are fugly especially on top/bottom, wish those were the same as the side ones. Reminder due to different vendors and QQ think pads can have different screens on same model.
Blake Diaz
>he doesn't have multiple thinkpads
Blake Rivera
Dell xps 15 kaby lake g when fit drops in mid February
Jeremiah Scott
xps 13
Ryan Rivera
Wait for thinkpad T480?
David Moore
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Justin Fisher
The XPS look pretty good. I think I may go with these. How is linux on them? If I install mac os on it does it have any issues? I was thinking if I buy a win laptop I will go with Linux/Hackintosh dual boot.
Wyatt Thomas
Damn that chink piece actually looks great and has 2 usb c ports. Shame about the battery though
Luke Bennett
Be OP:
Buy a laptop worth $2000 so it FITS in the backpack.
OP's backpack costs $2000+?????
Noah Taylor
This.
Good screen (not great but good enough), excellent processor, small dedicated graphics solution to accelerate certain workloads, complete metal unibody case, looks gorgeous, 60Wh Battery for up to 10 hours use, starts at 800-900 $.
Ethan Wood
The god of numbers said it. Chinkpads are shit. Buy a Mac if you respect your life.
Bentley Flores
Sad story here:
>Be me, 2y ago >Shitty hp shit laptop with a6 3420m, no ssd, terrible screen, 20min battery life, damaged case. >3kg and 17" >laptop isn't worth shit at this point >buys especially big bag to fit this monster in for 100€ >mfw i bought a laptop bag more expensive than the laptop itself
Logan Myers
I've never heard of a single perfectly fine hackintosh laptop. Better just boot/virtualize Windows for the commercial software you need.
Luke Sanders
Holy shit
Carter Peterson
no there isn't, but you did the right question in the wrong board. go for it
Evan Collins
where the fuck do I buy this from. all the cheap places look shady as fuck. I've heard gearbest is good but are sales on that regular enough to wait for one?
Wyatt Nelson
It doesn't have to be perfect, but god dammit wifi has to work
Ryder Hernandez
Gearbest. If you're in Europe you're in luck, they have multiple warehouse there, so it's easier to skip taxes and fees, you'll receive your goods faster and more reliable than if you would order it directly from china or hk.
Aiden Jenkins
I'm actually tempted to get one for my next laptop but I have a couple questions: >can you run linux on it fine? >are they going to make a ryzen based version? (Apple seems to work a lot with AMD, particularly with vega chips atm)
Joshua Jenkins
As far as I know linux works best on macbooks since a lot of distro devs specifically optimize for the macbooks.
Matthew Wood
got any source on that?
Ethan Walker
Aren't they like $100 more expensive from EU warehouses though?
Logan Peterson
I would highley suggest NOT getting a Xiaomi. I had one with a fucked up screen, took me over 3 months to resolve the fucking issue and I had to pay shipping fees.
Anthony Parker
Why do macbooks have such horrible fucking quality control?
Xavier Morris
It's actually quite precise. Otherwise they wouldn't break right after warranty expires.
Jack Brown
the 2011 and 2012 models suffered from logicboard and gpu failures. I think anything newer than that is pretty good quality, albeit very overpriced.
Charles Gonzalez
I know Linus himself said that that’s the reason he uses a macbook with linux.
Oliver Myers
ive used a late 2008 macbook unibody for a total of 10 years now. averaging atleast 6 hours of use everyday. no problems other than having to replace the battery and charger every year or so with chink shit from ebay
Ive used a 2008 mac pro as my main computer now for 5 years. also with zero problems.
ive also had numerous iphones over the years and had zero problems.
Joseph King
He used MB air because it's silent. Since then he replaced it with an XPS.
Chase Rivera
used my macbook pro every day for 6 years. nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
Not all metal but a great device at a great price for what you get and doesn't look all super gamery
Jordan Peterson
Why do you fags speak of the new MBP keyboard as if the issue is merely one of preference, and not actual product quality and durability??
There's literally a 70% chance that at least one key of your new MBP will fail during the first year alone. Pray that it doesn't fail at the moment when you need it the most. Pray that it is not more that one or two keys. Pray that they aren't very important keys.
Nicholas Cooper
Now this is pure anti-apple counter signalling. Out of all the things you could criticize about Apple, you choose to go after their MBP screens? And support OLED screens from the competition?
Juan Perez
> Edge thinkpads Niggerwiggers.
Nolan Nelson
>Great thermals Obvious bias. Try leaving a newer thinkpad in bed LMAO. They have just one tiny hole in the bottom as a vent for the fans to expel air. Cover it, and watch everything heat up. LMAO you cannot even use a newer think pad comfortably on your lap without obstructing that vent.
Give credit where credit is due: While some apple laptops may struggle with temperatures (due to apple fagging it up and avoiding any and all fan noise by default) the way they absorb and expel air is quite remarkable and I sincerely wish that other brands would do the same.
Owen Howard
Too heavy and big to carry around. Shit battery life. Buying a laptop isn't about the getting the best deal for the most raw processing power.
Colton Ramirez
>IGZO OLED You clearly don’t know what either of these things are and Razers never used OLED displays on any of their laptops. Now please go back to >>>\v\
Kayden Gonzalez
A post 2016 Dell XPS 15/13 with a 4k screen is your only option. Brought this fucker out in the bushes of South Africa to edit photos/videos and it's done wonders
