Looking to buy a Laptop for 1k….or around about there. Standard usage and some gaming every now and then.
Ive been reading that apart from Apple ASUS is the next best thing….thoughts?
Where is the best place to buy a bang-for-your-buck laptop?
Anyone tried online retailers?
Following with interest.
I am also looking for a laptop around 1-1.5k. Maybe a little more, if it is really exceptional. I'd love something as slim as the new Macbook Pro and with plenty of power and storage, with a FHD or UHD screen if possible.
Your budget is a little low, but the Dell XPS 13 might be a good start.
Previously went on sale for $1234 for a basic Core i3 version.
The core i7 version retails up to $1.8k
The QHD + touch variant retails for a whopping $2.5k, which some lucky Ozbargainers got as a free upgrade when they bought the Core i3 variant.
The performance of the XPS can be extended by adding in a Thunderbolt-based external graphics card.
'Some gaming every now and then' can you describe the games you want to play?
A gaming-ready laptop is around $1k to $1.4K, which gets you either an i5 or i7 + Geforce GTX 960M.
e.g ASUS GL552VW http://www.warehouse1.com.au/epages/shop.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPat…
The prices then curves very sharply upwards if you want somthing better. GTX 970M for $1.8K but at that point you're better off getting a laptop with a GTX 1060 (cost $2k) as it's so much faster.
There are also laptops with the weaker DirectX 12-ready Geforce 940MX, e.g MSI CX62, this'll set you back $1099.