Hi -
I'm in the market for a new laptop, but am becoming rapidly frustrated concerning the prices.
I don't need a desktop replacement, although I would like something with a little muscle. I'm undecided on a strictly Win laptop vs a MacBook Air or Pro.
Use wise, I'd like something with good battery life and it needs to be kind of portable. I'd like it to run cooler than my 5 year old Dell, which has almost burned my legs on occasion.
I've looked at the MacBook Airs, 13 inch MacBook Pro retina, Asus Zenbook U305 ( the low clocked Core-M model), the Dell XPS 13 and some of the Lenovo Yogas.
The one that would fit me best is the MacBook Pro as it can be configured with 16gb ram, but of course it has to be at purchase as the ram is soldered and it's hard for me to stomach a $2000 13" laptop.
Pretty much the rest of the models that I mentioned max out at 8gb ram...which is ok but from my long experience with computers, if you want something to last max out the ram.
And the only aforementioned model that is priced somewhat reasonably is the Zenbook....but it's fanless and will get hot (presumably).
What do you guys do? Do you bite the bullet and shell out $1300+ on a 13" laptop with 8gb ram???
Are there any decent models I've failed to mention? I just don't want the Dell Dimension 15" or whatever that may have ok power but it's heavy and has w crappy screen and terrible battery life.
I guess you get what you pay for.
One more question. When did Apple stop allowing users to update ram on their own? Bc I noticed Apple had some refurb models - and while I'm not sure I want 16gb now I would like that option open in her future and was hoping to find a refurb with non soldered ram.
Thanks for your help and any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Mike
I'm in the market for a new laptop, but am becoming rapidly frustrated concerning the prices.
I don't need a desktop replacement, although I would like something with a little muscle. I'm undecided on a strictly Win laptop vs a MacBook Air or Pro.
Use wise, I'd like something with good battery life and it needs to be kind of portable. I'd like it to run cooler than my 5 year old Dell, which has almost burned my legs on occasion.
I've looked at the MacBook Airs, 13 inch MacBook Pro retina, Asus Zenbook U305 ( the low clocked Core-M model), the Dell XPS 13 and some of the Lenovo Yogas.
The one that would fit me best is the MacBook Pro as it can be configured with 16gb ram, but of course it has to be at purchase as the ram is soldered and it's hard for me to stomach a $2000 13" laptop.
Pretty much the rest of the models that I mentioned max out at 8gb ram...which is ok but from my long experience with computers, if you want something to last max out the ram.
And the only aforementioned model that is priced somewhat reasonably is the Zenbook....but it's fanless and will get hot (presumably).
What do you guys do? Do you bite the bullet and shell out $1300+ on a 13" laptop with 8gb ram???
Are there any decent models I've failed to mention? I just don't want the Dell Dimension 15" or whatever that may have ok power but it's heavy and has w crappy screen and terrible battery life.
I guess you get what you pay for.
One more question. When did Apple stop allowing users to update ram on their own? Bc I noticed Apple had some refurb models - and while I'm not sure I want 16gb now I would like that option open in her future and was hoping to find a refurb with non soldered ram.
Thanks for your help and any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Mike