I’m sick of my laptop breaking after just three years. I want a laptop that:
- comes with a nice APU
- does not have a dGPU
- comes with a chonky thermal solution
- has lots of battery juice
- has lots of modern ports
- is repairable
- is rugged, bulky and thick
- is equipped with a nice, thonky keyboard
- isn’t one of those stupid, low-quality “gAmIng lApTOp”
So far, only the X220 and MNT Reform comes close to this description - the former is a really slow machine for today’s time, and for some reason, still damn expensive. The latter is just too expensive to the point that I’ll have to sell all eight kidneys in my family.
Do they sell anything like this in today’s time, with a reasonable price?
PS. Thick is a strong requirement. I want a really nice cooling solution, plus it also serves it’s purpose as a melee weapon to removed-slap those ultra-book trash-talkers.
If you want thick, have you looked at the Panasonic Toughbooks? They are expensive though…
Besides that, what usecase do you have?
I want a device primarily for web-dev, gamedev and package maintenance for Linux. So I figured out that as long as I have a good APU, I can avoid the discrete GPU shenanigans - you know, Optimus and the likes. I’ll probably play Dark Souls Remastered on Bottles, so there’s that too. And I need a really fat stack of battery because where I’m from, there’s a lot of power cut. And due to power cuts, I can’t be online all the time, so I want a decent machine that can be used to build from source as a fallback mechanism. Repairable is also my primary concern, however, I don’t want a really rugged laptop. Something that has Thinkpad-like toughness will do.
Instead of one super chunky battery, how about a laptop with replaceable batteries, in combination with a UPS?
UPS is so you can actually replace the laptop battery with a spare one , even during a power outage. Just run the laptop on AC from the UPS while changing batteries. Or see if you can find a UPS with a long lasting battery. Entry level ones only have like 15-30 minutes of battery life though, since they’re more intended for safe shutdowns or brownouts.
Great idea with the UPS, but dammit if they aren’t crazy expensive for the battery capacity/runtime you get.
I can build a full solar setup with way more battery capacity for the cost of a typical UPS (yes, they are different animals, so not exactly a fair comparison).