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I might be going abroad for a while and will need to buy a laptop.
After I finished university, I gifted my ThinkPad to my sister who is about to start her university studies.
I now only have a desktop. In my opinion, it is superior to a laptop in many ways. Better cooling, better modularity, more powerful for less money...
But now that I plan to be on the road for a while, I will kind of need a laptop.
I game occatioanlly, playing things like League of legends, Minecraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Pubg, Fortnite...
Other things I use my computer for is mostly coding, so compilation of programs.
There are two laptops I had my eye on.
Asus Zephyrus M16
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen5
Both because they have 16 inch displays. Frankly, I think the best display to have is a 27 inch 1440p display. But again, being on the road this is not possible. I want as large a display as possible without the laptop being unweildy and not fitting into a standard backpack.
I like the huge trackpad on the Zephyrus but dislike all the rest of the styling (for sure that AnimeHentai crap on the back, like that's cool and all, but give me the option to have a plain backpanel).
I like the Lenovo for all other things. 16 inch, 2560x1600 display, good build quality (I've had a ThinkPad in the past, and from what the internet tells me, these things seem to have a cult following).
Upgradable storage, upgradable RAM.
I would spec it with an RTX 3060, but I wonder how good a 3050Ti performs? Does anyone have any idea?
The keyboard on Thinkpads are also awesome. Big plus from me.
In general, it also has a business easthetic.
I guess what I'm looking for is a 16 inch laptop, Windows, durable (so not plastic body), powerfull laptop. Max budget is 3000 euros, but less is of course nicer.
Are there some interesting laptops I'm missing?
I know Razer has the 16 inch thing, but it's too expensive IMO. Same thing with the Dell XPS15, crazy expensive for what you get.
Adding a remark; I wonder if there is no AMD offering with the same specs I describe. This would help on battery life