New Laptop with Large Monitor, or Desktop?
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- tOki0
I took the dive a year ago and got myself a HP Envy 17' as a desktop replacement. The actual screen size is about 18.4 inches.
It's not a laptop - it's a portable computer, weighs over 7kg lol
It set me back around 4 grand, I looked at getting a MBP but decided for the performance I wanted, I'd spend the same amount of money and get a beefy pc. Went the fastest cpu i could get, 512gb SSDs, faster ram, better video card and so forth. I plug into 2 27" dell ultrasharps at work and at home the laptop is fine by itself. I have 2 user accounts to keep my personal stuff safe in the public space at work, and it helps to get into a work or play mindset depending which I'm logged into.
Great if you want to keep a single computer so to speak with one itunes library, one set of software installs etc. my only issue with this thing is that it gets so hot that it will literally burn you legs if you put it on your lap. I also still long for OSX, it's still superior for a design work flow.