New Laptop Advice - Dell Centric (7567, 7577, or something else)

[jgosse01]

1. What is your budget?

$1,000-$1,200

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

15" screen

3. What screen resolution do you want?

1080p

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

Laptop will probably spend 95%+ percent of time on desk. May occasionally be taken on work/personal trips

5. How much battery life do you need?

Couple of hours. Will be rarely used solely on battery power.

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?


World of Tanks/World of Warships, War Thunder, Battlefield, PubG, Age of Empires


7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

Web browsing, citrix/remote log in for work

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

No preference. Open to suggestions.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

N/A

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

Hopefully 3-4 years, if not longer

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

Optical drive not a necessity

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

Leaning towards Dell as i currently have several hundred dollars in Dell gift cards as well as Dell/EMC employee discount code I would like to put towards purchase.

13. What country do you live in?

USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

N/A

 

[King Dranzer]

If it is 95% of time on desk I would suggest getting desktop as you can get huge powerhouse for similar price, unless you have projects or official work for which laptop needs to be carried with you when needed.

 

[jgosse01]

If it is 95% of time on desk I would suggest getting desktop as you can get huge powerhouse for similar price, unless you have projects or official work for which laptop needs to be carried with you when needed.

While at home it will be used 95% of the time at a desk. I do travel for work several times a year and use my personal laptop during this trips.

I've never owned a desktop and l like the flexibility that a laptop offers. In additional I prefer the smaller footprint of a laptop as my current apartment doesn't really have the space I could dedicate to a desktop.

 

[King Dranzer]

I would recommend increasing your budget by a bit and going for below listed laptop.

ASUS ROG STRIX GL702VS 17.3" FHD G-Sync|Intel i7-7700HQ|12GB DDR4|GTX 1070 8GB|128GB SSD|1TB 7200RPM HDD|Windows 10

Is it worth spending extra and why?
It is completely worth spending extra as GTX1070 is nearly 30%+(huge) improvement in performance over GTX1060. That means this laptop will last way longer than and GTX1060 laptop and give great performance boost.