I currently live in Australia, but will be travelling south east Asia and vlogging for years and am looking for a great laptop (no Mac) to take along. Not backpacking and I will stay for months in the same area so no need for an ultra portable. I use the latest Cyberlink PowerDirector and Photoshop CC2015 and Lightroom. Not currently a gamer, but may become one later. Max weight 2.5kg and at least a 15.6" 3840x2160 IPS screen. The top 3 I'm currently looking at are:
ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW (2.1kg)
Dell XPS 15 9550 (2kg)
MSI GS63VR 6RF-055AU (1.8kg)
MSI GS73VR 6RF-041au (2.4kg)
I'm currently quite keen on the 17" MSI GS73VR 6RF-041au, but someone mentioned that you shouldn’t buy a gaming laptop for video editing because they aren’t as durable and won’t handle the excess heat during extended renders.
Wish list:
16 or 32GB DDR4 RAM, fast 6th generation i7 Sky Lake or Kaby Lake processor (Quadcore for video editing, with high MHz is for Photo editing), 256GB min but ideally 512-1TB SSD + 1GB 6700 rpm HD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060M graphics card. 15.6” or 17.3" UHD (3840x2160), IPS level panel, 100% sRGB, 2+ USB 3.0 ports, Thunderbolt 3 port, USB Type-C port, backlit keyboard, Good in heat/warm climate. Windows 10 (Pro ideally). Max weight 2.5kg. 802.11ac networking for wifi.
I am certainly no expert, these are just some of my findings from a day's research online, so I would be really appreciative if someone could advise me on a great laptop to go for. Many thanks!
ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW (2.1kg)
Dell XPS 15 9550 (2kg)
MSI GS63VR 6RF-055AU (1.8kg)
MSI GS73VR 6RF-041au (2.4kg)
I'm currently quite keen on the 17" MSI GS73VR 6RF-041au, but someone mentioned that you shouldn’t buy a gaming laptop for video editing because they aren’t as durable and won’t handle the excess heat during extended renders.
Wish list:
16 or 32GB DDR4 RAM, fast 6th generation i7 Sky Lake or Kaby Lake processor (Quadcore for video editing, with high MHz is for Photo editing), 256GB min but ideally 512-1TB SSD + 1GB 6700 rpm HD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060M graphics card. 15.6” or 17.3" UHD (3840x2160), IPS level panel, 100% sRGB, 2+ USB 3.0 ports, Thunderbolt 3 port, USB Type-C port, backlit keyboard, Good in heat/warm climate. Windows 10 (Pro ideally). Max weight 2.5kg. 802.11ac networking for wifi.
I am certainly no expert, these are just some of my findings from a day's research online, so I would be really appreciative if someone could advise me on a great laptop to go for. Many thanks!