TL/DR: need recommendations for a laptop that isn’t hot garbage.
So the wife is switching jobs and therefore turned in her work laptop. It was just some random outdated HP notebook. Her new job basically just uses Desktops but my wife likes to work at home/ on the go. So we need to buy a laptop. We also want to use it for any other purpose at home up to and including editing large photos and 4K video. So here’s the conundrum..... we have iMacs and MacBooks already so we don’t want another Apple product as the shit she needs for work is all windows based/ not easily converted to Apple so no MacBooks! The problem with that is that in my admittedly limited experience in modern windows laptops, they all seem to be complete bullshit build quality. So I’m looking for a windows laptop that is built like a MacBook basically. Cost isn’t much of a consideration but we aren’t looking for a huge gaming laptop either as my wife will be carrying it around every day. Likely something in the 15-17” range. MUST NOT BE SLOW AS SHIT!!!! I want SSD, huge amounts of ram, i5 processor or better. I’d like to be around $1000-1200 if possible, if not so be it if the build quality is high enough. I know some of you guys have those badass PCs that turn on and boot up in 15 seconds and could render avatar in 15 minutes lol, that’s what I’m looking for basically. I’m not huge on screen resolution so I’m not sure if I’d need a 4K screen but if that’s what you get at this price point than so be it. Thanks in advance
So the wife is switching jobs and therefore turned in her work laptop. It was just some random outdated HP notebook. Her new job basically just uses Desktops but my wife likes to work at home/ on the go. So we need to buy a laptop. We also want to use it for any other purpose at home up to and including editing large photos and 4K video. So here’s the conundrum..... we have iMacs and MacBooks already so we don’t want another Apple product as the shit she needs for work is all windows based/ not easily converted to Apple so no MacBooks! The problem with that is that in my admittedly limited experience in modern windows laptops, they all seem to be complete bullshit build quality. So I’m looking for a windows laptop that is built like a MacBook basically. Cost isn’t much of a consideration but we aren’t looking for a huge gaming laptop either as my wife will be carrying it around every day. Likely something in the 15-17” range. MUST NOT BE SLOW AS SHIT!!!! I want SSD, huge amounts of ram, i5 processor or better. I’d like to be around $1000-1200 if possible, if not so be it if the build quality is high enough. I know some of you guys have those badass PCs that turn on and boot up in 15 seconds and could render avatar in 15 minutes lol, that’s what I’m looking for basically. I’m not huge on screen resolution so I’m not sure if I’d need a 4K screen but if that’s what you get at this price point than so be it. Thanks in advance