Hello, I have been saving money for a new computer for at school. With the razer blade 14 in mind. beautiful machine, great specs in such a tiny package, but the price is way up there, with my budget being around 2100-2200 I will be able to (hopefully) get one through Microsoft store with the upgraded ssd. with my student discount and after insurance and tax, it ends up right in that range.
currently my situation is where I have a desktop at home, but i refuse to bring it to school, mainly due to space concerns of being able to even fit it. I also had a msi 17 inch gtx 960m laptop. which was strong enough for my competitive game play needs, but obviously lacking when it comes to some more demanding games. I ended up selling it after about a year and a half of ownership, because that thing was not portable at all, it sat stationary for god knows how long, made me think what was even the point of having a laptop. the battery life was next to none, and forget taking it to class, when our desks are half the width of that laptop (i use an asus transformer book for notes and on the go, portable, but the thing lacks power and ram big time)
so ive been very interested in the razer blade, especially now the kaby lake version is out and worked out many of the kinks the skylake one had, where its the best of both worlds, its a gtx 1060 i7 quad core in a 14inch laptop that can go anywhere and have 6+ hours of battery life. but the price tag still kind of gets me, and makes me thing well whats going to happen when the value drops to 50% of what i purchased it for and i cant upgrade it.
so i thought well, i can go and build even a gtx 1070 mini itx computer(as small as possible to keep at school) for say 1200 with an i5 or ryzen equivalent. and then buy a second hand macbook pro 13, if its sub retina, upgrade ssd and ram, if it is retina, then buy it maxed out, a budget of 1000 remaining could leave for a decent year and model. I am somewhat a fan of mac OS but i cant make the switch completely obviously due to gaming. but a macbook pro 13 and a 1070 desktop would also fit my needs for the most part, I'd have a powerhouse that fits on my tiny excuse of a desk at school that would outperform the razer blade, and then I have something to bring on the go, to class, or anywhere to do schoolwork, and have substantial battery life. by the way im a sucker for aluminum laptops if you haven't figured that out already. the only real drawback is I now cant take that power with me anywhere. for normal stuff the macbook would be perfect for, even some light video editing. but i would think I would be content if i could at least play cs go @ around 1080p low settings at 60 fps. which an older one is right on the edge of doing, a few hundred extra and i could get a newer one that could definitely handle it.
regardless of what i do, i think i want to end up with some kind of mac to get into the world of xcode (if i go with the razer blade, i will most likely end up with a 150 dollar macbook from like 2008. So, what do you guys think, i know its ultimately my choice, but let me know if im going crazy or being completely ignorant or what. In a perfect world i would love all three computers together, but i don't have 4 grand so...
I know whatever decision i make I'll be missing out on something, thanks for at least reading through this lol.
currently my situation is where I have a desktop at home, but i refuse to bring it to school, mainly due to space concerns of being able to even fit it. I also had a msi 17 inch gtx 960m laptop. which was strong enough for my competitive game play needs, but obviously lacking when it comes to some more demanding games. I ended up selling it after about a year and a half of ownership, because that thing was not portable at all, it sat stationary for god knows how long, made me think what was even the point of having a laptop. the battery life was next to none, and forget taking it to class, when our desks are half the width of that laptop (i use an asus transformer book for notes and on the go, portable, but the thing lacks power and ram big time)
so ive been very interested in the razer blade, especially now the kaby lake version is out and worked out many of the kinks the skylake one had, where its the best of both worlds, its a gtx 1060 i7 quad core in a 14inch laptop that can go anywhere and have 6+ hours of battery life. but the price tag still kind of gets me, and makes me thing well whats going to happen when the value drops to 50% of what i purchased it for and i cant upgrade it.
so i thought well, i can go and build even a gtx 1070 mini itx computer(as small as possible to keep at school) for say 1200 with an i5 or ryzen equivalent. and then buy a second hand macbook pro 13, if its sub retina, upgrade ssd and ram, if it is retina, then buy it maxed out, a budget of 1000 remaining could leave for a decent year and model. I am somewhat a fan of mac OS but i cant make the switch completely obviously due to gaming. but a macbook pro 13 and a 1070 desktop would also fit my needs for the most part, I'd have a powerhouse that fits on my tiny excuse of a desk at school that would outperform the razer blade, and then I have something to bring on the go, to class, or anywhere to do schoolwork, and have substantial battery life. by the way im a sucker for aluminum laptops if you haven't figured that out already. the only real drawback is I now cant take that power with me anywhere. for normal stuff the macbook would be perfect for, even some light video editing. but i would think I would be content if i could at least play cs go @ around 1080p low settings at 60 fps. which an older one is right on the edge of doing, a few hundred extra and i could get a newer one that could definitely handle it.
regardless of what i do, i think i want to end up with some kind of mac to get into the world of xcode (if i go with the razer blade, i will most likely end up with a 150 dollar macbook from like 2008. So, what do you guys think, i know its ultimately my choice, but let me know if im going crazy or being completely ignorant or what. In a perfect world i would love all three computers together, but i don't have 4 grand so...
I know whatever decision i make I'll be missing out on something, thanks for at least reading through this lol.
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