Please Help Me Find A Good Laptop For My Use Case

Laptops Suggest a Laptop
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Hi

First of all, Thanks Josh for creating this community, it is life saving! I hope it becomes bigger soon.

I am a Civil Engineer and a Research Assistant in a university, so basically 2 jobs

I use my currect computer daily, sometimes for extended hours, but it is a little too old by now (i5 7th gen , gtx 1060) and I need the portability

I deal with many different software , most are heavy computations with large data which is intense on the cpu , sometimes 3d simulations that is not very GPU heavy

I do game rarely [light games such as league of legends or valorant]

I do (Very rarely, like once a year) play heavy graphics games such as exodus series or tomb raider series and when I do I prefer to enjoy best possible graphics

Now to my preferences and priorities:

Best Possible Battery life with best possible portability [I do have a type C 100w power bank if that helps], something that I can dock to my screens and mouse and keyboard and its charger at home, then when i neeed to go out just unplug it and take it with me simply and not worry about battery life or breaking my shoulder.

Something upgradable, cause I think I will definitely need 32GB of memory minimum and 2TB ROM minimum, if minimums are provided it doesnt have to be upgradable

metallic chasis , or chasis that doesnt break easily is a plus, i once cracked the chasis of an rog zephyrus g16 while trying to upgrade it, and it still hurts until today :smiling_face_with_tear: , the clips are too easy to break!!!

defenitally not mac, i cant use the OS and I will need too much time to get familiar, i am too used to windows

I am willing to pay around 2500USD for something i can buy in the middle east (cause if its sold here i will be able to find replacement parts if needed, otherwise if company provides international warrenty i can ship it from US or UK or similer), I am willing to pay more for a laptop that perfectly aligns with everything I said here
Please note that in the middle east the prices are higher by around 40 to 50% than the US or Canada

guess I yapped too much but hey, thats what a community is for right ? :grin:

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What about screen size? Port selection? Touch screen/2-in-1?

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We have a video out next week that compares alot of these. Since you mentioned battery life as key, here are our results from laptops with a dedicated GPU that are still somewhat portable. The new ProArt maybe one to consider or the Zephyrus G16

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I’d prefer if you talked too much but we knew your requirements than you didn’t talk enough and we missed points that were critical to you! :sweat_smile:

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These dont matter at all for me, it doesnt have to be touch screen or 2 in 1 , i Have a tab s10+ for that stuff

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I have thought about them as option tho, but the performance throttling problems I have previously heard about with the zephyrus g16 are concerning

I guess ill wait for your vid next week