<html><head></head><body>We're also looking around at the moment ...<br><br>Gaming machines yes, gone that way before and never played a game on it (!) — for something really robust (advanced video editing etc as well) have a look at at the:<br><br>ASUS ROG Strix SCAR GL532 15.6" Full-HD IPS 240Hz 3ms 8xCorei7-10875H 64GB 1T/NVMe RTX2070/8G MetalTop TypeC PreKeyRGB WIFI6 Keystone 2YrWrty<br><br>Within NZ, so far JustLaptios are looking well positioned, sucessfully had stuff from them in the past, had unpleasant support issues at another large computer retailer here in Auckland (- any one with other information please?).<br><br><a href="https://www.justlaptops.co.nz/asus-rog-strix-scar-gl532-15-6-full-hd-ips-240hz-3ms-8xcorei7-10875h-64gb-1t-nvme-rtx2070-8g-metaltop-typec-prekeyrgb-wifi6-keystone-2yrwrty-rrp-3779-13460?search=RTX2070&description=1&sort=pd.name&order=ASC&limit=100">https://www.justlaptops.co.nz/asus-rog-strix-scar-gl532-15-6-full-hd-ips-240hz-3ms-8xcorei7-10875h-64gb-1t-nvme-rtx2070-8g-metaltop-typec-prekeyrgb-wifi6-keystone-2yrwrty-rrp-3779-13460?search=RTX2070&description=1&sort=pd.name&order=ASC&limit=100</a><br><br>The RTX 2070 has a good crop of cuda-cores for graphics/video rendering.<br><br>You'd probably want to upgrade the Windows 10 Home 64-bit to Professional.<br><br>Yes as you say "gaming machines" are extendable – "you can add either 1/2TB PCIE NVME SSD to the slot 2 and 3 at a cost of:<br>$215 for 1TB<br>$435 for 2TB"<br><br>If you can put up with a non sRGB primary laptop screen (only 66% of the gamut) for non-graphics work only, the advanced Ryzen in various releases (series 5 and up) is available here in NZ as well, in often quite robustly speced and rugged gaming machines, often at a more reasonible cost.<br>-- <br><a href="https://PaulANorman.info">https://PaulANorman.info</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On December 8, 2020 9:26:04 AM GMT+13:00, Alister Christie <alister@salespartner.co.nz> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">If you are wanting something with lots of grunt then AMD is currently king - Ryzen 7 4800H (or HS) for the highest performance or 4800u for mobility. I've been looking for something with a 4800U with 16GB Ram for a while, with no luck.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ultrabookreview.com/36030-amd-ryzen-7-4800u-laptops/">https://www.ultrabookreview.com/36030-amd-ryzen-7-4800u-laptops/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>I've been thinking about a Zenbook 14, but they only seem to be available with 4700u CPUs (no hyperthreading, although still 8 cores). Some of the 10th/11th "U" Gen i7's have better single-core performance than the 4800U. If you are after a beast then a gaming laptop with an R9 4900H might be your best bet. Gaming laptops are often quite upgradable in terms of memory and SSD/NVMe, but usually are quite heavy, with big power bricks.</div><div><br></div><div>Something that charges over USB would also be nice, so you can use one of the new tiny GaN chargers.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for the late reply.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><pre cols="72">Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849
<a href="http://www.salespartner.co.nz" target="_blank">www.salespartner.co.nz</a>
PO Box 13085
Johnsonville
Wellington</pre></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 1:38 PM John Bird <<a href="mailto:johnkbird@xtra.co.nz">johnkbird@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:small;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;display:inline">Another
topic I would love feedback on – I have had sterling service from my reliable HP
Envy laptop – it is still power specs even today (I7 CPU, 16GB RAM,
originally 2TB HDD – now SSD, 17” 1920x1080)</div></div>
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it is 7 years old and no more RAM upgrade possible (only DDR3) , and looking
around for a replacement.</div></div>
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far best candidates I have seen are</div></div>
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ZBook 17 G6 or G7 (4 DDR4 slots up to 128GB and up to 2 M2 SSDs
and 2 Sata SSDs)</div></div>
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Thinkpad P53</div></div>
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7530 or 7730</div></div>
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like your opinions of favourite power laptop and what you particularly love
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