Is there a site like pcpartpicker that I can spec out a laptop?

[bob4933]

Wife's laptop is starting to show its butt, and I dont really feel like dealing with it.

14"
i3-i5 ish
ips panel
more than 4gb of ram (6 is fine) OR have expansion with 2 dimm slots.

Dont care about the rest, I can simply clone a hard drive to an ssd or whatever I need.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Dell XPS 15

Has a tiny bezel that makes it about the size of most 14" laptops.
IPS screen, min 8GB RAM, optional PCIe SSD, optional touch screen, optional 4K res, i3/i5/i7 options, NVIDIA GPU option.
Last Gen: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9550-laptop
Current Gen: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9560-laptop

 

[bob4933]

if she'd take care of her crap, I'd buy her that. Laptops last her a good year, I normally just get refurbs lol. 500$ maybe too low for what I asked for, TN panel would be fine honestly.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

What about a Chromebook? This has an IPS also.
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/chromebook-13-7310/pd?oc=bto009c731013us

 

[Alaric]

After reading the posts I'm pretty sure Falcon Northwest is not going to be an option. LOL I'll include the link in case you want to configure a $10,000 laptop for fun. https://www.falcon-nw.com/

 

[t1nm4n]

Xoticpc.com

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Xoticpc.com

There's nothing even close to the ~$500 budget there.

 

[t1nm4n]

There's nothing even close to the ~$500 budget there.

I missed the 500 budget, my bad, lol.

 

[habbajabba]

http://bobjohnson.com/
Not the newest but good nonetheless.

 

[bob4933]

Ive sincerely considered a passive aggressive move like getting her a toughbook lol. The IPS panel was more "For me" than her, she probably couldnt tell the difference lol.

Ill post some things that caught my eye in a bit.

edit:

"Jump to Does Cricut Design Space work on a Chromebook computer? - No. Cricut Design Space requires a Windows or Mac operating system ..."

So no chromebooks, which sucks because thats all she really needs windows for.

 

[NiHaoMike]

What about a used Thinkpad? They're built very well and you might be able to find a great deal.

 

[bob4933]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834295783&ignorebbr=1

This one is leading the pack atm.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315742

this one is cool, is it worth the 150$?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I wouldn't hesitate to get her that 14" Latitude, they're built like tanks.

 

[Alaric]

I wouldn't hesitate to get her that 14" Latitude, they're built like tanks.

^QFT. I watched a cat knock my ex wife's Dell laptop 6 feet to a tile floor. Chunks of the case flew through the air when it hit, and she still uses it today, almost 5 years later. That was after the dog ran through the charging cord and yanked it off the table as fast as a 75 lb. Chow can run indoors. Dell laptops have been tough as nails in my experience.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Dell laptops have been tough as nails in my experience.

Especially the higher models. The Latitude, which is their business line, is very well built.
I'm still using a Sandy Bridge era Vostro to this day as my personal laptop.

 

[Alaric]

The one I saw used as a soccer ball was just a Dimension. Big chunks of plastic missing from it and it works fine to this day. Other than having Vista, that is. LOL