FOUND: For now I have made a choice. I decided since I couldn’t find exactly what wanted to just go with the most budget friendly option, that was half my original price point.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-VivoBook-R5-3500U-Graphics-F512DA-EB51/dp/B0…
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For $509 with tax and shipping I got:
Asus 15” with 1080p scree
8gb DDR4 Ram
256GB SSD
Ryzen 5 3rd gen CPU Quad Core R5-3500U. It has the single thread rating: 2006 and cross-prlatform rating: 10,421 vs the awesomeness of the 4500U at STR: 2462 and CPR: 18,118 but for what I will MOSTLY be doing I can live with that.
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I don’t intend to “store” much of anything on this. I have my shop pc for that, duplicate drives, and off site duplicates that have all been tested and updated within the past 8 months.
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Once it arrives and I try it out I will let everyone know if this was a good choice or if it will be like that crappy $600 dollar Samsung TV I bought at Christmas LOL! Had to go back and spend $1100 ish to get a sony Smile
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SUPER THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOU INPUT. YOUR HELP HAS BEEN SO VALUABLE TO ME!!!
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Hi all,
I need a laptop primarily for working on my business away from the shop, but want very good performance streaming netflix/amazon etc and possibly some 1080p video editing. I would like something that performs equal or better than my current desktop.
What I need.
Budget: Prefer under $1000. New is great, but used is fine too.
SSD: Min 256 GB
RAM: Min 8gb but 16 is probly better
Graphics card: Required but not sure on spec.
Size: Bigger is better, I don’t care about compact. I’m thinking around 17” maybe? Could be flexible on this if need be.
Touch screen: Maybe
For reference the desktop I have that we need to rival or beat is
Dell Insprion
i7-7700 3.6 Ghz
16 GB Ram
64 bit OS windows home
256 GB SSD plus storage drive
Graphics card Yes, but forgot what.
Any suggestions are appreciated.