Personally I think 17" on a notebook is over-rated but that's just me. I love smaller 13.3" - 15.8" high resolution screens. They simply look stunning.
Eurocom Notebooks/Laptops worth purchasing?
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Ya, the more I use my family members laptop, 15 is not that bad. Decisions, decisions.
I had a look at some MSI and ASUS laptops with 15/17" to compare but im not a fan of the asus keyboards and not all MSI laptops have backlit keyboard which is important to me. Probably not all that upgradable either.
I'm not a daily laptop user so factor that into what weight to give my opinion, but I'd second Skymtl's view on 17" monitors. My current laptop is a 17" HP and it's always felt clunky and oversized.
17" notebooks have their place, but they're not the be all end all. When I was working at a fly-in/out jobsite where I'd fly to location, stay there for 3 weeks, then fly home for a week it was great. I'd throw it in a (huge) backpack, hook it up at my desk at camp and it would make my nights less mindnumbingly dull. For daily use though, hauling around a 17" means a huge backpack (or one that doesn't fit much else), and they're not light. Dragging one to university or a job each day, no thanks. I'd rather use something like my Surface where I drag it around easily all day and then hook it up to a bigger monitor when I'm home or at an office. Not to mention the difference in battery life. None of the various ASUS G7XXXX I owned over the years lasted for long just on battery.
13-15" seems a good sweet spot for portability without having a screen so tiny it's painful (or being forced to only have integrated graphics).
If you're only moving the thing once in a blue moon, a 17 is still nice, but with steamboxes and portable monitors becoming more available, they're another option. If MS or Dell/ASUS actually came out with a Surface with thunderbolt and an inexpensive egpu dock/port, I think you'd have a real best of travel/performance option. Drop the heavy kit at your base of operations, and have a reasonably good performing hybrid for on the go that's not so heavy you'll bend sideways dragging it around.
13-15" seems a good sweet spot for portability without having a screen so tiny it's painful (or being forced to only have integrated graphics).
If you're only moving the thing once in a blue moon, a 17 is still nice, but with steamboxes and portable monitors becoming more available, they're another option. If MS or Dell/ASUS actually came out with a Surface with thunderbolt and an inexpensive egpu dock/port, I think you'd have a real best of travel/performance option. Drop the heavy kit at your base of operations, and have a reasonably good performing hybrid for on the go that's not so heavy you'll bend sideways dragging it around.
Thank you FreeKnight for your insight. The more I think about it a 15 might be the better option to go.
I had a chat with sales at Eurocom inquiring about Windows 10 and if I should hold off just because I want to be able to have a disk or at least an iso and im not sure I can make an iso with the win10 upgrade. Eurocom says they can supply me with a copy after the release date.
I had a chat with sales at Eurocom inquiring about Windows 10 and if I should hold off just because I want to be able to have a disk or at least an iso and im not sure I can make an iso with the win10 upgrade. Eurocom says they can supply me with a copy after the release date.
Il admit the look is not the sexiest but the specs/price is what matters. The inconvenience you experienced shouldn't be a problem for experienced users but a newbie might be frustrated.
Has anyone else seen this with eurocom?
Also, are all their laptops upgradable or do they just offer upgrades for old laptops? Kinda the reason I wanted to purchase from them.
Has anyone else seen this with eurocom?
Also, are all their laptops upgradable or do they just offer upgrades for old laptops? Kinda the reason I wanted to purchase from them.
I haven't come across a Eurocom model can't be upgraded....
I only ask because the shark 4 only has 1 gfx card available when buying new and in the upgrades portion of the website only shows that 1 same card, so I was just curious.
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