I've had Alienware & Dell XPS in the past and they were alright (ok quality, but Dell fixed the problems quickly). My current rig at work is an Origin 15 Pro. The Origin is a monster *when it works*, but it is very big/heavy, the trackpad is awful (unusable is a better word), and their customer service is literally the 2nd worst that I've ever experienced (only outdone by Comcast). To be fair, they seem like a nice group of people, just very unprofessional and have a complete "meh" attitude for a premium price. So they're not in the picture...
this is a wish list of what would be nice to have.. some compromises are acceptable :
- * NEED * Good customer support (Lets face it... that's a lot of heat in a very small space.. its gonna break)
- * NEED * Good build quality (It will be in a backpack all the time and I will be traveling quite a bit)
- * Would Love * A good trackpad
- Smallish form factor for travel (< 1 inch thick, < 6lbs) (would love the power brick to not be enormous)
- 14 or 15 in. display (13 if its REALLY good), matte FHD *I don't do any 4k editing so I don't need more*, no GSYNC *to save on battery, and good color gamut (>= 75% RGB color gamut)
- 10 series GPU and I7 seem pretty standard on these builds
Any others? Thoughts?
Thanks and I appreciate it!! Have a great day!!