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<blockquote data-quote="red dragon" data-source="post: 2198084" data-attributes="member: 34839"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.flipkart.com/asus-zenbook-14-ryzen-5-quad-core-2nd-gen-8-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-10-home-um431da-am581ts-thin-light-laptop/p/itm37ad082810ef4?pid=COMFHQFCCHACHBHJ[/URL]</p><p>How about this one? Should be available for order soon. I am no expert, but people are going crazy over ryzen 5 over internet. Though personally I have never seen a single one in the wild. Looks very good for the price, but it`s AMD and my experience with a >10 year old AMD laptop from hp ( DV something) was terrible.</p><p>AMD must have improved, but hp remained unreliable over a decade (it possibly has the worst resale value, even worse than Dell)</p><p>[automerge]1588502829[/automerge]</p><p>Since we have 2 identical Grams, I decided to buy another thin and light laptop to replace one Gram. In the process tried to remember what I have experienced so far.</p><p>1. XPS 13- Possibly seen the most ( at least 5/6) The most compact and dense. Glorious screen, decent keyboard. The webcam has finally moved up to where it belongs. </p><p>Speakers are REALLY bad, HEADPHONE OUT IS VERY AVERAGE, a strange hum with sensitive cans ( unusable for music production, but it is possible the 2 units I tested for sound were faulty), PORT SITUATION IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. NO CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF STUPIDITY. Windows itself is bad enough for music production with pathetic audio drivers, Dell is trying to irritate people even more. Apple at least has great OS and SW to help creativity. </p><p></p><p>2.HP Spectre 360- Too flashy, inside typical hp affair, nothing great, nothing too bad. But too many failure reports online, but seen only a single unit, personally can not trust hp (except older elitebooks)</p><p></p><p>3.Asus Zenbook - Used a Duo (non pro), fantastic implementation of the second screen, for my use, could open the mixer of the DAW in the lower screen with the track view in the main screen (almost as usable as a dual monitor Samplitude/ Pro Tools set up...amazing) HP out without audio interface is very good, the amp section is really powerful and fairly clean. </p><p>Slightly heavy and bulky compared to others (but totally worth it, for music production, basic video editing-but do not know about the GPU)</p><p>Seen only an older Zenbook, the design on the lid is beautiful, but everything else seemed very average.</p><p></p><p>4. Thinkpad Carbon X- Typical thinkpad with a thin body. Great keyboard, ports, ports, ports ( God bless Lenovo!!) Bad speakers but very clean headphone out ( did not measure anything but I am fairly confident about my ears and after years of recording in studios/ home do understand the difference between a clean and colored signal with known music)</p><p>The only downside seemed to be a slightly less sharp/ duller screen, but my eyes are not trained unlike ears.</p><p>This is still my pick over Zenbook Duo ( weight, build, proven reliability, and all of us must work on a laptop and I can not afford one only for hobby)</p><p></p><p>5. Huawei Matebook X Pro ( or similar)- This one is a strange laptop. They tried to copy everything from Apple ( never seen such shameless copy of another company`s design). Looks beautiful, screen quality is fantastic. BUT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR FLAWS. </p><p>I fully agree a squarish screen is great for reading, MS office etc. But this laptop is definitely not targeted for the business users. That screen is glossy!! It is a completely confused product, a business laptop with squarish aspect ratio with glossy screen.</p><p>Content consumers will hate the black bars, hardcore business user will hate the glossy screen. Audio producers/ engineers will have a tough time with lots of tracks with varying lengths, unusually tall mixers ( no one uses so many plugins on a digital mixer)</p><p>And the webcam is in the worst possible location. If anyone uses it as a business laptop and make Skype calls, he has to be more worried about shaving and cleaning his nostrils rather than a normal shave!!</p><p>And it is extremely fragile.</p><p>THIS IS THE WORST OF BOTH WORLD. It is probably the perfect laptop for people who does not need a laptop for anything. Oh!! The speakers are very good ( another confusing decision, great speaker for a supposedly business laptop) but the hp out is colored ( DT 880 sounds like M50, perfect for general people, but absolutely useless for monitoring anything)</p><p>IMHO, this over hyped laptop is not suitable for ANYONE. </p><p></p><p>6. LG Gram- Abnormally light, extremely sturdy ( the screen flex is very real but it adds to the overall sturdiness) I can not emphasize how sturdy this light laptop is. Looks like a very cheap laptop, doesn`t even have the LG logo on the lid( greatest feature for me), possibly the easiest to upgrade RAM, storage (the 2019 model does support the faster storage) even the battery. The battery life is absolutely insane in 14 inch models. No 4k, but the screen is pretty decent. Very stable and reliable overall.</p><p>Speakers are very poor ( complete garbage) hp out is possibly the cleanest of all ( though the amp must be weak), the lead scratches very easily.</p><p></p><p>Everything in this post is written from a home producer perspective. I have zero technical knowledge.I am new to Windows and my experience with the OS is very limited ( I do know about Macs as I was and still using OS X on a daily basis for more than 10 years)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="red dragon, post: 2198084, member: 34839"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.flipkart.com/asus-zenbook-14-ryzen-5-quad-core-2nd-gen-8-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-10-home-um431da-am581ts-thin-light-laptop/p/itm37ad082810ef4?pid=COMFHQFCCHACHBHJ[/URL] How about this one? Should be available for order soon. I am no expert, but people are going crazy over ryzen 5 over internet. Though personally I have never seen a single one in the wild. Looks very good for the price, but it`s AMD and my experience with a >10 year old AMD laptop from hp ( DV something) was terrible. AMD must have improved, but hp remained unreliable over a decade (it possibly has the worst resale value, even worse than Dell) [automerge]1588502829[/automerge] Since we have 2 identical Grams, I decided to buy another thin and light laptop to replace one Gram. In the process tried to remember what I have experienced so far. 1. XPS 13- Possibly seen the most ( at least 5/6) The most compact and dense. Glorious screen, decent keyboard. The webcam has finally moved up to where it belongs. Speakers are REALLY bad, HEADPHONE OUT IS VERY AVERAGE, a strange hum with sensitive cans ( unusable for music production, but it is possible the 2 units I tested for sound were faulty), PORT SITUATION IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. NO CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF STUPIDITY. Windows itself is bad enough for music production with pathetic audio drivers, Dell is trying to irritate people even more. Apple at least has great OS and SW to help creativity. 2.HP Spectre 360- Too flashy, inside typical hp affair, nothing great, nothing too bad. But too many failure reports online, but seen only a single unit, personally can not trust hp (except older elitebooks) 3.Asus Zenbook - Used a Duo (non pro), fantastic implementation of the second screen, for my use, could open the mixer of the DAW in the lower screen with the track view in the main screen (almost as usable as a dual monitor Samplitude/ Pro Tools set up...amazing) HP out without audio interface is very good, the amp section is really powerful and fairly clean. Slightly heavy and bulky compared to others (but totally worth it, for music production, basic video editing-but do not know about the GPU) Seen only an older Zenbook, the design on the lid is beautiful, but everything else seemed very average. 4. Thinkpad Carbon X- Typical thinkpad with a thin body. Great keyboard, ports, ports, ports ( God bless Lenovo!!) Bad speakers but very clean headphone out ( did not measure anything but I am fairly confident about my ears and after years of recording in studios/ home do understand the difference between a clean and colored signal with known music) The only downside seemed to be a slightly less sharp/ duller screen, but my eyes are not trained unlike ears. This is still my pick over Zenbook Duo ( weight, build, proven reliability, and all of us must work on a laptop and I can not afford one only for hobby) 5. Huawei Matebook X Pro ( or similar)- This one is a strange laptop. They tried to copy everything from Apple ( never seen such shameless copy of another company`s design). Looks beautiful, screen quality is fantastic. BUT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR FLAWS. I fully agree a squarish screen is great for reading, MS office etc. But this laptop is definitely not targeted for the business users. That screen is glossy!! It is a completely confused product, a business laptop with squarish aspect ratio with glossy screen. Content consumers will hate the black bars, hardcore business user will hate the glossy screen. Audio producers/ engineers will have a tough time with lots of tracks with varying lengths, unusually tall mixers ( no one uses so many plugins on a digital mixer) And the webcam is in the worst possible location. If anyone uses it as a business laptop and make Skype calls, he has to be more worried about shaving and cleaning his nostrils rather than a normal shave!! And it is extremely fragile. THIS IS THE WORST OF BOTH WORLD. It is probably the perfect laptop for people who does not need a laptop for anything. Oh!! The speakers are very good ( another confusing decision, great speaker for a supposedly business laptop) but the hp out is colored ( DT 880 sounds like M50, perfect for general people, but absolutely useless for monitoring anything) IMHO, this over hyped laptop is not suitable for ANYONE. 6. LG Gram- Abnormally light, extremely sturdy ( the screen flex is very real but it adds to the overall sturdiness) I can not emphasize how sturdy this light laptop is. Looks like a very cheap laptop, doesn`t even have the LG logo on the lid( greatest feature for me), possibly the easiest to upgrade RAM, storage (the 2019 model does support the faster storage) even the battery. The battery life is absolutely insane in 14 inch models. No 4k, but the screen is pretty decent. Very stable and reliable overall. Speakers are very poor ( complete garbage) hp out is possibly the cleanest of all ( though the amp must be weak), the lead scratches very easily. Everything in this post is written from a home producer perspective. I have zero technical knowledge.I am new to Windows and my experience with the OS is very limited ( I do know about Macs as I was and still using OS X on a daily basis for more than 10 years) [/QUOTE]
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