Hi all, please forgive the n00b "Someone help me, I don't know my arse from my elbow" post.
I'm looking to upgrade to a DTR laptop and trying to find the best performance I can for a budget that tops out at around £2000 GBP ($2600 USD).
I've scoured all of the "best for" affiliate pages I can find for info to no avail, and a friend has pointed me to PC Specialist to spec my own.
Ideally, I'd like to replace my poor, over heating desktop that I don't really have room for, with a laptop. But am unlikely to need the portability of something small and light.
The gaming laptops are pretty, but I don't really value looks over brute performance, and my serious gaming days are long behind me.
The workstations/editing laptops seem impressive, but I'm lost tbh in what I need to improve performance specifically with Blender, etc.
Good sound, would be nice, but not critical - Most will cringe, but a I have decent set of headphones and that will do for me.
Happy to forgo the normal bells and whistles of a "high end" laptop, for more performance.
I'm just so out of touch with what to look for in comparators that I need some help in navigating away from simply Big numbers = Better spec.
Any info on pointers on spec, stuff to read, or where to start would be greatly appreciated.
TIA.
I'm looking to upgrade to a DTR laptop and trying to find the best performance I can for a budget that tops out at around £2000 GBP ($2600 USD).
I've scoured all of the "best for" affiliate pages I can find for info to no avail, and a friend has pointed me to PC Specialist to spec my own.
Ideally, I'd like to replace my poor, over heating desktop that I don't really have room for, with a laptop. But am unlikely to need the portability of something small and light.
The gaming laptops are pretty, but I don't really value looks over brute performance, and my serious gaming days are long behind me.
The workstations/editing laptops seem impressive, but I'm lost tbh in what I need to improve performance specifically with Blender, etc.
Good sound, would be nice, but not critical - Most will cringe, but a I have decent set of headphones and that will do for me.
Happy to forgo the normal bells and whistles of a "high end" laptop, for more performance.
I'm just so out of touch with what to look for in comparators that I need some help in navigating away from simply Big numbers = Better spec.
Any info on pointers on spec, stuff to read, or where to start would be greatly appreciated.
TIA.