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I need a portable laptop to:

  • have a lot of online quality video calls
  • type a lot during each meeting
  • have a ton of browser tabs open
  • have a few CPU-demanding apps running at the same time

I will use this laptop as my main PC.

I'm also considering:

  • T480s
  • Carbon X1 Gen 7-8
  • Dell 7490
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Carbox X1 Gen7 is probably a decent choice, but it will depend on the specs - get at least an i5, and max out the RAM to 16GB - you can't add it later, so make sure to buy one with the 16GB.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's truly so much better about it compared to T480? Or 7480

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Dells IME just suck. YMMV. Compared to the T480 it's more portable and lighter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have an x1 Gen7 and it's great. EXCEPT for the battery life which is fucking awful. Maybe 4 hours if you're lucky. It was originally advertised as having 18 hours.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If you go with the T480 (not sure about the S model) you can run dual batteries and it's runds FOREVER