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Could be cheaper. This is almost identical to the ASUS Creator Q540, spec-wise, and the Creator was down to $849 new and $520 open box before it's now totally discontinued. Differences -- 14" touch screen vs bigger 15.6" non-touch. 32GB vs 16GB (but Q540 isn't soldered) and some will say 14X has better build quality but the Q540's quality seems good to me. Whether that's worth an extra $500+ is up to you.
Could be cheaper. This is almost identical to the ASUS Creator Q540, spec-wise, and the Creator was down to $849 new and $520 open box before it's now totally discontinued. Differences -- 14" touch screen vs bigger 15.6" non-touch. 32GB vs 16GB (but Q540 isn't soldered) and some will say 14X has better build quality but the Q540's quality seems good to me. Whether that's worth an extra $500+ is up to you.
This is not a AI pc as it has no NPU.
Nowadays you can get AI pac for as low as 600 bucks.
If you are spending double that amount, then but a laptop with NPU for future proofing.
Would rather have the similar Legion Slim 5 14.5" OLED which is currently $1156. Build quality is better and it has a 4060. If you don't game much this is good. 3050 is so much better than integrated graphics.
This is not a AI pc as it has no NPU.
Nowadays you can get AI pac for as low as 600 bucks.
If you are spending double that amount, then but a laptop with NPU for future proofing.
Lol @ "future proofing". By the time anything is truly done with NPU's this hardware will be antiquated anyway…
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Similarities -- i9-13900H, 2.8K 120Hz OLED, 3050 discrete GPU.
Seems that if the Q540 is discontinued that this might see further price drops as it also becomes EOL.
Similarities -- i9-13900H, 2.8K 120Hz OLED, 3050 discrete GPU.
Seems that if the Q540 is discontinued that this might see further price drops as it also becomes EOL.
Nowadays you can get AI pac for as low as 600 bucks.
If you are spending double that amount, then but a laptop with NPU for future proofing.
Nowadays you can get AI pac for as low as 600 bucks.
If you are spending double that amount, then but a laptop with NPU for future proofing.
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