Quote from: George on March 03, 2024, 19:34:09and runtime & battery life.

In this niche of laptops, this is the least significant factor.

First of all, of course, the screen, hi-res 220-230ppi+ with perfectly clear, filigree sharp text. Minimum 1500:1. And then a full keyboard with a full classic numpad (and full, in height, Esc, F1..F2) with ideally elastic and clear feedback, and not like now. These are two key priorities.

Colorspace is of course strictly from 100% sRGB in the minimal case. For designers AdobeRGB 95%+ with dE<1.

Next comes - the noise level of the device at the required level of performance and tasks. In office workload and surfing with a load of no more than 30-35% of cores on average, the laptop should be as quiet as possible (no more than 26-27 dB), and it is better not to turn on the coolers at all.

Then there are upgrade possibilities (2 memory slots, 2-4 (RAID10) SSD slots, etc.) and a comfortable arrangement of ports, their number and capabilities, squeezing out everything possible from the capabilities of the SoC.

Further warranty - from 2 years and above.

Next comes battery autonomy and everything else like that.

While 'gaming performance' is generally measured and highlighted for just about ANY personal computer these days (regardless of the existence of a dGPU or not!) at the end of the day one must consider what the device is going to be used for the majority of its life time.

IMHO: The three major factors are the screen, input devices (keyboard+track pad) and runtime & battery life.

An OEM could have a very high performance device that never gets used as the owners hate the keyboard/track pad, can't stand the screen or it has dismal or rather useless battery run time.

All legions have a classic keyboard with a full numpad. For this reason alone, Xiaomi was obviously defeated. And looking at how the scarce legions are being sold out and how Xiaomi models are lying on the shelves, it is obvious that it has no chance of "outplaying" Lenovo until they understand what people need in the form of a universal laptop at home. And they also buy universal ones in the office. Just the other day, a person published a photo in a review on the marketplace, where it is clear that in the IT office there are a lot of legions purchased as workhorses and more than one "gaming" Xiaomi. Precisely because no one needs them without a classic keyboard for development.

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