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I've done a little research here and I've yet to come across anything that is a "reasonably powerful" Hackbook in the CPU department (I guess we can quantify that as ~3.5+GHz?). Have any of you come up with anything like this before? So far it looks like I'm going to have to delve into the world of barebone laptops, and that seems to be rather untested waters for those here on the forums....
I've read the sticky, but I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here, as it's a difficult subject to quickly research. Really, where can someone go if they want a "powerful" hackbook? (other than buying a $2700 MacBook Pro, or a $2500+ custom-built OSX-friendly behemoth from one of those overpriced "gaming computer" companies...)
Right now, it seems to me that my best bet is the MSI 937-16GC29-029 barebones laptop (comes with a built-in GeForce GTX 860M, see http://j.mp/1FwFsBE), with an Intel Core i7-4790T (turbo to 3.9GHz--same price as the other 4th gen mobile CPUs so why not? Info at http://j.mp/1QmWhFz). I figure with that, it will probably end up in the 7-8 pound region (heavy but not terrible) but will have just about as much power as I could want in a modestly-high-end desktop, and in a portable unit to boot! My only concern is that I'm not sure if I'd be able to use the GTX exclusively (turn off all switching/optimus/etc. modes), which could make getting OSX set up rather difficult (although I could most likely resort to using only the Intel HD 4600 on the i7 if I had to, it's probably better to use the GeForce if possible).
Can anyone offer me any guidance on this idea?
I've done a little research here and I've yet to come across anything that is a "reasonably powerful" Hackbook in the CPU department (I guess we can quantify that as ~3.5+GHz?). Have any of you come up with anything like this before? So far it looks like I'm going to have to delve into the world of barebone laptops, and that seems to be rather untested waters for those here on the forums....
I've read the sticky, but I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here, as it's a difficult subject to quickly research. Really, where can someone go if they want a "powerful" hackbook? (other than buying a $2700 MacBook Pro, or a $2500+ custom-built OSX-friendly behemoth from one of those overpriced "gaming computer" companies...)
Right now, it seems to me that my best bet is the MSI 937-16GC29-029 barebones laptop (comes with a built-in GeForce GTX 860M, see http://j.mp/1FwFsBE), with an Intel Core i7-4790T (turbo to 3.9GHz--same price as the other 4th gen mobile CPUs so why not? Info at http://j.mp/1QmWhFz). I figure with that, it will probably end up in the 7-8 pound region (heavy but not terrible) but will have just about as much power as I could want in a modestly-high-end desktop, and in a portable unit to boot! My only concern is that I'm not sure if I'd be able to use the GTX exclusively (turn off all switching/optimus/etc. modes), which could make getting OSX set up rather difficult (although I could most likely resort to using only the Intel HD 4600 on the i7 if I had to, it's probably better to use the GeForce if possible).
Can anyone offer me any guidance on this idea?
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