What's a good high-end (non-gaming) Windows laptop to buy as of December 2018 for high-tech development in New Delhi with a budget of INR 1,50,000/- and above?
Indicative Specs...
Purpose : Professional-Computing High Tech Development Laptop (Non-Gaming)
OS : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Would be installing couple of VMs in Hyper-V / VirtualBox
Screen : 15.6" FHD or 4K UHD screen, IPS Display, (Non-Touch)
CPU : Intel 7th/8th Gen (any suitable one), or Xeon
RAM : 32GB DDR4
HDD : 2TB
SSD : Ok with Reasonable SSD (~128GB SSD4) <--do I need that?
Graphics : Ok with No-High End Graphics Card (might need it for two monitor display)
USB : min 3 USB Ports, say...
2x SS USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A
1x SS USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3 Port
1x USB 3.0
One always-on
HDMI : min 1 HDMI 2.0
WiFi : 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz, 2x2
Bluetooth : yes (preferably), Bluetooth 4.2
Ethernet : RJ-45 Gigabit
Headphones : Ok with combo audio / mic (though I would be using USB Headphone)
Others : Not Important -->
Media Card Reader 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)
Mini DisplayPort 1.4
Warranty : Preferably Manufacturer's 3 years
Indicative Specs...
Purpose : Professional-Computing High Tech Development Laptop (Non-Gaming)
OS : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Would be installing couple of VMs in Hyper-V / VirtualBox
Screen : 15.6" FHD or 4K UHD screen, IPS Display, (Non-Touch)
CPU : Intel 7th/8th Gen (any suitable one), or Xeon
RAM : 32GB DDR4
HDD : 2TB
SSD : Ok with Reasonable SSD (~128GB SSD4) <--do I need that?
Graphics : Ok with No-High End Graphics Card (might need it for two monitor display)
USB : min 3 USB Ports, say...
2x SS USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A
1x SS USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3 Port
1x USB 3.0
One always-on
HDMI : min 1 HDMI 2.0
WiFi : 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz, 2x2
Bluetooth : yes (preferably), Bluetooth 4.2
Ethernet : RJ-45 Gigabit
Headphones : Ok with combo audio / mic (though I would be using USB Headphone)
Others : Not Important -->
Media Card Reader 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)
Mini DisplayPort 1.4
Warranty : Preferably Manufacturer's 3 years
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