Gadgetory

hey how's it going guys this is Dave - Dee and this is a video on the best alternatives to the 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro now it's hard to find a truly comparable device to that 15 inch MacBook Pro because it's got some pretty unique features like the touch bar and Mac OS but if you're comfortable using Mac OS or Windows and you're just looking for a premium laptop that has good build quality has good performance with a quad-core CPU and has good portability this video is for you now this is not an exhaustive list but these are ones that I personally really like these are all quad-core laptops so no surface products or ultrabooks because those are all two core CPUs okay first up we have the 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro itself super thin pretty powerful but very expensive and it's only equipped with Thunderbolt 3 ports next up we have last year's 15-inch MacBook Pro it's bigger but it's still a very capable machine it has more ports and it's at a cheaper price point right now we have the Asus you X is the most premium laptop that ACS makes outside of their gaming lineup not the thinnest laptop but it has a really big battery the MSI GSC it's one of the most powerful laptops in here since it has a GTX 1060 it's a gaming laptop but because it's pretty thin and light it makes the cut next up we have the Dell XPS 15 it's still one of the best laptops ever from Dell the carbon fiber finish and the infinity display really make this a strong contender here we also have the arrow 14 from gigabyte comes in black green and orange and that's also equipped with a gtx 1060 but this has a smaller 14 inch screen lastly we have the 2016 razor blade also with the gtx 1060 one of the thinnest laptops with this powerful graphics chip it also has a 14 inch screen and it has chroma lighting so like I've done on other videos like this I'm going to go through some categories and then tell you my top picks for each particular category in terms of build quality the Mac books are the kings here they're really well built the razor blade and the XPS 15 I would say are tied for second place the XPS 15 and feels a little more durable the razor blade look cleaner to me you can actually get skins for all three of these laptops from dbrand and they can look awesome I'll link them below the 4k display on the XPS 15 is really nice it's not the brightest of the group but it's still plenty bright it's the most color accurate and it has super thin bezels the 2016 MacBook Pro has lower resolution but it's very bright which is great if you use your laptop outdoors a lot it has a very wide color gamut but it isn't as color accurate the UX 5:01 also is a great 4k display none of them have bad screens though it's just a matter of preference for resolution and screen size MacBooks tend to have terrible user upgradability in fact the 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro can't be upgraded at all the RAM and the SSD are both on board now all of the Windows laptops have upgradeable RAM and storage except for the razor blade you could only upgrade the storage for the razor blade the most upgradable is the msi GS and two Drive bays the XPS 15 can also do this but it's a little bit more complex gotta order some parts and to do that these all have good keyboards none of them are bad personally I like the keyboard on the 2016 15 inch MacBook Pro the most I know a lot of people would disagree but I personally can type the fastest and most accurately with it no joke the GS 63 the XPS 15 and the razor blade with chrome elating are all so good but you know what you can't go wrong with any of these keyboards they're all enjoyable to use the Mac books are still the trackpad leaders the taptic engine the surface texture the precision they're still the best it's kind of sad we're rolling into 2017 here and windows laptops are still haven't perfected the trackpad but of this bunch the one that I like the most is the XPS 15 now any of them that can use native windows precision drivers are going to be better but the MacBook trackpads are still the best the laptop with the best selection of ports is definitely the MacBook now I'm kidding I'd say the winner is the msi gs70 SD reader is slower I think it's use b2 but basically all the Windows laptops tend to have a pretty good selection of ports the razor blade is missing an SD reader the Aero 14 doesn't have Thunderbolt 3 support but aside from that they're all well equipped with ports the only one here with rock-solid external GPU support is the razor blade so if you connect that to the razor core it works perfectly the XPS 15 isn't bad either but the rest of them are still kind of flaky right now with external GPS aside from MacBooks they're all rocking the skylake 6,700 HQ processor very similar cpu performance across the board the laptops with the gtx 1060 s are the best performers between them they're too close to really say which one's the winner maybe the GS 63 but they're all really powerful now thermally the laptops with the weaker cards are going to produce less heat and have quieter fans the MacBook and the XPS 15 are the most quiet when they're under load the razor blade and the arrow 14 are the loudest when they're gaming the 2016 MacBook speakers can't be beat no one's making better speakers right now and to be honest all of the Windows laptop speakers sound similar in overall quality I mean they sound different from each other but it's hard to really label a winner so if the 2016 MacBook has first place the 2015 MacBook has second place and maybe the razor blade for third place none of them are bad though in general battery life isn't going to be amazing on laptops like these skylake processors are reasonably energy efficient but when you take a quad-core CPU and you put it into a thin and light chassis you can only expect so much the 2015 15 inch MacBook Pro has the best battery life it's an older processor but it has a big battery and Mac OS is pretty energy-efficient of the Windows laptops the UX 5:01 is the longest lasting here the XPS 15 when it's configured with the big battery is also pretty good ok in terms of value none of these laptops are going to be particularly cheap they're all premium in some way or another I think the best value overall would be the msi gs70 performance of something else but it delivers really good bang for the buck the UX 5:01 is also pretty well priced with its 4k screen and a used or refurbished 2015 MacBook Pro can also be a pretty good value now you can't go wrong choosing any of these laptops and there's other really good options out there that aren't in this video something like the Alienware 13 it's a little bit thicker and heavier than the rest of them here it is a great quad core laptop in terms of like the best overall one it really depends on what you're doing as a video editor my personal top pick is the XPS 15 mostly because of the screen I really like the color accuracy and I really like fact that has really thin bezels that just seals it for me if you need for information about any of these laptops they're going to be linked below individual reviews as well as some benchmarks for some of the video cards actually one of the video cards the GTX 1060 but yeah I hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs have you liked it subs if you loved it it's been nice I'll see you guys next time