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welcome to our top five Intel based computers for content creators at CES 2016 first up is the Lenovo ThinkPad P 40 yoga this is designed for serious content creation on-the-go as it's got a Quadro M 500 M GPU they collaborated with Wacom on the included pen which can detect 2048 separate levels of pressure and it features a 1440p IPS display that includes tactile feedback to feel more like writing on real paper it comes with a skylake core i7 and up to 512 gigs of SSD storage and is expected to be available in q1 of 2016 for $13.99 the msi vortex is next have you ever found yourself wanting a workstation that looks kind of like a Mac Pro and is super-powerful like a Mac Pro but isn't a Mac well here it is the windows-based cylinder from MSI it features a skylake core i7 desktop processor to desktop gtx 980 s and can hold two nvme m dot two drives now although there isn't a xeon processor or a Quadro or fire pro graphics card that you might find in a more traditional content creation workstation it's very powerful for the size and from our experience programs like Adobe Creative Cloud make more use of CUDA than they necessarily do of the Quadro features anyway it's got plenty of connectivity for USB 3.1 to mini DPS to USB 3.1 type C's with Thunderbolt and it's very quiet as well with MSI quoting low 30 decibels under load the high-end version will run about four thousand dollars the way less extreme configuration will go for about half of that it's expected to be available later this year our third choice if you were thinking what do you mean no cuadros no Zeon's well you'll be happy here are the lenovo p 50 and p 70 mobile workstations if you are looking for the ultimate editing or rendering rig that you can take with you these are what you want they've got 4k displays with Pantone color correction as well as thunder well three in case you know one 4k screen just isn't enough for you and the difference between the P 50 and the P 70 is the size of the screen so you can either get a 15.6 inch or a 17 inch you also get three drive bays with the P 50 and four with the P 70 so you have plenty of room for storing video or 3d models the P 50 starts at $1,600 and the P 70 at 2000 these ones are available now next up is the HP EliteBook folio it looks a heck of a lot like a MacBook but I assure you it is a Windows PC and although this is not the most powerful thing out there and not strictly speaking a you know content creation computer from a video editing perspective it's got a an Intel Core M instead of like an i7 it also has some nice features for serious users who create content let's say for example by writing it or by generating business proposals it's got a great sound system that HP says they optimized with Bang & Olufsen for those oh so important business Skype calls it's got a 180 degree hinge allowing it to fold flat on a table for collaboration and it also features Thunderbolt 3 so exec two more displays easily and comes with either a 4k or 1080p display option they're quoting 10 hours of battery life on the 1080p model without quoting anything for the 4k making it great for quote unquote creators who are writing on the go it starts at $9.99 and is expected to be available in March our final content creator PC the P 37 XV 5 or P 37 WV 5 is actually classified by its manufacturer gigabyte as a gaming laptop but personally I'm seeing the content creator side of this as well depending on which of the models you opt for you'll get a 980 m or gtx 970m graphics card you will get a core i7 6700 HQ and you will get either a 4k Ultra HD IPS display or a 1080p IPS display but where this one gets interesting - the content creator is the performance of the aforementioned display they are quoting 100% Adobe RGB coverage making this awesome for working with photo or video editing in Adobe it features MDOT two PCIe SSD storage ddr4 memory USB 3.1 type C and the usual gaming creature comforts like a backlit keyboard and programmable macro keys also something that's just as good for content creation as it is for gaming just ask Karen who keeps multiple keyboards on his desk at the office so thank you for checking out our top-five intel-based content creation pcs from CES 2016 I hope you enjoyed this along with the rest of our CES coverage which if you haven't seen by the way make sure you're subscribed at youtube.com slash Linus tech tips hit that subscribe button go on go hit the subscribe button and thanks again for watching we will see you again on the flip side