Looking for Quad core i7 Laptops

dobbs95

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I was wondering if I should wait on Skylake. Will something other than ultra low power variants in a quad core configuration start to replace the 4th gen "HQ" that they seem to use almost exclusively in gaming laptops. I've only found a very select few of top of the line machines that use a newer 5th gen "HQ" processor. Most of the rest seem to use a 5th gen "U" variant like the i7-5500u which seems odd in a gaming laptop. I haven't shopped for a laptop in a long time so i'm trying to catch up on things.

Also any opinions on whether or not a touch screen will be worth it on win 10 or just unused. As well as if there is a point in getting a 4K laptop. I mean the only thing 4k seems useful for right now on a pc is video/photo editing which I do not do and 4k gaming. Which I highly doubt there's a laptop capable of pushing a 4k res game under a few grand let alone do a decent job at it. Also worried things would be far to small on a 15" display though I guess maybe win 10 can help with scaling issues? But it seems kinda pointless if I'd be using it in 1080p all the time. Like to hear from people who have one I get they are pretty but does that drastically change you user experience during daily tasks like web browsing and streaming? And in a good way I can see it hurting stuff like web surfing more so than helping. Would like to know thanks!
 
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Intel will be releasing HQ variants of the Skylake mobile CPUs in September. As to when laptops using the HQ model CPUs...that is unknown.

Personally I don't care for a touchscreen. If I buy a laptop that comes with one, then fine, but I will not go out of my way to specifically look for a touchscreen on my laptop. 4K is nice I suppose, but forget out playing games at that resolution. Even on a desktop you will need a pretty high end rig with two powerful GPUs to games at that resolution. Sure text and pictures will look sharp, but 1080p is still fine for me, and it will use less power than a 4K screen for better battery life.

Intel will be releasing HQ variants of the Skylake mobile CPUs in September. As to when laptops using the HQ model CPUs...that is unknown.

Personally I don't care for a touchscreen. If I buy a laptop that comes with one, then fine, but I will not go out of my way to specifically look for a touchscreen on my laptop. 4K is nice I suppose, but forget out playing games at that resolution. Even on a desktop you will need a pretty high end rig with two powerful GPUs to games at that resolution. Sure text and pictures will look sharp, but 1080p is still fine for me, and it will use less power than a 4K screen for better battery life.

 
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It depends on what you need the cpu to do. Skylake is more focused on power whereas broadwell is focused more on battery life.

As for touchscreen I would avoid them as you will not likely use it on a 15 inch screen. Only 13 or smaller is useful to have a touchscreen due to their size.

As for 4k apart from being able to view 4k content which is rare there is no point in having it. Unless you have very good eyesight and can tell the difference between resolutions I would stick with 1080p.