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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Hi Stephen!</p>
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<pre class="western">And what about 4K? I would hope to keep any new laptop I buy going
for at least the 8 years I got out of the GT70, so does that mean I
should be getting one with a 4K screen? Or at least one that can do
4K on its HDMI port? Currently, I do not have any 4K screens, and TV
here in New Zealand is only 1080i. And I do not do Netflix or other
subscription TV that has a 4K option. So deinterlacing is very
important, but 4K not so much yet.</pre>
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I tend to look ahead when making purchases; maybe you don’t have 4K
now, New Zealand broadcast services don’t offer 4K, but probably
eventually will. I’d lean towards getting the 4K option, unless
priced out of range. Can’t swap graphic cards in laptops nearly as
easily like one can in desktops.
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<pre class="western"><blockquote type="cite"><pre class="western">I am thinking that 17" is overkill and 15" is probably fine, but 17"
has worked well for when we are away on holiday and two people are
watching at the same time.</pre></blockquote>
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If you want a happy vacation (and life) stick with the 17”
screen! :)
Plus you’re getting older and will appreciate the slightly larger
display (easier to see without reaching for the reading glasses).</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">One thing that
soured me on AMD in my last desktop build was skimping on the
heatsink. The “AMD approved” heatsink/fan combo that came with
the CPU was barely adequate for cooling under near-idle
conditions. Doing normal backups caused overheating to the point
of shutdown. Due to this issue I found AMD expects people to chuck
their supplied
unit in favour of a bigger/proper coolers when building a system.
AMD also is geared towards gamers while Intel (forgot the term but
what I’d considered ‘work’). So makes me wonder if they
“cheat” on desktop units if the same issue with laptops? Not
intended a slam on AMD, but more ‘use the proper tool’, plus a
couple of factoids I was not aware of at the time I made my
purchase.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Barry</p>
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