Question Insight on Laptop Comparison

[qwiktune]

I'm looking to do some mobile graphic design work. I'm not too concerned about the weight so I've been looking at Gaming Laptops around $800 budget. I've landed on two that I'm wondering which might be the better choice. The Acer is a certified reman at around $700 and the Dell will be about $800 (new). Both have the same amount of memory (16gb) and drive space but being upgradeable i'm not too concerned with those specs, more so CPU and GPU and inputs.

Acer Predator - 16" Laptop Intel Core i5-13500HX with RTX 4050 GPU
vs
Dell G15 Ryzen 7 7840HS with RTX4060

I believe the display is slightly better on the Acer and it has the RGB keyboard (though not ness a need but having the keyboard at least light up might be nice in lower light situations). I'd also be interested in C Ports that can extend to dual displays when I have it for home use. I guess future proof vs pricing is my question as far as the better choice here.

 

[geofelt]

Read reviews of each candidate on a review site such as notebook review.

 

[Rokinamerica]

Notebook review closed down in 2022. there is a minimal replacement called NotebookTalk, but it is pretty dead.

Edited to correct website name

 

[qwiktune]

Read reviews of each candidate on a review site such as notebook review.

I've done a bit of reviewing already and have an idea, but still torn. I'm wondering the thoughts of someone who might know more than I beyond just the basic specs and maybe more what I may have a better experience with between the two architectures

 

[hotaru.hino]

Notebook review closed down in 2022. there is a minimal replacement called Notebook Check, but it is pretty dead.

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If you're talking about https://www.notebookcheck.net/, they're pretty active unless this Notebook Review was pumping out a dozen articles a day or something.

 

[Rokinamerica]

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If you're talking about https://www.notebookcheck.net/, they're pretty active unless this Notebook Review was pumping out a dozen articles a day or something.

The person I responded to talked about Notebook Review, which was a very strong forum from at least 2008 until recently. It was replaced by NotebookTalk.net, not Notebookcheck.net (my fault for not verifying).

I edited my post earlier to show correct name of site I was thinking of.

 

[qwiktune]

I'd also be open to suggestion if anyone has any. Trying to stay around $800 or less

 

[whynotme]

If you're doing heavy graphic design work, you're going to want something like a ThinkPad Mobile Workstation, like a P series. They won't be in your budget, but that's really want you'll want for that kind of work.