saturnotaku

The IdeaPad 5 Pro in my signature, which is primarily my wife's, came with Windows 11 pre-installed. I've also bought and returned a few laptops that came with it as well. There are still plenty of bugs to be worked out with it, and I really don't like how they've messed with the settings sub-system. For what my wife does, it's fine, but needless to say I was very happy my ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 came with Windows 10 Pro. Speaking of, this was probably the most bloat-free OEM Windows install I've ever seen - no McAfee, not even the stupid pre-installed games that Microsoft likes to put on (eg Candy Crush, etc). The only extra software was the commercial edition of Lenovo Vantage, which allows you to set a specific maximum battery charge instead of the fixed 55-60 percent that you're limited to with the Legion line of laptops.

Thought it would be prudent to have a thread discussing the 2022 refresh for the ROG Zephyrus G15 (GA503) and M16 (GU603) laptops. Links in the previous sentence go to the model lineup and specifications. The ones below are for the M16 that's currently for sale at Best Buy. Core i9 | RTX 3070 Ti | 16 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | $2149.99 Core i7 | RTX 3060 | 16 GB RAM | 512 GB SSD | $1649.99 At MSRP, the 3060 model is coming in cheaper than last year's, which was $1849. Part of this is likely due to the fact that it uses a 1920x1200 165 Hz screen instead of the 2560x1600 one from the 2021 version. The 3070 Ti is another one that can be added to NVIDIA's lie that such laptops would be available for $1500. The overall form factor for both laptops is largely the same as it was last year with the same port layout. The G15 finally gets a webcam, and both have Windows Hello IR support, along with a MUX switch. Half the RAM remains soldered to the motherboard on all models. Note that the $2149 M16 is a 2x8 GB configuration, not 1x16 GB as stated by Asus reps. Best Buy tends to get unique model configurations that you won't find elsewhere so this is something to keep in mind. And now for G15 options and pricing from Best Buy. All have the 6900HS CPU and 2560x1440 165 Hz screen. Sucks that the 3080 model still only has 16 GB of RAM so you're paying a $400 price premium just for the GPU. I'm most intrigued by the 3070 Ti model as it's $150 cheaper than its Intel counterpart. I'm seriously tempted to pick it up, though I'm not entirely thrilled about the prospect of losing my 16:10 aspect ratio screen. Ryzen 9 | RTX 3060 | 8 GB RAM | 512 GB SSD | $1619.99 Ryzen 9 | RTX 3070 Ti | 16 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | $1999.99 Ryzen 9 | RTX 3080 | 16 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | $2399.99

It's not for a few months yet so there's definitely time.

I'm liking what I'm seeing here so far. The bones are taking shape nicely. I do want to ask if this forum will have Tapatalk support. It's not a big deal if it won't. I just need to know if I should renew my subscription when the time comes.