Laptops best suited for filepro

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The laptop God built:

http://www.amazon.com/G750JZ-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IAACWH6/ref=psdc1_t2_B00IEV85OU_B00IAACWH6

As with every laptop I've ever had, the keyboard sometimes misses a stroke.
I've never had a laptop that didn't, be it DEC, HP, Compaq, Acer, or this
ASUS.  It just comes with the territory.

But this laptop -is- awesome, powerful as hell, and will handle pretty much
anything you throw at it.  I'm hard-pressed to tell it from my home server,
most of the time, which is saying a -lot- for a laptop, if you knew my
server specs.

I've never seen a laptop with the usual 6-block for Home..PgDn.  This has
them arrayed across the top-right row.  Full numpad works great.  The
keyboard is standard sized horizontally, not compressed like some.
Vertically, the function keys (and Insert, et al) are shorter than the rest
of the keys.  But they do not require a secondary keypress.  Specialty
keypresses are for non-standard functionality.

The touchpad can be turned off via Fn keypress.

Word of warning:  The laptop is thicker than most, and I only know of one
case which holds it.  Do not even start to think that a standard 17.3"
case will hold it.  It's built like a tank, though, so the need for a
case is situational, dependent upon your use case.  If you need the case
recommendation, I can tell you that this is what you want:

http://www.amazon.com/Everki-Advance-Laptop-Bag-EKB407NCH17/dp/B005N8J0P0/ref=pd_sim_147_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TD0A1SX6CZ286SKGRF1

Fits the laptop -and- a cooling tray, plus a cartload of adapters, cables,
mice, and other gear.

There's a lower end ASUS I could recommend.  Built solidly, but nowhere
near the performance of this one.  This is plain consumer-grade, not
gamer-grade.  The keyboard is also not backlit on this one, but I believe
it to be the same actual keyboard layout and assembly:

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-K751MA-DS21TQ-17-3-Inch-Touchscreen-Laptop/dp/B00S43PS1G/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t

Both of those are really pretty much best-in-class for resources:cost
at their respective levels.  Look at the RAM counts, then try pricing
similar specs.  Luck finding anything even -close- to the first one from
Dell/Alienware for under $5k.  Won't happen, given the i7 and the 24GB.
You don't even break 8GB until $5k+ with Dell/Alienware - most are still
4GB up to that price range.

mark->

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 09:56:54PM -0400, Mike Fedkiw via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> My filepro is setup so f10 is the save key and esc is the break key. I also use most of the other f-keys along with page up, page down and the home key within lots of my programs.
> 
> The first issue I see when looking at available laptops is the how the f-key work. It would be nice if you could just toggle them on instead of having to push a separate button along with the f-keys to activate it. Arrows that don't have page up, page down and home keys incorporated into them is also a must. And let's not forget the number pad for entering an order or something. 
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help with this. 
> 
> Mike 
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