There are other ones that fit the bill like the Alienware, ACER, & MSI.

The lower end ASUS don't have the T3 connector.
MSI Dominator - http://a.co/cIPrPJi
Price $1500
ACER Predator - Link: http://a.co/60SFbgP
Price $1365
Alienware - Link: http://a.co/aWWBKDk
Price $1600

ASUS seems to have taken out the T3 connector and only have Type C 3.1 USB, 10 for USB 3.1 VS 40 for T3, be aware it is the SAME connector for both.
If you see the side and it is a Type C connector look for the Lighting bolt symbol. That is the easiest way to tell if they are using it as a T3 connector.

Good Luck and let us know how you make out.

Rich Shumaker

The ASUS store only list four (4) ROG laptops with Thunderbolt 3. The lowest cost one, ASUS ROG G752VY-DH78K Intel i7 2.7GHz 64GB Memory 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD GTX980M 8GB Thunderbolt 3 starts at $2799.00.

As RichShumaker pointed out, might want to look at other brands.

This ASUS laptop came up on the This and That FB Page
Link: http://a.co/eY0clHn
Price $2399

And that led me to this model
ASUS - Link: http://a.co/4fUeDom
Price $1625
Here is the details that you need to find and sometimes they bury in the specs.
Extensive Connectivity
The well-equipped G752VM with onboard Intel Thunderbolt technology gives you single-cable data and signal transmission rates of up to 40Gbits/s – four times the bandwidth of USB 3.1. ROG G752VM gives you both Intel Thunderbolt and USB 3.1 Type-C for increased compatibility with your various devices.

Both Models have T3 and are from ASUS.

ASUS has an amazing $999 laptop except no T3 and that made me sad as it was really good otherwise.
Since I mentioned it here is the link - REMEMBER NO T3 on this one and it is only a 1050ti - Link: http://a.co/8Mv1WzJ

I am glad I was able to find them as I had seen them before but I couldn't find them when I wanted too.

Good Luck in your Laptop search and let us know what you go with and how you make out.

Rich Shumaker

This particular model, doesn't have a thunderbolt3 port.

I think the issue with specifying a "GL502VM" is that Asus varies the specifications in different countries. I buy Asus through a UK distributor so asked about the GL502VM and the only model they had listed was one with an i5 7300 CPU and Type C USB3.1 GEN2 Thunderbolt. (Asus UK GL502VM)

@ castfeeder

"how do we add images to forum posts?"

You need to use a third party image sharing site (link to always on server), and use the embed code.
I like to use imgr.com, but there are many others or perhaps you have your own.


Ice

Here is a laptop that would make a great entry level vMix production machine.
For $850 it has a 1050ti 4GB and an i5 not an i7 and NO T3 only USB 3.0 not even 3.1.
http://shop.lenovo.com/u...eries/y520/#galleryVideo
This system seems to be a great balance of low cost high power.

I would recommend you you swap out the 5400RPM drive for an M.2 drive for speed.
That could cost a few $100 at least.
Also dropping in 8GB more RAM would be cool also probably another $100.
Both of these could be done at a later time and not the first day.
Also if you have an old 2.5" SSD you could swap that right away.

It does have 3 USB 3.0 ports and could potentially do at least 2 maybe 3 cameras.
Gigabit LAN makes it great for NDI as well.

The hunt continues, heheh.

Honestly if I had several $1000 laying around I could see this as being a huge vMix test bed opportunity.
Also any content producers would find these laptop reviews helpful as if it is good at vMix then it would be good to create content.
I am sure the encode times for YouTube videos on the i5 would not be amazing but not horrible at the same time.

Thanks everyone for checking out this post.

Rich Shumaker

To me the Modern 10 series laptops only limitation is the # of simultaneous video I/O, with T3 it is 4 HD inputs or outputs based on other threads I have read as it has the speed of an X4 PCI port. The video inputs and outputs are the only place a dedicated PC will always beat a modern 10 series laptop. Keep reading for more details on this 'idea/theory' of mine.

I agree laptops are limited by space and heat dissipation. Which is the reason I think they are using M.2 more than the desktop MB were. Now desktop MB have more M.2 then they did when I first wrote this. Everyone noticed just how fast M.2 is and they are making sure to put it on the MB as standard SSD's are slow compared to M.2. We are seeing more an more MB with multiple M.2 slots on the board itself.

Of course Motherboards or Mainboards have PCI expansion and therefore can add more M.2 except at the time I write this no one has created a 4 M.2 X16 PCI board or even a 2 M.2 X8 card. The PCI boards that have 2 M.2 slots are actually only 1 M.2(Fast Speed) and 1 basically throttled port(same speed I think as SSD) it is an X4 PCI card. FYI this is what I have in my old PC right now and it is blazingly fast. So in a standard MB X8 X8 X4 configuration you can get a graphics card a capture card and only 1 M.2 PCI card. If you MB has 1 M.2 on the MB then 1 MB M.2 + 1 PCI Card = 2 which is the same as the laptop listed below. So it is not completely 'true' that a desktop can have more M.2 then a laptop. If you have 0 M.2 on the Mainboard then you will have less than the Alienware 15 R3 unless you don't need a graphics card or a capture card and load up on 3 PCI M.2 cards.

The Alienware 15R3 laptops have 3 M.2 slots. 2 for SSD's and 1 for the Wifi. Not sure if the wifi is fast enough for a hard drive instead of wifi/bluetooth combo card.

Honestly for size and power the current batch of laptops is pretty awesome as you don't give up graphics performance and some included T3. T3 is not common on MB and I think that is because you can always use PCI cards with them. I have been crunching the numbers on desktop MB and here it goes you get 1 graphics card(X8), 1 capture card(X8), 1 PCI M.2 card(X4) and then you can't have any X1 cards. It all comes down to the Motherboards as that is the make it or break it when building a system if it beats the laptops.

Like I said I have been pretty impressed by the 10 series laptops and because they exist the desktop systems are much lower in price and much more powerful then ever. $799 for a 1060 desktop PC is common and WOW the power.
Final note Yuan makes M.2 capture cards and I think that Magewell is going to have them as well if they don't already.

Rich Shumaker