The lack of GPU is certainly a issue I can see some people having. As you mention I would happily have one of these laptops (well the r1700) if it came with a GPU that could match the 1070/1080 (so basically a r1700 / 1080 combo...
).
Capping out at 1060 performance is a major opportunity missed.
http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-laptop---17t-gaming-8gb-gfx-1wc87av-1
Or the first AMD Radeon™ RX 580 Graphics (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated) laptop in USA retailing for USD1,600 Ladies and Gents
full specs (the more important ones):
Processor and graphics
Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) + AMD Radeon™ RX 580 Graphics (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Display
17.3" diagonal FHD IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080) with AMD FreeSync™ technology
Memory
16 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
32 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 x 16 GB)
Hard drive
2 TB 5400 rpm SATA; 128 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA; 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
2 TB 5400 rpm SATA; 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA; 512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
So I'd like to see this one with an 8-core Ryzen in time and preferrably 120 Hz 5/3 ms display and 64 GB RAM so I am waiting.
Last but not least , let us see Vega as it is to be retailed by end of August and we may very soon see new GPUs in laptops too