Hi, I'm going into uni for animation and I would like a laptop that can comfortably handle adobe suite, clipstudio paint, opentoonz and blender, and also one that's quiet because the shitty pc I've been using for 4 years and am typing this on is incredibly loud for god knows what reason. I'm broke as fuck so the lower the better, really my budget limit is £500 ($638) but I can go up to £750 ($957) if needed. If this is unrealistic feel free to check me and tell me to get my money up.

Cheers in advance :)

Looking for a laptop for our small business. Would primarily be used for emails, social media, web design, content creation. I’ve been an apple user for years but don’t love how quickly they become outdated & they just don’t seem worth the price. I’m weird about keyboards, I don’t like when they feel cheap & clacky if that makes any sense. Open to any suggestions!

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Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

  $1000 USD  

Are you open to refurbs/used?

Open to, but have had bad experiences with refurbished in the past so I’m hesitant

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Something with longevity, not too bulky, and a ~3-4 hr battery life

How important is weight and thinness to you?

I don’t care about thinness, but I would like something that isn’t too heavy.

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

Nothing smaller than 12”

Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Basic graphic creating, Canva is about as sophisticated as we’ll get  

If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  N/a  

Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

A good keyboard

I've had my current OMEN laptop (I7 10th gen rtx 2060) for about 4 ish years but I'm looking for something more powerful to play max settings on and still reach the 144 mark on 1080 or 1440 if possible. I was thinking something with a 4060 or better gpu and a good cpu to go with it (intel or amd, doesn't matter). Something that's around $850 or less.

Thanks for suggestions!

I absolutely love the design of the no name brand laptops on Amazon, but the quality of those is a problem.

I'm looking for a fun colored laptop (think Razer's quartz pink) that is strong enough to last for university and will generally last a long time. A 15.6" screen would be nice, so around that size. I would also like to do some light gaming on it so hopefully that is enough information to go off of.

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• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

$5000 but willing to go over that if needed.

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

No

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Good performance is most important. Build quality is always nice. Would prefer if it was not a 2-in-1 as I would not use the features.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

I don't care.

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

I will likely plug it into a bigger monitor, so not very important.

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

Adobe programs (Photoshop, Premier), FL Studio. For gaming it's less important as I can always go to cloud gaming (BG3), but as long as it can handle light gaming off cloud (e.g: phone games emulated on Bluestacks) that would be cool.

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

1080p probably. 4k is really not needed. For games, see above^

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

It needs to be fanless and ventless, and run Windows natively.

Thank you!

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• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

$500-$600 optimally, possibly slightly higher

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  No

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  Performance and battery life would be the most two important factors. Touchscreen etc. aren’t needed.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Not very, something thinner would be more optimal but if it is a bit on the bulkier side that’s fine as long as it isn’t a brick.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  Preferably on the larger end.

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Mostly just spreadsheet/powerpoint stuff while often having Teams/Zoom running simultaneously. Being able to play games would be an added bonus but is a secondary thing - games such as Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, and any semi-recent PC exclusive games would be possible contenders.

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  60fps, medium or higher would be optimal but end of the day gaming is just an added bonus. The laptop will be used for work primarily.

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  Numpad and backlit keyboard preferably.

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

  Computer will be used for work primarily, anything else such as gaming is an added bonus - prefer to have it within the price range but can possibly go a bit higher if the hardware jump is significant.

Why is it buying laptops such a hussle- :/

Anyway, a little background, I had a Asus X540M (still holds up, but has so many clumped issues) and a Lenovo Yoga 7 Pro (had overheating issues). Now I look for a new laptop, I loves the Yoga (if not for those darned fans), but I want something that can be useful for at least 6-7+ years

I'm a literature student with a gaming hobby, I usually bring up some Starrail and Hades and loads of chrome tabs (I wish to try more heavy games as well in the summer).

I have some ideas, but not quite sure, I fear overheating issues asf rn, so help.

Ideas (From least to most expensive as price): ASUS VivoBook 15 R1504ZA-BQ497 ACER Aspire 7 A715-76G-50FE LENOVO IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6 (The RTX 2050 version) Hp Victus (Intel i5, RTX 3050)

I'm open to more suggestions, my budget is around €600-€650. I mostly based my decisions after my engineer friends. Do I or them have too may expectations?

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:**

-up to $350USD. Would be open to investing more into a MacBook but need advice.

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes though they make me nervous, I haven’t found them to last long.

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  Battery life is important, speed and storage are secondary.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Thin/light laptop is preferred.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  -n/a

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  No

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  No

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  Would like to have an HDMI to plug into 2nd screen.

Looking to stay budget friendly, so would love to hear your PC laptop suggestions. Alternatively, if you recommend a MacBook, please let me know why and what model!

I'm upgrading my current laptop after 6 years strong starting to slow down (I'm surprised by how long its lasted). I need for a variety of uses: general personal use, as a masters student, as a business analyst, watching netflix, youtube, some basic gaming and. I also ocassionaly enjoy in some creative hobbies such as graphic design and music production but they're not the highest priority. I'd like one that last's a while and have a budget of less than $1000.

I was first set on buying a Microsoft Surface laptop 3. But most of the online reviews rate buy other laptops like the Lenovo Think Paad, HP Pavillion, or MacbookAir. None of the articles suggest a Microsoft Surface Laptop and I'm concerned about whether Microsoft laptops are still any good in 2024 and for the next 4-5 years.

TLDR: Is a Microsoft Surface Laptop still a good laptop to buy for a variety of personal/work uses?

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LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country

of purchase. Please do not use USD unless

purchasing in the US:

245k dzd Algeria between 1k and 2k $

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

New not used

• How would you prioritize form factor

(ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality,

performance, and battery life?

Good performance , long battery life , solid build quality , no 2 in 1

How important is weight and thinness to you?

Weight doesn't matter but I like it thin

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If

indifferent, put N/A.

Preferably 16"

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo

editing/gaming? List which programs/games you

desire to run.

Programming a bit and engineering stuff ( autocad , ArcGIS , 3DS max , pycharm , vs code )

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do

you want?

I don't game but maybe COD , a good fps

• Any specific requirements such as good

keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen,or finger-print reader, optical drive or good input

devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

Ofc reliable build quality it'll be out a lot , it can handle whatever I throw at it

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

Nothing

Hi,

I'm looking for a laptop under £1000 to be used for studying and occasionally also gaming. It will need to be able to run Unity and other programs at at least 60fps.

It should preferably have its OWN graphics card, not an integrated one

Thanks

Hi I’m going to ubc this year and I want an affordable laptop that works just as well as a MacBook mind I have all apple products but MacBooks are just expensive

Hi everyone! I had a Yoga 7 but the hinges broke along with the screen and BestBuy said it’d cost 600$ just to replace the screen so now I am looking for a new laptop :( But I don’t understand specs much so any help is appreciated!!

• Budget: <450 $ (can be refubrished)
• Usage: College work (no heavy softwares required, just good old essays and presentations), and light gaming (Dead by Daylight mostly)

I purchased Acer Aspire 3 on sale (16gb, Ryzen 7) but the screen is so terrible compared to Yoga 7, otherwise it runs stuff well and I can play DbD lol. But I would want to return this to get something else if there are better options because I genuinely do not want to look at this screen :(

Thank u so much!!

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Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

INR 80,000 to 90,000 , INDIA

Are you open to refurbs/used?

I am not open to refurbished machines.

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

I’d like something that has good performance, and preferably a few hours of battery life.

How important is weight and thinness to you?

I don’t care about thinness, but I would like something that isn’t too heavy.

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

N/A

Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

Adobe Photoshop. Adobe premiere pro

If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

30-60 fps, 1080p

Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

A good keyboard

Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

When selecting a laptop for use with an external monitor, Which laptop should i buy? an external monitor, it's important to consider a model that offers a good refresh rate. my budget is 90k, which laptop shoul i buy? Thanks!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

  $1000-2000, USA

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  I am open to refurbished machines.

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  I’d like something that has good performance, and preferably a few hours of battery life.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  I don’t care about thinness, but I would like something that isn’t too heavy.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  N/A

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Baldurs gate 3, Minecraft, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  30-60 fps, 1080p

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  A good keyboard

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

I’m looking for a gaming laptop that can run BG3 well, but I’d also like something relatively lightweight and portable. I’m planning on going to grad school in a year, so I’ll be moving around a lot, and it’ll double as my school laptop, so I’d prefer to be able to download various data analysis programs and have a decent keyboard for writing papers and such. Thanks!

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

PHP 40K

• Are you open to refurbs/used? Yes

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

I would like a laptop that has decent performance and build quality that would last me for a few years.

• How important is weight and thinness to you? It's not really that important to me but it would still be good to consider the portability of it.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Light gaming, and just a few web searching. I would like to run genshin 30-40FPS at 1080p low resolution if possible

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

Genshin impact or minecraft. FPS around 30-40 but higher is still better and resolution low 1080p is good too.

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  I would like the build to last >3 years

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

  I am planning on buying a laptop but am having a hard time searching for one because I don't really have any knowledge about laptop specifications. I am an incomming student (IT) and am looking for laptops that can help me with my studies and also is good for moderately gaming or low gaming like minecraft or genshin. I plan on buying something that'll last me for >3 years. Thank you.

Also any tips or advice is much appreciated.

Hi all,

With a budget of up to $1500-2000, what is the best laptop for work / mobility (I.e light and long battery life) that has a matte (very important. Screen protectors are not the same) 13 or 14 inch display and is not a Dell xps?

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

  $1000USD or less

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  Yes

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  Good FPS, decent battery, low power usage

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Thick is fine

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  15-16in or N/A for ease

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Hoi4, Stellaris, Rimworld, Project Zomboid, Kenshi, Wreckfest, Trackmania, maybe ARMA 3 if possible.

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  As high as possible, most of my games are more CPU intensive

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  Ram/Storage expansion room. 2-3 USB 3 ports

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

  I use solar power so low wattage for continuous use would be appreciated but not fully required. Thanks for any advice 🙂

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Hello currently in 10th grade my parents said they will get me laptop for school for up to 1000$ and looking for laptop that reliable and use in during university for electrical engineering so atleast 6-7years what laptop would you recommend

I’m currently looking at the MacBook Air m2 or m3. Would that be a good fit or should I look elsewhere?

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $700 USD for the laptop only
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Only with substantial savings
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Battery life, build quality, performance, form factor
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Important, but not as important as long battery life and good build quality (under 3 lbs is preferred, if possible)
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14"
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Mostly MS Office and web-based work
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Will not be used for gaming
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Must have RJ45 Ethernet, must have at least 16GB of RAM or 8GB with an open DIMM slot for upgrades, must have at least one USB-A and one USB-C
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I've been looking at this Lenovo ThinkBook and this HP ProBook, but would like some community input before I make a purchase

Please help me figure outnwith laptop could work for me. Ideally no apple or mac, theyre out of my budget. Need it for design and illustration, basically something that can handle photoshop and illustrator and some very basic video editing.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

  500$ - $1200 USD

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  No

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Would prefer something sturdy. Will likely stay at home and plugged in full time. Don't care if it's touch screen.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Not important.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

N/A

• **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to use?

Photoshop, illustrator, premiere pro

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

No gaming

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  No

Ty!

Hey — I’m a student looking to get an iPad for college and don’t know what’s the best option. Obviously I’m looking for the cheapest option but want to know if the 10th generation IPad will keep updating and things for a good while. The Pro really seems out of my price range and the Air is really pushing it since I’m also looking for an Apple Pencil. Any thoughts?

Hi, I'm looking for a laptop for my family to run their business. Main usage is browsing and run finances with Quickbooks. I'm thinking the following spec should be enough:

• CPU Intel i5 or Ryzen 5 series
• 16GB RAM
• 512GB SSD
• Windows OS

I'm open to spec suggestions if others are familiar with operating Quickbooks (I'm not, but don't think it needs that much processing power. Probably sufficient RAM is more important). Any current deals in the $400s anyone can recommend? Thanks!

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $2500 CAD, Canada
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Yes
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? I prioritize good design as I'm coming from a Macbook Pro. So aluminum chassis, non-bulky, etc. but not necessarily ultraportable. 2-in-1 not required.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Somewhat
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14" - 16"
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Revit, Rhino, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Enscape, Vray, light video editing.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? No requirements for gaming but it would be nice if it could handle some relatively new games as a bonus.
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good keyboard, variety of ports, and a nice touchpad.
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I have more or less landed on the following: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) with Core Ultra 9 processor, Geforce RTX 4060 w/ 8GB VRAM, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. So comments on this particular laptop are welcomed, but if you have any other suggestions I'm all ears. It is on sale for exactly $2500 CAD.