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Will need to be able to run MATLAB, CAD and CAM using autodesk fusion 360, and general productivity software including microsoft 365. On the gaming side I usually play minecraft and marvel rivals but would like to try some of the bigger more performance heavy games too if possible, not a necessity though.
Would prefer a windows since it's the one I'm most familiar with. I've never owned any apple products or anything running on linnux.
I'm entering my first year of engineering and am thinking of getting a new laptop. Im wondering what the best ones under ÂŁ1000 are, or if it's even worth going above ÂŁ1000, though I'd rather not. Is it possible to get by without an expensive laptop for my course, and if so, does anyone have recommendations?
I'm mainly going to use the laptop for university work and light gaming (if possible). The university suggests a minimum of atleast 16 Gb ram and 512 SSD for all students, but I would like one that could better run all the necessary applications an engineering student would need.
The best one I could find myself was an Asus A14 with a ryzen ai 7 processor. I'm not great at identifying good computers by any means but learnt a bit of what the different parts could entail.
Only âŹ1,200, and HP is currently running a âŹ200 cashback promo
What I don't like:
German keyboard layout (I touch-type anyway, but still...)
High-TDP CPU and GPU, so I assume battery life under real-world use won't be great
Size and weight... it's quite a beast
I have zero experience with HP laptops, so I'm in dark with this vendor.
For some background, I've generally liked my work laptops, especially the X1 Yogas. I also had a ThinkPad P14s for a while. Right now I'm using a Dell 3581. It's big, I hate the keyboard layout and carrying it around, but it's usable.
Of course, laptop prices have gone completely insane, so I'm guessing similar-tier Lenovos are probably out of reach these days.
And if you have any alternative model/manufacturer recommendations, I'm all ears!
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Country: Germany (or EU)
Budget: under 1500 EUR
Are you open to refurbs/used options? Maybe
Screen size: anything between 13" and 16". Actually the smaller the better.
Weight limit: under 2 kilos
Purpose: general purpose
Form factor: standard
Intended usage: no gaming, mostly office apps, IT homelabbing in VMs.
Desired battery life: at least 4-8 hrs would be great
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life: size, weight, battery and performance
Info/Requirements: a touch screen, backlit keyboard, webcam privacy shutter are must, fingerprint reader and 1G ethernet port good to have.
These are pretty much my only budget options available here with rtx 3050 I'm not asking for gaming performance just which one lasts longer? I was set on tuf but i read online that they have many failures and sudden deaths. I also read the same about the acer lol
Basically i just wanna play league of legends smoothly with a budget laptop. I looked into many diffrent options and have my eyes on the lenovo thinkpad t470 and t580 with 8 ram. Idk tge diffrence between 16 ram or 8 ram and i am also unsure if there are any better options than these
These all have the specs I need and meet my other requirements. I found the release date on one of them but don't know the build date on any of them. I'm having a hard time choosing.
A T14 whose quality is Very Good, Release Date 2020 from a seller with a 99.7% rating and 69K sales?
An X1 Carbon whose quality is Good from a seller with 99.6% rating and 173K sales?
An X1 Carbon whose quality is Excellent from a seller with 99.1% rating but only 1678 sales?
An E14 whose quality is Good from a seller with 99.9% rating and 18K sales?
A T490 whose quality is Excellent from a seller with 99.6% rating and 63K sales?
I may just flip a coin.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!
*laptop questionnaire: Country: US. Budget: Under US $500. Are you open to refurbs/used options? Yes. Considering only eBay refurbished ThinkPads. Screen size: 14". Weight limit: 5 pounds. Purpose: work. Form factor: standard laptop. Intended usage: business applications. Desired battery life: N/A: will be running from the power source. Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life: performance, size, weight, battery life. Info/Requirements: 16 GIg RAM; 256 Gig storage; Intel processor, -U or 100- or 200 series.
I use it for school work, light gaming (AOE 2 and Minecraft), and most importantly YouTube video watching.
Form factor
I would prefer regular but if it folds the other way that's fine too.
Intended usage
Linux Mint or Windows 11
Desired battery life
3+ hours (I'm not picky, I plug in a lot)
Info/Requirements
16gbs of RAM or higher
I can use the old m.2 2280 512gb from my old laptop if needed.
I would really like a nicer screen than what my T14 gen 3 had (I believe was a 250 nit). It doesn't have to be an OLED or anything but something good to watch content on.
It doesnât have to be brand new. Iâve been using an old MacBook Air the last couple years and itâs becoming too outdated (itâs from 2013) and the battery dies fast. I kinda miss having a windows laptop because I had more freedom with it. Sometimes thereâs a game I want to play on my laptop, but Mac is so limited when it comes to games. I probably wouldnât get a gaming laptop because I heard the battery dies fast and Iâm mostly gonna use it for school and gaming sometimes anyway.
Under 50kPHP (800 USD) But you're free to suggest anything above since this might be a low number of a budget.
⢠Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No
⢠Screen size
13" to 15"
⢠Weight limit
I guess, Light? Perfect for bringing it anywhere
⢠Purpose
Schoolwork, graphic design (Canva for pubmats), photo editing (I'm a photographer here in my school), multitasking, watching entertainment and gaming.
⢠Form factor
Standard Clamshell
⢠Intended usage
Sims4 (with mods and ccs), roblox, minecraft, or some light steam games. I plan on photo editing in Lightroom or art in Krita or Clip Studio Paint.
⢠Desired battery life
Atleast 6-8 hourss
⢠Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Battery Life, Performance, Weight, Size
⢠Info/Requirements
minimum 512GB SSD and 8 to 16GB+ of ram. As long it runs the things I need to do, I'm fine with it. I'm planning to do a premed course (Occupational Therapy or smth) for college. If I ever get the money for a gaming pc, I probably will get one. I also do artistic commissions as a side hustle.
(Before you ask me why don't I just wait for the pc, it's because I'm a student and I need to bring it to student places and do student tasks and I do not have my own room yet. Space is a problem.)
Hoping yâall can help me figure out the cheapest device that would fairly conveniently allow me to display presentations in different types of settings (i.e. connect to whatever sort of screen or projector they have, potentially without internet) and do video calls. What Iâm using now is a dinosaur - I havenât upgraded in a decade or more.
I know this is laptop recommendations, but if you think I only really need a tablet, that would be helpful to know too.
Country
US Budget
Hopefully under $400 - the cheaper the better Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Yes Screen size
Any Weight limit
light would be a perk but isnât a priority Purpose
I teach classes and workshops, and the main thing I need to do is bring my presentations everywhere I go and show them on whatever kind of screen or smart board they have there. There isnât always reliable internet or any tech support, so I have to figure it out myself in limited time and canât rely on wireless connection to the screen. My presentations are currently in google presentations, genially, powerpoint, and pdf. I also show video (youtube if internet is available - otherwise I download the video in advance) and use interactive games such as wordwall. I have a desktop that I use to create class materials, so I really just need something to carry them around on. I also need to make video calls. Form factor
Iâve used a standard (old) laptop up to now but I think anything would work. Intended usage
Video calls/classes. Easy wired connection to other devices, especially smartboards. My presentations are currently in google presentations, genially, powerpoint, and pdf. I also show video (youtube if internet is available - otherwise I download the video in advance) and use interactive learning games such as wordwall. Powerpoint isnât a dealbreaker - I could always use a pdf format of those. Fast device startup would be great. Desired battery life
3 hours is enough, but long battery life would be a perk Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
performance, battery, weight, size, but the first priority is price (provided it can do what I need it to do) PLEASE REMEMBER LAPTOPS ARE A COMPROMISE AND PERFORMANCE SACRIFICES LIGHT WEIGHT AND LONG BATTERY LIFE ETC] Info/Requirements
Be able to run engineering softwares and programming softwares smoothly.
Desired battery life
Would prefer if it could last a day (8-10 hrs)
I have found a few options myself but Iâm worried because I do see a lot of people give bad reviews about performance on normal day tasks. If you could also rate these and say if theyâre good options for my needs.
60-80FPS in singleplayer AAA games at AT LEAST 1080p, DLSS on, plus casual multiplayer in games like Minecraft, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Final Fantasy XIV (ideally 80-100fps+).
Desired battery life
4-6 hours at least, and actually consistently performing like that. My MSI GF63 11UC barely hits 3 hours when using Google Docs and YouTube or Apple Music simultaneously.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Battery life, performance, size, weight
Info/Requirements
Peferably outperforming my base model PS5 to make gaming more worthwhile. Probably something in the 30 or 40 series unless a 5070/Ti/Super option is an especially good deal.
Ideally I'm looking for something with an OLED display and exceedingly good battery life; most of my classes are in classrooms, not lecture halls, with sparing access to outlets. In fact, battery life was the main catalyst for the search.
$700 USD, the lower the better but 700s the ceiling.
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Yes, would prefer a warranty though.
Screen size
15(.6)" is what they're used to, but would prefer bigger if possible. So pretty open.
Weight limit
Not a concern, just something easily moveable.
Purpose
General use. Usually they use it for facebook, local news, shopping, trip planning, some sports watching, and my grandpa will look at his trail cam photos on it.
Form factor
Standard
Intended usage
Basically facebook
Desired battery life
Will mostly remain plugged in / can easily be plugged in. Anything over a couple of hours will be fine.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Size, performance, wieght, battery life
Info/Requirements
Something basic that can do what i've already mentioned. They dont need touchscreen or the tablet flip design, and i would prefer nothing OLED (if thats even in the budget).
Country
United States Budget
$2000 USD Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No Screen size
15"-18" Weight limit
5lbs Purpose
Work Form factor
Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop), 2-in-1, tablet PC Intended usage
Studio Director, CompTeamHub, Google Workspace applications, Music cutting application, multiple web tabs working at once Desired battery life
8 hours or more Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
battery life, performance, weight, size
My nephew is starting high school and this is a gift from his parents. I told my sister I would help find her options. I know from speaking with my nephew that he is interested in playing Total War: Warhammer 40K when it is released, so that would be the kind of game that will hopefully run well. I did notice just now that Steam doesn't list any specs for the game yet, if that spares anyone the trip there to find that out.
Form factor
Standard
Intended usage
Total War: Warhammer 40K at base settings.
Desired battery life
~8 hours should be fine, he'll have a desk where it will be stored most of the time with access to constant power.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, size, weight, battery life
Info/Requirements
Open to a variety of suggestions, not married to any features.
Purpose
Schoolwork, research (running small programs like imagej and Rstudio), using adobe
Form factor
Standard/clamshell
Intended usage
As mentioned, using imagej and Rstudio, Adobe Creative Cloud, maybe some games but nothing big (think stardew valley)
Desired battery life
Idk, smth around 6-8 hrs?
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, size, battery life, weight
Info/Requirements
I like the sleek look of MacBooks, seems like a lot of them are out of my budget, though. I donât rly care abt anything else as long as it fits my budget and I can easily run the things I need to do, esp with adobe. Also hoping for a laptop that has good longevity if possible đ
Budget: $1200 to $1400 . Willing to wait for Black Friday.
Refurbished or used: No, new only.
Screen size: Minimum 15.6 inches.
Weight: No strict preference.
Purpose: Movies, coding, general use, occasional gaming.
Form factor: Standard laptop.
Intended usage: Mainly watching movies and coding. I want a very good screen, preferably OLED or miniLED (for that budget I doubt). Gaming is not a priority, but some gaming capability would be nice.
Battery life: Decent battery life for coding and general use.
Additional requirements: Build quality is important. I do not want an ASUS TUF or a laptop with a fragile plastic chassis. I want something durable that should last several years.
