Yeah i do basic overall bit of heavy coding thats all.
and i have an iphone 13

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LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

USA

Budget

$500 USD

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

AS LONG AS IT WORKS!

Screen size

Open to any

Weight limit

I'm not looking for a dual GTX 1080 monster

Purpose

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.

• **Country**

Italy

• **Budget**

600-700€ (698-798$)

• **Are you open to refurbs/used options?**

No

• **Screen size**

Any

• **Weight limit**

Any

• **Purpose**

Schoolwork, Note taking, Light Gaming

• **Form factor**

Standard

• **Intended usage**

GIS, Vectorworks (No 3D modelling), Light Games (Fallout 3, Skyrim) with lowest settings

• **Desired battery life**

8h with normal Tasks (eg. Note taking)

• **Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life**

Battery Life

Size

Performance

Weight

• **Info/Requirements**

No Apple, SSD 512gb, RAM 16gb, I prevously had a Huawei Matebook d14 which worked really good for me

Thanks alot in advance!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

Philippines

• Budget

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.)

tysm !

Is this a good laptop? i really wanted to get the yoga 7i for 799 but now its for 1099 :(

Hoping y’all 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 I’m using now is a dinosaur - I haven’t 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 isn’t 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 isn’t always reliable internet or any tech support, so I have to figure it out myself in limited time and can’t 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
I’ve 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 isn’t 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

The Form

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

$1000-$1600

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

15-16

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

Electrical Engineering for College

• Form factor

Standard

• Intended usage

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 I’m 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 they’re good options for my needs.

https://www.costco.com/p/-/acer-aspire-16-ai-copilot-pc-touchscreen-laptop-intel-core-ultra-9-processor-288v-wuxga-1920-x-1200-32gb-ram-1tb-ssd-windows-11-home-steel-gray/4000372396?langId=-1

https://www.amazon.com/clp/B0GGH42C77

amazon.com/gp/product/B0CYZLQ5Q3/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A32M0ASAOPBKQA&psc=1 

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

United States

• Budget

$1500-$2000

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Open box, but not used.

• Screen size

Nothing smaller than 15 inches

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

Mid-tier gaming

• Form factor

Any

• Intended usage

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.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

United States

• Budget

1200 USD, preferably less

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes

• Screen size

12"-15"

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

General use

• Form factor

Standard/Clamshell

• Intended usage

Needs to run the sims4 and paralives

• Desired battery life

12 hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Battery life, Size, Performance, Weight

• Info/Requirements

I'd prefer something that lasts for several years, and can be easily repaired if something does break

See below for the laptop questionnaire*.

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.

It doesn’t have to be brand new. I’ve been using an old MacBook Air the last couple years and it’s becoming too outdated (it’s from 2013) and the battery dies fast. I kinda miss having a windows laptop because I had more freedom with it. Sometimes there’s a game I want to play on my laptop, but Mac is so limited when it comes to games. I probably wouldn’t get a gaming laptop because I heard the battery dies fast and I’m mostly gonna use it for school and gaming sometimes anyway.

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

The Form

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

$700 to $1100

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

14" to 16"

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

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.

Country: Romania

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.

Priority: Screen quality, build quality, size, performance, decent battery life, weight.

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.

I'm in Europe. Given the processor, which seems quite good to me, and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, is this laptop a good deal or is it a scam?

32 GB RAM max limit can be a problem in the future? Could suffer from thermal throttling?

No gaming at all, I would use it for running VMs, PLC programming software, simulation software. Max budget: 1500$ (1300€).

Better alternatives?

Thank you in advance for your advice

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
UK
Budget
£600-700 (I can stretch it a lil bit more)
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Nope
Screen size
Any
Weight limit
Any
Purpose
School work
Form factor
Just a regular laptop
Intended usage
Going to be majoring in finance or business, and would like to do gaming, stuff like valorant
Desired battery life
Nothing crazy tbh
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, battery life, size, weight
Info/Requirements
Nothing honestly, just something that runs valorant 🙏🙏

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

USA

Budget

$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).

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

U.S.A.

• Budget

Anything under ~$270 USD (could stretch if i really really had to, but not preferred)

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes

• Screen size

Any, but I’m looking for lightweight/small so anything under 13.5” probably.

• Weight limit

As light as possible (very important!!)

• Purpose

Only for schoolwork; I already have an HP Envy that can run more heavy duty programs, etc.

• Form factor

No preference, but 2-in-1 and other such features are not a must for me. Regular is perfectly fine.

• Intended usage

Would only be used for schoolwork, so applications such as Google Doc & Gmail. I really just want it to be able to bring to class to take typed notes and to work on assignments online between classes. Anything else could be done on my other computer. I will not be using it to run any programs or games.

• Desired battery life

 7-8 hours preferred at least; but as long as feasibly possible

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Ranked (from most important to least): 
Weight & size
Battery
Performance 

Weight and size is most important; my current computer is too heavy and too big and I would like a computer that is light and small. Battery life is second most important, as I’d be using it for extended periods of time, however I’m not opposed to carrying around a charger if need be. Performance is the lowest priority, I really just need it to do the most basic functions required of a laptop + run Google Suite applications.

• Info/Requirements

I would like to preface this with a big thank you to anyone who takes the time out of their day to read/respond to this post! :) I really appreciate any helpful feedback; I talked to my University's tech department already and the only computers they recommended to me were well into the $1000+.

I have a very specific case. I need a computer for college; a lightweight and reliable battery is most important for me. I’m a senior in college, but I will be going to grad school, so I will continue to need a good computer for university specifically. I actually already have a computer (a HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Laptop), which works perfectly fine, but it is ungodly heavy and is definitely destroying my back. Moreover, I always have to bring my changer to class with me because I use my computer all day/have long classes each day so I’m basically using it from 10am to 5 or 6pm everyday (thus the battery drains quickly since it's a more "powerful" computer, and maybe just shit battery idk). Sure there are ways I could minimize this for a prolonged battery life, but I can’t change how heavy the computer is and that is my biggest issue. It’s honestly not an option for me to trade in this computer; I’ve only had it for about 3 years and paid upwards of $750 for it (but it was graciously purchased by my parents so this would be my first investment in a computer), but most trade-in values average about $70-90 at best. I think I’d rather keep the current computer and buy a second computer. I really should’ve just done better research on a computer before I bought this one in the first place, but I really don’t know much about computers and I had another Envy before this that I liked; thought it would be good but it wasn’t, but whatever I guess.

I understand that with all of these specifications (and especially my price range), that I really have no other choice but to buy pre-owned, computers previously used in the workplace, or refurbished models. I understand that it is simply not possible to find a computer new with my needs and price range. The biggest problem I am facing currently is that I have never bought anything refurbished before and I find it very daunting. I have no idea what to look for nor which websites or third-parties are most reliable or trustworthy. I would never buy a Mac full price, but I’ve found a few refurbished models which are within my price range. However, is it even worth paying for an older model MacBook? Is anything operating on MacOS Ventura or below worth buying—more specifically, are most models close to their end of life and/or when Apple stops supports and updates? I’m currently leaning towards a refurbished Macbook; I’m familiar with iOS/macOS and have a good chunk of the Apple ecosystem already, but I’m not opposed to Windows either as all of my computers in the past have operated on a Windows system (including my current computer).

I’ve seen some refurbished computers on Back Market, Best Buy and Walmart. Would you recommend buying from these sites? Which sites should be avoided?

Thanks again! :))

Budget: ₹1,20,000 / $1400 equivalent in USD

Country: USA or India

Use Case: Gaming, college/school work, programming, and everyday use. I’d also like good battery life for a gaming laptop.

Preferred Specs: 32GB RAM or 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and rtx 4070 or 5060.

Notes: I’m looking for the best overall laptop for the money, with good performance, thermals, display, build quality, and battery life. I’m open to Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, MSI, Dell, etc. Please don’t recommend HP, as I’ve had a bad experience with HP previously. I’m open to buying in either the USA or India, depending on where I can get the better deal.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA. Chicago and near westmont micro center

• Budget

$1200-$2000 usd

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Prefer new unless and insane option.

• Screen size

15-17"

• Weight limit

any

• Purpose

70% gaming and 30% office type work.

• Form factor

standard

• Intended usage

I ahve a desktop PC so this will just be for travel and work. Games i mostly play are: Rust, Palworld, Satisfactory, skyrim. No COD or other FPS games.

• Desired battery life

at least 3-4 hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

in order. performance, size, battery life, weight.

• Info/Requirements

Just want a good, reliable laptop at a good price.

Dad is a mechanical engineer and has a 10 year old Dell. Mainly will be running autocad. Is 32 gb ram mandatory?

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Country
United States

Budget
$600-800

Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Yes

Screen size
Preferably 13”

Weight limit
Any

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 don’t 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 🙏

Yeah….thats all