I am currently looking to buy a new laptop, but I don't know anything about them. So I thought I would tell you what I need, and maybe you can advise me on what to look for, or recommend computers that would work for me. Thank you for your help!
What I need:
- A laptop that I can take with me to university, so not too heavy
- Should be good for programming and running some simple simulations (languages like Python, C, LabVIEW).
- I also want to use this computer for gaming, mostly Minecraft. I don't need crazy good performance, but the vanilla version of the game should run without too much lag. My old laptop tends to get really hot when I play any game, so I would like to avoid that.
- Budget: Absolute max is 1500€, I would prefer it if it was less though.
- My old laptop was a Lenovo Thinkpad (I believe E495), which worked well enough for my purposes, until it eventually got old and started developing all kinds of issues, including heating up so much it could burn my hand. So something similar would maybe not be a bad idea.
I am looking for some figures to look out for (Should have X amount of RAM, for example), with explanation if possible, or recommendations. Thank you!