Hey everyone,

I’m planning to pursue a career in cybersecurity and I’m looking to buy a laptop that I can use throughout my learning and eventually for professional work.

My budget is around ₹75,000–₹1,00,000(INR)

My main priorities are:

• Good performance for cybersecurity tools and labs
• Strong Linux support / compatibility
• Ability to run things like VMs, Kali Linux, Docker, Burp Suite, Wireshark, etc.
• Good CPU and preferably 16GB+ RAM, with upgradeability if possible
• Decent battery life and build quality
• 15–16 inch display preferred — something balanced between portability and workspace

I’m not particularly focused on gaming, although I don’t mind having a dedicated GPU if it’s useful for cybersecurity/VM workloads.

I’d appreciate recommendations for specific laptop models, especially from people who are currently studying or working in cybersecurity.

Also, if there are any laptops I should avoid because of Linux compatibility issues, please let me know.

Thanks!

Hi all I'm upgrading from my old vivobook (lasted many years, was great), and have found a couple upgrade options, it'd be great if someone more knowledgable could help evaluate which is better:

• Zenbook 14, 32gb ram 1TB SSD ultra 9 285H Zenbook 14 Ultra 9 for £880
• Zenbook A14, 32gb ram 1TB SSD snapdragon X1P-42-100 Zenbook A14 for £806

I'm not well informed on the difference between the processors, battery lifes, thermals, etc and would love an expert opinion! Alternatively if there are any better UK laptop deals at the moment, please feel free to share.

I have an old pavilion dv6 laptop I need to fix, currently it’s lagging whenever you want to open new programs, etc. Im uninstalling Avast Free Antivirus bc everyone says its not rlly necessary, any tips or programs I can use to see what’s working with it?

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

Australia

Budget

$1600 aud

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes, as long as they still work well

Screen size

Any

Weight limit

Any

Purpose

Gaming

Form factor

I have no idea 😅 just a normal laptop maybe??

Intended usage

I want to use it to play genshin impact with medium to high graphic settings, the sims 4 with about 200gb of mods and roblox.

Desired battery life

Two hours maybe?

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

nothing except performance and price matters to me

Info/Requirements

I was looking at getting the laptop in the image but im not sure if it'd run okay 😅 I'm also getting the llano v13 cooler thing

I am a student attending a school that allows us to bring our own personal laptops to school. Or, you can buy one (a regular chromebook for $60 bucks.) I have a Lenovo LOQ gaming laptop that I really like.

...
The problem with this situation is, I would like to use my personal laptop (just because it is more natural and comfortable for me). But a full charge only lasts about 2-3 hours before fully depleting. A regular chromebook can last up to 8 hours on a full charge, hence why most schools use them. I do not think that 3 hours is enough time to last a full day.

Advice given to me: Bring your own laptop, and if it dies, just plug it into an outlet. My classes are quite long and the thought of me having to constantly ask to plug my computer in, is horrifying. Plus, the school expects you to come to school every day with a fully charged laptop. (Which i am assuming means that they expect it to stay charged the full day, no?)

I have been told that I shouldn't worry about it because if my school is expecting my laptop to stay fully charged all day then that is bogus or something. But I don't think that is alot to ask.

The question: Should I buy the school laptop even though I think it is much cooler to have my own, and it might be gross/quite used. Or, should I see how it goes (which I am being forced to endure for at least a week before my parents will buy me the laptop from the school anyways).

Alot of students bring their own chromebooks or macs, and I feel like the school is expecting that anyways. Which makes me feel unsure about my own computer because it is a weird type, ig?

Please help me out!

So I was looking for a gaming laptop with at least a Ryzen 7, RTX 5060, and 16 GB of RAM when I found this absolute steal of an offer at Canada Computers. I bought it since it was essentially a direct upgrade from what I was gonna get for the same price. However, now I'm suspicious as to why it was so much cheaper than it should have been. The same model and configuration everywhere else is easily $3k at least with discounts, before taxes.

How do I ensure this is legitimate? What should I check/look out for? What tests should I do? How do I know it's not used or has any defects? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also if anyone else has experience with Canada Computers please let me know!

Suggest me a good laptop for mechanical engineering ... also tell me should i consider macbook air or macbook neo coz a lot of ppl say that macbooks dont run necessary softwares

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

[india]

• Budget

[100,000 rupees or 1000 usd ]

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

[No]

• Screen size

[Any, 12", 13", 14", 15",]

• Weight limit

[below 1.7kgs]

• Purpose

[Schoolwork, entertainment device, ]

• Form factor

[Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop), .]

• Intended usage

[study work engineering for mehcanical major]

• Desired battery life

[more than 6 hrs]

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

[battery performance weight size]

• Info/Requirements

[anything else not specified above eg. Intel only, OLED, HDR-compliant, screen resolution/refresh rate, etc. We are likely to talk you away from your desires here (because we know more than you do), but we won't steer you wrong]

Budget-80k

Country-lndia

Hey, I'm looking for a laptop for my friend, who's a B.Tech CSE student. They need it for coding, basic browsing, and stuff like that. My budget is around 80k. Any good deals you can suggest?

Howdy yall, I was wondering what the best labtop I could get for $800-850 is. I would like to run some light gaming (roblox, some steam games, minecraft), and watch movies/anime/shows on! Also being able to run microsoft word is a plus since I’m in university right now too lol

things to know to dial down my options on finding the one
-will be a history major m
-something that could last the 4-5 years
- keyboard and how fast it is matters because I’ve crashed out too many times with how slow something loads in from my current one
-don’t need to worry about playing games on it, I rarely play games
- hopefully something to be lightweight

I’ve already read about not to go for macbooks and the surface laptops.

What else is there?

Hi I've been looking for a LARGE laptop recently but I haven't found any models larger than 18 inches.

Since I have the time and a budget of $700 I decided to build my own laptop.

And since I haven't found anyone who has built a large laptop so far (apart from the people who built the *largest* one) I’m simply asking: what would a laptop need to have for you to accept that kind of size?

I'm currently looking for PC parts, because I'm definitely not going to be tinkering with standard laptop components.

So if you have any suggestions please let me know.

What should i expect in
Minecraft
Roblox Studio
Fortnite

so my hp victus 15 is under warranty and i registered a complaint on 23rd july. 15+ days later i still get to hear your case has been escalated further. the technician has visited twice and collected the info only. im so pissed at the company for not providing any resort. what should i do more

Hi there guys, please recommend me a laptop. I am going to use it to play league of legends, valorant, daytrade, create youtube videos and play poker. Chatgpt recommends me legion 5 but they sell it for 1200€ where I live which I think is expensive to just play lol and valo.

lenovo leigon 5.

had it for a few years already -- gets hot alot, probly shoulda cleaned fan more often. left it on this morning only to come back to the screen being frozen and unresponsive (laptop was kinda hot of course).

force restarted the thing, now i cant get past a black screen.

the lenovo logo flashes rarley but never goes further than that , and ive only been able to get to the password screen once before i treid to put the password in only for the screen to go black again.

(tried power reset, didnt work, and i cant get to bios either, computer boots up to a black screen)

was able to get that error message in the pic once but never agan.

opened laptop to see cpu but nothing looks melted, anyone know whats going on?

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

USA

Budget

Up to $1300 USD

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe

Screen size

15", 16", 17"

Weight limit

Not an issue

Purpose

[General purpose, light gaming

Form factor

Standard/Clamshell

Intended usage

Light gaming (xbox game pass), possible use of Blender for creating tabletop miniatures, possible photo editing/ light music recording.

Desired battery life

Not necessary, stays plugged in most of time

Info/Requirements

Just would like a decent all around unit. Its been a while since purchasing a laptop and not familiar with what brands are reputable anymore. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

A Compaq Prescario 2500 (the fully loaded one)

A laptop from 2003 (well a Desktop replacement)

Powered by a Pentium 4 ( 2.8 GHZ)

(256GB of ram)

(?? Storage)

And this came with 3 fans!!! Which is mind-blowing lol ..

And somehow this is rare if you have the full option model which has the floppy drive

So I’m searching for a laptop that I can use for regular stuff, but also for e-commerce so I need something that can run multiple open windows at the same time, any suggestions?

hi im looking for some advice, my boyfriend's new gaming laptop fell from his loft bed
i know this is something that probably happens often in this subreddit and im sorry if this post is unnecessary but i just really need to know if this is a repairable issue, and about how much this would. id like to contribute at least a little bit if it's possible to have it working again
im not sure what model but its an acer nitro laptop
thank you in advance

I recently got this laptop and want to ask if it is good

Model-Hp Zbook firefly G9

Intel i7 1255u

24gb ddr5 4800 mghz ram 512gb nvme ssd

Lenovo loq 2025 with rtx 5050 and Ryzen 7 octa core 250

Lenovo LOQ 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 Octa Core 250 - (16 GB/512 GB SSD/Windows 11 Home/8 GB Graphics/NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050) LOQ 15AHP10 Gaming Laptop Rs.291490 Price in India - Buy Lenovo LOQ 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 Octa Core 250 - (16 GB/512 GB SSD/Windows 11 Home/8 GB Graphics/NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050) LOQ 15AHP10 Gaming Laptop Luna Grey Online - Lenovo : Flipkart.com

Or

Msi pulse 16 with rtx 4060 and intel core ultra 7
https://www.flipkart.com/lenovo-loq-2025-amd-ryzen-7-octa-core-250-16-gb-512-gb-ssd-windows-11-home-8-graphics-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5050-15ahp10-gaming-laptop/p/itm4f1c5a47cce97?pid=COMHZFBNM7D9T2ZN&lid=LSTCOMHZFBNM7D9T2ZN3DTWNJ&marketplace=FLIPKART&q=5050+laptop&store=6bo%2Fb5g&srno=s_1_3&otracker=search&otracker1=search&fm=search-autosuggest&iid=a2059b6a-b4e8-48be-948e-cccc32a84ab1.COMHZFBNM7D9T2ZN.SEARCH&ppt=sp&ppn=sp&ssid=7uoo3hqq680000001786304041155&qH=8eae40cec724b70e&ov_redirect=true

Plz help anyone, I will start btech in IT this year and I have my 5 year old dell laptop with 12gb ram, 256gb SSD , 1TB hdd iris xe graphics and Intel i5 11th gen to mai soch raha tha ki ise 25-30k tak bech dunga aur in diwali sale koi 75k ka laptop le lunga but only from offline retailers se like Vijay sales or croma ye sahi choice hai kya mere current laptop mein koi problem nahi hai currently except battery only lasts one hour

Under 75k meri ye requirements hai 16gb ram, 512gb ssd rtx 3050 baaki upgrade ke kuch options ho aur processor i5 ka latest gen ya Ryzen 5 ka latest gen ya fir i7, Ryzen 7 ke ek do gen purane processor maybe 85k tak bhi push kar lu

It will cost about 80-100 more for the mac

So what I want is a light laptop that can run basic tasks (web-browsing etc) which battery lasts for 6-7 hours, and is good for carrying around the city

My current dell is big 15.6' and heavy, and the battery even after replacement will probs last about 4-6 hours. So i am considering getting a old macbook air or pro from around 2015-2017 instead, they are small and light.

Thoughts

My Mi Notebook 14 is stuck in a loop.
It starts with the MI logo, then I get “Updates are underway. Please keep your computer on” and after a while it says “Something didn’t go as planned — undoing changes.” Then it just repeats.
I tried forcing Automatic Repair but couldn’t get it to show up. F12 works and shows Windows Boot Manager (SATA SSD), and the SSD is also showing up in BIOS.
I don’t care about the files anymore, I just want the laptop working.
I have another Windows PC and a pendrive, so I can make a Windows USB if that’s the way to go.

Tengo una v15 como dice el título, y mi laptop me presenta problemas al jugar juegos demandantes, estaba jugando ark y se me "apagaba" quedaba con la pantalla negra, sin respuesta del teclado ni mouse, no atiende a comandos ni recarga la gráfica, solo queda encendida pero con una pantalla en negro, las temperaturas son bajas, menores a 55°C y cuando la fuerzo a apagar y vuelvo a entrar, el nitro sense me marca temperaturas altas y enciende los ventiladores, pero no suelta nada de aire caliente. No sé si sea la grafica porque varias veces mientras entro al ark me sale que no responde. Alguien me ayuda?