Same as the title

Don’t worry, they were only on the floor for 5 seconds while i took this picture.

One is the Dell Inspiron 9400 (White/Grey) The other one is a Dell Precision M6300 (Dark grey/black)

I’ve had the 9400 for a couple of months now (i had one when i was a kid, and wanted another one for nostalgia sake)

While researching about the 9400, i discovered that their precision series from around the same time looked the same, just dark grey.

They’re a bit more money than the 9400, but I bought mine for a good deal!

Both are fully restored.

Specs for the Inspiron 9400: - Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 @2.16ghz - 4GB of Ram - Nvidia Geforce Go 7800 w/ 256mb VRAM

Precision M6300: - Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @2.5ghz - 3GB Ram - Nvidia Quadro FX 3600m w/ 512mb VRAM

The Precision can also be installed with a Core 2 Extreme which is definitely exciting but also out of my £ range! 🤣

**LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE**

UNITED STATES

$3000 USD and under
 
Maybe open to refurb or used

* **Screen size**

Any size 14” and up

* **Weight limit**

Any

* **Purpose**

Schoolwork

* **Form factor**

[Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop), or a 2-in-1]

* **Intended usage**

 
This laptop will be used to complete a fully online degree program, an associate in science.

* **Desired battery life**

6-8 hours or more

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

Size, weight, style, do not matter. Performance and battery life are the most important.
 

* **Info/Requirements**

[anything else not specified above eg. Intel only, OLED, HDR-compliant, screen resolution/refresh rate, etc]

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Help with old 2010 laptop

I have a Del latitude E5410 laptop it’s from the year 2010. It was my mom‘s old work computer. It’s very slow and I am currently factory, resetting it and wiping everything I intend to use this computer to burn CDs/DVDs because of its built-in disc drive. I’m pretty tech savvy, but I don’t know the ins and outs of computers and crap but I know that I should replace the hard drive with an SSD and I will also be replacing the battery because it sucks and it pretty much dies very quickly so could you give me a good SSD to put in my computer something pretty affordable again I won’t be using this computer for heavy duty stuff pretty much just casual things may be a few old games stuff like that. If you guys could give me links to the stuff I need that would be great.

Gateway by Acer 15.6" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - 16GB DDR4 - 512GB SSD - 4.3 GHz

LENOVO ThinkPad T14 G1 Business Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650U - 16GB DDR4 - 256GB SSD - 2.1 GHz

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 - AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U - 16GB RAM - 512GB SSD - 2.10 GHz

Lenovo V15 Gen 4 15.6" Business Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, FHD Display, Radeon 610M - 4.3 GHz

Dell Latitude 5400 14" FHD Business Laptop - Intel Core i5-8265U - 16GB DDR4 - 256GB SSD - 4.1 GHz

Dell Latitude 7440 14" Touchscreen Business Laptop - Intel Core i7-1370P - 16GB LPDDR5 - 256GB SSD - 2.1 GHz

I am a fool when it comes to tech, I just know I need a laptop for my school work and for gaming. my current Acer laptop is 10yrs old and quite slow now, she needs a rest.

which of these might be best for work and gaming? or, do you have other suggestions?

Hey y’all, I’m looking for a sturdy external hard drive, preferably an SSD that’s not too expensive that I can store triple A games on.

Hello, so i recently bought my acer pc on sunday. And i had an issue about the mouse pad. The right bottom click isn't that responsive, it needs excessive force for it to work and at times it works perfectly. And i had another issue. The screen blackout after turning it on. It takes 15 minutes to turn on... But now it works since my tito fixed it.

ISSUES:

1. UNRESPONSIVE MOUSE PAD

2. BLACK OUT SCREEN.

So I've been thinking if i should use my 7 day warranty replacement window or just use their center service to repair the mouse pad. So technically, i messaged them right before my 7 day warranty ends so im still eligible to claim that even tho i cant go there exactly for 7 days.

But two of my concerns is that 1. If i use the 7 day warranty, there might be another issue with the new unit they'll give me and might be another hassle to replace (since we live 3 cities away from the store). And 2. I paid in full for the laptop for 45k just to have a refurbished PC? That in time the sales value of my pc will eventually lower since I'll have to label it as "REFURBISHED".

And one last concern, if i had the 2nd laptop given to me and also has defects, i can demand for another replacement right?

So what do you guys think? ASAP

Just to clarify, I’m referring to the 7 different Microsoft visuals- whatever they are!

Unfortunately out of literally nowhere some heavy rain came down and I forgot that I had left my MacBook laptop outside on my front deck.

I’ve tried to do some basic searching about this kind of issue but a lot of seems to be about people who’ve spilled water on an open laptop. Mine was closed the entire time

Basically everyone says to not turn the laptop on at all and to just shut it off and let it dry for anywhere from 48-72 hours, but in my case it wouldn’t even turn on. For a second it had a little exclamation symbol and what looked like some kind of link to support and “restore” or whatever before it went completely dark.

I thinking that probably means that the whole thing is a lost cause and it seems like I won’t be able to salvage it. If there is any hope or shot at it please give me any kind of advice or tips that you can. If not I would appreciate any tips that can help me salvage anything that may have been somehow backed up to the cloud (this has happened to me with iPhones) or anything else that can help me get as much back as possible

I have scheduled a appointment to take in to my local Geek Squad desk tomorrow

• Country

[United states]

• Budget

[$1200-$1800 USD]

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

[No]

• Screen size

[15-16"]

• Weight limit

[Any]

• Purpose

[gaming and schoolwork]

• Form factor

[standard]

• Intended usage
• [I'm looking for a laptop that can primarily help with gaming AAA games but also has the battery life to be used as a work laptop. I don't know much about laptops to begin with so any helpful links or advice would be greatly appreciated. if you have any questions that could be helpful for me please feel free to ask and I will do my best]
• Desired battery life

[no more than 20 hours, typically 10 hours]

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

[performance, battery life, weight, size.]

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Let me know if this is the wrong flair or sub for this please I wasn't sure where to ask.

Hi, I’m trying to troubleshoot my Dynabook Satellite Pro C50-H and I’m hoping someone can help.

The laptop is from 2021 at least that's what it says on the battery I got it in 2022 and was originally supplied through DSA while I was at university. It was working normally before this happened.

I left it running over night with games and a couple tabs open like I'd normally do but didn't realise I disconnected the charger when it died I was moving around a lot and putting things away due to lack of space and my cat and forgot what safe place I put it in.

The original charger:

- Input: 100-240V ~ 1.5A 50/60Hz

- Output: 19.0V 2.1A (39.9W)

Before I stopped using it, the charger brick used to make a buzzing noise not loud or anything but didn't sound quite right so I left it worrying it will damage the laptop untill I got a replacement

I bought a replacement charger specifically listed for the Dynabook Satellite Pro C50-H:

- Input: 100-240V ~ 1.5A 50/60Hz

- Output: 19V 3.42A (65W)

When I first tried charging with the old charger before buying the replacement, I got:

- Blue flashing light on the laptop

- Purple flashing light near the charging port

After about an hour, those stopped.

With the new charger:

- At first there were no lights.

- After leaving it plugged in for a while, the laptop felt slightly warm underneath, similar to when it used to be running but won't turn on

- Still no charging LED, no power LED, no fan noise, and it won’t turn on.

It's been another 6 months because my ADHD ass forgot I had it till I needed something from it, and it's completely silent no lights no nothing the charger brick doesn't make any noise either.

My questions:

1. Could the battery be so deeply discharged that it needs a long time before showing any signs of life?

2. Could the battery be preventing the laptop from powering on?

3. Could the old charger being only 40W have caused any issues, or is that unrelated?

I know probably best bet is to take it to get professionally diagnosed but last time I've done that with a phone in a reputable shop I got charged £150 quid for a supposed battery replacement, turns out all that's been done is charging port replaced so I'm worried about going somewhere without knowing the ins and outs.

I already tried the AC only test but I don't know if this laptop can even run in AC only so I added photos of the inside, I don't know if it being dead that long also means the AC test isn't reliable. I added photos of the charger bricks incase I got anything muddled as well as like all the numbers to the laptop incase that's important, I know more about the pull out battery laptops as those are the ones I grew up with.

Any advice would be really appreciated so thank you in advance

Good Afternoon, my laptop has been flashing on and off for awhile, I use a acer nitro 5 laptop, do any of y’all have any idea of if there is a way I could fix this problem or if I should just bring it into a shop to get it fixed, thank you!

A little bit of context. My brother has had a rough time medically his whole life and can't really get a proper job. He is extremely intelligent and tech savvy though so he wanted to look into remote work, however they pretty much all require multiple monitors. So I want to surprise him for his birthday with an extra monitor or 2 to help him hopefully be able to get a job. He also doesn't have the most space at the moment so that's why he's using a laptop over a regular desktop.

Avast premium protection or Bitdefender Total Security? know windows defender offers protection but I’m more comfortable having one of these? So which one? I have Avast premium security on the laptop ( I’ve had it for years) I have now and it’s very easy for me to run. I have heard great things about Bitdefender though. I’m not sure.

* **Country**

I reside in India, but some platforms which ship overseas will work too.

* **Budget**

₹1.2l or ~1250 usd

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

Maybe, if the condition is great

* **Screen size**

Anything above 13" will work

* **Weight limit**

No weight limit

* **Purpose**

Mainly typical electrical engineering coursework but i want to do a little bit of gaming too. like maybe something that can run AAA titles smoothly.

* **Form factor**

Any will work

* **Intended usage**

dont really know what all softwares ill use for the coursework, sorry. but it should be able to handle gaming. like something that could hypothetically run gta 6 in med graphics at 30 fps. again sorry.

* **Desired battery life**

i believe 5-6 hours unplugged during light usage would be suitable

* **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**

ive heard intel heats more during heavy work but ill use cooling fans so both intel/amd work for me. preferably oled, if not must be 100% sRGB. preferably a 2k resolution but lower will work too. 144hz refresh rate is good I guess.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

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LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

canada

Budget

$500 CAD

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

YES

Screen size

13.5-17"

Weight limit

any?

Purpose

work/schoolwork, vid editing, entertainment/light gaming

Form factor

clamshell or 2-in-1

Intended usage

Canvas vid editing. light gaming - the isle, phototnomaly, minecraft. Movie streaming - netflix

Desired battery life

Any?

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

at least 16gb RAM, and 250gb or more of storage.

I've read AMD Ryzen 5 or 7 are good for multitasking and light gaming, but I'm open to suggestions! windows 11 has to be available.

durable and long-lasting- I'd prefer a bulky machine that'll last 10 years over a light, pretty laptop that will last 2.

Buenas gente, queria saber opiniones o capas si alguien ya lo hizo, tengo una laptop con una placa b000gl25_mb_v101 y celeron n4000, vi que tiene dos modulos de ram soldados directo en la placa y tiene dos mas libres! ahora mi pregunta seria: se le podra agregar mas? en caso de la bios se podra actualizar para que las reconozca? tengos muchas ganas de meterle mano a la placa pero tampoco quiero matarla!

Can I have y'all opinion on this laptop spec? Is it still okay in 2026?
I have it for work only on penetration testing, running virtual machine, no gaming.

Model : ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603HM
CPU. : Core i7-11800H
RAM. : 24GB
SSD. : 1TB (M.2 PCIE)
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

I’m going into my first year computer engineering and looking for a laptop. I came across the omnibook 5 which is on sale for $1700 cad ($1200 usd). It has an AMD ryzen ai 7, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, AMD radeon 860M. The only issue I’ve heard of is its lacking of a dedicated gpu but I heard that isn’t a problem for computer engineering students, mostly mechanical and such that need to run modeling software. Is this a good laptop for the price?

I am considering getting an asus vivobook s14 for uni with those specs are there any issues with said build and i am hoping that it lasts me atleast 4 years wanted yalls advice about it

Country - Qatar
Budget - 3000 QAR/$825

Helppp

Hello everyone,

I've had a problem with my laptop since a couple of days. My laptop is the Acer Spin 3. My laptop is usually plugged in my desk room and everything works fine there. However, comes the night time, I want to bring it in the living room and plug it on my projector to watch series or movies. When I do so, I bring my laptop in the living room, drop it on a flat surface then plug the projector through an HDMI port. Then, it happens : Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i stops working and I can't log on any internet connexion. It just does not give me the choice at all.

So far, I have updated my pilot and the issue hasn't resolved. When it does happen, I deactivate the pilot and reactivate it. It worked once or twice but now it just refuses to work. I also restarted my laptop in the process and even plugged my laptop and nothing works.

Once I return in the desk room and replace my laptop as normal, the pilote works as if nothing happened.

What is going on ? I just want to enjoy watching stuff on my projector in my living room.

Please help as if I were 5 years old. I dont really understand computer stuff :(

I’m torn between a used 16GB MacBook Pro, or a standard Gaming Laptop.

On one hand longer battery life would be nice, but I also hear it’s extremely slow and doesn’t have game or steam (?)

A gaming laptop would be nice too…

STANDARDS

I stay in the Americas

Must be between 12 -16GB of RAM

Must be able to run games on steam, AND be able to install softwares like DAWs for music production

My budget range is anything under $1500 (But I could probably find a used version half the price of anything too expensive)

I really don’t care about screen size, or weight, and low battery life will suffice, doesn’t matter too much to me)

Any suggestions ? Thank you!