Programming workstation and general use laptop (no gaming)

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• Programming workstation and general use laptop (no gaming)
• Looking for a note taking college class laptop
• Need SSD to speed up my laptop
• Gaming Laptop
• Laptop suggestion for an engineering student
• Should I buy a HP Envy x360 13 AMD?
• Laptop for intensive business work
• Decent laptop for CS student and programmer
• Best laptop for artist/gamer
• Question about the Acer Predator Helios 300, should I buy?
• Please help, should I buy this one?
• What would the ideal laptop to write down notes?
• Laptop for Network Technician
• Looking for a laptop ~ £2000
• Anyone have the Zephyrus G laptop (with Ryzen 7 and GTX 1660TI)? Would you recommend the laptop?
• Need a laptop for general use & light gaming/coding/lightroom/photoshop, US, $1000~1200
• £850 UK laptop
• Looking for a laptop for CS major
• looking for a laptop mostly for school and games
• Good or Bad?
• Looking for a back to school laptop
• Laptop for Graduate Student, <$1000
• Need a laptop with decent battery life that can run csgo
• Gaming Desktop Replacement (~$1,700)
• Tryna choose a laptop for college (comp sci)

Programming workstation and general use laptop (no gaming) Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:01 PM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: Ideally no more than 2200, buying in USA. If there's a perfect match outside my price range I'm willing to wait. Also, if there's a laptop around the corner, I can wait for a few months for it's release. Additionally, I get corporate discounts on Lenovo and HP. Usually a few hundred less than when using their sites directly. Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Battery life of at least 6 or 7 hours preferred. In general, my goal is to replace both my current laptop and my desktop with a laptop that has near or more CPU power. That PC was a custom build, but was running an i7 3930k (scores about 12000 on CPUbenchmark.com), and 16GB of RAM. How important is weight and thinness to you? I'm opposed to the fat gaming laptops, both aesthetically and portability wise. My maximum would be Macbook Pro 15. My ideal is something like the Zenbook Pro 14. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Needs to run Linux, and have good support for it. Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14inch preferred. Fine with 13 or 15 as well. Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. No. Web browsing and Netflix are the most graphics intensive things I plan to do. I require CPU power. If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? No gaming. Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good keyboard is a plus, I do need fairly strong build quality as I run my machines for at least 5 years. Fingerprint reader a plus. No need for optical drives or touch screen. I dislike numpads. Security features in general are a plus, as are dual drives. Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Final life goal is to be chargeable over USB-C, but it's a pretty minor goal. submitted by /u/A_new_act [link] [comments]

Looking for a note taking college class laptop Posted: 27 Aug 2019 05:13 PM PDT Currently, I have a friend with an HP Pavilion x360 m convertible 14m-cd0001dx. She is currently willing to sell/trade it to me because the display is damaged and needs a new display assembly. I can fix it myself if I buy the part, however, I can't find a solid pricing on a used version of this laptop. I was wondering if it would be worth it to buy and repair this computer or if there is another computer out there, preferably two in one for tablet use (with a pen?) that I could use for general classwork and note taking that would be more cost effective. I already have a custom built desktop and can get nice SSDs for cheap from my work, so I can always upgrade my own drive and laptop RAM and everything, granted its easy to access the components. I currently haven't had a conversation with her about what that price would actually be. ​ Budget: Anything around $500 and under Country: US Usage: Computer Programming (Either on the laptop or, more likely, tunneling to my desktop) and simple note taking Weight: Don't care Screen Size: Don't care OS: Windows Graphics: Not doing anything GPU intensive Quality: Decent? It'll last me my last couple years of college Touch Screen: Preferably flip-able to a tablet submitted by /u/aronocron14 [link] [comments]

Need SSD to speed up my laptop Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:14 AM PDT Hey guys! Two+ years ago I bought a custom budget laptop and lately I am feeling the performances have dropped. I am working as a Developer and wanted to boost the performances replacing my HDD with an SSD. I would like to keep around 500Gb of storage and wanted to ask if it's possible for my configuration to mount both HDD and SSD at the same time even though I believe not. I've had a quick search and I found these SSD: Corsair-CSSD-F240GBMP510 and Crucial-MX500-CT1000MX500SSD1 I am not even sure if my laptop supports NVMe. Here are my specs, feel free to ask if you need more details: CPU: Intel Core i7-5700HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz RAM: KHX1600C9S3L/8GB x 1 Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MS-16J1 (SOCKET 0) Graphics: 3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M (MSI) Storage: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050 I can see upgrading the RAM would be ideal too. Any advice? submitted by /u/dummyredditor [link] [comments]

Gaming Laptop Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:09 AM PDT Hi, i want to buy a gaming laptop since i got a lot of time to play while not being home. I can spend up to 3000€, but i'd prefer to keep it between 1500€ - ~2200€. I don't have a specific game that i play, i'd just like to get the best overall performance for the money. Battery life doesn't really matter since i don't mind having my laptop plugged in. Size doesn't matter either, as long as it fits in a bag ;) Optional Question: I checked the internet for offers and saw that brands like Alienware and Razer are way more expenive for the same specs. Is this purely paying for the name/design, or are they in any way better regarding cooling etc? Below is my form, many thanks in advance for helping me. Total budget and country of purchase: I would prefer to spend between 1500€ - 2200€, but i am able to spend more. Buying in germany. Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Couldn't care less about 2 in 1, battery life is nice-to-have but really doesn't matter to me, best specs is all i am after. How important is weight and thinness to you? nice-to-have, but not important at all. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows, don't mind if it comes without an OS though. Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 17" Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. gaming If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? no specific games, i want overall good quality/performance Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? no Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. submitted by /u/yetanotherrandomkid [link] [comments]

Laptop suggestion for an engineering student Posted: 27 Aug 2019 08:34 PM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: Country: US Budget: $ 1,000 USD Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. I can consider a 2 in 1 form factor, but I prefer a laptop. How important is weight and thinness to you? Lighter laptops are more of a convenience (since I care about portability) but it isn't a necessity and I can very well be fine with heavier laptops. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows is a must. Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Small enough that I can take it to and from class everyday. Around 13" will do, but I can nudge a bit more if need be. Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. MatLAB SolidWorks Microsoft Office programs Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I need a laptop that's reliable and can last me through my undergraduate years (at least 3 years). Also, since I'm taking this laptop with me everywhere, it's essential that the material doesn't wear off easily. Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I will use this laptop strictly for my studies. Nothing else. I can also consider Touchscreen, 2 n 1, stylus. Here is the website to my engineering department of my school. It lists all the specific requirements if that's helpful in your recommendations: https://eng.vt.edu/admissions/computer-requirement.html Much appreciated! submitted by /u/steplaser [link] [comments]

Should I buy a HP Envy x360 13 AMD? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:02 AM PDT I've been looking long and hard for a laptop for college/work/light gaming. Came across an interesting HP Envy x360 13z with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U + Vega 8 graphics, 8Gb and 256Gb NVMe SSD, 2-in-1. However I've read complaints about thermal throttling, battery life and the laptop randomly shutting off. Are these one off problems or is this something I should worry about? Maybe AMD is not there yet or HP just did a bad job with the components? Should I get something else? Other laptops I've been eyeing are the vivobook s531fl (15.6", i5-8265u, mx250, 8 Gb, 512Gb SATA3 SSD) and the vivobook s431 (same specs and the s531fl) submitted by /u/ThappaDaSlappaKing12 [link] [comments]

Laptop for intensive business work Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:54 AM PDT Location: Australia ** Please suggest models even if you do not know if they are available in Australia or unsure of cost in Australia. Budget: $1000-$2000 ​ Intensive use, every day. Need to be smooth while running multiple applications simultaneously. Need to be able to switch between: Web browsing: always active including online banking, real estate websites, news and other market websites. PDF viewer, zooming a lot on high res building plans, specifications etc. MS Office applications, including Outlook and Excel. Good display for viewing detailed drawings (building plans, photos). Does not need touch screen. Not as concerned with battery life as smooth performance. Especially smooth performance that will last. Portability/thinness: does not need to be ultra slim, but needs to fit in a reasonable sized laptop bag. Screen size: around 15 inch Windows NO CAD, video editing, photo editing or gaming ANY SPECS that will ensure smooth performance for doing intensive work 7 days a week. Fast start up time is important. Thank you submitted by /u/GiveSomeTakeMore [link] [comments]

Decent laptop for CS student and programmer Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:52 AM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: $700 USD. Country of purchase is Iraq, but since most of the devices are not available here I will buy them online and get them forwarded to my country. Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best specifications for the money. How important is weight and thinness to you? Somewhat important. I used to have an Ideapad Y700 gaming laptop and it was way too big and heavy for me to carry around, I want something that's no more than 2kg. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows / Linux. I also don't mind if it didn't come with a Windows license if it makes the cost lower. Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14 inch. Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I don't game, and even if I did I play very old titles on very low settings, so an integrated chip is no problems for me. Or an MX150. I mostly do programming in Visual Studio or web development work. If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Old titles such as GTA: San Andreas at very low settings at 60FPS. I believe even an intel hd can handle that. Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Very good keyboard with fantastic typing experience since I spend most of my time writing code! I don't want a touchscreen, a good build quality is also nice to have, the rest is optional. Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I did a lot of research and I came to the conclusion that the Thinkpad lineup is the best for me, however I wanted to get a T440P and upgrade everything including the Processor and Screen, but the laptop itself is way too thick and heavy for my usage. Currently I like the T480, but it's not within my budget, I wish I could of gotten a T480 with a very low capacity HDD and RAM and upgrade those later to save on the cost. I just don't know what to choose anymore. Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/iEmerald [link] [comments]

Best laptop for artist/gamer Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:04 AM PDT I'm tired of doing hours of research to find a cheap alternative just to be met with disappointment. I'm going to save as much money as I can this coming year and buy the best laptop I can. What's the best laptop money can buy for 1500-2000 dollars Canadian? I'm going off to college soon so I would like it to be sort of thin and light and I need a very colour accurate screen. A dedicated graphics card is a must (not mx150) and a decent battery life with lots of storage. I just want the best laptop I can get. I know better laptops will come out this coming year but atleast this will be a good basis to see which of the new laptops to get. Also I'm more then willing to go above my budget by a little bit if it's truely gonna make a difference. submitted by /u/JamoArts [link] [comments]

Question about the Acer Predator Helios 300, should I buy? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:58 AM PDT Greetings friend, It is my first time posting here but I really need some wisdom and I don't know where to go... A little bit of insight: I am looking to buy a laptop that is more gaming oriented. I was looking at the Helios 300 and I heard realy good stuff about it. I was really persuaded into looking for the 2019 model as it has vastly superior cooling and design to the 2018. I agree with this, but the problem seems to be that the 2019 is way more expensive, even in the entry level. With this in mind, I ask for your reccomendations on if it really is worth the price. The games that I like to play are Appex Legends, WoW, Dota 2 and Witcher 3. The 1st option that I found costs about 2364$ US Dollars (2132 Euros) and has the following specs: Procesor Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Display 17", 1920x1080, 144 Hz NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8gb, GDDR6 Ram DDR4 16gb storage 512gb SSD and 1tb HDD The 2nd option costs about 2032$ US Dollars (1831 Euros) and has the following specs: Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 17.3inch 1920 x 1080 / FullHD / LED backlight / Non-Glare / IPS (I'm assuming 60hz) nVidia GeForce RTX 2060 6gb Ram DDR4 16gb Storage: 1x1TB HDD + 1x512GB SSD The 3rd option costs about 1849$ US Dollars (1667 Euros) and has the following specs: Procesor Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 17.3inch 1920 x 1080 / FullHD / LED backlight / Non-Glare / IPS 60hz nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6gb Ram DDR4 16gb Storage: 1x1TB HDD + 1x512GB SSD What do you say sirs? Personally, I would buy the 3rd option if it had 144hz... But then again there is a difference of 500$ between the 1st and 3rd. Does 144hz really make that much of a difference or is it more of a superficial buy? Also, are the prices ok for these laptops? I could not find them cheaper cuz they arent very accesible to me. The 2018 version is considerably cheaper but it comes with a GTX 1060 but it does have 144hz... Excuse my long post and lack of proper grammar. Thank you kindly for helping me out! submitted by /u/Razvansar [link] [comments]

Please help, should I buy this one? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:56 AM PDT Processors : AMD A6-7310 APU (2.0 GHz, up to 2.4 GHz), 2 MB cache, 4 cores Graphics Card : AMD Radeon R4 Graphics HDD: 1TB SSD: 265GB RAM : 8GB DDR3 Warranty : one year Display: 15.6 Price: 420$ PS: I am not going to use it for gaming, just for surfing, netflix, college stuff, etc.. submitted by /u/Danoo2005 [link] [comments]

What would the ideal laptop to write down notes? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:56 AM PDT I will be joining college from next month and up until now have been totally dependent on my OnePlus 7 Pro for any and everything. So what would be the best choice? Also should I consider a tablet or a hybrid? submitted by /u/MihirPatelNotsofunny [link] [comments]

Laptop for Network Technician Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:50 AM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: <1100€ , France * Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Good battery life around 8hrs * How important is weight and thinness to you? Very important, searching for an ultrabook <3.5lbs/1.6Kg * Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10 * Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Looking for a 14" * Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Need to set up 2/3 virtual machines using Windows server 2016/2019, VMWareWorkstation, GNS3, Cisco Packet tracer,etc..I don't plan to run theses VM's h24, it's only to get my feet wet. * If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Would appreciate MX250 but not a dealbreaker if none. * Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Aluminium case, no plastic, good touchpad and keyboard. * Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Hi, i'm about to get back to school as a Network & Sytem Technician and need a laptop who can run VM's only for testing, learning how it works, my biggest concern is about the amount of RAM i need, is 8Go enough ? I've narrowed down my choice to the brand new Asus Zenbook UX434FL with screenpad 2.0 but a bit overpriced here (1399€ with 16go ram).Thanks for helping me submitted by /u/Kaurelz [link] [comments]

Looking for a laptop ~ £2000 Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:12 AM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: UK and budget of around £2000 Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. If possible 2 in 1 and good battery life isn't the most important thing How important is weight and thinness to you? Quite important Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15.6 inch Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I will be doing game development at uni If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Light games so nothing intensive Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? -touchscreen and fingerprint reader needed Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I'd prefer it to have a 4K screen and dedicated graphics. Currently I'm between the new dell XPS 15 with a i9 and touchscreen or the cheaper hp spectre x360 with i7 9th gen. submitted by /u/Eliot2612 [link] [comments]

Anyone have the Zephyrus G laptop (with Ryzen 7 and GTX 1660TI)? Would you recommend the laptop? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 12:47 AM PDT 1) How is the battery life. 2) How are thermals at ultra settings of AAA games? 3) Is the RAM and HDD/SSD upgradable? submitted by /u/Cull_Obsidian [link] [comments]

Need a laptop for general use & light gaming/coding/lightroom/photoshop, US, $1000~1200 Posted: 27 Aug 2019 02:31 PM PDT Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 2 in 1 factor doesn't matter, preferable best value for money but would like the battery to last atleast 5 hours How important is weight and thinness to you? The thinner and lighter the better, I would bring it out a lot so less than 5LBs would be nice Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. windows/mac Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14 ~ 15.6 would be ok Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. photoshop, lightroom, LoL, Civ 6 If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? build quality must be good, i would like the laptop to have a metal chasis Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. since i will be using this laptop for photo editing work, I would like a screen that could atleast display close to 100% sRGB submitted by /u/TheSwimmingCactus [link] [comments]

£850 UK laptop Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:57 PM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: UK £850 Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best specs, good battery would be nice How important is weight and thinness to you? Will take out and about but I'm not looking for a slim range where it's way more expensive Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10 Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Gaming, games like Overwatch, maybe some AAA games from the last few years, whatever I can run really If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I suppose 30 FPS is enough at medium, obviously I'd like the best but I'm not that fussy Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I'd like a build quality that lasts 3 years at least Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Thanks a lot for your time guys! submitted by /u/YeezyToldMe [link] [comments]

Looking for a laptop for CS major Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:57 PM PDT Looking to spend around 400-700 for a 2-1 laptop. Was thinking something like this https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-flex-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-FLEX-15IWL/p/88IP8FX1272?clickid=TqIy9ZQo-xyJRcYwUx0Mo3c3UklXK52YEW9mzk0&irgwc=1&PID=367626&acid=ww:affiliate:bv0as6 Let me know what other suggestions you have! Have a macbook right now but hate having to go into either virtual machine or bootcamp for some on the engineering software Total budget and country of purchase: 400-700, USA Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 2 in 1 and specs How important is weight and thinness to you? Semi important, would like something lightweight to carry around campus but if its a good deal than I'll take what I get Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Using different IDE's to code, gaming isn't very important to me for laptop. I'd rather do functionality for school > gaming If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? If anything, civ V Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Backlit keyboard is a must, and touch screen for the 2-1. submitted by /u/hehehehahahaha [link] [comments]

looking for a laptop mostly for school and games Posted: 27 Aug 2019 05:18 PM PDT * **Total budget and country of purchase:** $600 US * **Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.** highest of the 3 is best specs, then good battery life is nice, and I have no preference for a 2 in 1 * **How important is weight and thinness to you?** will weigh in very little on my choice * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.** preferably windows or linux * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.** N/A * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.** mostly want brawhalla and minecraft to be able to run smoothly along with basic internet functions like gmail and google docs * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?** minecraft and brawhalla, around 60 fps is fine, with non-potato graphics * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?** reliability is prefered * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.** I was looking at this laptop, but was wondering if there are better for my budget https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i5-8250U-GeForce-E5-576G-5762/dp/B075FLBJV7/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=aspire&qid=1566951064&s=gateway&sr=8-7 submitted by /u/ooooooo0oof [link] [comments]

Good or Bad? Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:29 PM PDT I can afford more but I would like to hear the overall opinion. Acer Nitro 5 AN515-54-58YY 15.6" Gaming Laptop with Intel® i5-9300H, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 1050 & Windows 10 Home - Black & Red submitted by /u/Alexwillows24 [link] [comments]

Looking for a back to school laptop Posted: 27 Aug 2019 10:54 PM PDT Hey everyone, I am looking for back to school laptop with good battery life, a dedicated GPU (MX 150 is fine), and a lightweight design. I have about 1200-1300 cad to spend, any help would be greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/ArcoCDN [link] [comments]

Laptop for Graduate Student, <$1000 Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:53 PM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: Hard cap of $1000, would prefer to pay substantially less. I'm in the US. Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best specifications for sure. Battery life would be a plus; my last laptop only lasted 45 minutes, so anything more than that would be great. How important is weight and thinness to you? Not at all. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15"+ Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Maybe a little AutoCad, definitely some matlab and python. Main use will be to browse internet and to write and read. If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? No games that aren't in browser flash games lol Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Reliable build quality would be great. Previous POS laptop had to be held together by tape. Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Looking for a solid laptop that will last me 5+ years of grad school. This is being paid for by a scholarship for materials, so I can't spend more than $1000, and would prefer something that will work so I won't need to go through bureaucracy to fix it. So far I've looked at this Asus Vivobook and thought about ThinkPads, but they are all sold out for the time being submitted by /u/RabbiDaneelOlivaw [link] [comments]

Need a laptop with decent battery life that can run csgo Posted: 27 Aug 2019 10:25 PM PDT Starting my first year of uni, need a laptop for class but Im gonna be spending alot of time in between classes with nothing to do so id be nice if I could play some games. I know its hard to get a good gaming laptop for such a small budget but I just need it to run csgo at even the lowest graphics. Budget: Anything around $650 and under Country: Canada Usage: Computer Programming/ Csgo Weight: Don't care Screen Size: Don't care OS: Windows Graphics: Would be nice if I could run csgo medium Quality: Decent Touch Screen: Doesn't matter submitted by /u/BigFap123 [link] [comments]

Gaming Desktop Replacement (~$1,700) Posted: 27 Aug 2019 01:40 PM PDT Total budget and country of purchase: $1,700 Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Best spec for the money and also something that doesn't look gamey. (MSI GS65 Stealth is what I've been eyeing, but I'd like more suggestions) How important is weight and thinness to you? I'd like a good balance between build quality and lightness. Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15.6" is the largest I'd go. Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Triple A titles with light coding here and there. If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? High settings 60+ FPS in triple A titles (Battlefield V, AC Odyssey, etc.) Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I'd like to have good build quality while also having at least a Thunderbolt 3 connection or good IO. (More explained below) Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. So this laptop is meant to replace my current desktop as I'm wanting to be more portable while also being able to plug back into my gaming corner seamlessly (Hence the Thunderbolt 3 requirement, so I can get a dock for most of my peripherals to connect through). Desktop specs CPU: R5 1600 GPU: GTX 1070 RAM: 16GB DDR4 Gaming Corner IO Requirements 2 Monitors (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA Outputs) 4 USB Devices (XBox One Controller, Headphones, Keyboard, Mouse) 1 Aux Device (Speakers) 1 Gigabit ethernet connection submitted by /u/OrcishHordePeon [link] [comments]

Tryna choose a laptop for college (comp sci) Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:41 AM PDT Hey yall, I am going to college in September and need to quickly buy a laptop. I don't plan on playing any games on it at all as I have a pc at home. The laptop will be used mostly for school work and maybe a bit of browsing. So, I really am looking for something that is not so expensive and will be good for programming. Some laptops I am thinking of are https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-VivoBook-i7-8550U-GeForce-NanoEdge/dp/B07B7VFTN9/ and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QXKW89P/ But, I kind of feel like these laptops might be a bit of an overkill for what I am looking for. Anyways, any suggestions or recommendations for other laptops are welcome, thanks! submitted by /u/givemetheloot69 [link] [comments]

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