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    Looking for a thin, sleek school laptop under $1000, for general work and a little CAD.

    Looking for a thin, sleek school laptop under $1000, for general work and a little CAD.


    Looking for a thin, sleek school laptop under $1000, for general work and a little CAD.

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:28 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: <$1000, Preferably less. 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. I would prefer a 2 in 1 and good battery life, as well as in general being thin. Good battery life is the most important.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Very. As thin and light as possible.

    Which OS do you require? Windows.

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 13-14 inches.

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Autodesk Inventor, part level stuff and small assemblies. No rendering, I have a desktop for heavy stuff. I am a Mechanical Engineering student. My current laptop with an Intel HD 620 is okay, but I would prefer a little more GPU power.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? No.

    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, touch screen if possible, thin and light. In general, I'm looking for something the portability of a MacBook with the power of a Thinkpad. I require 16GB of RAM, 4 cores, and good battery life. I would like a dedicated GPU, but only if its not an insane amount of money.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    I saw this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JB56QJ7/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

    However, it has 8GB of RAM. With 16GB, this would have been perfect. Is there something of similar specs and thinness with 16GB of RAM? I currently have a Lenovo Yoga 720 13.3" and love the form factor, but the 4GB of RAM and Dual Core are really showing their age.

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    Suggest me a Pc similar to HP Pavillion

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 02:26 AM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: 1000-1500 dollar, sweden

    Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. - No 2 in 1. A combination of specs and battery, but nothing extreme on the spec side.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? - Not so important, but i kinda want it big with a little weight.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. - Windows

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. - Atleast 15"

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. - Some gaming, mostly old, and maybe some new turn based games. I have stationary pc for more demanding games

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? - See above.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? - I kinda want big clonky Keys as in the HP Pavillion, a plus if backlit. Build quality is most important. Finger print reader is a plus. Optical drive is not necessary, i would rsther have better keyboard/touchpad.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. - I really liked the feel of the 15" HP Pavillion, but it felt kinda cheap to the look, also specs didn't seem that good for the price. But kinda big and heavy with clonky Keys.

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    Best laptop for CAD??

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 01:52 AM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: -USA, 3000 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. -Thin and light

    How important is weight and thinness to you? -under 4.6 pounds and thin.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. -MAC or Windows 10

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. -15/16 inch

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. -Priorities - CAD, AutoCAD, Alias, Solidworks

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? - normal playing at weekends

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? -not that important

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. -I have been thinking about following laptop.

    1. Razer Blade 15 (RTX 2080)
    2. MacBook Pro 16 (RADEON PRO 5500M)

    Both with 16/32 Ram and 512/1 TB storage i7 processor. Let me know thanks!

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    Is this a good time to buy a laptop?

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 10:05 AM PST

    Well, today I held my laptop's funeral. It was very saddening although quite nostalgic being able to remember all the good and alone times we shared with each other. The numerous struggles she went through to get my work done or provide a good fps just so I could enjoy my time, even after she lost her energy retaining abilities and had to kept on life support, makes it much harder for me to write this as she always managed put a smile on my face. We had a beautiful relationship.

    Anyways, today I am here to honor her last words that she conveyed to me through Word, "I know it's hard to let go and forget about someone with whom you have spent so many years with, especially through puberty. But you have to, it's time you let go of me and find someone who could better handle yours needs as you are becoming a man now. Goodbye!"

    So is this a good time to look for a new laptop or should I wait?

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    I'm 18 and need something for college

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 09:09 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: $2000 , India.

    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'd like to have a good mix of both a good battery life and good specifications.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Doesn't bother me

    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. photoshop.cc , light video games (overwatch , Csgo etc)

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Above 120 fps would be nice

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? My main requirement is to have a good IO that's it

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    Discreet Gaming Laptop Suggestion

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 04:09 AM PST

    Looking for a new laptop as the hinge on my Acer E5 (which I love) has broken and I can't close it.

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $500-$800 - 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 specs for money but discreet form.

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Would prefer something in the "discreet gaming" category, as I don't love the look of most of the gaming laptops. Prefer something sleek/professional looking.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14"-16".

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Light-Medium gaming.

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Mostly play LoL and Fortnite. Don't mind not being able to run at the highest settings but somewhere in the middle is preferable.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? If possible to get something with decent heat regulation while meeting other criteria, that would preferable. I like to play games occasional with laptop actually on lap and current Acer can get really hot.

    edit: I've come across the Evoo Gaming Laptop through Walmart and seems like a good deal - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Laptop-FHD-GTX-Windows-Black-Intel-Nvidia-Display-i7-9750H-16GB-Tuned-10-THX-Memory-1650-Home-144Hz-9th-SSD-EVOO-Gen-Spatial-256GB-Audio-Gaming-15/545386564?irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_z4SXrl1svxyOWapwUx0Mo38WUknXxtxtyXogVA0&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_1989721&clickid=z4SXrl1svxyOWapwUx0Mo38WUknXxtxtyXogVA0

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    ROG vs TUF

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 03:41 AM PST

    Which laptop would be better?

    TUF with Ryzen-3550H with GTX 1650

    Or

    ROG with Intel i5 9th Gen with GTX 1650

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    Laptop RAM upgrade. Seeking an advice.

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 03:40 AM PST

    Aspire V5-573PG-54218G1Taii [Win10]

    It has 8 Gb of RAM (4 is soldered and another 4 is removable). Will I get any performance increase if I replace 4 to 8 and get a total of 12 Gb?

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    Laptop for schoolwork, editing, art, and light gaming?

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 10:50 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: 400-700, US

    Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Good battery life

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Not that important, but should be light enough for easy portability when I do occasionally take it out the house.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14-16 in

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Adobe After Effects, Paint Tool SAI, Sims 4, Minecraft, LoL, Overwatch

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I mainly want to run Sims 4, Minecraft, and overwatch at a pretty average setting, don't need it to run at the max setting.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good build quality, good keyboard, doesn't overheat easily (good fan?) and won't break in the next few months.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I'm a high school student, and I'll be buying this with my own saved money so I won't be able to buy any expensive extensions or SSDs/ram, so everything I need should already be in the laptop. Also, thank you if you comment! :)

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    <£1000, quantitative analyst going freelance and losing access to my old work's tech

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 02:16 AM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase:

    <=£1000, UK

    • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.

    specs #1, battery #2

    Actively hostile to 2-in-1 form

    • How important is weight and thinness to you?

    Not very important

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

    Windows

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    Larger the better but not key consideration

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    Statistical programming: rStudio, Excel (advanced level use)

    Geographic analysis: QGIS.

    For both the above, mixture of doing database queries, but also need to save and manipulate relatively large datafiles from the harddrive.

    Photo editing: Occasional use of GIMP

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    NA Would also want to use for personal use, e.g able to handle torrenting and streaming films and music, but no real gaming requirements

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

    Will usually run with a second screen, so a physical connection port wanted.

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    Looking to get fast, so something found in brick and mortar retail preferable

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    Laptop that can run doom eternal/disco Elysium on high. $1000 or less

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 02:08 AM PST

    LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

    • Total budget and country of purchase: -$1000/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. -good battery life-

    • 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. -N/A-

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. -gaming, disco elysium and doom eternal-

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? -disco Elysium and doom eternal, 60+ FPS-

    • 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 have

    Ideally 16gb ram, best video card and i7 Also don't wanna wait months on shipping so a quick ready made order is ideal

    Thanks !

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    (never posted here before, hopefully some smart people can help me out)

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 01:13 AM PST

    Looking to buy a laptop for year 11 and 12 (Australia) as mine recently died I need a new one ASAP.

    Max price $1500AU (about $1000US), ideally less.

    Preferably lightweight and 13/14inches, 15 maybe ok.

    Would need to be able to game on it as well, low/medium graphics are completely fine (needs to run War Thunder).

    I have looked at loads but can't see a decisively "best" one, and as you can tell I have very little knowledge about computers.

    Appreciate any help :)

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    Programming laptop

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 01:05 AM PST

    I am needing help to choose a laptop for polytechnic programming and cybersecurity course. I planning to buy the hp envy x360 notebook 13-ar0076au with amd ryzen 7 3700u, 16gbddr4-2400sdram, 512pcle nvme ssd, amd radeon rx vega 10 graphics, bang and olufsen quad speaker 13.3 diagonal fhd ips brighview microedge wled backlit multi touch enabled edge to edge glass with corning gorilla glass nbt,300 nits. May i know is it suitable for programming. The price is 1699 sgd. My budget is around 1600 to 1700 sgd.

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    Battery Life?

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 08:36 PM PST

    Just got the Lenovo ideapad 330s. So far, really liking it, as this is the first night I've used it.

    The only complaint I have right now is the battery...I unplugged it at 2211 and at 2235 it's down to 84%. Granted, I'm doing some downloading to set things up but geesh...that seems like fast drain. Is there a bigger battery I can purchase for this laptop? When I researched it and based on suggestions here, it seemed like I'd be able to take this on the go with few worries about battery life. Suggestions?

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    Aspire 5 i5 with IPS or i7 with TN

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 12:21 AM PST

    Hi, I'm currently looking for a new Laptop.

    I get some good deals through work and I am currently looking at two models of the Acer Aspire 5 with 15 inch displays. One with an i5-10210U and the other one with an i7-10510U.

    Both have a Geforce MX 250/2GB and 512GB NVME SSD and 8GB ram.

    The thing is that the i7 model is 700€ with a TN panel and the i5 is 630€ with an IPS panel.

    I won't do any gaming on it, just use it for browsing, office work with the occasional programming and Matlab use.

    Which one should I pick?

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    Old laptop died and looking for laptop suggestions

    Posted: 29 Feb 2020 12:14 AM PST

    So my old laptop of 6 years died and I'm kind of looking for a decent one with a budget of $480, willing to max out at $530. I'm a Computer Science student and I'm gonna run programs and other programs like Eclipse very often. I'm in the United States and am looking for a pretty general use laptop for Coding primarily and also has a Windows OS. Minimum 8 GB Ram please as I found out with other laptops 4GB RAM isn't cutting it anymore. (Not too important but something with minimal bloatware would also be nice).

    I was looking into getting this https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Convertible-Touchscreen-Processor-81SS000DUS/dp/B07TWHYTSQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 but I don't know if there are any better alternatives or better cheaper options. (I bought a laptop Acer Aspire E 15 for $350 but MAN was there problems with it not exiting sleep mode forcing me to force shut down everytime, the laptop refusing to update windows, AND the horrible screen. I ended up returning it so now I'm here).

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    Can anyone suggest the best laptops for me. I am searching for a laptop that can support both gaming and work( ie, I can do coding, editing, a little of everything). A laptop under 1400$.

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 08:24 PM PST

    I am studying in college right now and I don't think I will buy a new one in the future, I need a one that I can use for future work. Or should I buy a decent one now and a Mac later, or buy a Mac or something else.

    Total budget for the laptop:1,00,000 and Country of purchase: India I would like good specifications(especially i7 and 9th gen) and good battery life.

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    Laptop for College, Willing to wait a couple months.

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 08:15 PM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: Flexible on price, but 800-1000 range is optimal

    • 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 with good pen support is a must Good battery life to last all day

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Both are pretty important, it's a college laptop so it will go everywhere with me.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows only.

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 13-15, 13 is preferred, but anything in that range is fine.

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Nothing too intensive, I just need a reliable machine to last.

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? My desktop will fulfill any gaming needs

    • 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 another must Reliable build quality, as I want this to last 4 years. A good trackpad for QOL Thunderbolt 3 would be nice

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. This laptop will need to last 4 years through college. I would rather spend the extra money now to get a reliable machine that lasts rather than need to upgrade in 2 years. I don't need it until July-August, I just want to know what I am going to get to monitor deals. Again key thing It needs to last 4 years I will get a warranty to play safe, but reliability is the most important.

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    Post Macbook Pro. Razer blade?

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 05:12 PM PST

    I've had several MBP 13 and 15. and while mac os is my favorite, I use windows for CAD and Linux for coding. I would love to have a Nvidia gpu in my next laptop. Budget is not too important.

    I would like a strong machine that can do CAD, deep learning jobs (at least proof-of-concept before learning in the cloud). I'm planning on being nomadic for a chunk of the year so weight and battery life are also important to me. I'm fine with 13" screen, max 15".

    My current choices are between Razer blade stealth 13, and Razer Blade 15.

    Blade 13 seems a good compromise with a decent geforce gtx, good weight, battery life and chargeable via usb-c (which opens me to future smaller GaN chargers). I don't think there is any laptop as small on the market with specs like this.

    Blade 15 with rtx 2080 has the killer specs which I lust over. But the weight + power brick makes me second guess. Battery life would be not great, and probably abysmal when running Linux!

    I'm also looking at system76 but they seem a little too bulky for anything with a decent graphics card.

    Is there an option I'm missing? MSI seems interesting, the laptops don't look as good as Razer blade, but I've heard the customer service is really good. Asus Zephyrus S is also of interest but doesn't seem to have anything over the Blade 15 besides interesting cooling (and weird format).

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    My current aptop is falling apart, need a reccomendation.

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 11:09 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase:

    • As cheap as humanly possible, though I'm willing to scrape together $300. Texas, USA

    Do you prefer a 2-in-1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money?

    • Tablet mode is useless to me as far as 2 in 1 is concerned. I'm used to 2-hour battery life, so I don't mind that either. What really matters is the best power for the budget.

    How important is weight and thinness to you?

    • As long as it isn't 20 pounds I'm fine. I carry this around at school, but I can deal with the weight as long as the build quality and specs are OK.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

    • I don't want the browser-in-a-box, thank you. Don't know Linux and don't have the budget for Apple. It's gonna have to be Windows 10 for me.

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

    • N/A, my current laptop is 14", so that would be preferred.

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

    • Gaming: I'm not into the hyperrealistic stuff, it just needs to be able to run things like Minecraft, TF2, Crosscode, so not too powerful.
    • Editing: I just need to be able to run GIMP, Audacity, and VSDC, so nothing too heavy here either.
    • I'd also like to do coding and game design, though that isn't super-important at present.
    • This all runs fine on my current i3-3217U processor, though I would like to have a game and Discord open at the same time without bottoming out on processor power.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    • Already answered specific games above. Want a good enough response time so I'm not screwed over in action RPG games like CrossCode. Not asking for much, I can turn the graphics settings down on TF2

    Any specific requirements such as a good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

    • A reliable build is a top priority because that's the reason my laptop is falling apart. Switched out my HDD for an SSD and 1/3 of the screw holes fell through. Now more recently some specific keys on my keyboard stopped working (using a USB keyboard rn), and the same keys don't work when a replacement keyboard is installed, which I'm blaming on heat damage. I don't want to
      deal with tech that I can't repair myself without breaking the flimsy plastic it's cased in.
    • Input: For the touchpad, I want to be able to do gestures (two fingers swiped up scrolls the page
      for example) and I want physical buttons for left and right-click because I consider those more
      reliable than tapping the pad. For the keyboard, I just need something that is responsive enough for gaming. Nothing too fancy, just need something reliable.
    • I don't need a disk drive, I don't need a touchscreen, and I don't need touch ID. I would like about three USB inputs (either A or C type is fine, they're both good)

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

    • I live in Texas, so cooling should probably be important. My current laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad s400 running an i3 and a 500 GB SSD, which I can remove and transfer if needed. My main priority is I don't want it to break. Mostly I'm just tired of dealing with the build quality of this piece of junk and it's falling apart, so I won't be able to use it for much longer.

    Thanks for any recommendations you can give!

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    Pursuing online Cybersecurity degree this Fall, need a laptop & (maybe) a desktop. WHICH MACBOOK/IMAC??

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 11:00 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: Around $2500 for only a Macbook, Around $4000? for a macbook/imac combo

    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 for coding, etc. and decent battery on the laptop.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? If im only getting a macbook, weight and thinness don't matter. If i get an imac as well, then id lean towards the thinness of a macbook air

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Mac, and ill get parallels to run 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. Meh, maybe the occasional dumb facebook game. Just whatever programs my school uses for CS related things

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Nope

    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 and good proccessing speeds and ram

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

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    Looking for an affordable gaming laptop (US purchase, $400-$700, don't care about screen size)

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 07:51 AM PST

    Hi, I'm looking for the most affordable US gaming laptop I can buy. Technically, I'm a US citizen living in South Korea until the end of the year, but South Korea laptops are ludicrously overpriced and obnoxious to deal with, so I'd rather just buy one from home and ship it over because they don't sell anything usable here under a thousand dollars.

    I've never been able to afford to be a PC gamer before, but I'm sick of that, so I want my next computer to be able to play all the games I could never afford to play before. I honestly like Dell much much more than HP (which are annoying and I hate them), but besides not wanting HP, I don't care which brand it is. Here are the minimum requirements the laptop has to be, according to the gaming website:

    CPU: Core i5-3570 3.4GHz (INTEL) or FX 6350 (AMD)

    GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX-660 (INTEL) or Radeon HD-7850 (AMD)

    Hard Disk: 55GB

    Ram: 8GB

    Direct X: DirectX 11

    OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)

    So I'm looking to buy one of these online for as cheap as possible. Lastly DO NOT tell me to buy the parts or assemble it from eight different retailers, as I don't know how to build computers and it's very complicated. I want a full machine like this. Also, please don't include any mail-in rebates or complicated coupon processes like that, either. I just want a full ready-to-work laptop that meets these requirements. New or used from eBay; it doesn't matter to me. Just whatever is cheapest. Thank you very much for your help.


    Total budget and country of purchase: US, no more than $700, but $400-500 is my target.

    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 for the money: I won't be taking it out of the house too often.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Not that important

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Larger is better, but no real preference

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run: I want to play modern AAA video games, since I don't think any of the three current game consoles are any good at all.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I just want to play Mass Effect Andromeda, GTA V, and any newer games that come out on the minimum system requirements, which I listed above.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? No, not really. Just energy saver; won't eat up my energy bill, but that's it.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I ideally don't want to spend more than $550 on it, but realize I may have to, to get what I want. I DO NOT want to "build the laptop myself," so please don't suggest that. Thank you.

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    $600 laptop in Canada

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 10:31 PM PST

    **Total budget and country of purchase:**

    up to $600 Canadian

    * **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 and best specs.

    * **How important is weight and thinness to you?**

    Pretty important. Nothing bulky.

    * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.**

    Windows

    * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.**

    13 or 14 Inches

    * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.**

    Some minor coding in python and java. In terms of games probably just

    minecraft.

    * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**

    low to medium settings, 30 FPS.

    * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**

    preferably a finger print reader with a good back-lit keyboard and reliable

    build

    * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.**

    Most of these preferences are flexible except for the screen size, weight and

    battery life. I would also prefer at-least an i5 (or equivalent) processor

    and at-least 256GB of SSD storage.

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    2-in-1 Preferred Ultrabook mainly for productivity/browsing, and gaming with an EGPU (Budget: <$1800 - For laptop only, not including EGPU, USA)

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 03:53 PM PST

    Hey there! I have been searching out laptops, and I have some ideas in mind for what I want to purchase already, but I wanted to see some more suggestions/feedback for a 2-in-1 thin and light ultrabook with a good battery that I could use on the go, and then take home and dock at an EGPU for some mid-intensity gaming - so I am looking for thunderbolt 3 ports. I am really leaning towards a 2-in-1, but if there is a really great thin and light clamshell alternative that really can take the cake, then I am open to it! If it is a clamshell laptop, I would prefer a touchscreen, but I also want to keep the resolution at 1080p.

    • Total budget and country of purchase: No more than $1800, 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. I prefer a 2-in-1 ultrabook - I would like to use this device often as a portable media consumption device for watching movies, playing graphically light games that benefit from a touch screen on the go such as visual novels. I also am looking for a long battery life - one that could last 7+ hours on light usage. I much would prefer a 1080p resolution over 4K.

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Having the laptop be thin is a must. Lighter weight is preferable, but I imagine that the laptops that I'm looking for in this range tend not to be very heavy to begin with.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10, any edition.

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Only 14" or 13", but 14" would be my sweet spot.

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I wouldn't be doing anything intense besides gaming. I would potentially use this laptop to edit videos, but not really sure yet.

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I'd like to play most modern games, 1080p, 60FPS, at the very least, and medium settings at the most is fine when connected to an EGPU. I don't need it to come with a discrete GPU because I am planning to use this with an EGPU, although if there are options that fit my needs with a discrete GPU, I am open to it. When not connected to an EGPU, I would just be playing graphically light games such as indie titles, visual novels, and emulated games (nothing more than a SNES title, as an example).

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Touch Screen is preferable (if not, a must, but I'm open to other suggestions). Since I am looking to use an EGPU with this machine, so thunderbolt 3 is a must. I also really want the laptop have an option for USB-C charging. 16 GB of ram at least, i7 is preferred, and at least 512gb of storage. Having ram that isn't soldered in is a huge plus as well, but not a deal breaker.

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I have been looking at a bunch of options already, and I'm not really sure what would suit my needs best, or if there are more options than what I'm looking at.

    Here's what I've considered so far (in order of most considered to least considered):

    • Lenovo C940 14"
    • Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen 4
    • Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 2
    • MSI Prestige 14"
    • Dell XPS 13 2-in-1
    • New Razer Blade Stealth 13"

    Thanks!

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    Looking for a Laptop for learning Animation/Media Creation, Music Production, Coding/Programming, and some Light Gaming

    Posted: 28 Feb 2020 09:09 PM PST

    * **Total budget and country of purchase:**

    Preferably between $1000 and $1500 (Though I may be able to add another $200-500 if the extra bucks is what it will take to ensure my new machine will be capable of suiting needs), 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.**

    While I have an Artisul D13 tablet I can continue to use if need be, since using it with Windows 10 hasn't been a "smooth-sailing" experience so far, I'm quite open to a 2 in 1 machine. Also, with how my current laptop has lasted me 9 years and ongoing, I want this next purchase to last, so battery life as well as having the best specifications are both important to me as well

    * **How important is weight and thinness to you?**

    While I want the option of being able to carry it around when needed, neither are that important to me overall since it will primarily be used at home.

    * **Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.**

    Windows. I might consider Pro to be able to use VMs for software/web development practice purposes

    * **Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.**

    15" minimum

    * **Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.**

    Adobe Suite (Animate, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, XD, Premiere), Affinity Photo/Designer, OpenToonz, Blender, Toon Boom, FL Studio, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Star Wars: The Old Republic (and possibly Maya and 3DS Max in the future as well). Since it wasn't mentioned, in addition to the above, I also may also want to practice programming/and software/web development using the likes of Visual Studio Code while learning Java, Spring, HTML.CSS, JavaScript, React

    * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**

    I eventually want to return to gaming on some level, but at a minimum, I want to know what it's like to run Star Wars: The Old Republic on medium to high settings, as opposed to barely getting by on the absolute minimum of settings that I'm used to.

    * **Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?**

    If the laptop isn't a 2-in-1 and/or I'm not able to draw directly on the screen, then I need at least a couple USB-B slots and an HDMI port to work with my Artisul D13 (possibly a VGA Port too if I have to use my adapter like I have to with my current Windows 10 machine), and I suppose USB-C would be nice since the iPhone I upgraded to came with a USB-C cable. Also, some decent or good speakers would be nice to use with FL Studio. As far as storage space, I'm currently using 500 GB, so while another 500GB will do, 1TB minimum would be preferred. Besides the above, generally speaking, I'd say reliable build quality would be on the top of my list.

    * **Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.**

    I don't want to come off someone who's "looking for a unicorn", lol. That said, having had to make do with a Sony Vaio for over 9 years with minimal specs by today's standards, I overall want to feel like I am using a reliable machine that not only is "worth every penny", but also will be able to handle "the heaviest of tasks", so to speak, especially should my skills develop enough that I'll be able to start using my laptop for more freelance/professional work in the future.

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