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    charger all the time. Is bad?


    charger all the time. Is bad?

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:15 AM PST

    I bought a msi Ge75, i7, 2080 and I like it a lot but the battery is small. it is bad to use the laptop with the charger all the time

    I'm afraid it will get damaged soon, but I like them. I do not know if to return it and buy another one, I wanted one that had a lot of battery like the gs 65. I heard that it is good but it gets very hot and it bends, mine does not heat up almost.

    Is it true that laptops are ready to be connected all the time and why do they have huge chargers?

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    Small Business Laptop/Desktop Replacement - USA

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:16 AM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $800-$1,000

    • 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>Portability>Battery Life

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Ish. Don't need MacBook Air

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

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

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Google Earth Pro + DWG TrueVue + Acrobat concurrently, Office suite with large excel files (legacy data presentation decisions mean 130 MB charts)

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

    • 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 (No IT), easy to dock and run 2 monitors (looking for desktop replacement)

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Boss just dumped our IT consultant and has asked me to spec new computers for 1/3 the office (8 computers). Cause I'm younger than 40 i guess? He wants laptops that can function as desktop replacements. MS office suite + Google earth pro + Acrobat + occasional AutoDesk True view. very occasional illustrator and photoshop work (could be left off the list).

    They'll get some outdoor use. Need to be reliable enough to last until I convince him we need some sort of IT - 6 to 12 months with low risk of problems/good manufacturer support? IT consultant was recommending Elitebook 830 G6's, but was rejected b/c of the cost. Looks like the Lenovo t480 could work on sale.

    Thanks for the help

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    Highest Specs under $1500 USD

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 03:02 PM PST

    No conditions, need the highest specs ever. Specs for reference- intel core i9-9900k/i7-9750h, at least 16gb DDR3/4 ram, at least 256gb fast HDD or SSD, a bit looser on graphics. I want to know if it's possible. If not, tell me what is possible with a $1500 USD budget. Thank you in advance.

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    €1500 ~ €2000, The Netherlands

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 05:22 AM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: €1500 ~ €2000, The Netherlands

    • 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 isn't a big issue, performance matters more.

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? I'm moving around with the laptop a lot, and clients also see the laptop so a sleek design would be optimal.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Dual boot of Windows and 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. Docker, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Adobe Suite

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

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

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Currently use a Dell docking station, if possible I would like it to work with that.

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    Looking for gaming laptop

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 04:58 AM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: $1000ish, 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. Will be plugged in 99% of the time

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Irrelevant

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

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Larger is better, but not necessary

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

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I play all sorts of games, both extremely recent and very old. Maximum settings at a minimum of 60fps would of course be preferable, but I can live with moderate settings at 30fps.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? None

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

    I'm completely and absolutely clueless when it comes to PC gaming. I'm looking for a versatile laptop that can, at the very least, run even the most recent games at at least a minimum of 30fps on any setting. The games I mostly would be playing are Overwatch, PC exclusives like FTL, strategies like Stellaris that are a pain to play on console, and games with good mod support like Fallout and Elder Scrolls, so it may be overkill to aim for a PC that could play something like RDR2 or The Witcher 3 at maximum graphics. Any help at all would be appreciated, whether you're recommending exactly what I need or telling me how stupid I am :p

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    $1500 light-weight laptop for work/semi gaming.

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 01:08 AM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: $1500, will try to purchase in 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. I prefer good battery life and best specs for the money.
    • How important is weight and thinness to you? Light and thin as possible since i travel a lot.
    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows
    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Around 13-15 inches as long as its lightweight.
    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. For now I'm using it for work which requires a lot of browser tab open. Also I would like it to use it for Revit/Bim/Autocad in the future.
    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? This feature is not necessarily needed but if it can run PUBG at med to high settings for a few buck, i can consider it.
    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Non-touch to maximize battery life.
    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Thunderbolt and usb c charging is also a plus.
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    Mac user considering windows laptop

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 04:19 AM PST

    Hello so I am a high school senior looking for a computer upgrade for college. I am looking for portable laptop that has a good build quality good track pad and a nice looking screen (no need for 4K) some other things that would be nice to have is a long battery life and better IO than my Mac book pro. +2 usb A 1or 2 usbC and HDMI. I do some CPU and GPU intensive workloads but not all the time. I mostly use the laptop for research and school. Thanks, tell me what you have in mind

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    Looking for a laptop to do some quick browsing, work and watch stuff

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 07:00 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase:

    Up to U$500. Depends a lot on the specs tho, I'll explain more about what I need and then if we can bring this value down it would be awesome.

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

    More about the specs then battery life.

    How important is weight and thinness to you?

    I would like something portable that I can bring anywhere.

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

    Windows.

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

    15" screen but would give up this to have a better battery life or spec with a cheaper price.

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

    I'll use it mainly for watching movies, netflix, work (excel, onenote, outlook, power point) and some light image editing mainly for presentations using Photoshop if possible. I want something I can carry around easily and browse the internet or watch stuff in times of need. Games are ok, but my home pc is my main guy.

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

    I'm growing old :( I need something to help me.

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

    I love Apple's touchpads, I don't know if any other brand was able to achieve such result. Good keyboard would be nice since I'll mostly use it to write.

    Don't care about cd drives, but need something to upload my photos.

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

    The need to buy a laptop came up now that I'm traveling for a month and I need something light that allows me to browse websites, see where I'm going, access my e-mails, work with spreadsheets, watch a video or serie (the battery needs to last a little long for that) and maybe use photoshop for light editing.

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    US to UK

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 02:18 AM PST

    Thinking of ordering a laptop in the US and picking it up next time I go over (from UK). Is there anything I need to look out for/ be aware of?

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    13 to 15 inch for dev work, light gaming and media consumption. £1600 => £1900

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 02:10 AM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: UK, I have a currys/ pc world voucher for £1900 but would also like to get a decent ish £300 monitor if possible.

    • 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. While I like the idea of a 2 in 1, I'm worried about upgrade/repairability of them. Battery life > 4 hours is fine, so no real worries there

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? It can't be huge, but my old laptop was a brick and I lugged that around so not overly important.

    • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows, with plans to dual boot Linux

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 16-inch maximum, needs to fit in a normal-sized backpack

    • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Very light photo editing, so not really important. Also light gaming, I have a desktop at home for more heavyweight gaming. Dev work will be playing around with scala & python for some lightweight number crunching and data analysis work, android & game dev and some web dev.

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Again, very light games - hollow knight, slay the spire and similar.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Nice keyboard. Good build quality, hopefully something that will last a number of years. Touch screen would be nice, but on a clamshell there's not a huge amount of need for it.

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I've been looking at an xps - there's a £150 cashback offer so that would be nice. I would be happy to go to max budget if it isn't worth spending less and getting a monitor, but ideally less. On that note, are there any semi decent touch screen monitors for around £400 or less, or is that a pipe dream?

    Thanks :)

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    Looking for a gaming/content creation laptop with good color gamut

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 01:28 AM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: It should be lower than 25.000 Norwegian Kroner

    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 preffer a laptop with decent good battery life. Specs should be: at least GTX1660TI, i7 9th gen, and minimal 16GB RAM with oportunity to upgrade.

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

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows 10 Home or Pro. Mac OS can work

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Favourable 17" but not bellow 15"

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Adobe Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Blender

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Cities Skylines, Minecraft sometimes and soon Flight Simulator 2020

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Keyboard keys should have some space between them. Numpad is recommended. Flash SSD should be 1TB. Minimal 512GB, and if so it should have extra drive of 1TB. If it's HDD it has to run 7200RPM. USB slots should be 3 or more. SD card reader is liked but it should upload 1GB of storage in 30s or less. Faster is better.

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

    The specs above is just my thoughts and im open for some compromises such as lower battery life for better performance.

    Im looking for a laptop that have a good color gamut for my photography and videography. sRGB and Adobe RGB should be very good for color accuracy. I have been looking at the Norwegian version of Mag-15 (Komplett Khameleon P9) and I liked it's laptop configuration, but was unsure if the screen was any good for content creation.

    RTX graphic is a bonus but not that important as I've heard it isn't so good as on Desktops.

    I intend to use the laptop for photography and videography. But I also want to game on sparetime.

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    Basic Laptop for CAD/Sketchup - USA/$300-$550

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 09:40 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: $500 - 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? The thinner and lighter the better

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

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Preferably 15.6" and below

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. CAD, Sketchup, basic gaming on occasion.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Stardew Valley, The Sims 4, but again not a necessity.

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

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I saw a video recently on the new laptop from MOTILE and wondered if it'd be worth getting since it was cheap and had decent specs for the price. MOTILE Laptop

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    Looking for a laptop to study with at least 8 of RAM

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:45 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: 400€, 500€ at max, buying in Spain.

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

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Don't mind weight or thinness.

    Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. I will be doing dualboot with Windows and 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 . Just programming and I would like to play some League of Legends too.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Just 60 fps for League of Legends with all at min would be great.

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

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I can't spend much on a Laptop, but I need one becouse I will be moving out to study.

    Thanks in advance!

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    Lenovo Ideapad S340? (£499)

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 06:42 PM PST

    So I'm due a Laptop upgrade as mine is feeling very outdated considering it's age. I've been looking around and I feel I've found a good deal? Ideapad S340 for £499, the specs are below:

    Windows 10 S AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor RAM: 8 GB / Storage: 256 GB SSD Graphics: AMD Radeon Vega 8

    The main uses would be internet browsing, light (possible) editing, light gaming such as minecraft, iTunes and media watching. Possibly also streaming using the Xbox One app to my Laptop...

    But yeah, would you say this is a good deal and good enough specs to run say Minecraft smoothly on medium graphics? If not could you recommend a laptop of similar specs around the same price point? Thanks

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    Looking for a durable laptop that I can just throw in my bookbag.

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 08:55 AM PST

    I want the most basic use laptop, 8GB of ram at least, under 3.5 pounds (less is more important to me), and any size screen above 12 inches. I don't care about looks and have been eyeing used thinkpads for their durability. I am someone who wants to not consciously think about how I place my bookbag constantly or cringe if I accidentally bump into something with my bookbag (my college has narrow doorways and I drive small cars). I don't want something that will scratch up the bottom if it is accidentally pushed forward on a desk (I'm looking at you, surface products), and don't care for aluminum casing. I almost prefer plastic for how much more of scratching they seem to take without showing obvious signs of it.

    I'd prefer to spend under $500, but willing to push for $650 if necessary. I really just prefer something lightweight over all else, but 8Gb of Ram and a good quality screen is a must and I really do not want to spend much for something that I really don't care much about. I have a gaming PC at home and this is the take to school computer for me.

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    Searching for a laptop I can use for writing and casual gaming

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 04:42 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: around 1000 usd, purchasing in united states

    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 and/or good battery life.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? I would choose better performance over weight, but if there's a laptop with both I'd happily accept.

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

    Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. My current laptop, an 8 year old macbook pro retina, has a 15" screen, so something comparable or smaller is preferable.

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I mostly play Minecraft, Binding of Isaac, Don't Starve, Hollow Knight, etc. I'd like to be able to install more Minecraft mods because my current(suffering and dying) laptop absolutely cannot. The extent of my photo and video editing is photoshopping my friends faces onto absurd stock images for their birthday.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? As mentioned above, there are a few games I play/want to play/want to improve my experience of. I'm not a gamer, so I'm not sure of exactly what settings/fps I would like, but I do know I'd like something better than what I currently have. Minecraft is very prone to lag on my current laptop. I tend to build complex structures, so I sometimes use shaders and nice resource packs, something that lags my current laptop heavily.

    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 would be nice since I mostly use my laptop to write. I do not like touch screens.

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. My brother was actually the one who suggested I get a new laptop. Unlike I, he seems to know more about computers, and is very much a gamer. I feel it's because he wants to play video games with me but I adamantly refused to replace my macbook, which had been dragging itself along for eight years. At the moment, my laptop's headphone jack is broken, it crashes constantly, lags intensely for no reason, drains its battery in 2 hours, etc. I would like a new laptop that...does not do that.

    I mentioned my brother because he recommended the ASUS Zenbook 13 Ultra Slim Laptop and the Acer Predator Helios 300 and I would like inputs on his suggestions if possible.

    Thank you for your help.

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    Need a new laptop for school and gaming

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:39 PM PST

    • Total budget and country of purchase: My budget is around 60,000 NTD (2,000 USD). I am thinking of buying my laptop in Taiwan.

    • 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 want a laptop with good specs for gaming.

    • How important is weight and thinness to you? I want it to be as light and thin as possible, although I know that gaming laptops can be quite bulky lol

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

    • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Around 15 inches.

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

    • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? -fill here, remove dashes- I want to play games like Rainbow 6 Siege, GTA5, The Witcher 3 and other major games by AAA developers. I want to run them at mid to high settings, with a steady fps of at least 60, but I would prefer it to be higher.

    • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I would prefer a 144 hz monitor

    • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Yeah, any help is appreciated

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    Looking for a "creator's laptop" at reasonable weight

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 05:40 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase:

    No strict budget. I'm living in Singapore (Southeast Asia) but happy to purchase online.

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

    Given that I'm not on a budget, I'm basically looking for the best specs in the weight class & requirements listed below.

    How important is weight and thinness to you?

    Weight is pretty important. Ideally it would be at 3.00 lbs or less.

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

    Windows

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

    Looking for 14"-15"

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

    Primarily photo editing -- Photoshop/Lightroom -- and video editing (Premiere Pro).

    I likely won't be doing a lot of gaming on it. But if I do, it might be Overwatch.

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

    60FPS at the highest possible settings would be nice of course. But, again, gaming isn't the primary concern.

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

    Hopefully a laptop without any (serious) overheating issues.

    From browsing through some online recommendations, I'm currently eyeing the following shortlist:

    • Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15"
    • HP Spectre x360 15 (2020)
    • Lenovo Yoga C940 14"

    Open to more suggestions as well as thoughts and opinions.

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    Searching for a portable high-performance laptop

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:26 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase:

    Around 2000 USD, I'm living in Malaysia (Southeast Asia)

    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'm looking for the best specs in the weight class & requirements listed below.

    How important is weight and thinness to you?

    Kinda important, I need to carry my laptop every day to work. Anything around 4.5 lbs will do.

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

    Windows.

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

    15" screen but would give up this to have a better spec or thermal performance

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

    Mainly on Photoshop and Illustrator and some video editing Premiere Pro
    Some time will use Zbrush, Blender, Substance Painter

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

    At the highest possible settings would be nice of course.

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

    Good thermal, easy to upgrade

    From browsing through some online recommendations, I'm currently eyeing the following shortlist:

    Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic XA
    ROG Zephyrus S GX502
    MSI GS65 STEALTH 9SF-437

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    Need help to choose among these 3 laptops

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:21 PM PST

    Hi all, I'm considering getting one of these 3 laptops, mainly for work (programming, design) and occasional light gaming:

    1. Acer Aspire 5 A515-54G-78KU
    2. i7-10510U
    3. MX250
    4. 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
    5. 12GB RAM
    6. 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD
    7. 1.8kg
    8. SGD $1542 (approx USD $1108)

    9. Asus Vivobook S15 S531FL-BQ559T

    10. i7-10510U

    11. MX250

    12. 8GB RAM on board + DRAM DDR4 8GB

    13. 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD

    14. 1.8kg

    15. SGD $1598 (approx USD $1148)

    16. Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 2020

    17. i7-10510U

    18. MX250

    19. 2GB GDDR5 VRAM

    20. 16GB RAM

    21. 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD

    22. 2kg

    23. SGD $1488 (approx USD $1060)

    Could I have some advice on which one may be better? Or based on a budget of USD $1150, any other laptops that might be better than these 3?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Suggest a Reliable laptop for $1500

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:15 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: $1500 - $1800, United States

    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 traditional form factor, battery life is not the most important thing for me, and of course best specifications for the money.

    How important is weight and thinness to you? Not important 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. Mid-range screen size: 14-inch, 15.6 inch

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I mostly will be using my laptop for Data Analysis (Using STATA, SQL, R), light programming (Python, Javascript, Java); Light video editing(DaVinci Resolve); Some photo editing (Lightroom); I would be gaming, Yes; Lastly, I would like to have the ability to use OBS.

    If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Mostly light games such as League of Legends, Civilization VI, Europa Universalis IV. Would love a 144 Hz or 120 Hz panel tbh. Would like to play these games with at least medium settings.

    Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?: Three things matter to me the most: 1) Reliability ( I have had to change three laptops in the past two years), I am willing to spend the cash but I would love for this laptop to be up to date and stick with me for sometime. 2) Screen Quality ( I would prefer the highest screen quality I can get, of course it wouldn't be the best for $1500, but the best possible. 400 nits and above is a plus). 3) Good Keyboard ( quasi - important since I might be looking into connecting my laptop to an external display and using an external keyboard).

    Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Other than Reliability, Screen Quality does matter to me a lot. FHD kind of gets to me now, and I would really prefer QHD or 4K if I can get it in the price range. If not higher resolution, then higher brightness and/or better color accuracy would be a plus.

    TL;DR: Looking for a reliable laptop for $1500 - $1800 to do some light gaming, data analysis, and light video editing.

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    Laptop less than $ 400 in USA

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 03:38 PM PST

    Total budget and country of purchase: $400 in USA

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

    How important is weight and thinness to you? not important

    Which OS do you require? Windows

    Do you have a preferred screen size? at least 15.6 "

    Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? Just use for normal school stuff

    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)? minimum 1 TB hard drive, HDD is ok

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

    I have 2 options I'm currently looking at:

    https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9008531/Lenovo-IdeaPad-L340-Laptop-156-Screen/

    https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-L340-15API/p/88IPL301170 - the AMD Ryzen™ 3 3200U laptop for $ 359.99

    Thanks.

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    Laptop Recommendation XPS vs HP Spectre x360

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 11:03 PM PST

    Hello!

    I need some guidance from the community. I'm a college student looking to buy a computer for productivity, light gaming, and light/heavy use of lightroom and photoshop. I'm currently in a pickle between what to choose. Below are my two top options that I have been eyeing for a very long time, although I am open to other options. Which of the 2 will be better for my usage?

    Looking for best bang for my buck for my preferred usage.

    Currently trying to decide between the two models.

    Costco is having a sale for Dell XPS New 13 in 2-in-1 for 1,299.00 which contains a 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, i7-1065G7 Processor with a 1080p display.

    Bestbuy is having a sale for a HP Spectre x360 2-in-1 for 1499.99 which contains 16 GB RAM, 1000 GB SSD + 32 GB Optane, i7-1065G7 Processor with 4K OLED display.

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    2-1 laptop with pen support and enough grunt to edit videos like a boss.

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 10:41 PM PST

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

    Up to AUD$2,000 in Australia

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

    Ideally want a 2 in 1 with pen support but also more than enough grunt to run my work off (web design, graphic design etc) so enough to run the whole adobe suite without giving me the shits. Battery life and weight are also important but good pen support.

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

    I'd like to take this travelling so its important, but i dont need the thinnest and lightest. I'd prefer better bang for buck.

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

    Windows

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

    Around 14"-15.6" kinda

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

    Lots of photo editing, light gaming (hi res isnt important) but also quite a bit of video editing here and there. Would like to be able to run the entire Adobe Suite

    * **If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?**
    This is not so important to me.

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

    A great screen would be good too. Hopefully 1440 or similar.

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

    I'm a bit of a tab ho so something with max ram would be good. Can be a bit flexible with the price but looking for something thats solid and going to last a decent amount of time.

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    Programming/image processing etc. hobby+ work.

    Posted: 02 Mar 2020 10:18 PM PST

    I just ordered this and I'm having serious doubts.

    I do a lot of programming as a hobby, some of which involves image and audio processing and can be pretty heavy. I'll simulate some physics stuff that can take time, but at work more than at home, and honestly I never understood the need for the very fastest for the most demanding work. I want using it to be super snappy, but whether something takes two hours or three doesn't determine whether I can do that thing, whether it takes days or months does, and that's not determined by one computer or another. 16gb ram rather than 8 or 12 is a given. Laptops are not for heavy lifting anyway. Occasionally I'll use cuda, but I have decided to do that exclusively on the desktop instead of messing about with an inferior GPU that makes the laptop way more expensive.

    Still, I am conflicted on two points. First, should I have gone with an i7, and second, is this going to be a comically large screen and something I don't want to pull out in a meeting and dominate the desk space?

    These two questions make me think of five situations. 1) Smaller screen is better anyway, i5 is plenty fast, get a 16.6" i5. 2) ...but the big screen would be nice for when I want to watch videos or show people images/videos in a group setting, go with the i7 3" i5 3) the big screen is in fact silly, put that screen money into the i7, maybe with a bigger SSD. 4) the big screen IS cool, and you know you want an i7 for no particular reason so cough up the money and go all out. 5) I don't know what I'm talking about and you can set me right.

    I just get so indecisive when there's no right answer. What do I do here?

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