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I wanted to write a quick review for this Galaxy Book 4 (512GB, 16GB) because i really could not find any reviews before purchasing. Basically this thing is very overpriced and support is a joke. Right out of the box the laptop made an annoying clicking noise, dropped wifi constantly, and had a delay in buletooth audio. I updated the OS and that went away by and large. A couple weeks later (i can no longer return to BestBuy) the problems are back even worse. Apparently Samsungs warranty is just: mail it to us and we will try to fix it and send it back in 7-14 days. I am looking for work atm and can't go 2 weeks without a computer so F me i guess. Also the build quality is similar to a floppy Disk. FYI

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/alienware-x14-r2-laptop/useahctox14r2rpl03?tfcid=91049735&dgc=opl&srsltid=AfmBOooqoMyqdi2NVv1czm9XPHlGO4mKoNzFXb6knx90hRBKX6ui1d6Oa7k

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-16-1-165hz-full-hd-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i9-16gb-ddr5-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-1tb-ssd-shadow-black/6589390.p?skuId=6589390

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-victus-16-1-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-8845hs-16gb-ddr5-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-512gb-ssd-mica-silver/6578934.p?skuId=6578934

Laptops specifications: New Size: 14” FHD IPS display CPU: I7 12650H RAM: 16 of ram DDR5 Storage: 2TB SSD nvme 4.0 KINGSTON Windows: windows 11 PRO Material: AD CD full aluminium metal Wifi: wifi 6 Thunderbolt port Price: 750$ Are the specs more than enough for office usage ?

I've been using a PC for gaming for many years. Recently, I needed to work in another country and, since I couldn't bring my PC, I was forced to buy a laptop instead, primarily due to its portability and convenience. I use a monitor and separate gaming peripherals when playing games.

Now, I'm trying to expand the laptop's hard drive because it only has 512GB. I believe the laptop is still under the manufacturer's warranty since it's less than a year old. Can you help me determine the best course of action and how to choose compatible hardware to expand the storage? I want to be able to play more games than I currently can.

Here is my laptop specs.

MSI
Windows 11 Home 64bit
Model: Thin GF63 12V

12th gen i5-12450H (12CPUs)

16gb RAM

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NVIDI GeForce RTX 4050

Am in a dilemma !

13" Macbook Air M2 8 gb ram / 512 gb ssd - 1046 usd

14" Macbook pro 16 gb ram / 1 tb ssd - 1283 usd

Both of these models are available new, which one to pick up ?

Requirements:

1. Need the laptop to last me atleast 5 more years
2. Am not a power user, i expect good battery life in my machine. I like thin portable laptops
3. However, I am a photography hobbyist. I would like to learn photo, video editing, coding etc. But, still in a very minimal level.
4. Honestly, I dont need a pro model, still the deal looks crazy.
5. Dont recommend something else out of these options and also, I dont like buying refurbished products.

Note: need 512gb ssd minimum. Max budget: 1300 usd

I need help on deciding which is the better laptop suited for my case, since I'm thinking of buying a new laptop soon and I would like to know your opinions (especially since I'm not super tech savvy) prior buying one. I also had searched and read stuff on here about these 2 laptops, but not really finding anything comparing the 2.

My current laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad 110 which I have been using the last 6 years. Bought it brand new and it still works good for casual surfing and office work, and never had any other issues apart from replacing my charger lang, but syempre recently I've been experiencing it starting to slow down and I'm unable to upgrade it to Windows 11, hence I need the device upgrade.

My two options that I'm currently thinking of are the Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 14IAH8 83EQ0043PH or the Macbook Air M1. I have a very on-the-go type of job so I want something lightweight and with good longevity. My main apps are mainly for productivity like Office, MS Teams, Zoom, Viber and Adobe, with the usual use of Youtube and Netflix. I'm not a gamer nor photo/video editor. .

My phone and tablet are both from Samsung, and have no plans upgrade them yet, so my worry lang is the compatibility with MBA1. It will also be my first Apple product.

Thank you so much in advance!

I need a laptop that works great for most games, and does just fine for document editing software. Thanks for your help!

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: at most, $500-600
• Are you open to refurbs/used?: yes
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?: Id prefer a 17 inch screen. I'd like it to run most games fine. The battery life isn't extremely important, because im going to have it plugged in anyway.
• How important is weight and thinness to you?: Not very.
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A: 17 inches! Or just a large screen.
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.: I mostly use document editing software. Microsoft editing programs, adobe... But I'd like to play at most Baldurs Gate 3.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Baldurs gate 3.
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?: SSD storage, USB, and USB C, and an HDMI output.

I have a gaming laptop (Dell G3 3590) that I am trying to convert into a decent school laptop with a good battery life, but I have done all the steps and the battery life is still abysmal.

It's a 51 watt hour battery that has degraded to 34 watt hours.

Here are the steps I have taken:

1. Turned on maximum power saving
2. Minimum screen and keyboard brightness
3. Have limited the cpu power draw to 5 watts with throttlestop
4. Have disabled the dedicated gpu (1660ti max q) by disabling the drivers. Originally using 15 watts on idle
5. Reinstalled windows

And it STILL lasts barely above an hour. My only real option is to replace the battery but that's very expensive. I also don't want to sell it as I need the performance for many production projects.

I feel like the gpu isn't disabled properly

Hi all, I’ve been saving up for a while and am finally ready to grab a new laptop, after research I’ve decided to go with the new 200 series intel laptops. For reference I’m in Australia.

I can see a bunch of models (e.g. hp omenbook ultra and the Asus zen book s14) have been released, but it seems like none of them offer the option of the intel i9 288V at all, even though all the research I’m doing suggests all these models should have an i9 288V variant.

Anyone know when the i9 288V variants of the Asus zenbooks and the hp models or any other models with the i9 will be releasing? I’m happy to wait a couple of months if it’s coming out later in the year, would appreciate any info if anyone has it.

Also, I can see a couple of options with the Ryzen 9 HX370, anyone know how that compares in practice (most importantly battery life then performance) against the i9 288V? I’m not a big computer wiz so I have no clue what the benchmarks on all these videos realistically mean.

Thanks a lot for any help in advance. J

Look, I'm a idiot with laptops, all I know is that my current laptop (Acer Aspire 1) is slow and not very good. I also have not a lot of money, as in I can't really go above $700. So, bottom line, is this laptop good for my intended purposes? Said purposes being playing lower end games (The binding of Isaac, Monster Prom, nothing AAA) and streaming them through discord, browsing the inter-webs, and watching videos? Thanks in advance!

Here is the link to the laptop.

https://www.amazon.ca/VivoBook-i5-1135G7-graphics-Fingerprint-X515EA-DB55-CA/dp/B0CVNNW4D9?ref_=ast_sto_dp#customerReviews

My laptop screen won't turn on after multiple hard resets. The Caps Lock light seems to always be on and can't be turned off. Is there a quick fix, or should I send it in for repair? Thanks in advance!

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so I logged onto my Chromebook just now and I am getting a "Network may be monitored" and I have a private network with a VPN. I tried to turn my VPN off, change locations, restart my Chromebook anything I could think of and i'm still getting this. if anyone knows what it means and what I can do to fix it, please help!!

I currently have a original surface laptop studio (i5-11300H 16GB RAM) and I have the opportunity to switch to a Macbook Air 15'' M3 8GB at no cost. I barely use the touchscreen on my surface so the only thing holding me back is the 8GB of ram on the Mac. All I use my laptop for is university work and light coding. What are your opinions?

So recently someone I know bought an ASUS tuff F15 laptop from Amazon. 144hz, 16gigs ram, 1tb SSD, GeForce rtx 4050

Now he got it today and was playing his fortnite game. After a few hours his laptop suddenly shut off. More specifically his screen. No audio, no visuals but his light keyboard remained. Randomly the charging indicator would turn off n turn on.

So what I did was hard shut it off. Now that I was shut off completely I unplugged all of his external cables. Keyboard, mouse etc. after turning it back on his keyboard would flash n have that breathing effect as you can set it. Switches from blue to orange. No display still at all.

At this point we don't know what to do, what caused it, or how to fix it. His screen just doesn't turn on. But his laptop does.

Anyone have any reasons this could happen? We started the return as even if we fixed it. If it happened once it'll happen again and I just thought it would be best to return it and avoid the hassle.

hi! i don’t know too much about laptops, but all i know is that i’m interested in the yoga 7i 2-1 series!

there’s a ton of different processors and graphic cards listed and i was wondering if you guys could help me find / recommend one best for my needs! here are some of the things i’m looking for:

• everyday productivity: searching, browsing, doing school work & assignments
• able to run programs such as: after effects, premiere pro, cinema 4d, photoshop
• able to run games such as: minecraft, roblox, stardew valley, sims
• and maybe?? some heavy hitting games like by hoyoverse, supermassive games, decknine, square enix, and the such

like i mentioned above, i don’t know much about laptops, so a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! if you have any other models i should check out please lmk! thank you! c:

Hello Im looking for a laptop that have nice specs, will last for at least 3-4 years and will not be loud. Im music producer and i will mainly use it for fl studio with some chrome tabs. I found this one: ASUS Vivobook S 16 OLED M5606WA-MX034W - Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 32GB RAM, but cant find any reviews about it. Is it worth it? My max budget is around 1700.

I'm looking into getting a laptop mainly for school. I do some data analysis, photo/video editing, and the regular college student stuff. I'm looking for something easily portable, not too loud, and doesn't look all crazy. Not really necessary to be able to run games, but would be cool I guess. Which is a better fit? Both are within budget. (Mainly because I have a $250 gift card for Best Buy for the Zephyrus. I'm open to other recommendations anyone may have as well. Thank you in advance! Max budget is $1800.

Asus Zephyrus G14 4070/AMD Ryzen 9/32GB Memory/1TB SSD ($1699.99) ($250 gift card)

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-14-oled-3k-120hz-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-9-8945hs-32gb-lpddr5x-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-1tb-ssd-platinum-white/6570271.p?skuId=6570271

Apple Macbook Air M3 Chip/16GB Memory/1TB SSD ($1579)

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/13-inch-midnight-apple-m3-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-10-core-gpu-16gb-memory-512gb

OR I can also afford the upgrade on the MB Air to make it 24 GB Memory if it would make a HUGE difference. ($1759)

My laptop is doing a bios update, during the update i plugged in the power just to make sure it doesn't turn off, is that dangerous or what ?

I have a very old HP ProBook G1 650, and its battery from 2014 finally died. After it did, I got a non-OEM battery which works great. However, there seems to be a weird issue where the laptop doesn't stop charging even when it's full. On the old battery, the little LED charging indicator on the edge of the body would turn off, and it had this gimmick where it'd refuse to charge if I plug the laptop while the battery's ≥90 and would just stay on A/C mode.

That's not the case for the new battery. It'd charge even if I plug it in at 99%, but even when it goes full, the LED doesn't turn off, and the battery icon shows that it's in charging mode.

I'm running a fully up to date Win10. My questions are: Is the battery actually charging or is it an error with the software due to this not being an OEM battery? Could it be a hardware issue?

I know nothing about laptops or PCs and stuff. But I have a Metabox gaming laptop I want to sell because I got a new PC. It works perfectly fine, with no issues, and is physically in perfect condition too. I get pretty good frames on Valorant and overwatch (100+ fps, on low settings) But I want to know how much I can get out of it if I sell it or if it's even worth selling.

Laptop Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
RAM: 16 gb
Storage: 2TB

So i bought a 8gb of ram stick DDR3 for My Lenovo Ideapad 100 (i3 5020U, 4gb of ram and 256gb SSD) but when i changed the ram it refuses to show image again, but when i put back the 4gb ram stick everything works fine, could this be a bios issue or My ram is faulty and i got scammed?

I’m a mechanical engineering student and need a laptop that fits the below requirements:

Windows laptop • Running Windows 10 and all current Windows updates applied • Intel Core 15 • 8GB RAM • 256GB hard drive • Built-in or external webcam (720p HD Camera) & microphone • Anti-virus software • USB headset such as Plantronics Blackwire C320 • Internet connectivity bandwidth 1.2 Mbps/2 Mbps

My mum just got me this laptop. I'm a compsci student. My dad is making it seem like I can't do any tangible programming on it. He claims its only good for PowerPoint presentations and hello world 😒. I specifically asked for i5 or higher, 8gb ram or higher. High ssd and windows 11. It's a Storage 512 GB SSD Processor

• Intel® Core™ i5-1335U Processor
• 10-core
• P-cores: 1.3 GHz / 4.6 GHz
• E-cores: 0.9 GHz / 3.4 GHz
• 12 MB Cache

RAM 8 GB DDR4 (3200 MHz) Graphics card Integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

Dell Lattitude 7440 || Windows 11 Pro

My Laptop finally arrived, any tips on what to do first with a used item bought from Marketplace?

1. Any good resource to guide me end to end to re-install Windows removing all bloatware?
2. Thinking to use Windows 10 instead of 11. Thoughts?
3. Heard capping battery charging to 80% helps. Any other tips like that?

Thanks in advance :)