LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

5111768 sum (400 $)

Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes, if I can find them in good state

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Performance, build quality, battery life, etc

How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not important, but if possible not heavy

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

14-15.6 inch

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

No, main programms would be JetBrains tools. ( But I could use Godot engine as a hobby )

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

Desirable stable FPS in games before 2008-2010

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

Good and comfortable keyboard for long-term typing, many inputs for connecting additional monitors and devices

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

The main tasks of the laptop for me will be learning the Linux system (this will be my first Linux), as well as Backend work and creating Desktop applications. Therefore, I would like to have a laptop with 16 GB of RAM

I am looking for laptop under $1500 that can manage both gaming and graphic design tasks. It needs to have solid performance for design software and handle gaming smoothly.

Can anyone recommend a laptop that meets my requirements? Thanks!

Looking for a laptop for my father-in-law. No games and will be used mostly for browsing, streaming movies, saving documents/files/pictures. Other requirements are long battery life, large space (memory) for saving files/docs etc and screen size more than 15 inches. Thanks!

https://www.newegg.com/acer-anv15-51-75he-15-6-intel-core-i7-13620h-16gb-geforce-rtx-4050-1tb-pcie-black/p/N82E16834360319?Item=N82E16834360319

I was looking for a good value gaming laptop that I can also use for school that can also play any game with decent linux compatibility.

My dad is a simple man and really only needs the laptop for personal things like browsing and doing taxes. Shortly from now he will be gone for a few months and it would be good if he could also use it to videocall (decent speakers, camera, mic) and stream some Nerflix on it (I‘ve seen some laptops around that price with OLED display but not sure if they are any good).

Thanks a lot in advance :)

I'm pretty familiar with computers- but I need some help finding a laptop fitting my needs well

• 15 or 16 inch (preferably 16:10 but if not then oh well)*
• 2 in 1 convertible (preferable but considering others)
• 400 nits brightness (or close)*
• 32 GB RAM (or upgradable if not)*
• Number Pad*
• Preferably dGPU
• Good battery life for courses*
• Lightweight*

Finding a 2 in 1 with a number pad seems to be nearly impossible.. hopefully y'all know of some that still have power for occasional gaming but more importantly editing

I LOVE the look of the XPS 15 but there's no number pad

Selling my G14 2022, looking for something bigger with a QHD display and moving away from heavy gaming

Budget: $1k ish including used and refurbished, but honestly just toss stuff my way because if I can find something that checks all of these boxes or most then I may go higher

Thank you!!

Hi! I’m looking for a new laptop for college. It’s for next fall. I’m currently in the middle of applying so I’m not 100% sure about my major or college but it’s between Computer and Electrical engineering. I’m pretty new to computers so I’d like some recommendations for what specs to look for that would be good for my major.

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: Under 2,000 USD preferably around 1500 and under
• Are you open to refurbs/used? No
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Battery Life>Performance>Build Quality>Form Factor
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Not too important but thinner and lighter would be better
• 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. I don't think I will?
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Not too important
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Not looking for 2-1, no touch if increases price, decent keyboard, finger-print reader would be nice but unecessary, would prefer 120Hz+ but can compromise
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I currently have the Galaxy S9 Ultra and was thinking of using it for the first initial year since it’s usually just GE classes. Would it be better to use it and wait until I can get a better deal? If I do buy a laptop, I’m planning on buying it during cyber monday. Should I just wait until next year? I want a pretty nice looking screen so I’ve been thinking of getting an OLED. I’ve been looking at Lenovo’s ThinkPads since some of them are discounted right now, would they be a good option?

im looking for an affordable laptop for junior year. i just need to use it for some schoolwork and a bit of roblox. im hoping it could last for at least 4 years and has a good battery life. i want my laptop to run smoothly as my current HP is absolute trash. budget is 300-400. lightweight. please recommend me a good one!

i was recommended asus

I wanna know the specs, CPU, SSD, ram, graphics if applicable, price, etc for the 2 following cases.

Have 10 tabs, word, PowerPoint and one productivity app (discord, visual studio code, educational software) all at the same time.

Have 25 tabs, word, PowerPoint, a few productivity apps open at the same time, or be able to run lower end games like Warframe or hitman at qhd 144hz comfortably whilst having a few opens also open in the background.

I want to see whether I can either get myself a workstation for uni, or a laptop that I'll use all the time.

Hey everyone! I’m in the market for a new laptop and could really use some advice. I previously had a 2020 13” MacBook with a touchpad, which was great, but I’m open to exploring other options.

Here’s what I typically use my laptop for:

•	Streaming: Watching YouTube, Twitch, and movies, so a decent screen size and quality would be awesome.
•	Browsing & Security: I’d like something that can securely store my passwords and payment details to make online purchases easier.
•	Productivity: I might occasionally use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.), but I’m okay with subscribing separately if needed.

Any suggestions for a good balance between performance and value would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hopefully something that can get me through a 4 year electrical engineering bachelors and masters. I don't know much about laptops, what do you guys use and recommend?

Please help. I've actually pulled out clumps of my hair over this as well as shaved my head over everything

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: I'd like to stay under $1000 all said and done, I'm in USA.
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Yes
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Form factor top priority, must be 2in1, then a good balance of performance, build quality, and battery life.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Very important. Must be 3.1lbs/1.4kg-ish or less
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Prefer a 14" with a 16:10 aspect ratio.
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. None, maybe personal photoshop use, but very unimportant.
• 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)? Cannot be Chrome OS or tablet (compatibility requirements for testing), must be a true 2in1. Good, centered backlit keyboard; camera privacy shutter; quiet fan noise preferred
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Please help me, I had a mid 2012 Macbook pro and need to take the LSAT in a week. Turns out my Macbook pro is so old the OS is compatible and they are issuing updates anymore. I was going to buy a new computer soon, but now I'm rushed. I purchased a Samsung Galaxybook 3 360 13.3" FHD AMOLED - Intel 13th Gen Evo Core i7-1360P - 16GB and used it for the weekend and it felt like it was going to break in my hands, trackpad was unreliable, I couldn't hear any videos or music I was playing and I went too small, specifically want more height but more width too. BUT I loved the key travel and the battery was great. So I bought a referb Lenovo - Yoga 9i 14" 2.8K OLED- Intel Evo Platform - Core i7-1360P - 16GB, I thought I like the gen 9 in store, but couldn't deal with the blue so figured this was a reasonable alt. The touchscreen just completely stops responding, I've already messed with the drivers so this maybe a refurb issue with it, the keyboard is off center and driving me nuts with the key shape for some reason and I'm sooo distracted by the fan noise and it's getting pretty hot pretty fast, just with a couple internet tabs opened and messing with theme colors. Also the battery life is not good even though it's supposedly at 97% life. I feel like this just isn't going to last me through the next 4/5 years and I think I want to go back to the galaxybook. I LOVE that the sound bar is the in the hinge. I've done so much research and nothing can compare to how it feels in your hands. I work full time and plan on starting law school in the next year while still working full time, so portability is a must, but I can't go smaller than a 14" screen. I need the right computer to take a test in a week and my return windows for the other two computers will close the day before the test. Please help. I feel like there is a computer out there that is perfect, but I cant find it with all my searching, maybe someone here can.

Which one should I prefer for ML/DL purposes?

32GB RAM + 8GB VRAM or 64GB RAM?

Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Laptop- 16.0-inch 16:10 2.5K Display, Intel Core Ultra 7-155H, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite & Migrate Service- Ice Blue

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Plus-Laptop-16-0-inch/dp/B0D4LJBXQ5?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&utm_source=Perplexity&utm_medium=referral&th=1

or

HP Envy Daily Business Laptop, 17.3" FHD Touchscreen, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, Numeric Keypad, HDMI, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, Windows 11 Pro, Grey

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Business-Touchscreen-Numeric-Keyboard/dp/B0D98HG9WG/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_13/140-8762111-2890519?pd_rd_w=opgi1&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=A74WW0PZK7N28B1SXZWS&pd_rd_wg=Qj4e9&pd_rd_r=7beb3586-6bd5-4465-9013-3933080c27bc&pd_rd_i=B0D98HG9WG&th=1

or

HP Newest Envy 17.3" 4K Ultra 7 Laptop, 17.3" 4K UHD 3840 * 2160 Display, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, HDMI, Webcam, Backlit KB, Wi-Fi 7, W11H, Grey, Adata 512 External SSD Bundle

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Newest-Display-Backlit-External/dp/B0DFWRR47G/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_8/140-8762111-2890519?pd_rd_w=opgi1&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=A74WW0PZK7N28B1SXZWS&pd_rd_wg=Qj4e9&pd_rd_r=7beb3586-6bd5-4465-9013-3933080c27bc&pd_rd_i=B0DFWRR47G&th=1

or

HP Elitebook 650 G10 15.6" FHD Business Laptop Computer, 13th Gen Intel 10-Core i7-1355U, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 4TB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6E, BT 5.3, Backlit KB, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 11 Pro, AZ-XUT Cable

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Elitebook-650-G10-Fingerprint/dp/B0CBN7TWKC/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_21/140-8762111-2890519?pd_rd_w=opgi1&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=A74WW0PZK7N28B1SXZWS&pd_rd_wg=Qj4e9&pd_rd_r=7beb3586-6bd5-4465-9013-3933080c27bc&pd_rd_i=B0CBN7TWKC&th=1

or

Dell Latitude 5550 15 Business AI Laptop, 15.6" FHD Computer, Intel Ultra 7 155U (Beat i7-1355U), 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Backlit Keyboard, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 11 Pro

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Latitude-5550-Business-Fingerprint/dp/B0CS66MXK4/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_22/140-8762111-2890519?pd_rd_w=opgi1&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=A74WW0PZK7N28B1SXZWS&pd_rd_wg=Qj4e9&pd_rd_r=7beb3586-6bd5-4465-9013-3933080c27bc&pd_rd_i=B0CS69V7ZJ&th=1

or

Dell 2024 Newest Inspiron 15 3530 Business Laptop, 15.6" FHD Touchscreen, Intel 10-Core i7-1355U CPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD, WiFi 6, Webcam, HDMI, with Microsoft Office Lifetime License & Windows 11 Pro

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-15-Touchscreen-Microsoft/dp/B0B4VFXSS4/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_26/140-8762111-2890519?pd_rd_w=opgi1&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=A74WW0PZK7N28B1SXZWS&pd_rd_wg=Qj4e9&pd_rd_r=7beb3586-6bd5-4465-9013-3933080c27bc&pd_rd_i=B0D4M8DRZT&th=1

And is it reasonable if I plan to use a GPU with the 64GB RAM Laptop later if I were to take a 64GB RAM laptop?

Current laptop:

• Model: Dell XPS 15 9550
• Bought: June 2017 (can't believe it's been 7 years!)
• Usage (besides web browsing)
  • Photoshop & Lightroom - Editing 32MP photos
  • Coding
  • Gaming - No AAA titles, mainly lighter games but this laptop does get hot and spin the fans at 100% after a short period
• Spec:
  • Processor: Intel i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz
  • RAM: 16 GB (assuming DDR4)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (2GB GDDR5)
  • Screen: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
  • Weight: 2kg (4.4lbs)
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB A (3.2)
    • 1x USB C (3.2) - Never actually used this port
    • HDMI (full size)
    • SD Card - Used a lot

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US Up to £1500 GBP in UK
• Are you open to refurbs/used? No
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? No 2-in-1, performance first, then build, then battery (any battery life would be better than I currently have)
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Not all to important
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. I've always used 15" but I'm not against something smaller
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Photo editing, light gaming and coding - Photoshop, Lightroom, IntelliJ
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Rocket league and CSS are my go-to, but would like to be able to play something like Fifa at a reasonable pace
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Prefer non-touch screen, would like a good keyboard typing experience (no mechanical keyboards) and a large reliable trackpad
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I use Mac for work and Windows for home currently, I'm not against using Mac for home but concerned about how I may get Photoshop/Lightroom for this.

Been trying to learn Blender but been held back by my current laptop lagging like hell. It’s clear that I’ll need to get a new laptop if I want to keep pursuing this, and the one I have is pretty old anyway so I’d like to look for a replacement, but I don’t really know what to look for, but I got recommended this sub. A stationary PC isn’t an option at the moment due to lack of space so if there are any good laptops for using 3D software like Blender I’d love to hear them!

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

Roughly £1000 give or take

Are you open to refurbs/used?

Maybe.

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Decent battery life and RAM would be good.

How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not the most but I’d at least like to be able to carry it around with relative ease. The whole thing with laptops is they’re meant to be portable.

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.

Blender, primarily. Though wouldn’t mind using it for gaming on the side so guess you can add Steam to the list.

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

Any kind, though I’m not going out of my way to look for games that are 100gb here.

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

Standard QWERTY Keyboard, but besides that just decent enough processing to handle graphics for 3D animation. Current RAM is only like 4GB.

Looking for work pc, with some side gaming for plane rides hotel stays etc.

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

$500-600 USD

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Performance > form factor > build quality > battery life

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not super important, but will be traveling with, so can’t be “gaming pc thick”.

• 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.

Rarely CAD, mostly Visio, excel, web. Would like to play Magic the Gathering Arena and maybe other less intense steam games.

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

Most games that I would be playing I won’t need great FPS, however I’d like to get the beat I can for my price range.

• 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 would be a bonus, but not necessary. Would give up touch screen for better performance.

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

i really want to know beacuase i am a student and im also going to do programming so which laptop should go for rn i have lenovo ideapad slim 3 which i mentioned above but iam s=thinking of going for hp (1 year) used becuase its 2 in 1 so it will help me in taking notes and more ram(upgradable) because lenovo's ram is soldered 8gb while hp is offering 16

are there any pro level laptops out there that still support USB A

which would allow me to browse APPLE formatted external HDs

and provide some kind of quick image preview >>>> preferably ADOBE Bridge ????

Hi I was thinking about buying for my wife gaming laptop.

• **Total budget

  1100£

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

It's Christmas present so only new one.

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

I really don't know I'm not an expert, what would you buy for your wife, and maybe for you as well

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not important

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

Minimum 17 inch

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

Gaming and work

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

Mostly witcher 3 and strategic games like Rome total war or shogun.

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

No just solid one, not breaking after fall from table.

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

I got one in mind medion erazer nb defender p50i 17.3" gaming laptop - intel® core™ i7, rtx 4060, 2 tb ssd

It's in store Curry's in UK for 999£

EMR

Buttery stickiness feeling, friction feeling

Better than sliding on glass

There is the LG gram 16 2 in 1 but it seems like it would be more reflective + worse pen?

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

$300-350 USD

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Battery life isn't as important as specs. I just want the best specs for my budget

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not really important. I won't be traveling with it

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

15" or bigger

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

No video editing. It will be used mostly for online html classes, old Steam games (10-15 year old games) and dos emulation

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

Just my old Steam library games. 10-15 years old and dos emulation

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

None really

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

My shipping/buying options are Walmart and Amazon

Total budget: 70,000 Php

Not open to refurbs/used. Can be an old model but should still be available brand new.

Priority

Lightweight, better performance than my current MX330, having thunderbolt would be very useful

Lightweight and being thin is extremely important

Prefer 13 or 14 inch size

I use CAD and other engineering softwares. I play Need For Speed, Forza, RTS Games

Medium Graphics and 30 FPS is fine for games

Current list:

Im looking for something similar to my Asus Zenbook in form factor. Im not familiar with its equivalent in other brands and know just enough in laptop specs to get by.

Something with an i5 or i7 or its Ryzen counter part with an nvidia or amd graphics card that must be light and portable (13 or 14 inch) but can also be a 15 or 16 inch if its the most cost efficient option but should be my last option. Im looking at using the laptop for as long as it still lives.

Thank you so so much in advance!

Hi all, I'm deciding whether I should get the Lenovo yoga pro 7 with these specs following my needs for college next year. What I'm looking for is a laptop with good battery life and is able to handle a games such as Minecraft with shaders and perhaps Valorant. Here are the specs:

Ram: 16gb ddr5

Cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

GPU: RTX 3050

And 1tb of SSD

Here's the link for further specifications: https://www.lenovo.com/sg/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=83E3CTO1WWSG1

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: 50000-60000 hrn, Ukraine (1300-1500 $usd)
• Are you open to refurbs/used? refurb - yes/used - no
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? medium size, Mil-std standard, middle performance (16 Gb RAM or more, RTX 3070 or 4060 graphics card 8 Gb, 2-3 hours
• How important is weight and thinness to you? not very important
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15-16"
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. SolidWorks, Witcher 3, STALKER 2,
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Witcher 3, STALKER 2/ Full HD / 2k, more 75 FPS
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? keyboard - with number pad or separate keys “home” “end” “pgup” “pgdn" - it's a necessity
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

I stopped so far on these options:

- Lenovo Legion Slim 5 16APH8 (82Y900B0PB)

- Asus Vivobook Pro 15X M6501RR

- Asus Vivobook Pro 16 K6602VV

- HP ENVY 16-h1000

- Xiaomi Redmi G Pro 2024

- Honor MagicBook Pro 16 HUNTER 2024

Is it worth considering an analog video card from AMD?

Among gaming laptops it seems only ASUS support Mil-std standard.

Is this standard so important for laptops that need to be carried around a lot?

I'm looking to get a laptop for machine learning/deep learning research projects in the medical domain.

In the US.

I'm not sure if a Mac would be a better choice, but preferably non-Apple just due to their excessive pricing.

Budget $1500-2000.

Please suggest.

Welp, not exactly in dollars but in euros, since i live in italy, I have some questions, I was planning on getting a asus rog zephyrus or strix, I know about Cpus and GPUs and all of those components but i just dont understand which laptop to get, which have the best build quality and are the most resilient or etc. I just really need suggestions, I also want to know whether shopping laptops from amazon is safe or not. I look forward to hearing your answers, thanks.

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: Below $750. If there are better suggestions below $1,000, please let me know.
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Yes, if there's something quality for reduced cost.
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Most to least: Build quality, performance, battery life, form factor.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Important. He had surgeries a few years ago that limited his posture/movement.
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15.6" or greater would be ideal.
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Not that I'm aware of.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? He doesn't game anymore. He wouldn't want a gaming laptop for heat/noise concerns, anyway.
• 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 keyboard and touchpad would be important to him. Windows-based OS preferably, as it is something he knows.
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Display quality is probably important. Also, he has lost some hearing, so better speakers/sound are a plus. More accessibility options are better. His current laptop is really old, but he generally just browses the internet and uses Microsoft Office products on his lazy boy. 1Tb of local SSD and good CPU and RAM are important. Better wi-fi adapter would be helpful.

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

€600,- max, Netherlands. Can use Ebay and Amazon to order from europe.

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes, refurbed is fine.

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Just looking for decent performance.

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

I'm not going to travel with it but would prefer a smaller laptop.

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

Would prefer a 15" screen.

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

Laptop will be mainly used to download and transfer ROMs for retro consoles, watch YouTube videos, streams and light gaming.

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

OSRS and League of Legends on lowest settings. Will only play a couple times a month.

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

No preferences.

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

The purposes/games mentioned above will be the only use for this laptop. If i can keep it under €500 that would be amazing but €600 is the max. Any suggestions are appreciated :)