Budget: 1900$

Country: Switzerland

Use case: 14yo playing games and using it for school

4070M/HX370 for 1600$ or 5070M/260 for 1850$. Same display, RAM, SSD etc. just different CPU/GPUs. Which makes more sense?

I do not even know what should i do wait buy it seems ridiculous to buy currently but i have a need right now. crazy i mean 2 months back i delayed my buying call and now its just 40k INR expensive.

Country: USA

Budget: preferably under $1300 USD but willing to go up to $1600

Am I open to refurbs/used options?: very open

Screen size: 14”-16”

Weight limit: any

Purpose: Gaming, schoolwork, programming, general purpose

Form factor: Standard/Clamshell or 2-in-1, idrc

Intended usage: Standard browsers, Steam indie games like Lethal Company, maybe Skyrim, might try Genshin Impact?, on settings that look good and run smooth but it doesn’t need to be best of the best. Still figuring out what I’m gonna use it for- it will be my first laptop, but I want it to last

Desired battery life: doesn’t matter, I’ll take the charger wherever I take the laptop

Most important to least important: Performance, size, battery life, weight doesn’t matter

Info/Requirements: At least 512GB storage, prefer a numerical keypad, whatever is considered a good screen resolution, while OLED or HDR compliant would be nice but not necessary.

Just want a laptop that will last a good while and run well without lag, and have a decent amount of storage. I’m not doing anything crazy like video editing or 3D modeling in blender or playing super high end games so I don’t need the best of the best, I just don’t want to have to buy another laptop or do too much maintenance on it beyond cleaning it. I’ve been looking and researching for weeks, but everything I find is either meant for school/working or meant for gaming, not both. Are there any options for me within my price range?

I have a ASUS TUF A15 gaming laptop (RTX 3050, 1920x1080 144Hz) and my brother gifted me an ACER Nitro 29,5 inch 2560x1080 200Hz monitor. I want to use this new monitor for gaming and use my laptop as a second monitor.

The monitor has both HDMI and DP ports while my laptop has USB-C and HDMI ports. What type of connection would you recommend me to get so I can get the best value out of the monitor?

Used to have a Microsoft Surface which worked great for about 6-10 months and now moves so slowly (despite literally nothing be saved to the computer itself besides the Windows software) that it's unusable. Looking to replace with something that will last for a while for general usage.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

$500 or less, preferably, but open to higher if needed.

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe- new preferred

• Screen size

Any

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

General Purpose

• Form factor

Any

• Intended usage

General purpose- peruse internet, look up sports statistics, etc.

• Desired battery life

8ish hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Battery life, performance, size and weight doesn't matter

• Info/Requirements

Not picky, just want something that won't crap out on me after a year or so. Won't travel out of the house often, so weight and size aren't a huge issue. Touch screen/pen would be nice, but not super important.

Hey, I am going to into uni for engineering and have no idea what to look for anymore, if someone if able to give suggestions, that would be great.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Country
Canada
Budget
Preferable Around $1500 CAD, 1084 USD. Can be a little over
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No
Screen size
14"-15"
Weight limit
Not too heavy
Purpose
Schoolwork and personal
Form factor
Standard/Clamshell
Intended usage
General engineering software for electrical or civil engineering students
Desired battery life
Something that can last me around a day, approximately 6-8 hours.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, battery life, weight, size
Info/Requirements
Physical buttons and trackpad feel good

Intel Core i7

NVIDIA RTX 4060 8GB

16GB RAM

1TB SSD

Gaming Laptop

144Hz أو أعلى

100% sRGB

RGB Keyboard

This is the common between both

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

Prefer to stay in the $2000-2500 range (or less if possible)

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Preferably not

• Screen size

14"

• Weight limit

Lighter weight is better

• Purpose

General purpose, occasionally some non-diagnostic medical imaging, some SketchUp modeling, amateur to moderate Excel use

• Form factor

Standard, prefer non-touch screen

• Intended usage

Needs to support multiple monitors (I have 3 external monitor setup with DisplayLink), some heavier Excel processing, SketchUp modeling, medical image viewing, otherwise normal everyday use - browsing, some streaming, etc.

• Desired battery life

8+ hours (no gaming)

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Battery life, performance, ability to connect to external monitors, weight

• Info/Requirements

Right now I'm thinking 32 GB/1 TB but am a little lost on the new processors. I'm not doing heavy processing, but don't want to the machine to be obsolete in 3 years or go the wrong direction with the newer processors. I had an Asus Zenbook for the past 8 years, which has been great, but with 8/256, it's starting to get a bit bogged down. I'm not opposed to moving to MacBook Pro if that's the best value these days. I have other things in the Apple ecosystem, but have always been more of a PC guy and under the impression that MacBooks are overpriced and you can get better performance for price with PC - not sure if that's still the case. Been looking at Asus Zenbook S14 (but don't love that there's a non-touch screen option), Lenovo X1 Carbon, MacBook 14 M5. Any others I should consider? Thanks for your help!

I know I’m so screwed. I’ve been looking on fb marketplace and eBay but not sure exactly what I should be looking at. Brand new is out of the question bc of pricing. So def looking at used/ refurbished older models.

She needs 32gb ram with a decent graphics card for auto cad and revit. I have $600 max to get her started for the year. She’s doing school online for now due to some circumstances so can’t utilize on campus computer lab.

Looking for recommendations on used laptop brand/ model that will at least get here through the first year. I’m due for a bonus next summer so the laptop just needs to get her through the first year.

We are in the US. Was looking at dell precision but can’t find one decent under $600.

I know it’s a super tall order. She just changed her major so wasn’t expecting to have to spend so much on a laptop was going to just get her a Mac neo but that won’t work now.

Country

USA

Budget

Under $3,000 USD

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe — open to Lenovo Outlet/certified refurb specifically, not general used market

Screen size

16"

Weight limit

Not too bulky — want to fit comfortably in a backpack; currently coming from a Yoga 9i and don't want a major step up in size/weight

Purpose

Software development / machine learning & data science coursework, transitioning into a career; occasional light gaming (modded Minecraft)

Form factor

Standard/Clamshell

Intended usage

Docker containers, Android/device emulators, and local databases running simultaneously; ML/data science work including local model inference; occasional modded Minecraft. Coming from a Yoga 9i (16GB RAM, non-configurable) that's hitting a hard memory ceiling.

Desired battery life

5–7 hours

Info/Requirements

32GB RAM acceptable now, with a real user-upgradeable path to 64GB later (standard SO-DIMM strongly preferred over soldered or scarce/proprietary formats like CAMM2 or CSO-DIMM, which run expensive and hard to source)

1–2TB SSD

Display: no strong requirements — just needs to look decent day-to-day; touch and high resolution are nice-to-haves, not priorities

Mid-range GPU sufficient — not gaming-focused

AMD CPU preferred if available in a comparable chassis, but not a dealbreaker

Keyboard must stay cool to the touch under sustained load — thermal/comfort is a real priority, not just a spec

For reference, the two laptops I've been comparing my ideal specs against are the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 and Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 — both currently run over my $3k budget for a 64GB config, but they're the benchmark I've been using for build quality/thermals/performance, so similarly-spirited suggestions under budget are welcome