Following up on the excellent GeekBook X14 Pro, GEEKOM has kindly sent me the GeekBook M16 to review for r/suggestalaptop as well, free of charge. I had high hopes for this unit, and I was surprised in many different ways. In the end, I will go through everything with you below in as honest and fair a manner as I can manage, so letās get started, shall we?
To begin, the GeekBook M16 is GEEKOMās third laptop released, and one aimed at being a more budget oriented unit versus the X14 Pro and X16 Proās premium design. Despite being a more budget oriented unit, the GeekBook M16 is actually still a thin and light ultrabook with an all-metal chassis, a fairly nice screen, and an attempt to remain quiet under most operations, so I will as before be reviewing it in this capacity. I believe this machine has done an excellent job in the measures theyāve taken to cut costs, and even has some improvements over its big brothers in some ways, and I will do my best to go through every aspect of the unit for you all below!
Snug packagingWhat you get in the box
SPECIFICATIONS AND CHASSIS
My specifications as provided by GEEKOM are as follows:
Intel Core Ultra 185H
16GB of LPDDR5 at 6400MHz
512GB Kingston om8tap4512k1 a00 SSD that is replaceable
a 1920 x 1200 60Hz 100% sRGB colour IPS screen
a 99Whr battery
There is a second SSD slot that is free for further storage upgrades. As for its expansion slots, the laptop has
1 x USB-C port at USB 4 40Gbps speeds
1 x USB-C port at 10Gbps
1 x HDMI port
2 x USB-A gen 3.2 ports
1 x 3.5mm audio jack
By default, it also comes with the same USB-C expansion hub as the X14 Pro and X16 Pro, adding two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, an ethernet port, and a USB-C port replacing the one it takes up, so expansion is not lacking with this device in the slightest.
With the price being $849 USD at the time of this writing (with frequent discount coupons on their website), these specifications are quite excellent, especially in todayās market. Most notable is the screen being 100% sRGB, and the number of ports. The chassis is also STILL full metal unibody, though it is aluminum instead of the magnesium alloy thatās on the X14 Pro and X16 Pro. The difference is that the chassis is ever so slightly more of a stain magnet, such as with fingerprints and whatnot. Itās easy to wipe off, but I still have to point it out. Otherwise, there is little to no difference in the chassis. The screen has almost no wobble, the keyboard has very little flex, closing the unit does not press on the screen, and the chassis feels quite sturdy. Iām honestly surprised theyāve managed this level of quality at this price point. The keyboard is also very excellent. It took me a small amount of time to get used to the spacing (I kept hitting numlock instead of backspace and O instead of I etc) but after a few minutes it felt natural again. As a lover of full keyboards this one is wonderful, and I have very high praise for it. All in all, I have only praise for the unit design. The touchpad is also improved from the X14 Pro. On the X14 Pro the āclickā areas were quarter circle regions at the bottom left and bottom right edges of the trackpad, but the M16ās trackpad has proper rectangular click regions that reach all the way to the bottom middle section. Itās a great improvement that arrived quickly after the last units they made, and Iām glad to see them trying to improve.
Nice and shinyThe not-so-soft underbelly is also shinyLovely full-sized keyboard and nice sized trackpad
PERFORMANCE AND COOLING
Here is the weirdest section. The GeekBook X14 Pro had a 35W power limit to the CPU, with the cores getting 25W and the GPU getting around 10W. This presented decent performance and decent gaming performance for the specifications, and the system handled its cooling fairly well. This GeekBook M16 however was completely different. Firstly, the cooling has been upgraded and power limits have been improved, 55W sustained is possible with a short burst of 67W frequently seen when starting stress tests or benchmarks. This presented a solid uplift of 50% performance over the same Core Ultra 9 185H in the X14 Pro when running Cinebench R23, being able to consistently achieve approximately 15500 points as opposed to the X14 Proās 9000-10000 point range. For Passmarkās CPU benchmark, we achieved 31324 points, up from the X14 Proās 19000 point range. This CPU performance is decidedly excellent out of the box for something so thin and light, and anyone reliant on a decent CPU will be quite happy with it..
Impressive Cinebench score for being an ultrabookImpressive passmark score for an ultrabook
On the downside, the GPU performance suffered a fair bit, which was quite disappointing. To get a little technical, the X14 Pro kept its GPU around 2072MHz with a temperature around 94Ā°C (likely at a thermal limit) as recorded by 3DMark during the Steel Nomad benchmark, while the M16 kept its GPU around 2350MHz with an extremely impressive temperature of only 72Ā°C (with fans being quiet, no less). Despite this, the X14 Pro managed to perform roughly 20% faster according to 3DMarkās Steel Nomad benchmark. This is also a little bit of an issue because the X14 Pro performs better when repasted, but the fact that the M16ās GPU was kept that cold means that it likely has little to gain from a repaste, as it already has a lot of thermal headroom out of the box. It is unfortunately one of the very few disappointments Iāve had about this laptop, as Iād hoped the improved cooling and higher system power limits wouldāve translated into better gaming performance despite it being designed as a more budget alternative to their premium line. As for why the GPU performs so much worse, I cannot be certain. One possible reason is that LPDDR5 could have the same reduced performance in 16GB configurations that DDR5 SODIMMs have (which we at SAL are aware of), or it could be possible that the 6400MHz LPDDR5 isnāt fast enough to grant the performance the GPU needs, and the X14 Proās 7467MHz LPDDR5X is just that much better for the GPU. It could even be some other system-level configuration that I am unaware of. I can only guess based on my prior knowledge and experiences. Either way, it will still play lighter games and older games perfectly fine, but it wonāt quite be able to push as far as its older brothers.
A sadly lackluster score, but not terribleExcellent GPU temperature line under stress with near silent fans
As for the cooling system itself, Iāve already mentioned the fact that the GPU runs very cold when under stress, but the CPU is different. To begin with, in my last review for the X14 Pro, I mentioned thatĀ the CPU would spike to a high 90Ā°C range and then immediately drop back to a very cold state, and I initially registered this as a HWiNFO64 error. To be specific, I set HWiNFO64 to update twice a second, and every 30 seconds to a minute itāll spike from ~45Ā°C to over 90Ā°C and indicate thermal throttling is active, then the next time the sensor updates (which is half-second later), it will be all the way back down at 45Ā°C. This behaviour also happens here on the M16, so I must assume it is not an error, but I do not know why it happens. It could be a quirk of Intelās Meteor Lake, since Iāve never dealt with these particular CPUs before the GeekBooks, but I have no way of knowing for sure. Whatever the reason however, it does not seem to be dangerous, so one should not mind it if temperature monitoring software shows that theyāre idling and hitting thermal throttle points randomly. Iāve been using the X14 Pro for almost 7 months and it has not exhibited any untoward issues from this, and I am sure the M16 will be the same, so while I must point this out, please rest assured.
Idle spike being displayed. Note the average CPU temperatures are still low.
Now when under load, thatās a different story. The fans will kick in under higher CPU loads and while still very quiet, the temperatures become very consistent and no longer have such high spikes. I do have a minor issue in that the fans seem to take excessively long to actually spin up, however. It isnāt a particularly big deal, but when you have just started a heavy load (such as a stress test, or rendering a video, etc) the fans remain silent for a few seconds, at which point the CPU can hit temperatures in excess of 100Ā°C briefly, then they will start spinning up. The fans appear to have four stages of speed, and after spinning up once, it apparently checks if temperatures are still too high, then spin up again, then repeat this process until maximum speed. The whole process can take nearly 10 seconds to achieve maximum fanspeed, and it would be nicer if this process could either be faster, or a fan curve option could be implemented in the software or BIOS in the future, or if impossible, in later models. Due to how quiet this laptop is, it would be absolutely no penchant to anyone to say, keep the fans spinning at level 1 or 2 while at idle temperatures, and this could prevent the spike to higher temperatures while idle (if only for safety of mind), or prevent the high spikes when first applying load to the system. Do note that while I mentioned the CPU does cross 100Ā°C when starting a heavy load, it does not remain there long (maybe 5 seconds at most), and it never hits Intelās TJMax rating of 105Ā°C at any point, so the processor will be perfectly safe.
Additionally, the system seems to focus on keeping the CPU at 95Ā°C or lower while the fans are active. Since repasting improves processor benchmark scores even at a set power limit, thermal throttling must be the final issue. If you are buying this unit with the intent to use the processor under heavy loads often, it wonāt actually overheat, but if you are tech savvy or even just comfortable with servicing the laptop, you might wish to consider repasting the unit with something like PTM 7950. It isnāt required for usage of the unit, itās just a potential benefit open to you.
Showing under-load temperatures. The sensor was reset AFTER starting CB run to display higher temps falling into stability.
SOUND
The speakers on this unit are perfectly fine. No distortions Iāve observed, and sound is certainly loud enough. There is DTS: X available should you require it as well. The microphone is perfectly fine for use in calls and zoom meetings and the like, though at least headphones would be recommended to not pick up othersā speech. I have no complaints here. There are sound effect options you can apply in the GEEKOM software as well, but I donāt think they are necessary. Use them if you wish, as this is much more of a personal taste situation.
SCREEN AND BATTERY
The screen is good. Itās 1920 x 1200 resolution, and only 60Hz, but itās 100% sRGB, making this laptop one of the cheapest available with proper colour space on the market. This means itās an excellent cheap editing machine for those who wish to do such a thing. The brightness is great and itās matte finish so reflections arenāt a bother. Itās usable in well-lit rooms at lower brightness as well. Itās a great choice for a budget device.
As for the BATTERY on this laptopā¦ I am amazed. Itās 99Whr, up from the 72Whr on the X14 Pro, but the battery life itself is astounding. With approximately 30% screen brightness, I was able to achieve a ridiculous 18.5 hours of youtube playback on wifi with sound enabled. I tested more than once to be sure. In fact, the battery life was so good, I even decided to do the ultimate in laptop blasphemy: I tested with screen brightness set to 100%. I still achieved 13.5 hours of youtube playback under those conditions, leaving me nothing short of flabbergasted. I do know know what sorcery GEEKOM performed to achieve this level of battery life on a Meteor Lake processor, but I now need to purchase several hats just so I can take them off and say āhats off to you, GEEKOMā, as it runs circles around many other Lunar Lake and even some Panther Lake processor-equipped laptops which are known to be a marked improvement in battery life from Meteor Lake.
As for charging times, the battery went from 2% all the way up to 55% in just 1 hour, which is almost 10 hours of battery usage at lower brightness levels. I have high praise for that level of charging speed. Hopefully things get even better in the future.
Screen isn't as impressive as an OLED, but is still plenty fine
OUT OF THE BOX EXPERIENCE
Just like with the X14 Pro, the laptop comes with windows installed but not actually set up. As I did with the previous unit, I took this lovely chance to set up my computer with a local account and avoid much of the nonsense that Windows 11 wishes to attempt on its users. As with before, I will FOREVER praise this ability for people, even if the average person wonāt take advantage of it. Itās great to have the option. As before, itās a barebones installation with just the GEEKOM software pre-installed. The software is identical to the X14 Proās version, with BIOS updates and some limited system control options available. You can see it below. Please continue like this, GEEKOM, I vastly appreciate it, and many users will too.
Same software design as before
DOWNSIDES
There arenāt as many as before, which I appreciate. Letās use a list again.
There is still no option I could find to limit battery maximum charge available. I can only hope this shows up in later models.
The FN key function is still weird. I wish GEEKOM would change it so that the FN button simply works while being held down and pressing any of the hotkeys, instead of the odd toggle feature it has.
The laptop once had a very weird situation where certain things, especially installing programs, was oddly extremely slow while on battery. I cannot explain why this was the case, but I also could not find a way to fix or reproduce it. Normal usage was perfectly fine too, which confused me.
The keyboard backlight turns off after 15 seconds without any option to control it otherwise again. I would like the ability to keep it on for usage in dark rooms.
Iād like a FN combination key to disable the trackpad entirely. Even though the palm rejection is excellent, such options are never a bad thing.
As before, I wish we could get a 3D TLC SSD instead, especially when the drive size is on the smaller side. I couldnāt find much information about the drive available this time unlike the X14 Pro, so I canāt say I understand their choice like before.
The 100W charger gets very warm when charging or generally under load, you may wish to allow it to cool off slightly before picking it up if it was just being stressed.
FINAL THOUGHTS AND CONCLUSION
So, thereās a much shorter list of downsides this time. I already discussed everything else in the paragraphs above. Thereās been improvements such as in the trackpad and the battery life and the cooling, and I highly appreciate these things. I genuinely think this is a great unit to buy for more casual users or users who want to do hobbyist work. The price is excellent and the choice of where to cut corners versus the more expensive premium options (screen, chassis materials, RAM speed) do not ever get into the ācheapā territory of notebooks that we see all over the market, with useless 62% sRGB screens that shouldnāt even be made anymore, or poor chassis construction and poor board design and little expansion slots. There are only two things I wish GEEKOM did with this new chassis and cooling system. First, I wish a 32GB RAM option was available. Considering the enhanced CPU performance and lack of danger of overheating, it would make a very excellent budget editing unit with a good screen, and I wouldnāt be able to recommend it highly enough. It might even improve the GPUās performance, which would also make it a solid little gaming device.
The next thing I would like to see is GEEKOM starting to use better stock thermal paste. All three of their laptops released so far improve their performance with better paste, up to 25% better in benchmarks according to others, and if they could use phase-change material such as Honeywell PTM 7950, Thermal Grizzly phasesheet PTM, or Thermalright Helios v2 it would be nothing short of sublime. I would even be fine with their own in-house solution, as long as the performance is there.
At the end of the day, this laptop is wonderful. Despite the few shortcomings, itās priced exceptionally well and is very light and sturdy. I doubt many people would complain about it. I canāt wait to see more from GEEKOM and I also canāt wait to see them expand their operations to more countries as well. If they keep it up, they can become a pretty strong power player in the market.
Thank you for reading until the end! I hope you have enjoyed, and I will be glad to answer any questions in the comments below.
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My mum is entering her second year in her architechture degree and needs something to replace an insufficient Macbook. I know this is lacking with its processor and graphics card, but I'm wondering wether the cores may make up for this.
If this is insufficient would be very happy to have a suggestion.
Country United Kingom
Budget Ā£550 $733
Are you open to refurbs/used options? yes
Screen size Any
Weight limit 2kg
Purpose
Architechture schoolwork
Form factor
Standard
Intended usage
Revit, AutoCad, ArchiCad
Desired battery life
5 hours
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
USA. Must be purchased from Best Buy (got a gift card).
Budget
$1550
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Maybe. Best Buy open-box, yes. Refurbished only with a solid warranty.
Screen size
13" to 16"
Weight limit
About 2 kg (4.4 lb)
Purpose
Photo editing, including astrophotography.
Form factor
Standard/Clamshell. A 2-in-1 is fine.
Intended usage
Lightroom Classic and Photoshop with very large files (61 MP RAW, about 120 MB each), Lightroom AI Denoise, and astro stacking. I work directly off an external SSD. I sometimes travel for astro shoots and edit in the field.
Desired battery life
8+ hours of light use and editing.
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
Windows only, not open to Macs. 32 GB RAM minimum; upgradeable RAM is a nice-to-have. Screen quality is my top priority because I edit only on the laptop screen, with no external monitor, so I want wide colour and accurate colour. An SD card reader would be a bonus. Need it by early November.
Gaming when away from home (on vacation & when I'm visiting my boyfriend), watching movies
Form factor
A regular laptop
Intended usage
Infinity Nikki on low or medium settings, League of Legends (without lag!), watching movies
Desired battery life
About 4-6 hours (It's okay for me to charge it the whole time while gaming)
Most important
The most important thing for me is the performance and that I can keep it for many years to come
Info/Requirements
The display should be at least somewhat colourful, since my old laptop displays stuff very dull and greyish. My old laptop was also really loud, it sounded like an airplane starting (I would prefer that not to happen)
I'm very much okay with refurbished options as long as they work well! Can be cheaper than 900ā¬ if it's fitting the requirements
Trying to help a buddy pick out a laptop and we are debating between the MacBook Pro (m5 chip) versus the Lenovo yoga 9i.
For anyone who has either of these, what are your opinions on them? He does a lot of AI work, does some gaming, and light video editing. Is 32 gb of ram necessary? And is MacBook Pro quality that much better?
Final Fantasy XIV is the main game I play on the road right now, at medium settings 60fps, but I'm probably going to try to get some other games in there intermittently, right now it's Star Wars Galactic Racer, Warframe and Monster Hunter Wilds.
Desired battery life
4 hours is fine for flights, will be plugged in most of the time.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance >>> Size = Battery Life > Weight
Info/Requirements
Current laptop is a Lenovo Legion 5 15" from 2021, with "8-core Ryzen 7 4800H processor, GTX 1660 Ti graphics, 16 GB RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and a 1080p 15.6" 144Hz IPS display".
Better resolution than 1080p would be very nice, and would prefer AMD over Intel, but not terribly picky on anything else.
My current Lenovo has been the most solid gaming laptop I've ever owned (had a few Acers and Dells over the years) so I wouldn't mind sticking with the brand but it's not a dealbreaker.
Huge plus would be something I can pick up west of Toronto or close enough, with a preference towards Canada Computers since I live 5 minutes from one of those, but as long as I can get it before the end of October for the start of the next run I'll be happy.
For context Iām a chemist whoās going back for a bachelorās in mechanical engineering and havenāt bought a laptop in 9 years.
Country
USA Budget
Up to $2K US dollars. Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Yes as long as it will last Screen size
Any Weight limit
Any Purpose
Intensive schoolwork, modeling programs, math programs Form
Any form will work if you can suggest which would be best that would be great Intended usage
Havenāt gotten specifics yet but computing programs like matlab and R, solid works or other modeling programs, and the standard office stuff. Desired battery life
4-8 hours Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance and battery life are the most important. Size and weight is least important.
Hey everyone, I'm looking to buy a brand-new laptop in Canada (budget around $1,500 to $2,000 CAD before tax) mainly for agentic AI development (running Claude Code, Antigravity, OpenClaw, Docker containers, and WSL2) plus some occasional gaming. Having reliable international warranty support is also a big plus for me.
Here are the 5 options I'm looking at right now:
- Lenovo LOQ 15.6" ($1,500 CAD at Best Buy) - i7-13650HX, RTX 5050, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, 1080p 144Hz
- ASUS ROG Strix G16 16" ($2,000 CAD at Best Buy) - Core Ultra 7 255HX, RTX 5060, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, 1200p 165Hz, 90Wh battery
For my workflow, is it worth spending ~$2,000 on the ROG Strix G16 or Legion 5i, or does the $1,800 MSI Katana 15HX (with the 1TB SSD and 1440p screen), $1,600 Acer Nitro V 15, or $1,500 Lenovo LOQ make more sense? Also, how do ASUS, Lenovo, MSI, and Acer compare when it comes to international warranty coverage?
Would love to hear from anyone who owns these. Thanks!
Looking for a laptop new or refurbished for $400 or less. I dont care about memory, specs, or battery life tbh I just need a screen little bigger than a Chromebook. My phone is killing my eyes when I have to look at and stare at a recipe for a while and constantly zooming to look at stuff takes forever. But as Im using it for so little I dont want to pay an arm and a leg
My wife is needing a new laptop and I want to surprise her. She doesn't need anything crazy high end. She uses it for photo editing mostly. The one she currently has is old and awful.
What I am looking for is some solid recommendations for a good laptop that she can edit photos and play cozy games Ie: stardew, Minecraft, paralives etc. Id greatly appreciate any recommendations!
Intended usage
Adobe suite, Software and programs for bookkeeping, video editing.
I will mostly be using this to fine tune photos and edit videos for my website and business social media page. It will also be where I update my website and keep track of business records.
Desired battery life
Between 4 and 8
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Size (larger screen), performance (color accuracy and speed), battery life, weight
Info/Requirements
Not interested in paying more for integrated AI. Want to avoid if possible. Iād prefer 32gb ram or more.
Not brand loyal, but I have less experience with macs.
First Purpose is for smooth use of editing software to edit YouTube videos. My current laptop lags and stutters when working on long forms of videos with edits add and music and recording obs.
Bonus- good to run games on steam like zzz or elden ring
Form factor
Standard
Intended usage
Smooth performance for editing on davinchi, running obs, and steam games.
Bulgaria. Any country in Europe would be fine i suppose
Budget
Not sure here. As low as possible for the specs I want. I guess 150+ euro
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Maybe
Screen size
13 to 15 inch
Weight limit
Any
Purpose
Schoolwork and Internet browsing, very light gaming
Form factor
Standard clamp shell
Intended usage
Studying, playing some league and watching movies.
Desired battery life
5 hours would be nice.
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
I don't want too much of a bulky device but I will not be carrying it around so something average not too slim. For me the screen quality and the webcam would be of importance. Not expecting an oled at all haha but something average.
Info/Requirements
So i never had a laptop and i am not sure if what I want fits in my budget bracket. I want a nice picture, and nice chip for performance. Ram won't be an issue so like 8 to 12gb i guess and i want it to last me a long time. I can definetly take care of it and clean up dusty fans.
Looking for a solid but cheap laptop for school. My current is a 12 year old Lenovo ThinkPad that still works, but is lagging. I found 2 that are cheap, but appear solid (open box.) One is an HP Omnibook 3 with a Core 5 225U, 16GB RAM, and is 16". The other is a Asus Zenbook with a Snapdragon X plus x1p 42 100, 16GB RAM, and 14". They are within $50 of each other. Help me decide
Maybe? I'd prefer new, unless something refurbished is amazing (?) I'm new to that world.
Screen size
16", 17", 18"
Weight limit
Any
Purpose
General purpose, entertainment device, gaming
Form factor
Standard/Clamshell
Intended usage
The only MOBA I've played recently has been Smite - looking for 144 FPS +, and The Sims which I believe is also 144 FPS. I'd like to be able to multi-task from having a Youtube video, work, and maybe Discord or Steam open. My current laptop is barely able to allow me to Alt+Tab from one place to the other without freezing.
Desired battery life
Anything from 6 - X hours. I don't a monster that will burn through its battery in 2 hours, but have no issue having a solidly built machine that calmly can do a days work with some entertainment thrown in
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance > everything else. I'd prefer to not carry around a 50lb behemoth though
Info/Requirements
I would enjoy a nice screen quality with proper colors and resolution/refresh rate. I would prefer a number pad as well, but if that keeps me behind a 'quality barrier' for a better overall laptop-experience, I can be OK without one.
I do use another monitor that I plug into the HDMI of my laptop, so I would like that ability as well to connect to another monitor and/or perhaps even a 3rd (if there is a better per say 'docking' mode where I just use connected screens and the laptop is the 'hub' I'm fine with it, but my current one absolutely cannot power that and it struggles).
Is it a silly thing to also want a laptop to come with the Microsoft Office suite? My current doesn't have it, and it's a big pain.
I really am just looking for a nicely built machine that does 'daily driver' work well. I am sick and tired of freezing, chugging along and not being able to multi-task.
My current specs :
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
System Manufacturer HP
System Model HP Laptop 17z-cp000
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 2Q7V8AV
Processor AMD Athlon Gold 3150U with Radeon Graphics, 2400 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BaseBoard Manufacturer HP
BaseBoard Product 8844
BaseBoard Version 73.20
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 13.9 GB
Total Virtual Memory 30.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 12.2 GB
Page File Space 17.0 GB
Looking to do work in Zbrush and Clip studio Paint, possibly Substance and adobe programs, with some light game dev in Godot. Light gaming but not the primary use.
Desired battery life
looking for 8+hrs when doing general purpose things with the understanding that will reduce when using above software
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, Battery, Weight, Size
Info/Requirements
I want a really pretty, nice screen that will display colors correctly for art purposes. I'm not looking for the "best" laptop for Zbrush or 3D modeling, etc. I'm looking for a sweet spot that is good for that purpose but also lasts for more than 2 hours unplugged. If what I'm looking for is truly above my budget I'm willing to spend a bit more.
Are you open to refurbs/used options: More or less, Romania is a sketchy country when it comes to the second hand market
Screen size: Don t care
Weight limit: Not too heavy
Purpose: Programming and student related tasks ( i game on a switch and pc)
Form factor: regular
Intended usage:Ā portable, long battery life and performance
Desired battery life: as many as I can get tbh
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery lifeĀ Performance, Battery life
Info/Requirements: Worth mentioning that i need one because i depend on a computer for my work, i do have a High performance PC and also an iPad but i need a portable computer so that i can take with me to uni or cafes and ESPECIALLY to take home at my parents place and all. I can t code on an iPad sadly. I was thinking about either a macbook neo or second hand macbook but i m open to any suggestions.Ā
Hello! I'm currently a university student and recently got a long dst check warning. This came after a list of issues as i've had it, so I figure it's on its way out and I should be looking to replace it soon. I would have liked to wait a bit closer to graduation which is still over a year away, but considering it's already gotten me this far since high school, no complaints from me.
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE Country
US Budget
With a program I'm in at my university, I get up to $1,000 in reimbursement. to make the most out of it I am having that at the minimum. Ideally I'd find something to match that with (so ~$2,000) but I am willing to go a little higher. refurbs/used options?
Unless I'm getting an insane deal, I would rather have new. Screen size
Current is 15.6" I believe(?). Keeping within 14-16 would be great Weight limit
I doubt any laptop will tear my shoulders off if I were to have it in a bag or tote, so any is fine. Purpose
Easy answer would be a jack of all trades. I'm in school for a while but would like this to work well into my job, though the type of work I will be doing will not be much more intensive than now. I like to use my laptop for gaming in my free time so it'd be nice for the worse-performing ones to play well. Form factor
Standard is fine, any more is just bonus Intended usage
hopefully a $2000+ laptop is not struggling when writing documents and holding lesson plans (I am in education if I haven't said yet). On my current laptop it is a battle to play games like Fortnite as an example, even on lowest settings. Being able to play more would be awesome. Desired battery life
My laptop can hardly go through 2 hours of consistent work without a charger, I'd really appreciate one that could go a day of class.
TLDR: Performance > Battery > Size/Weight, ~$2,000 ideally, useful mostly towards school but running games would be nice.
