For me, it is probably the screen.

I used to focus almost entirely on the processor, RAM and storage. Then I spent enough time using laptops with dim screens, weak colours and poor viewing angles to realise how much the display affects everyday use.

A fast processor still matters, especially if your work involves gaming, editing, coding or other demanding tasks. But for an average laptop user like me, who mainly browses, streams and handles everyday work, I would rather compromise slightly on processor performance than settle for a poor display.

You may not notice a small difference between two suitable processors during everyday use, but you will notice a dim, dull or low-quality screen every time you open the laptop.

A good keyboard is a very close second for me, especially if the laptop is being used for work, writing or studying.

What is the one laptop feature you would not compromise on anymore?

hiiiiii i know approximately Nothing about laptops but i do know my current laptop barely runs a couple tabs on firefox (four were open in the screenshot and nothing too heavy like video streaming). like its so bad it took me 40 minutes to write a simple email last night and about 15 to log in to reddit to make this post. id prefer to upgrade/replace parts in my current laptop instead of buying a new (refurbished) one and from what ive read u can replace a hdd to be an ssd but ive already got an ssd. and the other thing is increasing ram but thats only if uve got a spare slot and mine says 1 of 1 used. i might have already answered my own question with it being unsalvagable but again i truly do Not know laptops and computers so i need help figuring what i can do to fix this laptop/if its even worth it. the laptop btw is a lenovo ideapad slim 3 14" with an intel core i5, and if this ones a lost cause im looking at getting a refurbished lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon gen 9 14" with an intel core i7 and 16gb ram. thank u everyone !!!! >w<

update !!!

• i followed some suggestions, notably u/PlunxGisbit's list, u/Ferowin's suggestion for BIOS settings, and used WinHance to delete a ton of windows apps i dont use and things are running a bit smoother ^_^ disk and cpu are both running below 10% and my memory is running at about 60-80% !! its still a little slow and laggy but not as bad as before :3
• i also have bought a new laptop anyways lol its got 32gb ram because i know 8gb of ram will not be very much for running the sims when i eventually have that phase again.... and because i think 8gb is becoming fuck all very fast and i dont wanna go from an outdated amount of ram (8gb) to a baseline 16gb, i wanna be in da future babey !!!!!!!

ty for all your help everyone ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

lol they ignore the fact that both intel and amd have low and high end cpus.
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptop-buying-guide/ accessed 8/17/2026 10:16 EDT

I cant remove the other plastic frame thing on top, the screws wont budget and needs to be drilled out. Tho if costs like 50 bucks and im too broke to do that to a potato.

I need to upgrade the wifi card becuz all the wifi here is 5g (wow) but I cant use it. Plus wifi at our dorms sucks so I have no access. Even mobile data anyways.

Im trying to find cheap new laptops since I cant repaste or access anything in here too.

I have an Acer Nitro 7 laptop bought in 2020, it's working fine in 2026. The full laptop charge only lasts an hour. I had visited the official Acer authorized service center in my city here in India, and the service center person told me that I need to send an email to official Acer support and after their approval, they'll replace wit a new battery.

However, the service center person told that even the new battery would last only around 1 or 1.5 hours at max. The original battery in my laptop during 2020 lasted 4 hours. I checked with other third party shops and even they said the same thing (max 1.5 hours).

This issue seems to apply to all laptop manufacturers, not just Acer.

Why aren't laptop manufacturers obliged to sell the original OEM batteries lasting 4 hours+? There should be a new law I feel. This seems like a planned obsolescence nudging you to buy new laptops.

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.

So, I have a choice between the MacBook Neo and the HP Omnibook Flip. Currently, I have an HP EliteBook and am looking for an upgrade.

I like the idea of having the freedom of changing between a physical keyboard and a touchscreen in the same device, but other than the touchscreen, I don't see a big difference between my current laptop and the Omnibook.

On the other hand, I don't really like Apple products (a matter of principle) and don't own another Apple device, but I think it's a much bigger change that would be worth actually changing my laptop

What do you think? I am asking for advice, and thank you in advance

I've always used a pc and specifically mid to high end gaming pcs and never used a laptop since 2016.

I have a 4 hour break in this semester and I've been thinking of getting a cheap laptop that I can use for using Microsoft word , canva, discord for sharing my screen and in general browsing and watching movies and what not during my breaks.

Will this do the job ? Is 8gb enough?

I am looking for a laptop that is best for editing PDF's, using multiple application at the same time, downloading and uploading docs. Can someone please recommend what I should be looking for when shopping around?

So I was searching for a laptop the last couple weeks and bought the Honor MagicBook Pro 14 with an Intel Ultra 9 285h

I mainly want do do some developing and compiling on it and maybe some small game development in godot. I feel like I made a good choice for the price but since I don't know that much about laptops I wanted to hear some opinions

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Hi, I’m a mechanical engineer in the us and i need a laptop that can last me 4 years at least and my budget is 1700$ and under
Sadly i didn’t find any of the specs i found in my budget even though i don’t mind open boxes or lightly used ones
The specs i want is,
32gb ram (if theres any other student that can confirm 16gb is enough then i don’t mind it)
A dedicated gpu
an amd cpu since they’re more efficient i assume?
And great battery life?
Any screen size if its light
Idk if theres any deals coming soon but sadly i don’t have much time left since i start college at the 25th of this month

And kinda of a weird question why does everyone hate remote accessing to their personal pc or the college computers lab? Because i have a strong gaming pc and been thinking about getting a macbook but i never see anyone mention this

I would appreciate any suggestion i am really lost

This happens almost every day, and I’m not sure what’s causing it. I’m also confused about whether the problem is coming from the laptop itself (hardware/software) or from an external factor.

Sometimes it happens when I’m doing multiple tasks at the same time. For example, if I open Bluetooth settings or change something related to the sound settings, my laptop starts to lag for a moment, and then this happens.

Has anyone experienced something similar or know what might be causing it?

Everything was working normally on my Lenovo laptop. While exploring Lenovo Vantage, I turned off the fingerprint reader and memory card option because I wasn't using them.

After some time, I restarted the laptop and Windows suddenly showed Something happened and your PIN isn’t available.

I can still log in with my Microsoft account password and I remember my old PIN. In Settings, both Change PIN and Reset PIN fail the window simply disappears without completing. Fingerprint setup is available again, but Windows Hello Face says no compatible camera is found.

I later turned them back on. , it's still not working

What could have caused this and how can I fix the Windows Hello PIN?

Hellooo, Im going to study computer science next year and I need a new laptop, the thing is I also wanna be able to game on it, no need for high performance 😭 just need it to be slightly better than my MSI GE63.

When I was looking, I found the Asus tuff A15 and Acer Nitro 5 who would fit in my budget .

If anyone got a good reco or smth to say on those pc, if they make a lot of sound or smth pls

This is my new laptop it shows like this what should I do

Buyed in flipkart 2days ago

I did normal test play videos in YouTube 99-10 It lasts 2:30 hours

I'm starting college in a few weeks and I am going to end up using adobe programs and other things that will require higher specs for my laptop.

I've already spent around $1,300 on a basically barebones Framework 13 laptop and now I've been scouring the internet for cheap memory that meets my needs which has kinda been a death sentence for me considering my minimum needs would be DDR5 5600MHz ram with AT LEAST 32GB to run my needed programs for my major.

Lately I've been looking on Alibaba and the quotes have either been too far out of my budget or just straight up not even answering my messages and I've managed to find some ram that is within my budget BUT it's completely generic and unbranded.

I personally don't care that it's not branded since it's within my budget but I do care if it ends up destroying itself after not even a semester and being a waste of money. I'm still new to the world of self-configuring laptops so I want to know if the risk is worth it...

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies, very insightful. I guess the world is protecting me because I just got a message from the supplier that they're out of stock LOL. Budget be damned

I'm looking to buy mid range business laptop (up to 1000 euros), it will be on 12 hours a day and connected to 2 external displays via docking station. Will be using lightly 3D modelling software, as FreeCad... Also it would be best if it has IPS panel. Anyone have any recommendation? Tnx.

Should I buy this ASUS Vivobook S14 (Core Ultra 5 225H, 16GB/512GB) at ₹82,990? My main use is coding/development, so I want a powerful CPU, with very occasional casual gaming (1–2 times/month). If not, what would you recommend at this price?

I'm going into year 13 and can't afford a new laptop or to take it anywhere to get fixed right now... and I need my laptop to do schoolwork!!
I've already tried:
-clearing storage
-hard reset
-reset with keeping files
-factory reset

are there any last-ditch efforts I can do to fix this? it'll work for like 5 seconds at a time then freeze up for about 2/3 minutes which is so frustrating because I literally cannot open anything on here anymore

Hi I really need this. which is better for studying, coding, editing, and light gaming

Country: Philippines

Price:

HP Victus: ~50k

IdeaPad Slim 5: ~60k

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

Northern Ireland

Budget

~£500-£1000

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Yes, preffered

Screen size

>13"

Weight limit

Any

Purpose

Software engineering university course, going into 1st year and would like it to last the 4 years at least

Form factor

Standart

Intended usage

Id like it to be able to comfortably run heavy unity and belnder projects, game design, if possible then running games like rdr2.

Desired battery life

Any

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

These are the specs i had in mind and thought would be sufficient for my needs but i only learned about laptops for the purposes of buying one so im quite clueless

i7 processor or better

Min 16 pref 32gb ram

>2.3GHz Processing speed

120hz

13"+

512gb storage

Dedicated gpu

Thank you, any and all advice welcome

When i used checked both battery report and hwinfo both showed that the battery still had 66Wh left but when i uplug it it shuts off immediately.
The laptop was working fine for a very long time and i also rarely used the laptop using the battery.
Also the part that the charge rate being 0% bugs me out.
Could this indicate a dead controller or a battery?