New Lap Top

[dravnx]

Time for a new laptop. $500 range. Home use. 15"-17". No gaming.
W11 Home
New?
Refurb from Amazon?
Recommendations?
Present system is good enough but has too many issues. Flaky power supply, intermittent keys, etc.
Device Name DESKTOP-UK2D3AU
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.90 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.87 GB usable)
Storage 238 GB SSD SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (128 MB)
Device ID DDC3A960-651F-4802-9017-434E9A314108
Product ID 00325-96150-85293-AAOEM
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points

 

[Kurosaki]

For your intended use, I would pick whichever brand and model is the best deal you can find. Probably for less than $500.

The stipulation that you won't be doing any gaming just opens up the gates. If you're just going to be doing web browsing, streaming services, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, etc, pick whatever one has a keyboard that fits your hands/fingers most comfortably, has the mouse pad you like best, whatever color you want. Pretty much all of them are going to be sufficient for your needs.

 

[ScottRNelson]

I'm going to need a new laptop sometime in the next year and am also looking at recommendations. If it has all of the features that I need for watching YouTube videos, it will do everything else that I need too.

 

[MC BumSlap]

Spend a bit more and get a certified refurb MacBook Air with the M4 directly from Apple. Comes with the same warranty as a new one. You will not need another laptop for at least a decade.

But hey, if you like getting kicked in the balls because of Win11 and all their ad shit, go ahead.

 

[bikeama]

Search Best Buy deal of the day. They have a Laptop on sale today.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/misc/deal-of-the-day/pcmcat248000050016.c?id=pcmcat248000050016

 

[Blankpage]

I'm going to need a new laptop sometime in the next year and am also looking at recommendations. If it has all of the features that I need for watching YouTube videos, it will do everything else that I need too.

Has there been a laptop made in the last 20 years that isn’t capable of watching YouTube. You could blindly pick anything and it would get the job done

 

[Lights_Guy3]

If you can wait a few weeks and are not picky about brand or any high end features, black Friday should be perfect for you.

Low/mid range laptops are always available for a steal.

 

[BillSmith]

Buy it at Costco. Return policy, extended warranty (most times without cost) and solid pricing.

 

[Blankpage]

Browsing at Best Buy recently, I was surprised how cheap laptops have become for base models. You can buy a laptop for little more than the cost of a calculator.

 

[Kurosaki]

Browsing at Best Buy recently, I was surprised how cheap laptops have become for base models. You can buy a laptop for little more than the cost of a calculator.

Laptops are like big screen TVs. A capable laptop to do anything needed and run smoothly for 90% of the population have become so cheap and a saturated market. Same with TVs, 10 years ago? A 50"+ TV was still super pricey. Not so much today. It's a great time to buy electronics.

 

[Reli]

It's when you need to do some serious video editing that you have to pay up the ass.

 

[ST Guy]

The only reason I have a PC laptop is because Solidworks is not designed for Macs. Thus I have two. A top of the line Mac Book Pro and a top of the line 17” Lenovo.