Trying to choose a new laptop and I'll appreciate recommendations from actual users. Budget is under $2k.
I want a brand new Windows PC with great speakers, excellent display (15" to 16" with minimum 1080 resolution), 16GB RAM (or more), 500GB SDD (or more). Would be nice if it has a touchscreen but that's not a dealbreaker.
One thing that IS a dealbreaker is the fan noise. I need something that's absolutely silent most of the time except on the extremely rare occasion when I'm running a heavy task.
I'll mostly use the laptop for Browsing, Excel, Word Processing, and content consumption. There might be the occasional video editing but I already have another [much noisier] laptop for that. If I can get away with an internal GPU, I'll take it.
Games I need to play? Solitaire perhaps. And Sudoku. Or Monopoly, if I can find a good game.
It doesn't need to be thin, light or portable, and a 3-hour battery life would do just fine. It's going to be plugged in most of the time and I'd only unplug to connect with my TV for the occasional movie.
Speaking of TVs, I'll definitely need an HDMI port. USB-A and USB-C ports would also be nice.
Some models I'm looking at already include:
Only used Lenovo at work but they seem quite reliable. Plus the keyboards are lit. Speaking of keyboards, I need one that's backlit with a numpad. The numpad is a dealbreaker.
I'm open to most PC brands but I get the feeling (from speaking with friends who've used them) that HP laptops are not quite reliable. Any long-term HP user that's happy with their purchase should please correct this notion.
I want a brand new Windows PC with great speakers, excellent display (15" to 16" with minimum 1080 resolution), 16GB RAM (or more), 500GB SDD (or more). Would be nice if it has a touchscreen but that's not a dealbreaker.
One thing that IS a dealbreaker is the fan noise. I need something that's absolutely silent most of the time except on the extremely rare occasion when I'm running a heavy task.
I'll mostly use the laptop for Browsing, Excel, Word Processing, and content consumption. There might be the occasional video editing but I already have another [much noisier] laptop for that. If I can get away with an internal GPU, I'll take it.
Games I need to play? Solitaire perhaps. And Sudoku. Or Monopoly, if I can find a good game.
It doesn't need to be thin, light or portable, and a 3-hour battery life would do just fine. It's going to be plugged in most of the time and I'd only unplug to connect with my TV for the occasional movie.
Speaking of TVs, I'll definitely need an HDMI port. USB-A and USB-C ports would also be nice.
Some models I'm looking at already include:
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro 16
- Lenovo ThinkPad E15
- HP Envy x360 15
- Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15
Only used Lenovo at work but they seem quite reliable. Plus the keyboards are lit. Speaking of keyboards, I need one that's backlit with a numpad. The numpad is a dealbreaker.
I'm open to most PC brands but I get the feeling (from speaking with friends who've used them) that HP laptops are not quite reliable. Any long-term HP user that's happy with their purchase should please correct this notion.
they seem to include stuff like audio or network processing features as hardware with drivers which act in a malware like fashion i.e. cFos, Nahimic, etc. in most cases they are detrimental to the relevant hardware and best disabled anyway. Seems to be some common issues with Windows 10//11 and laptops lately which result in things like high DPC latency or maintenance tasks behaving incorrectly resulting in high idle CPU usage, etc. not insurmountable problems but take a lot of faffing around to resolve.
