Which laptop maker makes the best laptops?
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It's more likely to be the slimmer models like the Lenovo Ideapad where the Legion has sockets. I believe the new ARM CPUs have the RAM on the die so upgrades aren't possible.
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Ok finally made a purchase. Picked up a good conditioned latitude i5 12th gen , 16gb ram upgradable not soldered, 256gb SSD
For £254
Is the latitude 5530.
Hopefully the quality is alright
Decided to go for a slightly larger screen 15 rather than my work laptop which I think is a 12.5 or 13" screen.
For £254
Is the latitude 5530.
Hopefully the quality is alright
Decided to go for a slightly larger screen 15 rather than my work laptop which I think is a 12.5 or 13" screen.
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I don't know this personally but I frequently read that Lenovo laptops play very well with Linux in general
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I like HP, decent warranties with little questions asked.
Since the day I got my Lenovo Legion 5, I wiped Windows and installed Nobara Linux on it.
Flawless.
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For my 2p worth ( Thats allits worth ).
My current Linux Laptop, is my truty old ASUS ROG.
With some Laptops, you have dual GFX ( Intel & nVidia ) and I got 2 of these, Clevio and a HP and they both run Linux great, but the dual GFX has been a headache when I last tried it. I am however told that it no longer a pain, but the ASUSROG hasnVidiaonly and so no issues. Its flawlessly reliable and while itsstarting to showitsage, it does everything I need it to. I have also got a 250GB mSata and 2x2TB Sata HDs and so it has plenty of space.
I have seen far too many laptops with corners cut so badly, that they are simply useless junk. I have seen things like RAM and HDs and even batteries thatare soldered and so dont bother with those, and also if you get one with a DVD or BluRay ( Getting rarer ) then make sure it has a mini sata connection and then you can add any generic drive, or evenconvert it to addanother HD into it.
Another great Laptop that I used to have was my old HP DV6 - it was an old 1.6Ghz I7 and it had fairly low spec ATI GFX but it was still able to play many basic games and it ran Linux perfectly... The Keyboard was lovely for alaptop and I do miss that.
Another issue that I have noticed, with HP is that if they are AMD Based, then they seem to magically drop dead 15 minutes after the warranty runs out. Intelbased and they are ok... I hate that because I love AMD.
Fujitsus - The ones I have had, all seemed to be so rotten with the Disk Controler, thatevenchanging the Boot Drive to an SSD oftenmade ZERO Difference.
If I had to chose, then I would go for MSI, ASUS, GIGABYTE first, then HP, Dell and Toshiba.
My current Linux Laptop, is my truty old ASUS ROG.
With some Laptops, you have dual GFX ( Intel & nVidia ) and I got 2 of these, Clevio and a HP and they both run Linux great, but the dual GFX has been a headache when I last tried it. I am however told that it no longer a pain, but the ASUSROG hasnVidiaonly and so no issues. Its flawlessly reliable and while itsstarting to showitsage, it does everything I need it to. I have also got a 250GB mSata and 2x2TB Sata HDs and so it has plenty of space.
I have seen far too many laptops with corners cut so badly, that they are simply useless junk. I have seen things like RAM and HDs and even batteries thatare soldered and so dont bother with those, and also if you get one with a DVD or BluRay ( Getting rarer ) then make sure it has a mini sata connection and then you can add any generic drive, or evenconvert it to addanother HD into it.
Another great Laptop that I used to have was my old HP DV6 - it was an old 1.6Ghz I7 and it had fairly low spec ATI GFX but it was still able to play many basic games and it ran Linux perfectly... The Keyboard was lovely for alaptop and I do miss that.
Another issue that I have noticed, with HP is that if they are AMD Based, then they seem to magically drop dead 15 minutes after the warranty runs out. Intelbased and they are ok... I hate that because I love AMD.
Fujitsus - The ones I have had, all seemed to be so rotten with the Disk Controler, thatevenchanging the Boot Drive to an SSD oftenmade ZERO Difference.
If I had to chose, then I would go for MSI, ASUS, GIGABYTE first, then HP, Dell and Toshiba.
My wife's A16 advantage edition works well.
So I won a 2024 version on ebay for 700.
Its nice too.
Runs cool, playing Diablo 4 and WoW absolutely fine at max settings at default resolution.
No complaints.
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Not so much the maker specifically but more the tier of laptop.
At work for example we primarily use HP (Used before I started and we already have a business account with them). Their probooks are fine for pure business use (decent build quality, upgradability, performance and reliability) and the Zbooks are basically tanks in laptop form (cramming too much TDP into the thin chassis is questionable mind).
However, having worked on one of the their Pavillion laptops (same spec as our older Probooks still in service but plastic fantastic chassis) it was quite the eye opener. Gone was the relatively premium feel and replaced with a a usable but utterly underwhelming screen and utterly garbage keyboard and trackpad. Price is obviously a factor, but spec for spec that isn't that much difference, especially if you look for refurb pro books on something like eBay.
ZBook vs Omen is much closer to the point whereby we have replaced ZBooks with Omens as they have come around for upgrade. The Zbooks are generally better but the prices are eye watering.
From what I have seen it's similar with other brands like Dell, Asus and Lenovo. Their "Business" tier devices are excellent whilst the Consumer ones are lacklustre.
At work for example we primarily use HP (Used before I started and we already have a business account with them). Their probooks are fine for pure business use (decent build quality, upgradability, performance and reliability) and the Zbooks are basically tanks in laptop form (cramming too much TDP into the thin chassis is questionable mind).
However, having worked on one of the their Pavillion laptops (same spec as our older Probooks still in service but plastic fantastic chassis) it was quite the eye opener. Gone was the relatively premium feel and replaced with a a usable but utterly underwhelming screen and utterly garbage keyboard and trackpad. Price is obviously a factor, but spec for spec that isn't that much difference, especially if you look for refurb pro books on something like eBay.
ZBook vs Omen is much closer to the point whereby we have replaced ZBooks with Omens as they have come around for upgrade. The Zbooks are generally better but the prices are eye watering.
From what I have seen it's similar with other brands like Dell, Asus and Lenovo. Their "Business" tier devices are excellent whilst the Consumer ones are lacklustre.
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I just bought an Asus Zenbook S 14 with the new Luna Lake 258v CPU and 32GB ram.
The chassis feels really well built, but it's my first Asus laptop so I will have to see how it does.
Reviewers did note that previous Zenbooks felt flimsy/cheap compared to the 2024 model though.
I wish you good luck with it bud! Dunno why so many end up with me always asus as well... every 10 machines I see 9 will be asus and the last one will be something else
Nebula X17 Ultra with 2560x1600 240hz. OP wanted cheap not top of the range.
I have extensive experience with Clevo products, and they manufacture a great deal of different models aimed at different markets, many of which are of very good quality. Their L140TU, which I have been testing recently, is also very light, sub 1KG. Screens can be specced up depending on budget. The standard 1080p screen they use on their 14", 15", and 17" models is generally rubbish, but the uprated WVA screens they offer, along with the 120Hz/144Hz/240Hz models, are very good. It's also worth noting that the panels used by Clevo are the very same panels that are utilised by many of the bigger vendors.