halcyon notch
Hey guys!
Havent been able to pick what laptop to buy, wanted to see what you guys thought -
http://www.sbeitycomputer.com/products/original/homeoffice/laptop
Could you look through whats available and tell me what you think would be best for me? Budget isnt too big so the cheaper the better - So find the best price:what i get ratio i guess.
PS: pls no gaming laptops as im not really looking to game on it, Thank you!
arctic quartz
Recommended
CPU: last gen i7
RAM: at least 16gb
DISK: at least 1tb SSD
Minimum
CPU: i5 last gen
RAM: 8gb
DISK: 500gb SSD
It's important to get one with a good battery.
red magnet
I would say minimum i5, 12GB RAM and 250GB SDD
8 GB will be slow if you just browse Firefox on Win10
halcyon notch
These minimums are like 1k$ laptops lol
Monthly salary where im from is 200$, cant exactly afford those type of specs
my budget is 5-600ish
& how do i tell if a battery is good or not
on a laptop
arctic quartz
Monthly salary where im from is 200$, cant exactly afford those type of specs
Try to get the closest you can from those requirements with your budget.
Check reviews and they generally say how long the battery last
red magnet
then you have to use Linux 🤣
arctic quartz
Yep
red magnet
or Windows 7, but nobody supports Win7 anymore
arctic quartz
Chromebooks are good cheap options but they are generally not even close of those specs
red magnet
or you buy a 8GB RAM laptop and suffer like my mom did
She complains about the speed of her HP 8GB RAM win10
and all she does is Word and Sudoku and Firefox
arctic quartz
Yea forget it, win10 with 8gb ram won't cut it
red magnet
but yes, RAM price is expansive for NO reasons
arctic quartz
If you want win10 you need 12gb or more
red magnet
try to get 12 GB even if you pay a bit more
it's better to get 16GB and have it for like 5+ years
CPU speed or GPU speed is not really important except for extreme gaming
any 64-bit CPU over 2 GHz will do
make sure that you like the keyboard, if you are not docking with USB
and enough USB ports for keyboard, mice, usb stick or USB headphones
and HDMI, Ethernet
arctic quartz
I would still recommend to have at least an i5 but this is more flexible than Ram
red magnet
some cheap laptop brands provide like almost no USB, wifi only and no hdmi, and I am like WTF
arctic quartz
Yea, it's the new trend
red magnet
even DVD+RW are out
arctic quartz
some cheap laptop brands provide like almost no USB, wifi only and no hdmi, and ...
You mean they only provide a usb-c or just meant generally almost not port?
red magnet
I have seen like 2 USB ports
imagine, keyboard+mouse ... where do I put my usb key 🤣
I have seen one with 1 USB port for mouse...
it's like you need to carry a USB hub 🤦♂️
arctic quartz
imagine, keyboard+mouse ... where do I put my usb key 🤣
You use Bluetooth XD
red magnet
for 8h or 16h straight?
you don't want any battery stuff
even wireless mouse / keyboard outside a boardroom / living room is stupid
arctic quartz
Mmh that what I use hahaha
I have a MX key and MX Master. They are both Bluetooth. However, I use the wireless usb connector
I don't have any issue with battery life
red magnet
I do
used you can find 16GB ram
780$
that's a decent one and pretty cheap for 780$
brave saffron
Atleast i5, 8gb , 1tb+ SSD
Gaming laptop kills battery in daily use
But if you have the optimised settings and graphics
It would be fast and support the work. I had to buy two laptops in 2 years. Because I don't have a nice graphic card or SSD. And the programs that you're going to install and work on a project will be high in size and it takes more ram.
For computer science majors definitely need a great graphics card 1080+.. if u have low ram like 8gb