What laptop to buy? Where to buy?

[5.4MarkVIII]

I have a ASUS ROG edition. happy with performance but displeased with the weekness of the case, mostly in the hinge and screen surround area. was "fixed" once under warranty and the second time I glued it together with super glue.

iirc mine was in the 1500 range about a year ago.

[Ghost Rider]

I have a couple ThinkPads: E560, P73, X1 Carbon (They are all great!!)

The P73 and Carbon are probably overkill for what you need, I use them for a lot of production stuff...actually bought the P73 to replace the Carbon, the E-Series is great though for everyday whatever...web, Microsoft office stuff, porn... etc.

P73



Processor
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H (2.60GHz, up to 4.50GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, 300 nits
Memory
16GB DDR4 2666MHz
Hard Drive
512GB SSD, PCIe-NVME OPAL2.0 M.2
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
NVIDIA® Quadro® T2000 4GB
Camera
IR & 720p HD
Fingerprint Reader
Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard
Backlit with Number Pad - US English
Wireless
Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.0
Cost
$2,769.00 (As I have equipped)
$2,179.00 (Base Model)



E590 (I have a 560 which is the previous gen model, but still great)



Processor
Intel Core i7-8565U Processor (1.80GHz, up to 4.60GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 cores, 8MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
15.6" FHD (1920x1080) Anti-glare
Memory
8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Hard Drive
512GB Solid State Drive M.2 PCIe-NVME
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
Integrated Intel® UHD 620 graphics
Battery
3 Cell Li-Polymer 45Wh
Camera
720p HD camera with integrated microphone
Fingerprint Reader
Security Chip
Keyboard
Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
Wireless
Intel Wireless-AC 9260 802.11AC (2 x 2) & Bluetooth 5.0
Cost
$1,567.30 (As I have equipped)
$928.85 (Base Model)



X1 Carbon



Processor
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U with vPro™ (1.90GHz, up to 4.20GHz with Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
14.0" HDR WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS, glossy with Dolby Vision™, 500 nits
Memory
16GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz (Soldered)
Hard Drive
1TB SSD, PCIe-NVME OPAL2.0 M.2
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
Integrated Intel® UHD 620
Camera
720p HD
Fingerprint Reader
Included
Keyboard
Backlit - US English
Wireless
Intel® Dual Band 8265 AC (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 4.1 with vPro™
Cost
$2,738.45 (As I have equipped)
$2,075.40 (Base Model)

[StAnger]

Thinkpad with Trackpoint

+1 for a Lenovo. If you don't need a brand new one, you can usually find decent deals on off lease units.

[Scrape]

Lenovo Thinkpad is what I use at work and at home for Laptops. I have a Mac Mini for a desktop computer.

[Darkhorse]

Agreed on Lenovo think pad. They are over a grand, but I get mine every 3-4 years for around 400 tax in used from techsource. i7 and plenty of hp for what I do.

[83 5.0]

Saw this in yesterday's Best Buy flyer
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[True Blue]

Not a bad deal at all.

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops...filiate:bv0as6

Reg price: $879.99
Instant Saving: $549.99
eCoupon: -$20.00 (code: HOLIDAY1)

Final price: $529.99

-Ideapad S340
-15.6" FHD screen
-AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
-8GB of Ram
-256GB SSD
-720p Camera
-Backlit Keyboard
-Win 10 Home

[Harbinger]

Asus is the way to go.

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[92redragtop]

You should be able to get a decent machine for about $700 with BF deals given what you want to use it for. I'd look at Dell Inspiron (direct) for sales or Lenovo if you can get a Thinkpad at a good price although the Thinkpads are generally geared more for business. I've had Thinkpads at work for the past 10+ years (currently on an X1 Carbon) but on our 4th Dell at home (3 are still working with the oldest from around 2006 - wife uses the oldest for workout tracking). My newest personal use Dell Inspiron is about 3 years old I think and works fine (upgraded video card, etc).