New laptop – what should i buy?
February 8th, 2020
I am looking for a new laptop, and I was wondering if anyone here could help me decide which best suits my needs.
I don’t have much knowledge about laptop hardware, and all I know is from what I have learned in the last few days searching for a laptop.
About my usage habits – I’m a student so it has to be mobile (15.6 inch will do), I use it mostly for internet, documents, watching youtube, movies and TV series. Every once in a while I also use after effects and premiere pro for video editing. rarely i play games, usually not something very demanding.
I can spend up to about 1700$ on it, so I want it to be powerful.
My needs:
– graphics card – just so after effects and premiere pro would work fluently
– performance – I really want fast performance while using the computer for my daily work
– light weight preferably
– screen – I prefer matte
Must have:
– 15.6 (or something close) screen
– full HD screen
– at least 500gb of storage (preferably SSD)
– at least 8gb of ram
The lenovo Y50-70 looks pretty good for my when looking at the hardware (Intel core i7 4720HQ, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage, 1920×1080, 15.6′, Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M for the equivalent of 1500$) but i saw some bad reviews about it for some reason, so i thought I would try here.
If you have any better offers, or want to recommend on the Y50-70, I would love to hear it.
Thanks.
Although the 4720HQ is a new release it is a 2 year old design. I would look for something with a 5th gen CPU. Or wait for Skylake which is a whole new ballgame.
Edit:
Never mind. Just realized available 5th gen i7 is 2 core.
The Y50 is certainly great for its value (the Y70 is not as good in my opinion, since it is bulkier without being much faster) You can also look at the ASUS ROG lineup, and from what I’ve seen, Gigabyte has a few interesting choices too
bad reviews about lenovo generally cuz they bundled their products with adware that comes preinstalled , this applies the products that are produced in last quarter of 2014 , then they removed it , at least that was what i read.
i would also buy asus laptop , especially rog models . although it is named as gaming laptop , it will satisfy your all needs.
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G771JW/
this seems very good , and should be at your price range but interestingly i couldnt find it at any popular online stores just to confirm it
edit : there are a few models of it , i mentioned the one with 4gb gtx 960 gpu and 256gb ssd along with 1.5tb standard harddrive.
I would probably spend around half of your budget, maybe $1000 and save the rest for something else.
I would probably spend around half of your budget, maybe $1000 and save the rest for something else.thats also logical point of view , which would be enough for your needs at good not best level.
I can spend up to about 1700$ on it, so I want it to be powerful.
this sentence of your made me thought you want something powerful beyond your needs and fits your budget. tbh personally i see laptops as a waste of money for the performance they deliver , i would buy the cheapest as possible if i was buying for myself and would build another desktop system for gaming and watching things with the money that i have saved.
for speed and games, get a desktop….this is not what a laptop was built for, otherwise go for i7 or the fastest you can buy….
Look at the dell 7000 series even the 17″ model is affordable with a premium metal costruction
Thanks for all the replays!
Although the 4720HQ is a new release it is a 2 year old design. I would look for something with a 5th gen CPU. Or wait for Skylake which is a whole new ballgame.
Edit:
Never mind. Just realized available 5th gen i7 is 2 core.Yeah, exactly. I also found it weird that the 5th gen are much less powerful than the 4th gen. they say that the 5th gen are more energy conservative, but i don’t want to compromise for performance, and i am usually plugged in so the power usage doesn’t really concern me that much.
The Y50 is certainly great for its value (the Y70 is not as good in my opinion, since it is bulkier without being much faster) You can also look at the ASUS ROG lineup, and from what I've seen, Gigabyte has a few interesting choices too
i would also buy asus laptop , especially rog models . although it is named as gaming laptop , it will satisfy your all needs.I checked some of their models, and it seems not that different from lenovo y50-70 specification wise. I’ll look into it more, thanks!
this sentence of your made me thought you want something powerful beyond your needs and fits your budget. tbh personally i see laptops as a waste of money for the performance they deliver , i would buy the cheapest as possible if i was buying for myself and would build another desktop system for gaming and watching things with the money that i have saved.for speed and games, get a desktop....this is not what a laptop was built for, otherwise go for i7 or the fastest you can buy....Well, as i said, I’m a student, and I move a lot with my computer. I use it for everything in different places (movie editing, work and gaming) so a desktop is not for me. I have a desktop, that I haven’t turned on for a few years.
Most of my day i spend using my laptop, so I thought a good laptop will be a good investment as it will make my life easier (and faster).
Look at the dell 7000 series even the 17" model is affordable with a premium metal costructionYeah, I checked them out too, but I think the lenovo y50-70 gives me more for the same price. But I’ll definitely consider.
You can purchase the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch for $1799
I want something that will last a few years. Dell computers won’t last.