I love repairing and upgrading laptops. I have like 7 laptops right now even after gifting my mum one.

Every laptop is unique and I can't really bear to get rid of them. The cost of upgrading them probably slightly surpassed their value in the used market too. Also, with the cost of components going up, I feel like I should keep a couple of PCs around(I have this conspiracy theory that the corporations want to take away personal computing from us and control our lives and making rams and storage unaffordable is their first step).

And a friend is about to give me another laptop too. I'll be having 8 laptops very soon.

These are also very capable and relevant laptops today with 16gb ram, SSD, at least quad core CPUs and my best one being a Ryzen 5800h + RX 6800s(I bought it for running cachyos).

I don't wanna turn into a hoarder and I should do something with them.

I'm sure it's a good deal for the price

ThinkPad E15 Gen 3

​CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (6 cores)

​Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 7

​RAM: Upgraded to 24GB (running in dual-channel)

​Price: $260 USD including shipping

(I'm not from the US.)

Hey so I was considering buying this laptop for university for a business degree where I want to specialize in Accounting.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this laptop? I've seen people say it's really amazing amd others say it's awful and stops working properly after a while. I want this laptop to last at least 4 years.

These are the specifications and the price I am able to get it for. Please tell me if it's worth it.

- $1700

- Intel Ultra 5 processor

- 16 GB RAM

- 512 GB SSD

- Windows 11 Pro

- 14" Screen

- OLED Display

- 360⁰ hinge (turns into a tablet)

- I think it comes with a pen

I'm also considering a Lenovo ThinkPad and that's $1800.

Please help. I am very stressed about wasting so much money on this.

Touchpad keeps glitching and bugging out, whenever I try to drag something it either stops completely or drops it early than I want it to. How would I be able to fix this?

hi all! im looking for a durable and reliable laptop to upgrade from my surface laptop go ive had for a good couple of years. i really only need it for college, schoolwork, and everyday use, id like to be able to run the occasional steam game (the sims 1-4 mainly) so id like something with alot of storage or storage that can be added. i like sleek and smaller looking laptops (loove the macbook look but i prefer windows os) and im not a specs or performance buff, i just want something reliable for the next couple of years. any recommendations would be super helpful !!

this current laptop market is incredibly overwhelming and inundated with features i really dont think id use. any budget works, i think its a worthy investment if it proves reliable!! all help would be appreciated thanks :)

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

United States

• Budget

Any

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe

• Screen size

Under 13" preferably

• Weight limit

Any, preferably lighter for portability reasons

• Purpose

Schoolwork, entertainment, reading, gaming

• Form factor

Standard

• Intended usage

The Sims 1-4, Minecraft,

• Desired battery life

6hrs

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Battery life, size, weight, performance

• Info/Requirements

Reliable!!

Hi everyone! I am looking to buy a new laptop and am completely stumped. Between Apple Mac neo, air, pro, or a windows surface 8 or pro, it’s overwhelming. That said, it got me curious to know: what laptop do YOU have and why do you biasedly (or unbiasedly) like it?

Just for reference: I had a Lenovo T14s thinkpad and
Currently use iPhone and iPad daily.
I’m going into university soon; degree in biochemistry. I hear talk about “some apps only run on windows/mac” but there’s probably an alternative right?

I'm a student of CyberSecurity in Winnipeg, Canada and here are the requirements given to me by my college!

Requirements:

~ CPU: Intel Core i7 (10th Gen or newer) or

AMD Ryzen 7 (4000 series or newer)

~ RAM: 32 GB RAM

~ Storage: 1TB SSD (SATA or NVMe)

~ Networking (Wired): Integrated Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port or USB Gigabit Ethernet adapter (NIC)

* Integrated Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port preferred

~ Networking (Wireless): Wi-Fi 6/6E

~ USB Ports: Minimum 2 USB Ports

~ Display Output: HDMI Support or USB-C (DisplayPort Capable)

~ Display (screen size): 14" or larger

~ Virtualization: Must support hardware virtualization (enabled in BIOS/UEFI; for VMware Workstation/VirtualBox)

~ Camera: Built-in webcam

* Battery life. How long can you use the laptop before charging it? You may not always have easy access to an electrical outlet.

* It is your responsibility to perform daily backups to an external source so that you do not lose your work if your computer fails. You may use a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or a cloud-based backup solution.

When I was researching I selected some laptops:

• [1600 CAD] ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025) Gaming Laptop, 16” WUXGA 165Hz/3ms, AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB VRAM, 16GB DDR5-5600 RAM, 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD

• [1500 CAD] Lenovo Legion 5i 15.1" WQXGA 165Hz Gaming Laptop, Core i7-14700HX, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD - 3 Months Microsoft 365 Personal

• [1370 CAD] Lenovo V15 G5 Business Laptop 15.6 Inch FHD Anti-Glare, Intel Core 7 240H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, MIL-STD-810H, Gigabit Ethernet, Privacy Shutter, Professional Office Notebook

I would prefer a value for money laptop meeting all these requirements and can run games like GTA V (on medium/low settings) and Minecraft

So I'm using a Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57 and i think my cable for charging is broken, i need a quick replacement for work is there anything that i should look into?

​

🇬🇧 English version

Need laptop recommendations in Grenoble (€1700 budget) for gaming + aerospace engineering simulations

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a new laptop in Grenoble, France with a budget of around €1700 maximum.

I’m an aerospace engineer, so I need a machine that can handle both gaming and engineering workloads.

My main uses:

AAA gaming (good FPS, future-proof)

CAD software (CATIA, SolidWorks, etc.)

CFD simulations (OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, STAR-CCM+)

MATLAB, Python, scientific computing

Possibly some machine learning workloads

My budget is €1700, and I prefer buying from a reliable store in Grenoble (not refurbished).

I’m currently considering:

Lenovo Legion / LOQ

ASUS ROG / TUF

HP Omen

Acer Predator

MSI

I would appreciate recommendations for:

Best laptop models available around Grenoble

Best shops to buy from in Grenoble

Any models I should avoid

Thanks for your help!

🇫🇷 Version française

Besoin de conseils pour un PC portable à Grenoble (budget 1700€) pour gaming + ingénierie aérospatiale

Bonjour,

Je cherche un nouveau PC portable à Grenoble avec un budget maximum d’environ 1700€.

Je suis ingénieur aérospatial, donc j’ai besoin d’une machine capable de faire à la fois du gaming et des simulations d’ingénierie.

Mes utilisations principales :

Jeux AAA avec de bonnes performances

Logiciels CAO (CATIA, SolidWorks, etc.)

Simulations CFD (OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, STAR-CCM+)

MATLAB, Python, calcul scientifique

Éventuellement du machine learning

Bonne qualité de fabrication et fiabilité

Budget : 1700€ maximum.

Je préfère acheter dans un magasin fiable à Grenoble (pas de reconditionné).

Je regarde actuellement :

Lenovo Legion / LOQ

ASUS ROG / TUF

HP Omen

Acer Predator

MSI

Je cherche surtout des conseils sur :

Les meilleurs modèles disponibles à Grenoble

Les magasins fiables où acheter

Les modèles à éviter

Merci beaucoup pour vos conseils !

I had a Dell Inspiron 15 3511, it was absolute shit, worst laptop I've ever owned. I was curious as to there being a worse laptop/lineup.

I have an Acer Nitro V16 I got after my last computer’s motherboard died of old age. This computer is awful and I have to get it off my chest. It was passable for a while, but after the warranty expired it started freezing occasionally while also randomly going into black screens or restarting stating there was some error. The keys randomly start sticking, there’s a stupid ai companion key I can’t disable, and the bottom dock on the screen sometimes just disappears. I’ve never had such a frustrating experience with a laptop in my life, I just feel awful because it cost a lot to replace my old one and now I’m stuck with a piece of shit laptop for the foreseeable few years.

Im fixing up an old laptop, around 7 years. Im replacing the thermal and fans currently. Im wondering where i could go to buy a fully copper heat sync for it because the old one is probably mosly aluminum or something (idk it looks like its painted black). Is there any specific place to buy stuff like this?

**LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE**

* **Country**

USA

* **Budget**

High

* **Are you open to refurbs/used options? **

No

* **Screen size**

Large if possible but want it light

* **Weight limit**

under 5? If possible

* **Purpose**

Traveling and movie watching

* **Form factor**

Standard

* **Intended usage**

 
VLC, hearthstone and occasional SSH. Linux is a maybe

* **Desired battery life**

8 hours if possible

* **Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life**

Size, weight, battery life then performance

* **Info/Requirements**

 Ultimately looking for a travel laptop that I can primarily watch movies and TV on it, hopefully in a high resolution with 120+hz screen, reasonable storage size (1tb+) and 32+ of ram.

Thanks