Technical Support Thread

[nepg]

One of the problems with HP, Dell, and Lenovo is the cheapest way to get a real CPU is usually to get a gaming laptop (historically, the "i7" you get in an office laptop isn't a real i7 - you have to pay attention to the suffix). That's how I ended up with my Legion. M1 and AMD being way less shady with their laptop CPU naming conventions might change that?

(nevermind, AMD and Apple are just as shady)

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile...st.2436.0.html

The AMD CPU in the Lenovo is a bit better than the M1 in an Air

[badger]

Originally Posted by badger

My current company laptop is a Dell Latitude 5591 with an Intel i5-8400 (2.5GHz) and 8GB of RAM. I'll get reimbursed for the purchase as long as it isn't something ridiculous, so I don't mind going a little over what I "need" if it's sub $1500 or so.

But yeah, I'd rather spend on other performance rather than graphics if you find something.

In case fenikz is curious, didn't want this to get page trapped.

Originally Posted by nepg

One of the problems with HP, Dell, and Lenovo is the cheapest way to get a real CPU is usually to get a gaming laptop (historically, the "i7" you get in an office laptop isn't a real i7 - you have to pay attention to the suffix). That's how I ended up with my Legion. M1 and AMD being way less shady with their laptop CPU naming conventions might change that?

(nevermind, AMD and Apple are just as shady)

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile...st.2436.0.html

The AMD CPU in the Lenovo is significantly better than the M1 in an Air

How do you like your Legion? Any input on the bestbuy one I linked?

[towelie]

My 7 year old PC stopped booting up this week after the SSD that my OS was on seemingly stopped working. CPU needs a new heatsink too. Thinking of just throwing it all away, but feels wasteful.

I bought this laptop from Amazon as an emergency replacement and it's being shipped now. RAM seems good for the price
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08XX86B35

[nepg]

Originally Posted by badger

In case fenikz is curious, didn't want this to get page trapped.



How do you like your Legion? Any input on the bestbuy one I linked?

Mine's a few years old. I don't use it for much, but it's been fine. It's a bit clunkier than the one you're looking at. I do enjoy the numpad even though I could always just get a usb tenkey so that would never be a decider.

It's going to be quite a bit heavier than a normal laptop. If you're going to get reimbursed for up to $1500, I'd go out of my way to get a lighter model without the GPU.

[Niel89]

I ended up with a Legion 7, but not the slim variety. My laptop got stolen right before the good AMD CPUs came out so that kinda sucked. Overall its a fairly good laptop but I had issues with my hinge because of a stupid design that they allegedly fixed. The only things I really wish I had are better battery life and the ability to charge with USB-C. I wanted a pretty fully featured laptop with a good GPU, full 10 key, nice screen and plenty of ports, but in hindsight I probably would have gotten one a bit lighter with better battery life. I get maybe up to 4 hours, but I see some of the thinner lighter models get like 8+ and get super jealous. I don't even game that much on this laptop.

People seem to like that one you posted. It also charges on usb-c if you get a 100w charger and aren't too demanding. I think it looks pretty good.

https://slickdeals.net/f/15499045-le...9-f-s#comments

[fenikz]

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Touchscree...id=13896615011


https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPa...11&s=pc&sr=1-3


These seemed like solid builds, but PC is really missing out on a sweet spot here, a nice looking, spec decked out, non-gaming PC, with good battery life around 1k would not be hard to put together

[badger]

Originally Posted by fenikz

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Touchscree...id=13896615011


https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPa...11&s=pc&sr=1-3

These seemed like solid builds, but PC is really missing out on a sweet spot here, a nice looking, spec decked out, non-gaming PC, with good battery life around 1k would not be hard to put together

Sweet, thanks for checking around for these. The touch screen is probably a negative for me, so I'll probably jump on that Lenovo.

[Brent]

I bought this and ending my desktop use:
https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-...4-oled-ux6404/

will update with a review