piemadd

In a few months I'll be heading off to college for computer science and I'm also getting a new laptop. I currently have a Lenovo Yoga 730, and even though it has suited me well, I really don't think it has been the best fit for me. Here are some prerequisites for my next laptop, whatever it may be: $900, am flexible though Pretty decent battery life, I like coding on the couch/in bed without cables from time to time Known good support for Linux, in the Ubuntu branch mainly (I run Zorin OS, a branch of Ubuntu) AMD processor, don't want Intel for various reasons, but talking about some of those are political which aren't allowed here With this, the more cores the better Essentially anything non-intel, but I don't think SiFive is dropping any full PCs soon and I don't like ARM, long story 16+GB of RAM, 32GB preferred (or 16GB with a path for upgradability) - I use blender from time to time which will sometimes take up 25+ GB of RAM Backlit keyboard is a must At least 1 NVME slot and at least 2 drive bays total (whether its 2xNVME or 1xNVME and 1xSATA Relatively lightweight + thin (this is definitely open for interpretation) No GPU is required, but OFC would still be nice, I have a desktop with a 5800x + 3080 so theres really no need I hope I gave enough information here, but please lemme know if I haven't. - Piero

A few months old. I reinstall after every hardware upgrade after messy drivers wrecked my RAID array and I didn't have a backup

Your best best is in South Korea, as IIRC that's where they were manufactured mostly. Also, I believe they're almost identical to a 950, though I very much could be wrong about that.