Hey People of LTT!
I am a 20 years old Information Sciences student from Holland. And I have been using Macbooks for the majority of my life.
R.I.P mac
However my Macbook pro (2016) just died a few weeks ago. I bought it from an unofficial third party seller and they were not able to repair it, nor did they have any in stock so they refunded it and I am now on the hunt for a new laptop. The budget for my laptop is around 1000 Euros. And for a 1000 euros I cannot find a Mac that fits my needs. Also since I use Windows for most of my uni assignments I thought it would be a great idea for me to switch to a Windows device.
What I do with my laptop
My laptop is used for:
Light programming, c# within Visual Studios
Note taking
Data analysis within Rsuite
Webshop management via tools such as Magento, SquareSpace etc (Light HTML etc)
Office work, mostly in Gsuite.
Netflix
Light gaming, Hearthstone, old point and click adventures.
Would love to get into photoshop but is not a hard requirement.
Use in public transport, I travel quite a bit so a decent battery would be highly preferred.
Other wishes
Since my laptop is my main computer I do not mind to go over budget a little bit. A 12,5/13/14 inch screen is highly preferred, SSD storage only is preferred too, I think I would benefit from 16GB of RAM but I am not sure. Oh and if possible I would like a backlit keyboard if that is possible.
Laptops I have already checked out
I have looked into:
a Lenovo T480, looks solid and within my price range.
So if you guys have any suggestions I would love to hear them! Thanks in advance.