I am looking to buy a new Laptop for school and travel.
My main use cases are programming and School (OneNote, Word, Excel, Eclipse, VS, VSCode), though it would be nice, if some games would run on the Laptop, thinking of a 1060 or 1660 here.
My Price range ist 1500€, wich is roughly 1700$, and lower.
Cpu should be quite decent with good thermals. I don't care if it's intel or AMD tbh, it should just be a good deal.
Ram is pref 16GB dual Channel, but 8 GB would be fine as well.
GPU is a tough one. I want to be able to at least play league and maybe some emulators on the thing, but this should not have a huge impact on battery life and sound level. considering 1060 or 1660 here.
One thing I was wondering is, if there is some kind of technology that only utalizes the card if needed, so it doesn't suck up power all the time. Or is this already common on laptops ?
If not avoidable I can go without a GPU though.
Keyboard Layout should have a German Option. It should also be good to type on.
Battery life should be as high as possible. On normal things (One Note, VSCode, surfing the web, putty), it should have at least 8-10 hours of battery life. But higher is always better. Under load, it can be less ofc. Hotswop able would also be a plus.
Can have a prebuilt SSD, but doesnt have to, if price is substantially increased by it. If buying the ssd yourself and exchanging it is cheaper, I can do that. But in the end I want an SSD 100%.
Noise should be close to 0, at least when not under load, but preferably at all times, as this will be used in school and on the train.
Screen is pretty easy, 1080p, 2 or 4k doesn't really matter. I'll take 4k, or 2k, but it's not necessary. Though the Screen should have at least a decent color saturation and should not be reflective too much. IPS is totally an option here as reaction time doesn't matter at all. So TN is pretty much out.
The Laptop should be under 15" and below 2KG, as I am gonna carry it around a lot.
Now OS is another thing I am quite unsure about. I would love to have Linux on this machine, though I am not sure if I can do that since OneNote is a programm I use a lot. Maybe dual Boot would be an Option, but the laptop should pref ship without an OS, or Linux. I don't want to pay extra for Windows as I can install it myself and get a cheap key if needed.
I would like to go with a Think Pad from Lenovo, as I really enjoy the Keyboard and stuff, but this is only a preference.
Now you can tell me, that what I am looking for doesn't exist, or if there is something close to my preferences.
If there is nothing that fits my needs, I will also be thankful for advice on where I will have to give in. What is not debatable is that it should be quiet and the ssd and size/weight.