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First, thank you!

 

Im really liking the acer aspire 5  A515-51-573S with an SSD upgrade (different then the one you posted) or

Lenovo IdeaPad 330S-15IKB with an SSD upgrade (also different) 

there both 800$ CAD

 

thanks for your ideas, they really helped! 

 

 

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Looking for a "good" build quality laptop

NOT for gaming

 

Basically my parents want a stay-at-home laptop, basic usage, no games or editing.

they want it to last for a few years 

 

Don't need 2 in 1 or touch screen 

8 gig ram

I5 6th, 7th or 8 gen

250-500gb SSD

don't need a HHD 

 

750-1250 Canadian would be the budget 

 

Any suggestions would be amazing

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Used thinkpads and upgrade the hdd to an SSD

Asus Vivobooks arent bad

 

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1 hour ago, Happycowdance said:

do you need touch screen or 2-in-1 

budget?

location?

Don't need touch or 2 in 1, budget would be 750-1250 $ Canadian 

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10 hours ago, CaptainAutismo said:

750-1250 Canadian would be the budget 

Any preference on weight, display size, display quality and battery life?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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On 12/6/2018 at 8:14 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

Any preference on weight, display size, display quality and battery life?

Not really 

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On 12/7/2018 at 1:52 AM, CaptainAutismo said:

750-1250 Canadian would be the budget 

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Lenovo:

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Ideapad 730s 13 81JB0009CF - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Ideapad 720s 13 81BV002HUS - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Yoga 730 13 81CT001TUS - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Yoga 720 13 81C3005SUS / 81C300C6US - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Ideapad 720s 14 81BD001QUS - high sRGB IPS

Ideapad 530s 15 81EV009UUS

Ideapad 530s 14 81EU0008US 

Ideapad 530s 14 81H1000SUS

Flex 15 81CA000LCF

 

Thinkpad:

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T480 customize - optional high sRGB WQHD panel

T480 customize - optional high sRGB UHD panel

A485 customize - R5-2500U, FHD IPS touch, 4+4GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

L380 Yoga customize - high sRGB IPS, manual SSD upgrade

L380 customize - i5-8250U, FHD IPS touch, 8GB, 256GB SSD

L480 customize - i5-8250U, FHD IPS, 8GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

L580 customize - i5-8250U, FHD IPS, 8GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

E480 customize - i5-8250U, 8GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

E580 20KSS0MV00

E485 customize - R5-2500U, FHD IPS, 4+4GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

E485 customize - R5-2500U, FHD IPS, 4+4GB, 500GB HDD (manual SSD upgrade)

Acer:

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Swift 5 - dim display, soldered RAM, small battery, CPU performance issue

Spin 5 13 SP513-52N-55LV / SP513-52N-530R - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Swift 3 SF314-54-52FB / SF314-54-59VK / SF315-52-87R5 / SF315-41-R5LE (soldered RAM)

Aspire 5 A515-51-5398 with SSD upgrade / A515-51G-5718 / A517-51G-522W with SSD upgrade

Dell:

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Inspiron 7472 - small battery, good sRGB IPS

Inspiron 7380 - small battery

HP:

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Envy 13-ah0001ca/ah0002ca/ah0003ca/ad110ca - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

Envy x360 15-cn0008ca

Pavilion 15-cs0010ca with SSD upgrade - small battery

Pavilion 14-ce0008ca - small battery

Pavilion x360 14-cd1008ca - small battery

ProBook 440 G5

Asus

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UX430UA - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

UX331UA - soldered RAM, good sRGB IPS

 

Note that I excluded some options that aren't worth it IMO

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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First, thank you!

 

Im really liking the acer aspire 5  A515-51-573S with an SSD upgrade (different then the one you posted) or

Lenovo IdeaPad 330S-15IKB with an SSD upgrade (also different) 

there both 800$ CAD

 

thanks for your ideas, they really helped! 

 

 

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