Need help Choosing a laptop

[MaorHaimovitz]

Hello everybody. I have already a really high end desktop computer. I am looking into buying a laptop this month, my location is in Canada.

 

My maximum budget is around $1000.

I am looking for a laptop that has a ssd (does not matter if it is sata or NVME) Though i would prefer it to be with an easily exchangeable drive

Need to be reliable

Have a somewhat decent cpu

Minimum 8gb of ram (Upgradable would be nice)

Needs to be decent for workloads like virtualization

Needs to have good compatibility with linux

Have a decent wifi card (If not decent then replaceable)

Good battery life

A good gpu like a Nvidia GPU would be nice, though it is not completely necessary for my workloads 

 

Laptop will be mainly used in school, and many location so should not be too heavy.

 

Any recommendations would be nice

[Billy Pilgrim]

6 minutes ago, MaorHaimovitz said:

Hello everybody. I have already a really high end desktop computer. I am looking into buying a laptop this month, my location is in Canada.

 

My maximum budget is around $1000.

I am looking for a laptop that has a ssd (does not matter if it is sata or NVME) Though i would prefer it to be with an easily exchangeable drive

Need to be reliable

Have a somewhat decent cpu

Minimum 8gb of ram (Upgradable would be nice)

Needs to be decent for workloads like virtualization

Needs to have good compatibility with linux

Have a decent wifi card (If not decent then replaceable)

Good battery life

A good gpu like a Nvidia GPU would be nice, though it is not completely necessary for my workloads 

 

Laptop will be mainly used in school, and many location so should not be too heavy.

 

Any recommendations would be nice

What workloads?

[MaorHaimovitz]

26 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

What workloads?

Not super intensive. Sometimes virtual machines for windows. For now pretty light workload I just want it to be fast. I sometimes have a ton of tabs in google chrome so alot of ram will help. Sometimes I might use it for light game development but not much. I mainly interested in using the laptop to learn low level programming and use it with Linux. I would appreciate if it would have easily replaceable parts and support for multiple drives.The less sutured the better. My main home computer will be used for all my intense workloads but laptop mainly for school and linux and light virtual machines. High resolution monitor would also be nice for my intense multitasking so minimum 1080p.

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, MaorHaimovitz said:

Need to be reliable

You need premium business laptop then which is out of your budget

 

Preferred max weight in kg/lbs and min battery life in hours?