Laptop recommendations for media

Leatzche · February 11, 2019

A friend and I are trying to choose a laptop for his brother whose old macbook broke, but I'm not that knowledgeable about laptops and so I wanted to ask here for some recommendations.

So here's the info I have:

- He is currently in France (not entirely sure where, but most likely in a rural area from what I know, so he may not have many shops nearby; however Amazon is obviously an option)

- Budget is 800 euros top ideally, it's gonna be mostly for media so a fancy gaming laptop is not necessary as it's not gonna be used for gaming.

- He seems to prefer smaller size so 13'' screen is good.

- Optical drive is not necessary.

- Battery life is important, he wants a laptop with good battery life.

- Since he's mostly streaming (Netflix and such), storage doesn't seem all that important.

- He doesn't really care if it's foldable (like those that kinda become tablets) so no need for that.

I mention the budget was 800 euro at most but to be honest there may be good laptops for like 500 considering the main important things would be battery life, and I assume a 1080p screen, which for 13'' should look pretty good for watching stuff on Netflix. So TL;DR: what's the laptop with best battery life for under 800 Euro, for watching Netflix (in France).

Do please give recommendations of different prices rather than just the best that happens to be just under 800, I want him to have options of different prices.

Acid Panda · February 11, 2019

dell xps with right config,

apple mac air, old one,

hp spectre as a few examples

genexis_x · February 12, 2019

Any links of online stores? Mind low sRGB display? Mind non-upgradable RAM?

Leatzche · February 13, 2019

21 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Any links of online stores? Mind low sRGB display? Mind non-upgradable RAM?

Sorry for such late reply, was busy with something and forgot to check replies. Yes, my friend sent me https://www.fnac.com/ as a place they might buy it from; I'm not sure what low sRGB is honestly (if it's related to colour accuracy or better colours well, as long as it's not noticeably terrible compared to a fairly old Macbook then it's fine) and as far as I know, he doesn't really care about upgradeability much.