Which laptop is better?

[Bjarnen]

I was thinking of buying a laptop for my studies. I was thinking on which one of the HP ENVY x360 15-ds0000no with an R5 3500U or the base model MacBook Air i5 13" would be best suited (and/or best performance as well as best for productivity)?

[TheNaitsyrk]

16 minutes ago, Bjarnen said:

I was thinking of buying a laptop for my studies. I was thinking on which one of the HP ENVY x360 15-ds0000no with an R5 3500U or the base model MacBook Air i5 13" would be best suited (and/or best performance as well as best for productivity)?

According to Louis Rossman from YouTube who fixes Macbooks all the time, they're not worth it except the 2011 Model and one of 2012 ones as far as I am aware.

 

HP one is bit expensive for the spec, unless you need touchscreen.

 

I'd get something with 8750H as it's last gen 6 core CPU and it would serve you well for years to come. It would most likely be a gaming laptop, but get something with less bling like maybe Dell G3 or something like that so it looks normal.

[Darkseth]

And i say, the 2018 (and now 2019) Macbook Air is the best MB Air so far, because of the Screen. The older model has a horribly bad TN Panel with low res. Not great to look at.

Since Louis Rossmann does repair it, and because of that, his "point of view" is not neccessary the only correct "point of view" that is allowed to exist.

His opinion IS Biased because of the Job he does.

 

Repairs are bad but... Honestly, how much % of the devices do really have to get repaired?

Similar to Smartphones. I don't care how easy it is to replace the screen. I have NEVER broken a smartphone screen, nor even had the tinyest micro-scratch ever. Except one, which was because of a drop. My fault, has nothing to do with the device.

 

If you do prefer MacOS alot more over windows, i would get it.

But if you need even alittle more performance, i would go for the new basic macbook Pro 13", over the Air (250€ difference).

 

Really depends which OS you favour tbh.

Specs alone don't say ANYTHING, when you compare different OS.

 

 

If you don't care at all if you use MacOS or Windows, i don't think there's a particular Reason to go down the MacBook route, as Windows Notebooks even at 500-600€~ are today more competetive than ever before.

 

But a convertible vs. regular Notebook (like a Macbook) isn't really a fair comparison, since a convertible can do some other things. It's a similar, but still different product category.

If you don't need the convertible stuff, there is no reason to buy one. Because you will pay for that feature.

 

 

In general, i would look into the Lenovo Thinkpad series (T480/485/480 / 580/585/590 probably, maybe even older if 2nd hand). Depends on the pricings.