Laptop help needed

[GijsCollet]

Hi!

 

My aunt has asked my to find her a new laptop since hers is 9 years old.

She uses it for general purpose: browsing, youtube, word office, scrolling trough her images.

She prefers a 15" with a number pad. However, the 15" restriction is more important than the number pad. 

Weight is not the biggest concerns because she almost only uses it at home. (Still wants a laptop because she wants to be able to sit downstairs, upstairs, sofa, kitchen table,...)

Lastly, her budget is about €700.

 

Anybody any good tips?

Thanks in advance!

[5x5]

ThinkPqd E580 or E590

[kelvinhall05]

Thinkpad because literally the only reason not to get a Thinkpad is if you need a Macbook or need a gaming laptop.

 

 

Not sure exactly what model but probably a T-series (though I would really recommend she looks at the 14" X1 as well).

[Stormseeker9]

38 minutes ago, GijsCollet said:

Hi!

 

My aunt has asked my to find her a new laptop since hers is 9 years old.

She uses it for general purpose: browsing, youtube, word office, scrolling trough her images.

She prefers a 15" with a number pad. However, the 15" restriction is more important than the number pad. 

Weight is not the biggest concerns because she almost only uses it at home. (Still wants a laptop because she wants to be able to sit downstairs, upstairs, sofa, kitchen table,...)

Lastly, her budget is about €700.

 

Anybody any good tips?

Thanks in advance!

I’ve been recommend the Acer swift 3. It’s 14” but types beautiful and is very light. 

 

Not sure on your loxation within europe

[5x5]

9 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

I’ve been recommend the Acer swift 3. It’s 14” but types beautiful and is very light. 

 

Not sure on your loxation within europe

The Swift series is pretty mediocre. Not worth the asking price considering how many corners are cut. 

[Stormseeker9]

7 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

The Swift series is pretty mediocre. Not worth the asking price considering how many corners are cut. 

Tell me what corners have been cut please. I was thinking of purchasing one after some recommendations of @GeneXiS_X. I was looking for similar budget but having a long battery life as important. Just checked it out myself in the store and for the price it felt solid and types beautiful 

[5x5]

36 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Tell me what corners have been cut please. I was thinking of purchasing one after some recommendations of @GeneXiS_X. I was looking for similar budget but having a long battery life as important. Just checked it out myself in the store and for the price it felt solid and types beautiful 

Its nothing special. The components have strict power limits and throttle heavily. Battery life is average. Build quality is not great on an electrical level. The screen is a mediocre panel for the price. Not to mention Acers shoddy QC. A Business Laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell Latitude or HP EliteBook) would be far superior in every way possible. 

[Stormseeker9]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

Its nothing special. The components have strict power limits and throttle heavily. Battery life is average. Build quality is not great on an electrical level. The screen is a mediocre panel for the price. Not to mention Acers shoddy QC. A Business Laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell Latitude or HP EliteBook) would be far superior in every way possible. 

The model i looked at today had a full HD 1080P IPS panel and ilthe quality was quite decent. Also  had a 12H battery life? So not sure on average there

 

Edit: ill have a look at your mentioned models too (my use case is for uni, so want light, long battery life etc

 

 

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

The model i looked at today had a full HD 1080P IPS panel and ilthe quality was quite decent. Also  had a 12H battery life? So not sure on average there

 

 

The screen being ips sadly doesn't mean anything these days. Color space coverage, delta e values, contrast and brightness are nothing special. As for battery life, you can expect 7 hours at most. That 12 hour figure is taken at 0% brightness idling on a desktop. It's not real in any way shape or form. 

[genexis_x]

3 hours ago, 5x5 said:

The components have strict power limits and throttle heavily. Battery life is average. Build quality is not great on an electrical level. The screen is a mediocre panel for the price. Not to mention Acers shoddy QC

Well SF314-54/56 actually has decent cooling. Battery life is good too. Build quality is decent at its price range. You can't expect good display for the price. Consumer grade QC is about the same for all brands

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Well SF314-54/56 actually has decent cooling. Battery life is good too. Build quality is decent at its price range. You can't expect good display for the price. Consumer grade QC is about the same for all brands

Cause the CPU drops to 1.2Ghz under mixed load. GPu drops to 1GHz, - it's severely power limited. The only reason the cooling can keep up

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Cause the CPU drops to 1.2Ghz under mixed load. GPu drops to 1GHz, - it's severely power limited. The only reason the cooling can keep up

I mean, many models also does that - moreover it can handle 25w MX150/MX250 (with minor throtling)

[5x5]

3 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

I mean, many models also does that - moreover it can handle 25w MX150/MX250 (with minor throtling)

It can? It's a 1D12 MX150 and 1D52 MX250 - both 10W limited models. At least according to NBC and UltraBookReviews.

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, 5x5 said:

It can? It's a 1D12 MX150 and 1D52 MX250 - both 10W limited models. At least according to NBC and UltraBookReviews.

54G/56G is 25W. 55G is 10W. Unless I remembered wrongly

[5x5]

27 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

54G/56G is 25W. 55G is 10W. Unless I remembered wrongly

They have different Wattage configs of the same hardware in the same chassis? That's downright deceptive imo.

[genexis_x]

17 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

same chassis

they are completely different models, even the name is the same - Swift 3

[5x5]

8 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

they are completely different models, even the name is the same - Swift 3

I swear, companies have a secret competition for the most absurd naming scheme for different devices.