Best light laptops with thin bezels ≤$500?

[c0mplexx*]

The laptop will basically only be used for web browsing and media consumption (Netflix, Youtube), probably some skyping as well. Maybe i'm aiming too high in a low budget but i'm looking towards 8GB RAM + ~256GB SSD and a good screen with decent to good battery life. 15' or under  

  

I'm thinking of maybe going Acer Aspire 5 (i5-8265u) but i'm looking for maybe an even thinner with thinner bezels laptops (or at least thinner bezels, kinda like the newer Asus Vivobooks and Zenbooks) and to my understanding it's screen isn't that bright

 

[Slottr]

Out of all situations, this is probably the one where the Chromebooks come in handy

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, c0mplexx* said:

a good screen

need high sRGB?

1 hour ago, c0mplexx* said:

decent to good battery life

min how many hours?

[c0mplexx*]

1 hour ago, Slottr said:

Out of all situations, this is probably the one where the Chromebooks come in handy

are chromebooks actually a good idea tho? iirc they're pretty limited and it's still better to go windows no?

30 minutes ago, genexis_x said:

need high sRGB?

min how many hours?

Yeah I'd say high/good sRGB is needed since lots of vids are gonna be watched on it, might sacrifice something for it but not too much

I'd say 6 hours? 

[genexis_x]

11 hours ago, c0mplexx* said:

high/good sRGB is needed

if that's the case you need to increase budget

[c0mplexx*]

6 hours ago, genexis_x said:

if that's the case you need to increase budget

by how much? how high is the sRGB at $500?

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, c0mplexx* said:

by how much? how high is the sRGB at $500?

$700-$900 would be ideal

 

low sRGB is around 50-60% sRGB

[c0mplexx*]

1 hour ago, genexis_x said:

$700-$900 would be ideal

 

low sRGB is around 50-60% sRGB

aw so if im going to that price range would you say Zenbooks are a safe choice? Love their design

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, c0mplexx* said:

aw so if im going to that price range would you say Zenbooks are a safe choice? Love their design

Zenbooks are decent but there are better options

 

Any links of online stores?

[c0mplexx*]

1 hour ago, genexis_x said:

Zenbooks are decent but there are better options

 

Any links of online stores?

 

https://www.zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=c-pclaptop 

https://www.ivory.co.il/מחשבים_ניידים.html

https://ksp.co.il/?select=268..271

 

First site is a price comparison site so it has quite a few stores (and more models), Third site is the only one that has English

$700 laptops would be around 3300ILS ( considering import taxes+shipping) I think so I'd say somewhere around $750 (~3500ILS) is my max, it gets a bit too expensive for me over that

 

[hackgod]

On 12/25/2019 at 7:11 PM, c0mplexx* said:

The laptop will basically only be used for web browsing and media consumption (Netflix, Youtube), probably some skyping as well. Maybe i'm aiming too high in a low budget but i'm looking towards 8GB RAM + ~256GB SSD and a good screen with decent to good battery life. 15' or under  

  

I'm thinking of maybe going Acer Aspire 5 (i5-8265u) but i'm looking for maybe an even thinner with thinner bezels laptops (or at least thinner bezels, kinda like the newer Asus Vivobooks and Zenbooks) and to my understanding it's screen isn't that bright

 

Did you check out the vivobook15 series ? 

[genexis_x]

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web browsing and media consumption (Netflix, Youtube), probably some skyping

good screen

6 hours

15' or under

around $750 (~3500ILS) is my max

Asus UX362FA

Asus UX433FA

Asus UX461FA

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14

Asus UX430UA

HP Envy 13-aq0007nj

Lenovo Ideapad S530 13 81J70054IV

 

Let me know if you have other options in mind