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Looking for a new laptop as a gift for my mom

Jobafett
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Need suggestions on a new laptop to replace her old dying Lenovo Yoga. She mostly uses it for media consumption and saving pictures and files on. Edit: country is US

 

Budget:

  • under $700

Requirements:

  • 15" or more display
  • Backlit keyboard
  • i5 or amd equivalent
  • not Lenovo

Optional:

  • touchscreen 
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10 minutes ago, Jobafett said:

not Lenovo

Why not Lenovo? A Thinkpad would be a good choice, although I can't remember if there are 15"+ with touchscreens (although there are the 14" X1 Yogas).

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SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Why not Lenovo? A Thinkpad would be a good choice, although I can't remember if there are 15"+ with touchscreens (although there are the 14" X1 Yogas).

she said she wants to try a different brand

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2 minutes ago, Jobafett said:

she said she wants to try a different brand

But why? Buying by brands is kinda dumb.

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

But why? Buying by brands is kinda dumb.

I agree but it's what she wants lol

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2 hours ago, Jobafett said:

Need suggestions on a new laptop to replace her old dying Lenovo Yoga. She mostly uses it for media consumption and saving pictures and files on. Edit: country is US

 

Budget:

  • under $700

Requirements:

  • 15" or more display
  • Backlit keyboard
  • i5 or amd equivalent
  • not Lenovo

Optional:

  • touchscreen 

What about the Asus Vivobook S15? 

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3 hours ago, Jobafett said:

under $700

for that budget Lenovo has the most decent models

 

Any preferences on weight and battery life?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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