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Laptop for College?

In a few months I'll be heading off to college for computer science and I'm also getting a new laptop. I currently have a Lenovo Yoga 730, and even though it has suited me well, I really don't think it has been the best fit for me. Here are some prerequisites for my next laptop, whatever it may be:

  • $900, am flexible though
  • Pretty decent battery life, I like coding on the couch/in bed without cables from time to time
  • Known good support for Linux, in the Ubuntu branch mainly (I run Zorin OS, a branch of Ubuntu)
  • AMD processor, don't want Intel for various reasons, but talking about some of those are political which aren't allowed here
    • With this, the more cores the better
    • Essentially anything non-intel, but I don't think SiFive is dropping any full PCs soon and I don't like ARM, long story
  • 16+GB of RAM, 32GB preferred (or 16GB with a path for upgradability) - I use blender from time to time which will sometimes take up 25+ GB of RAM
  • Backlit keyboard is a must
  • At least 1 NVME slot and at least 2 drive bays total (whether its 2xNVME or 1xNVME and 1xSATA
  • Relatively lightweight + thin (this is definitely open for interpretation)
  • No GPU is required, but OFC would still be nice, I have a desktop with a 5800x + 3080 so theres really no need

I hope I gave enough information here, but please lemme know if I haven't.

- Piero

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