Need laptop recommendations

[vardonir]

Will be used mostly for office stuff/LaTeX, remotely connecting to my work and home PCs, entertainment while I'm bored in planes and airports (needs long battery life), and last-minute presentation editing. I also like playing games from 2003. No smaller than 13". Touchscreen/stylus support and maybe LTE could be useful. 

 

Optional: if it can run some basic Comsol simulations (uses lots of RAM and CPU, no need for a good GPU), that'd be great. 

 

Budget: 1000-1300 USD

Buying in either Israel, Russia, or Hong Kong, but I would prefer to buy in Israel for local warranty assurance. I also don't like Acer in particular.

[genexis_x]

30 minutes ago, vardonir said:

but I would prefer to buy in Israel for local warranty assurance

Any links of online stores? BTW every brand has good and bad products, therefore no need to bash a brand like that

[vardonir]

11 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Any links of online stores? BTW every brand has good and bad products, therefore no need to bash a brand like that

Israel: http://ksp.co.il is one (pick Eilat in the branch list). There's a bigger search engine https://www.zap.co.il/ but I'm not sure if it works outside of the country. For Russia: https://market.yandex.ru/ is the best but it's only in Russian.

 

I know that it's hard to generalize about brands, but my first laptop and tablet were both Acer, and both died after exactly 1 year and 1 month. They're very affordable, they're not bad products (for the price), but still.

[genexis_x]

Results from zap.co, I may missed out other options

 

With 8300H, around 5 hrs battery life:

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Dell G5

Lenovo Y530

Dell G3

HP Pavilion Gaming

With KBL-R ULV:

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Good quality IPS panel:

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Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14 or 13 (Intel)

Lenovo Yoga 730/720 13

Asus UX461UA

Asus UX430UA

Asus UX410UA

Asus UX310UA

Asus UX331UA/UAL

HP Envy 13

Lenovo Thinkpad L380 Yoga

Entry level IPS panel:

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HP Elitebook 840 G5 (default panel)

Lenovo Thinkpad E480

Lenovo Ideapad 520s 14

Lenovo Ideapad 320s/330s 14/15 with IPS panel, 52Wh battery

 

Note that I've filtered out good options that aren't worth it (overpriced)

[vardonir]

Awesome list, thank you very much! 

[Tarun10]

5 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Results from zap.co, I may missed out other options

 

With 8300H, around 5 hrs battery life:

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Dell G5

Lenovo Y530

Dell G3

HP Pavilion Gaming

With KBL-R ULV:

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Good quality IPS panel:

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Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14 or 13 (Intel)

Lenovo Yoga 730/720 13

Asus UX461UA

Asus UX430UA

Asus UX410UA

Asus UX310UA

Asus UX331UA/UAL

HP Envy 13

Lenovo Thinkpad L380 Yoga

Entry level IPS panel:

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HP Elitebook 840 G5 (default panel)

Lenovo Thinkpad E480

Lenovo Ideapad 520s 14

Lenovo Ideapad 320s/330s 14/15 with IPS panel, 52Wh battery

 

Note that I've filtered out good options that aren't worth it (overpriced)

If you don't need to run comsol simulations very often I think you can get by with a Kaby Lake-R ULV laptop. I suggest that you look at Envy's only after other products. The build quality is good but the exterior gets scratched easily and also make sure you find one with at least 60 Wh and above.