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General Use Laptop 15.6" 1080p

Noyu

Heyooo. So me and my gf are planning on getting a laptop for general use.

I do have a PC but sometimes it's really better if we have a laptop for portability.

 

So far we're looking for anything cheap and light with a full-size (15.6") 1080p screen.

 

Something like a Mi Notebook Pro, but cheaper. like half as much haha

Budget is somewhere around 400-600$. But I'd really prefer just around the 400$ range.

We really don't need anything fancy.

 

By lightweight, I meant around 2kg.

 

For performance, as long as it can run Skype and Chrome at the same time, we're good.

SSD is a preference for faster boot, but I already have a spare I can use.

ODD is really not required (who still uses this)

 

Any suggestions? I noticed it's pretty difficult to find a low-spec, lightweight laptop with a full-size screen.

 

EDIT: 1080p screen is a must

Karamo

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I would recommend the ASUS Vivobook 15 as it ticks all of those boxes. You can easily add a M.2 yourself to go along with the standard 1TB Hybrid drive. That is all good, but the webcam is absolutely trash. I have one and well... the webcam feels like it was salvaged from a 2005 feature phone.  

 

 

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53 minutes ago, Noyu said:

Budget is somewhere around 400-600$. But I'd really prefer just around the 400$ range

Go used?

Any links of online stores?

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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4 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I would recommend the ASUS Vivobook 15 as it ticks all of those boxes. You can easily add a M.2 yourself to go along with the standard 1TB Hybrid drive. That is all good, but the webcam is absolutely trash. I have one and well... the webcam feels like it was salvaged from a 2005 feature phone.  

 

 

This is exactly something I'd be down to buy. Thanks! I'll check it out locally.

 

3 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Go used?

Any links of online stores?

Yea for now we would like to avoid going used just to trim down the choices haha

For online stores, generally we don't have smth like Amazon or Newegg, but we do have local ones.

I am already checking ads from those.

Here I'm just asking for a general idea if there's any specific models I should be looking at.

Karamo

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2 hours ago, Noyu said:

Here I'm just asking for a general idea if there's any specific models I should be looking at.

I need to know availability as well. Perhaps you can give me a few links of online stores to look at

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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On 11/6/2018 at 10:21 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

I need to know availability as well. Perhaps you can give me a few links of online stores to look at

Hi sorry for the late feedback.

Anyways, nevermind.

We decided to just upgrade her 7y/o laptop rn with an SSD.

If it breaks during the surgery (it is old after all), we'll buy used haha

 

Thanks for the help anyways

Karamo

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