Remember when he did a video on Walmart’s $300 laptop? It sold out in an hour and hasn’t been in stock for more than 30 minutes since that video came out
@@svenskanal damn right. The clerks at my local community health centre use 11 year old ThinkPad and I have seen them drop them and spill drinks on them and then wipe it off and put it back on the table like it was nothing
@@heroninja1125 i have a (i think) prototype, i can confirm it is from a lab that designs hardware at amazon, cant say much to else, but it has windows 7 enterprise. forgot password and had to go with pro. as soon as i put in the new battery cause the old one would only work when plugged in, windows said "nope, you got a fake session, get recked." but yeah, old laptops i guess gang
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I can now stop spending an hour teaching my family and friends how to look for a laptop, which usually ends in me just picking one for them, and send them this video. Thank you LTT!
Another important factor: *_key layout._* Language can always be changed in the OS, but key layout is fixed unless you get something like a Thinkpad with replaceable key layout options. For example, here in Québec brick-and-mortar stores basically have to sell laptops with the ANSI Canadian French layout or at the very least Canadian Multilingual Standard, so that people can actually use them. But online stores may only sell models with U.S.A. ISO layouts; which means you're getting fewer keys; and typing in your language could be a serious avoidable pain. Lots of people buy expensive laptops online, only to realize that they ended up with the ISO layout, which absolutely sucks for typing in French; or worse they end up with the european AZERTY "French" layout which is arguably even worse (at least USA ISO is still QWERTY). Canadian French ANSI is required by schools in the province and provincial public institutions in both official languages pretty much only use this one _exclusively_ because it is proven to be better for typing both in French _and_ also even just for typing in English. The older Canadian Multilingual Standard ANSI is still used by some federal institutions, but is low-key gradually being replaced by U.S.A. ISO just because most unilingual anglophones don't know how to tell the difference and the supply of U.S.A. ISO is easier to come by. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to preserve multilingual layouts for the various First Nations and Indigenous languages and prevent them from getting phased out too.
@@realintensify (Merriam-Webster) Skim: to glance through (something, such as a book) for the chief ideas or the plot Try to use google to search a word you dont know. Also, it really isn't a lot. You should get used to reading this amount of information.
But about the displays: Are OLED displays really that bad for the battery life 😳? I thought they are considerably better with dark content and slightly worse with bright content.
@@mathisbuilder he got 13.8 millions subscribers and this video netted 1 million views in less than a day. His influence is undeniable, especially on the PC and Laptop market.
@@avatarelharar218 U type cores are low power efficient CPU's generally used in budget laptops or in ultrabooks where battery life is the most important thing
I wish he’d gone into a little more depth on how well framework functions as a “gaming” laptop though. I’m debating buying one, and curious what titles would actually run on it. Regardless, great video!
@@dustinedwards5642 so here's a few things you can ask yourself 1. do you play only 2D games? 2. if it's 3D is it an old esport title (that you don't play competitively) / old in general 3. if not, is it a casual game with really simple graphics (see overcooked or anything that goes with that style) if any of this is a yes then an iris XE (which is framework's GPU) is probably enough for most of your need, note that you can off course still play heavier 3D games, but you might need to tolerate 24fps medium to low setting, which again, is a completely playable experience that I fully enjoy.
@@dustinedwards5642 framework doesn't make gaming laptops yet. If they prove the concept to be successful then they could release a new chassis with gaming hardware in the future.
It wasn't enough to my liking but at least they we're mentionned. Also he could have used the framework instead of the «HP envy 14» in the beginning to increase the preorder number… (But that's me being an fanboy of a laptop that I can't buy😢)
One think that is often the most overlooked is the build quality and the port selection. It doesn't seams much but it makes a huge difference on how you can use it everyday.
Thunderbolt is all I need for ports TBH. I tend to just put docks or hubs everywhere I need to hook up my laptop and leave them there. Having the ports on the laptop itself is more of a downside because which ports are "popular" changes every few years. The only exception would be a Framework laptop I guess.
@@seeibe maybe for you but not for everyone. Having an HDMI plug is really usefull for students and teacher to use a projector. Having an usb type A will save you when you will need to work with an old school thumb drive / device I need an ethernet connexion for my work (security reasons) I've had to much issue of unreliable dongle to let them be my only solution.
@@ThiagoLc06My point was to take it into account the port selection at the purchase. If you only need thunderbolt to plug your hubs then go for it. Anyone have different needs. Hubs don't fit everyone needs.
@Tamamo Don't forget about the extended warranty for that extended warranty. Oh, and you'll need to pay extra for shipping that extended warranty to you.
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You are in luck! They can easily sell you two of those without your consent!
That's funny, because Dell's are the ONLY laptops I've ever purchased that lasted. My first Macbook in 2012? I tore it apart with my hands and pitched it the second year I had it because it was a piece of shit. Bought a Dell Inspiron shortly after. Nine years later the Dell still boots and runs like new. The only issue is the headphone jack is screwed. At work we have no less than FOUR dead Mac's.
@@slayyyters_cigarette hey i don't like google stealing my information for advertisers and making bad business practices, but here's a secret: microsoft doesn't do it much differently. sometimes you need a partner in crime 🤠 I'm still sad that Windows Phone wasn't a success because of Google's Android and Apple :(
Lenovo ideapad Gaming 3i is what brought me through my last 3 years of college. It's been almost perfect for light gaming, and some software development. Also, upgrading from 8gb to 16gb from crucial was very easy.
this is a REALLY good video especially how everyone gets a portion to give advice on. Its also so "non techy" and general crowd friendly which is so undervalued amongst most UA-cam channels... such an easy share...
I bought a Lenovo Legion 5 16GB, AMD Ryzen 7 variant w/ 1660ti. Was a good balance between way too expensive and very good performance for the price. Only downside was battery life, but if you're gaming, you're definitely plugged in anyway. Thing about that though is, it's no longer $1000 bucks. Apparently Lenovo realized why should they offer such a good thing for such a low price and I haven't seen it at that price for a while now. It's closer to $1500 now.
My always advice: Avoid the ones with names that's like a short serial number of some sort (usually around 400 to 600+ dollars). These ones are just products with random specs that companies needed to do to circulate revenue. The ones with a flagship or name series had the right spec (at least) for the job.
@@akshatrb I know but sadly it is really is just that common (and is based heavily on my experience). I started with these serial number laptops as that's what I can afford back then and tbh, none of them lasted properly, and when I finally decided to buy a name series (or flagship ones), the difference is out obvious. To make it worst, here in Asia, just go to any online store or malls and we are COMPLETELY flooded with all these serial numbers laptops here and there, just emphasizing the point that these companies needed to roll out some products just to get some too; same thing with any other tech really if we are to consider it as a whole.
I have been looking into what I should look for while buying a laptop for like the past month, and this is probably one of the best videos I've watched, and also probably one of the best on this entire platform itself.
@@Purely4subs reviewers have constantly talked about XPS QC issues lol. And how they've had to send them back for replacements because of shitty track pads or something else
@@ru2225 It appears the issue is more prevalent with retail units. The reviewers who only look at review units might not notice it. But the user complaints are getting harder to ignore. Surprised LTT haven't acknowledged it.
Step one: walk to store Step two: pick up laptop that looks nice Step three (if broke follow step four) : purchase laptop Step four (alternative to step three) : grab and run home Step five: tell yourself you made the right choice
@@andresacosta5318 They should use a dummy battery (with the same weight so you can feel the weight before you get it) That would also make it worth less if it’s stolen
Another thing to consider if you’re studying a STEM field (sciences for us non-Americans) at university, having a Mac makes getting software / in-silico work done a lot more challenging, with out of date or non-existent software. Trust me, biomedical science was not fun with a MacBook Pro
I’d say the only exception being if you’re studying Computer Science or Software Engineering, but even then you’re bound to run into something that requires a Windows VM and you may be on your own to get partially compatible things working. For electrical or computer engineering, unless you want to try to pass USB devices through to a Windows VM and deal with the possible flakiness that can come with that, I would avoid a Mac. If you really want a Mac, your other option could be to get a Mac and do work that requires Windows on university computer lab machines.
@@EpicWolverine Yeah I studied mixed comp sci and cyber security and grabbed a old think pad to do most of my university work on because it was just less hassle than using my Mac
I did fine with a MacBook Pro with Parallels Desktop. All the programs that I needed worked just fine. I would ask advice from your seniors before making a decision.
The nice thing about being told by an Eng unit to use Windows software last updated in 2000 is that it works well with Wine on Linux :). Less so with the large, proprietary software since then like Autodesk and Solidworks, but things like Matlab have a version for Mac and Linux (but so does Python and numpy :) ).
Compatibility issue wise, Windows is still universal in the world of engineering (other than computer science, programming). Some softwares only avail. through Windows (SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, Recurdyn, Abaqus CAE etc.), and even though some generally available to MacOS, most engineering softwares still works better in Windows. Now its the issue with Apple going to ARM-64 architecture, so if you run Win on it, you might have compatibility issues with it. I have a friend who loves Mac, and bought a fully kitted MacBook Pro 16-inch with i9 processor. And he's able to run Windows proprietary softwares using BootCamp, which he had allocated 1TB out of 2TB of total storage. But he said it's quite a hassle to use and at some point he just bought a "cheap" Windows laptop (HP Pavilion) and use it for the engineering softwares.
ikr. I dig real hard and finally found my budget laptop that fits what I need for $500. Altho I had to make a few compromises but nevertheless are the right ones, like TN display and no backlit keyboard, but I'm happy with it being slim and lightweight, i3 11th gen processor, 8gb ram and 512gb nvme storage. Graphics is integrated graphics tho but the laptop works fast and flawless for my everyday needs.
Pay cheap, get cheap. You can't blame anyone but yourself when you are buying luxury items that don't exist as reliable products for a budget that only a 9 year old could handle.
11:31 Yes! 3:2 displays are great! This aspect ratio is one of the big things I really like about my ol' Chromebook Pixel 2015, and is among the various factors that sold me on pre-ordering a Framework laptop.
Even after all these years, I think way over a decade now that I've been following Linus on YT, every video I watch regardless of release date, is still relevant and fun with great presentation. Tl;dr Linus is a legend.
This was such a great video. Having multiple presenters made it less fatiguing to hear one person talk for how long the video is. Not that I’m tired of hearing Linus now. Just saying..
I got the hp envy 15, and it's balling! Thought I would regret not having a GPU in it, but honestly, AMD's onboard GPU is pretty decent for some light work loads. And the CPU is fantastic of course!
I just got a gaming laptop for school. I got the MAINGEAR Element 2-EL2 17.3 for $749 open box from micro center. It was a former display unit but still had all the plastic on it from production. 2060 max p with a 10750h and 32 gigs of ram. It was a freaking steal!
I will say having worked with them for years as a technician they are better designed then most competitors. The main reason they run hot is because Dell does not reduce clock speeds to show lower temperatures. They aim hard and fast for the highest scores possible. Their motherboards are also extremely well built with high end caps, chips, and components. There will be no bargain basement components to cut costs/corners. For example to perform motherboard repair, you can't use the same machine like most motherboards, it must run at double the heat to desolder.
The video structure was really good, especially bringing so many people in talking about the stuff they know a lot about. Can agree with some points on my HP Envy x360 I bought last year. Screen is cool (including the touch capability), keyboard and trackpad are amazing, battery is okay and since my main PC is at my desk and I mainly need the laptop for work or traveling, the perfomance is enough. Only thing I made a mistake on is the soldered 8GB or RAM. Looked at the wrong model number and bought the 8GB model to save money for now. Perfomance is still good for now but I will regret this.
This reminds me of the kind of talk sales reps would give me back in the days when I wasn't so tech savvy except back then I knew I had to be weary of their recommendations. Giving advice to an unknowledgeable person in a way they understand without sounding like a douche and in a timely fashion is quite difficult. Awesome work
Salesman is always a salesman, I remember exactly two years ago when I decided to buy a Samsung phones and a young salesman came to me and offering me another phones that'd be good for gaming and selfies, but I never really interested because I'm a Uber driver and he quickly switch the topic from gaming to how the phone he offered to me could increase my Uber rate and orders and I could only smile and cringing while he keeps bullshitting around, in the end I bought the Samsung that I want anyway and he's a bit pissed off. You never EVER trust what the salesman says especially in the third world country. Take a grain of salt.
I'm really pleasantly surprised how mainstream emulation has become these days. The vast majority of pc gaming related videos you'll see anymore mention emulation at some point, and it's beautiful
@@Yodalemos Another Cemu user! BOTW is awesome on it. I have a GTX 1050 Ti and i3 6100 along with 8GB 2133 DDR4 RAM. I play the game at 40-50FPS QHD setting. That's impressive
@@anmolagrawal5358 I have a GTX 1080 ti and ran it at 4K 60 FPS (limited by my screen). I wish Nintendo would just greenlight emulation because there is no way in hell I'm dishing out 300+ euro's for a phone with less features.
I got the lowest ASUS Zephyrus G14 and an extra 8gb of memory module that i installed right away. Great laptop - needed something small frame for portability, decent power for casual gaming and good build quality. Not disappointed so far.
Have you tried playing AAA games on it and other heavy ones ? I know you'll probably reply it's too soon but if you have any AAA games or anything that uses as much RAM and power then i'd appreciate the testing and feedback!
I got a Lenovo legion with a i5 10300H and a RTX 2060 6GB for 15,000 MXN or about 750 USD 2 weeks ago, a great deal considering tha the retail price in my country is the double. Upgraded from 8 to 32GB of RAM and added a 2TB NVeM and I have been running my ANSYS heat simulations in less than a tenth of the time that it took my old EliteBook with a I5 gen 3 and Intel 4600 integrated graphics. Also for gaming, oh God, managed to get vermitide and darktide to run at 60 fps, yes I had to make some compromises with the graphics settings but I got to play some of the most demanding games in the market for little less than 1000 USD, after upgrades and some other things that I added for confort.
@@madbull4666 I mean, it was the best deal possible at the moment, everything else in the same price range either had a GTX 1060 or 1660, not even Ti versions paired with I3. And I can't go for a full desktop because my job demands me to move constantly and I need the computer for working besides gaming.
@@Kamletue it was only 400 Mexican pesos or 20 USD more expensive to jump from 16 to 32 GB and I need those extra GB for mathematical simulation in ANSYS and other programs.
@@daanishgupta I would love to play GTA but online kinda sucks whenever I play it (I never understand the missions) and the updates recently made it unplayable on my laptop. It never goes beyond 20 fps and online crashes. (940mx and i5-7200u if anyone cares and would like to give me suggestions on how to make it playable)
@@vizdrom Just pump all the graphics settings to the lowest. Make the resolution the native res of your PC. That's all. It actually runs pretty well and with a 940MX, medium to high usually runs well but run it on low for now to see if it's functioning. Gives you 60 fps comfortably.
this would have helped me a lot afew years ago when i bought a laptop knowing nothing about computers and then later finding out its trash, but now im finally switching to a desktop
I would be careful about advertising the HP envy to people this is also a warning to anyone reading this there is a current manufacturing problem where the mounts that hold your screen to the keyboard can snap for no reason it is just because of a bad design. This has happened to me with the envy I got about 2 months ago and forced me to go through hp to get the manufacture warranty(A month-long process to have them admit I did not break it and it was a manufacturing problem) then to be told they can not fix it and just gave me my money back to buy another laptop. For anyone that is still reading these props, you are probably the only one still here, but overall I would recommend just buying another product besides the hp envy due to poor design and less than the good customer support team that left me without my laptop that I needed to use for school at the start of the school year.
That sucks. Have HP admitted in public that there is a manufacturing issue? My cousin got an Envy about a year ago and so far hasn't had a problem with it but it would be good to know if the issue affects her model.
HP also forgot to mention that if you had turned on HP Coolsense and try to use high performance while using demanding DGPU activities such as gaming. It will cause the CPU to clock over the thermal limits.
I dont understand why people can,t just save there old pcs and still use them, I am using a HP Elitebook 6930p from 2007 running windows 11 with no problems. the newer pcs are trash
@@aspzx yah if it dose happen to it what I did to get them to refund me was just call a lot and complain that I did not break it bc they will try and say you did something too it
Im a former student and now a reviewee. As a gamer since childhood, my Nitro 5 is the best option for me. I have a plan to game on it or use it for office use after my examination. Value for money.
The issue with repairability is outside of Apple’s products, every model of laptop will be a different experience to upgrade. Some Dell laptops (especially their work/professional lineups) are very easy to repair and their manual will explain exactly how to do so, whereas some of their other models may not be as easy to repair. Hell, the best example for this is the 2019 Razer Blade. Their early model made it way too annoying to replace the RAM since the heat pipes literally blocked one of the slots. The second version that came out around June of that year fixed this issue, making it possible to upgrade your RAM sticks without taking off the entire cooling assembly. Your best bet to figure out repairability and upgradability is to check for laptop teardowns and see how to get into the laptop and whether or not you’d be comfortable enough to do it.
That was hilarious when the guy declined a date just because he spent all his money on a 3080, he wasn’t even gaming or he wouldn’t have responded immediately.
I just got an HP envy x360 13 with an i7 and 8gb of ram. I’m a bit sad that the ram is soldered but I absolutely love the size, screen and keyboard of this laptop. It also looks great
Problem with buying laptops is that it's near impossible to know what you are buying. Manufactures deliberately leave out information such as ram timings, SSD read/write speed, actual performance of CPU etc... Trying to compare laptops is also impossible since manufactures deliberately change model numbers frequently so you have no clue of the one you are buying and the one being reviewed. Lastly cooling, most laptops just list specs but never actually perform at the stated specs because it throttles like hell.
This is true. I don't think this will ever get resolved though since the people who actually understand the number's you're asking for is far and few between. Marketing is for the majority of people. And in my experience, the majority of people don't care about a basic difference such as "i5 vs i7". They just want faster.
Yes, absolutely. I have a 13” laptop, because it’s large enough for me and durable, without being too chonky. The only gripe I have with it is that it has a very wide aspect ratio, which makes some things uncomfortable to view. Trying to read a document opened in a browser window is terrible because the taskbar and address bar take up precious screen real estate, forcing you to either continuously scroll down to read (since so few lines of text can fit on what’s left of the screen), or zoom out to fit a good amount of the text on screen, but being unable to read it because it’s too small.
Thank you for the whole of LTT approach with multiple hosts giving various types of advice. It almost feels like an older brother busting out good tech tips to his younger sibling who is heading to college. I really liked this video! Despite already buying a 2020 macbook pro last year for school.
One of the lame things Dell has introduced is restricting how small of customizations you can make to their laptops when configuring. For example, if you try to bump up to 512GB hard drive on the xps 13, you HAVE to upgrade processor, ram, etc, making the cost jumps huge. I’m guessing this is so you can’t skimp on ram/ssd to save cost with a manual upgrade. Which is a little slimy in my opinion.
I bought a Asus Tuf f15 recently as my sole home computer after watching so muchhh ltt and shortcircuit to really understand what specs i was looking for and what i really needed. This video pretty much affirms my decision and I feel like i havent overlooked anything. Thanks LMG , your videos helped a BUNCH.
I really feel weird for getting all this amazing content for, well, basically free! Incredible content from you guys and from the whole techtuber community!
My filipino friend had their parents bought her one, it was the 1650 ddr6 version, ryzen 5 5600h version, its a fucking beast but i would still surpass her pretty soon since im a pc owner
most of LTT's captions are wrong because they probably commission them from external people, see the "iGP use" rather than "iGPUs" or "with your three" instead of "Witcher III" in this video, but there are more examples of this in other videos
I’m really glad the M1 MacBooks got a few shoutouts in this video. I know they don’t work for a lot of people do to software but if it does work for the battery life and software updates are hard to beat and the fit and finish is super good. Great job on the video LTT!!
i disagree, my mid 2005 dell lattitude can run windows 10 but my mid 2012 macbook pro with an i5 cant run the past like 5 years of mac os, i think you're applying iphone update logic to mac os (i own m1)
@@breakcoregirlxd 'my mid 2005 dell lattitude can run windows 10 but my mid 2012 macbook pro with an i5 cant run the past like 5 years of mac os.' He was talking about the M1 laptops
@@breakcoregirlxd I'm on a mid 2012 Macbook pro right now running Catalina. All 2012 MBP's can run Catalina. "Like 5 years" is hyperbolic or severly misinformed. At this time the only OS it doesn't support is Big Sur and Monterrey will follow in the fall.
if you're getting a laptop for school consider getting one with a pen, I didn't realize until I got a surface in my 3rd year of college how nice having all of your hw and notes on one device is.
I want one to replace my clapped out Thinkpad, and once they release one with a better GPU, I can replace my Gigabyte Aero 14 gaming laptop. As an IT tech and RtR advocate, I’m super on-board with what Framework is doing, and want lots of people to get their laptops.
@@Ebalosus not sure if this works for your situation but it's pretty easy to get an egpu dock setup, I found you can even pass things through on a per port basis as far as vfio goes
I can personally recommend the Dell G15. I have the Intel version, (although I'm sure the AMD version is also great) and so far it's been great for gaming, great for media, and it's great to have an upgrade over my old laptop which took a minute and a half just to open the settings app.
@@nunpho Yes! Got it mixed up with the old Lenovo Y15 They're honestly awesome for the price, no RGB keyboard (in Belgium at least) but it does have a high refreshrate 1440p panel Battery life is a bit worse than expected, only 2-3 hours with the dedicated GPU fully disabled
@@Sfekke I think Legion 7 is the best choice where I am from. Hands down the best price/performance ratio. Granted, they range greatly in price depending on components, but on the lower end, it's great (€1400-1600). Outside my budget though :/
Ordered one myself, same GPU/CPU with the 32GB RAM option (to replace the seven year old works laptop that won't be replaced by my employers, the tight sods). The screen size/aspect ratio alongside two RAM slots was the major draw (3D modelling in 3DS Max on a 1080 screen is just painful). Only slight fly in the ointment being the 31st December estimated shipping date... :) an arse covering exercise I assume (hope).
@@am1d yeah I think I might go for 7 depending on the availability, I'm in the UK. It's still expensive but for what you get it's a great price, comparable laptops seem to be an extra £1000 more. I've been saving up for a long time and don't have anything to game on (since the Wii 😆). Time to treat myself.
I know this is unrelated but has LTT ever make the music production computer that they talked about having a video in the works for months ago? I was really interested in that one.
I don't think its really the computer that you need to look for, but the hardware all arround. Like sampling is not done by the pc its done in the hardware you use. The pc processes this. But every pc will process this the same way. Also you could buy the best mic and record some sounds. If the room is bad or your headphones are of low quality the good mic investment wont be that usefull then. Look arround for a shop where they sell for example the hardware they will know what the best combination of hardware is for your budget and look a pc that at least supports the software you wanna use to do music production with.
@@gabrieldhondt6432 As much as I agree, it was mentioned on LTT that they were designing a music production oriented build (I believe it was specifically in a rack mounted Mac Pro) that sounded super interesting.
@@thetalesofdaneandco Exactly. It would be completely different from their normal gaming rig PCs. They have done some other PCs like productivity, heavy work load, graphic design, video editing, and even programming but I want to see the music production.
Im waiting for framework to come out in Europe. Easy cleaning of the cpu fan and general upgradeability is perfect for a laptop. It won't do gaming but that's OK for me.
isn't linux even bigger in europe than in the us? i'm not sure but many companies like redhat, suse (the biggest enterprise linux companies) are both based in europe. and i think this is a bigger issue for people who run linux than windows, imo linux users are way more die hard on right to repair than windows user but that could be my opinion
@@FaultyStreams yeah and contrast, and btw being colorblind doesn't mean you only see grey, it simply means that you don't see the real colors. For example between looks red to you
@@CaptainChrom thats right, im red-green colorblind, so Blue and purple looks the same to me, Also yellow and green look the same and pink and grey are really Hard to identify
IF your cash poor ... Buy an "A" Grade Dell 5580 or later refurb or whatever the seller wants to call cleaned and resold, they are coming out of Service Tag support and the market gets flooded with them bringing down the cost, has USB-C supports both NMVE and SSD at the same time (with a small hack on the SSD and cheap as for what you get.
Financing options aside I wouldn’t touch a dell laptop with a ten foot pole. My work laptop is a dell and I’m on to device number five in two years. Mostly power and battery issues.
Man idk how but my dad has a Dell Inspiron from 2007 and it still works fine, although the battery lasts about 10 seconds on full charge and the hard drive (180GB) crashed 3-4 years ago.
This is really so helpful. Also I wanna mention a laptop I have been using for work (web design, UI design) and media consumption since 2020. It is a Dell Inspiron 5408 (Intel i5 1035G1, 8GB RAM, 99% sRGB sick 14'' screen, super light and well built in and out) coming at around USD 950 (conv from INR). Not promoting or anything, just wanted to share a thought...
I agree with Linus regarding putting more storage and RAM on old laptops. My i3-5005U (2016) laptop that originally came with 2GB RAM (upgraded to 4GB at bought) and a 500GB HDD felt very sluggish, until I upgraded it to 16GB RAM and a 240GB SSD.
i got my acer nitro 5 with a gtx 1650 in october for my first gaming laptop. im happy with it so far ! i got a LG 29" FHD 75Hz 5ms GTG IPS LED FreeSync Gaming Monitor , g502 hero gamin mouse, Razer cynosa Light rgb keyboard, and a modal laptop cooling pad. Thronmax mic., Lg usb 1080 p webcam, 2tb external drive to store all my games on and a nice Gaming Desk and Chair. crimson red xbox controller, razer mouse pad, and just your basic average speakers with sub for sound. i bought it all with my first pay check as a janitor. still waitin on my Q3 steam deck reservation so im using this in the mean time! i watch ltt daily also!!
Thank you for putting this out! I'm one of the few people in my office who enjoys tech stuff, as a result, I've been saddled with picking out laptops for my boss/coworkers the last 4 years. Not my favorite activity lol Maybe sending this along will help folks feel more empowered to pick their own stuff out???? (one can hope lol)
To make it easier for them to pick, you can make a list of a few laptops. Include pictures, good and bad things about them, price. Things like if it has a webcam, are the speakers good, ports, screen brightness, weight.
I'm surprised the Dell G5 wasn't mentioned. I study game development and honestly it's been perfect. It's affordable and has great specs. Granted, the screen didn't get the best reviews but I'd say it's good, especially on the 2021 version (my uni provides monitors for us at school so it's not really an issue for me personally). So unless you want an RTX I think this is one of the greatest laptops out there.
I just want all laptops to come with backlit keys as standard :(. I'd love one of those super cheap low spec 14-15 inch laptops with backlit keys. Just 1 colour with a brightness adjuster or something would snap it up so fast and i know others would also. Most people with a laptop i know (other than gamers and business folk) use them in bed to browse the internet so its a very useful feature.
That’s weird nobody I know does this. :D A smartphone or a tablet are way more comfortable lying around I think. But a backlit keyboard is never a bad think. Even though I can’t remember if I actually ever used mine..
In regards to M1 Macbook , Mini Mac etc you can run Windows 10 on Parallels Desktop 17 and use all the Windows applications in coherence with no issues
I really would appreciate more coverage of 15inch laptops with number keys or at least test the larger version of some of them that include number pads. For example the hp envy. I prefer a larger screen and a number pad. The larger one i got of the envy does not have the crazy battery life mentioned in the video.
Have to also add, as a G14 owner, with the R9 and 3060, holy shit. I finished Far Cry 5 on in with details cranked to high, and the fans were never really an issue ( I also have mild hearing loss) and it was a gorgeous experience. I can absolutely recommend it, specifically if your local Best Buy has one in the open box category, or they run it at 1400 bucks again (when I got it, though the open box, but new one was tempting at 1339)
Yeah once the elevenpocalypse drops, I’m switching back to Linux. I would say MacOS, but because of their on-device CSAM scanner backdoor, I’m not too fond of them either at the moment.
I love LTT, have been a regular viewer since quite sometime, but mostly all tech channels don't understand what an average students spending limit is, anything with a graphic card is not intended purely for just school work. Very few tech channels understand that.
They specifically mentioned APUs and integrated graphics at the beginning. And even though not every student needs a graphic card, many engineering students need one because some intense number crushing is required. I my self know some students who use GPU acceleration all the time. Then again, i agree that the average student only need a light weight affordable laptop
@@unfall5521 i totally agree with you, many students do need a powerful machine, but bts guides should be centered around cheap and best buck to performance laptops. Whereas most tech channels do 1-2 cheap ones then go straight to the one's with gpu, while it should be the opposite, atleast 4-5 cheap ones, with 2-3 powerful ones aimed at the students who need that type of power. Choices to choose from are honestly what i once needed back when i was a student. I always ended up getting more info about cheap laptops from really small channels rather than big ones. However as i said big fan of ltt and other giants, but just feel that this should be resolved and then again with your opinion 100%>
This is a big reason why we decided to make the video "How to Buy a Laptop" instead of "10 laptops to buy". Recommending a good budget is nearly impossible to do since the correct answer is almost always "buy the one that is on sale". With any luck after this people will be able to tell if the on sale laptop is any good or not. -AC
@@sharjeelali7546 While I do admit that you bring up good points, I don't think that LTT was necessarily in the wrong here. This is a tech channel that's dedicated itself to doing things like gaming benchmarks, PC builds, and other neat tech stuff. So the focus on only cheap laptops would have felt strange and somewhat out of place. There are other tech channels for that as well as research you can do personally. But LTT never only said that you should buy a laptop with a dedicated GPU, but that if you're a gamer these are the things you should look for. Additionally, I think spending an extra couple hundred dollars for a gaming laptop could be beneficial in the long run. Should you ever need the extra horsepower, you already have it on tap. If you want to dip your foot into gaming, you don't have to then purchase a console or desktop. But, most importantly, they are better engineered with more effective cooling,(usually) are able to be upgraded fairly easily, and are more durable. My cheap HP and ASUS both killed themselves randomly even though I treated them well.
I'm upset because you literally and I mean literally, to the actual definition of the word, CANNOT find a review of the new Dell XPS 13 with the i5. Every tech tuber only ever reviews the most expensive model and benchmarks the expensive models. I don't care about the i7 Dell XPS. I'm trying to find reviews for the i5 8gb model. But I can't. No one wants to do them. It's very frustrating.
Great timing as I'm planning to buy a laptop in September. This video really made me consider to just purchase any 1650 to 3050 gpu variant as I don't bother with ultra settings in games and I usually only play singleplayer games. As long as the fps doesn't drop below 30 then I'm good. This video really made me regret not doing my research back in 2018 when I purchased my 1st laptop. I purchased an mx150 laptop for gaming. I have to upgrade the memory and change to ssd just so I can play more recent games. GTA V was unplayable before the upgrade.
I just want to point that the low-end GPU MX450 has 40% more performance than the previous MX350 and approximately 2x the performance of an integrated GPU. Weaker low-end GPU's are definitely not worth it, so I agree with you on that, but I think this one (MX450) is super worth it for people that just want a tiny boost in graphical performance over an iGPU.
@@NilakshMalpotra But the thing is there wasn't a better CPU with a better iGPU available 8 months ago, I was comparing the MX450 with the top iGPUs from Intel's i7 and AMD's R7. The MX450 was better than all the iGPUs on the market at the time I wrote that comment, it still is better than all the iGPUs Intel provides, I think the only iGPU better is the new one from AMD, with the new RDNA2 architecture
I bought a laptop a month ago, really wished this video was out then. I made a mistake in buying a Ryzen 3000 series, but it's still decent for my workload and it can run my PSP emulation games no problem. I got the upgrade-able RAM & SSD part right, plus the integrated GPU part. Thank you for the video, LTT!
@@ViroRads I bought three of those for some friends. They are really good machines, they wanted them for gaming and graphic design, autocad and that stuff. The one with the i5 9300H and a 1650 works great. If you want more power you can get the one with the i5 10300 H and a 1650 ti. A monster of gaming laptop for the price
@@LordHollyAngelus Gracias por responder! Generalmente en donde vivo ganar dinero es difícil, pero comprar laptops parece ser un poco más económico que construirse una PC (además de que no se cómo se hace, y es muy grande para mi espacio de trabajo/juego) Por cierto, respondí en español por tu nombre, ya que yo también soy hispanohablante jajaj
@@ViroRads No hay problema. Pero si salen buenas, en realidad son muy bien aprovechadas, en el canal especícamente hay reseña de la acer nitro donde se recomienda incluso la de 15 pulgadas en lugar de la de 17. El tamaño está bien aprovechado y en casi todas las páginas tienen excelentes reseñas, incluso usadas en ebay andan por los 700 $, en mi país también son carísimas. el modelo de 800 $ dólares lo venden a 30000 lps (1300 $)
4:13 a small addition: be carefull, intel is very bad at naming, and i7 11370h has 4 cores while i7 11800h has 8 cores. Very small naming difference yet very big performance difference.
Its badass knowing that you can single-handedly cut up the buying market by dropping a video
No it isnt. Its what happens when someones head gets too big
@@robertkennion9020 ooooookayyyyyyyy
@@robertkennion9020 but it’s not him buying them…
Remember when he did a video on Walmart’s $300 laptop? It sold out in an hour and hasn’t been in stock for more than 30 minutes since that video came out
@@robertkennion9020 You underestimate supply after dropping a favourable video when you reach millions of people with your video's.
"If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes." Thats a whole flex
Weird flex but ok
@@suntzu1409 Not really weird. Weird for us? Yes, but for someone like them, no.
And a valid one
I've checked the sales 1 hour after this video is released vs now, HP envy ran out at 4 sellers
Well, I checked it and its sold out at every single online and traditional store I could check even here overseas in Pakistan.. Soooo.....
I love how LTT won't let Dell have it with the "Financing" issue with his buying guide video.
@Quantum Only if you got the extended warranty with the at home service and paid the upgrade that wasn't actually installed.
A twist on an old classic Dell commercial...
Dude... There's your problem... You own a Dell...
@Quantum I called DELL service for my XPS order and nobody talked to me about financing or any thing x) maybe in France people don't like financing
Funny enough, even with their refurbished Alienware gaming laptops cost over 2k....
I have a two year old Dell Xps 15inch which cost £1700 - just don't
For a back to school device, I would be particularly looking at durability and repairability. School devices are hard to not abuse.
Buy a used Thinkpad. They are tanks built for hard abuse in business environments.
@@svenskanal damn right. The clerks at my local community health centre use 11 year old ThinkPad and I have seen them drop them and spill drinks on them and then wipe it off and put it back on the table like it was nothing
@@heroninja1125 i have a (i think) prototype, i can confirm it is from a lab that designs hardware at amazon, cant say much to else, but it has windows 7 enterprise. forgot password and had to go with pro. as soon as i put in the new battery cause the old one would only work when plugged in, windows said "nope, you got a fake session, get recked." but yeah, old laptops i guess gang
buy a gaming laptop their good for back to school too
@@heroninja1125 the nokia of the laptop world LOL
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nice work,
Everyone needs to thumb up this comment!
Very cool
This is wholesome
bruh so amazing
I can now stop spending an hour teaching my family and friends how to look for a laptop, which usually ends in me just picking one for them, and send them this video. Thank you LTT!
Lmaoo same
Lmao wait a while and they'll be asking you again
Do you really think that it's going to solve your problem? lmao
Fucking Getter! I saw him at EDC 2017!
@@bayawak_ you are probably right, but I will just send them the link again lol :p
Glad to see Jarrod's Tech getting some recognition, the man really knows how to make proper laptop reviews.
I absolutely agree, I've come to a point that I will refuse to buy a laptop that hasn't been tested and reviewed by Jarrod's Tech.
YEP :D Used him as a guide as well when I got my expensive laptop
your right :)
I would also add Bob of all trades there, specifically for gaming laptop reviews, but he's been absent for a while so...
ikr
Another important factor: *_key layout._* Language can always be changed in the OS, but key layout is fixed unless you get something like a Thinkpad with replaceable key layout options.
For example, here in Québec brick-and-mortar stores basically have to sell laptops with the ANSI Canadian French layout or at the very least Canadian Multilingual Standard, so that people can actually use them. But online stores may only sell models with U.S.A. ISO layouts; which means you're getting fewer keys; and typing in your language could be a serious avoidable pain. Lots of people buy expensive laptops online, only to realize that they ended up with the ISO layout, which absolutely sucks for typing in French; or worse they end up with the european AZERTY "French" layout which is arguably even worse (at least USA ISO is still QWERTY).
Canadian French ANSI is required by schools in the province and provincial public institutions in both official languages pretty much only use this one _exclusively_ because it is proven to be better for typing both in French _and_ also even just for typing in English.
The older Canadian Multilingual Standard ANSI is still used by some federal institutions, but is low-key gradually being replaced by U.S.A. ISO just because most unilingual anglophones don't know how to tell the difference and the supply of U.S.A. ISO is easier to come by.
And don't even get me started on how hard it is to preserve multilingual layouts for the various First Nations and Indigenous languages and prevent them from getting phased out too.
Bro who’s reading that? No offense but it’s kinda alot
@@realintensify Skim it, if it’s relevant to you read further, if not scroll past.
@@soniccookie655 alright, what’s skim though?
@@realintensify (Merriam-Webster) Skim: to glance through (something, such as a book) for the chief ideas or the plot
Try to use google to search a word you dont know.
Also, it really isn't a lot. You should get used to reading this amount of information.
@@papetoast oh alright, English isn't my main language, so it seems like a lot for me xd, anyway have a nice day :D.
Lots of great advice!
mmm yes
ayy
Hey Jarrod, congrats! We will love to have a similar kind of Laptop buying guide from you.
But about the displays: Are OLED displays really that bad for the battery life 😳? I thought they are considerably better with dark content and slightly worse with bright content.
omen 15 good?
The biggest flex is: "If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes."
he gives the best tech tips
Does Linus really have that much influence?
@@mathisbuilder yep,he can trash talk Nvidia and get away with it.
@@mathisbuilder he got 13.8 millions subscribers and this video netted 1 million views in less than a day. His influence is undeniable, especially on the PC and Laptop market.
@@mathisbuilder If 1% of the viewers follow his advice, he's probably right.
The explanations of laptop cpu’s and gpu’s actually clarified a lot for me. This is a really well organized and executed video!
They never explained the U series that I mostly see though for budget like 6-800$?
@@avatarelharar218 U type cores are low power efficient CPU's generally used in budget laptops or in ultrabooks where battery life is the most important thing
It's nice to see that AMD has final matches the naming scheme with the Zen 3 for mobile and desktop CPUs
Another shoutout to Framework. Let's keep cheering for them.
I wish he’d gone into a little more depth on how well framework functions as a “gaming” laptop though. I’m debating buying one, and curious what titles would actually run on it. Regardless, great video!
@@dustinedwards5642 so here's a few things you can ask yourself
1. do you play only 2D games?
2. if it's 3D is it an old esport title (that you don't play competitively) / old in general
3. if not, is it a casual game with really simple graphics (see overcooked or anything that goes with that style)
if any of this is a yes then an iris XE (which is framework's GPU) is probably enough for most of your need, note that you can off course still play heavier 3D games, but you might need to tolerate 24fps medium to low setting, which again, is a completely playable experience that I fully enjoy.
@@dustinedwards5642 framework doesn't make gaming laptops yet. If they prove the concept to be successful then they could release a new chassis with gaming hardware in the future.
It wasn't enough to my liking but at least they we're mentionned. Also he could have used the framework instead of the «HP envy 14» in the beginning to increase the preorder number… (But that's me being an fanboy of a laptop that I can't buy😢)
@@dustinedwards5642 Well, you came to the wrong video. This isn't about Framework.
One think that is often the most overlooked is the build quality and the port selection.
It doesn't seams much but it makes a huge difference on how you can use it everyday.
Thunderbolt is all I need for ports TBH. I tend to just put docks or hubs everywhere I need to hook up my laptop and leave them there. Having the ports on the laptop itself is more of a downside because which ports are "popular" changes every few years. The only exception would be a Framework laptop I guess.
@@seeibe maybe for you but not for everyone.
Having an HDMI plug is really usefull for students and teacher to use a projector.
Having an usb type A will save you when you will need to work with an old school thumb drive / device
I need an ethernet connexion for my work (security reasons)
I've had to much issue of unreliable dongle to let them be my only solution.
but yes thunderbolt is a also a must
@@pierrelezan yes, for anyone, ports doesn't matter when you have hubs, stop crying scrub
@@ThiagoLc06My point was to take it into account the port selection at the purchase.
If you only need thunderbolt to plug your hubs then go for it. Anyone have different needs.
Hubs don't fit everyone needs.
Wait, DELL has a financing option? But what about extended warranty!
Whats your pfp from 🤔
you're getting it if you turn your back on Dell because they'll try to slip it in.
@Tamamo Don't forget about the extended warranty for that extended warranty.
Oh, and you'll need to pay extra for shipping that extended warranty to you.
You are in luck! They can easily sell you two of those without your consent!
That's funny, because Dell's are the ONLY laptops I've ever purchased that lasted. My first Macbook in 2012? I tore it apart with my hands and pitched it the second year I had it because it was a piece of shit. Bought a Dell Inspiron shortly after. Nine years later the Dell still boots and runs like new. The only issue is the headphone jack is screwed. At work we have no less than FOUR dead Mac's.
Linus can you *please* tell me where to find that Portal 2 wallpaper you have?
a google search away
@@ralphh796 I mean sometimes its pretty hard to find the exact one with just a google search lol
Hey love the vids blue jay
@@heisernsu that said, _with a microsoft profile picture_
@@slayyyters_cigarette hey i don't like google stealing my information for advertisers and making bad business practices, but here's a secret: microsoft doesn't do it much differently. sometimes you need a partner in crime 🤠
I'm still sad that Windows Phone wasn't a success because of Google's Android and Apple :(
Lenovo ideapad Gaming 3i is what brought me through my last 3 years of college. It's been almost perfect for light gaming, and some software development. Also, upgrading from 8gb to 16gb from crucial was very easy.
I have it too, and is pretty good for it's price...only complain is probably the screen, otherwise, it's has been Rock solid so far...
I have an old Lenovo that i love, but the weight and the dim screen is starting to bother me 😅
this is a REALLY good video especially how everyone gets a portion to give advice on. Its also so "non techy" and general crowd friendly which is so undervalued amongst most UA-cam channels... such an easy share...
I bought a Lenovo Legion 5 16GB, AMD Ryzen 7 variant w/ 1660ti. Was a good balance between way too expensive and very good performance for the price. Only downside was battery life, but if you're gaming, you're definitely plugged in anyway. Thing about that though is, it's no longer $1000 bucks. Apparently Lenovo realized why should they offer such a good thing for such a low price and I haven't seen it at that price for a while now. It's closer to $1500 now.
My always advice: Avoid the ones with names that's like a short serial number of some sort (usually around 400 to 600+ dollars). These ones are just products with random specs that companies needed to do to circulate revenue. The ones with a flagship or name series had the right spec (at least) for the job.
Agreed. They seem to work fine at first but quickly age and issues start to pop up
You had also forget about the ones with the older hardware with newer features that made the laptop cost over $2k.
Most of Asus' older laptops have a serial number like name.
That's a WILD generalization
@@akshatrb I know but sadly it is really is just that common (and is based heavily on my experience). I started with these serial number laptops as that's what I can afford back then and tbh, none of them lasted properly, and when I finally decided to buy a name series (or flagship ones), the difference is out obvious. To make it worst, here in Asia, just go to any online store or malls and we are COMPLETELY flooded with all these serial numbers laptops here and there, just emphasizing the point that these companies needed to roll out some products just to get some too; same thing with any other tech really if we are to consider it as a whole.
I have been looking into what I should look for while buying a laptop for like the past month, and this is probably one of the best videos I've watched, and also probably one of the best on this entire platform itself.
XPS touchpad QC issue deserves an honorable mention too. Don’t let their financing dept take all the spotlight
Honestly - XPS QC is just awful. Although I suspect reviewers don't ever experience that problem
@@Purely4subs reviewers have constantly talked about XPS QC issues lol. And how they've had to send them back for replacements because of shitty track pads or something else
@@ru2225 It appears the issue is more prevalent with retail units. The reviewers who only look at review units might not notice it. But the user complaints are getting harder to ignore. Surprised LTT haven't acknowledged it.
You idiots bought a Dell? LOLOLOLOLOL
Step one: walk to store
Step two: pick up laptop that looks nice
Step three (if broke follow step four) : purchase laptop
Step four (alternative to step three) : grab and run home
Step five: tell yourself you made the right choice
Step six: if questioned about it, answer with a loaded Glock 17 gen 4 fully polymer 9mm pistol.
@@benjiro8793 oh yeah. Since they are left on and plugged in for weeks
@@andresacosta5318 They should use a dummy battery (with the same weight so you can feel the weight before you get it)
That would also make it worth less if it’s stolen
Another thing to consider if you’re studying a STEM field (sciences for us non-Americans) at university, having a Mac makes getting software / in-silico work done a lot more challenging, with out of date or non-existent software.
Trust me, biomedical science was not fun with a MacBook Pro
I’d say the only exception being if you’re studying Computer Science or Software Engineering, but even then you’re bound to run into something that requires a Windows VM and you may be on your own to get partially compatible things working.
For electrical or computer engineering, unless you want to try to pass USB devices through to a Windows VM and deal with the possible flakiness that can come with that, I would avoid a Mac. If you really want a Mac, your other option could be to get a Mac and do work that requires Windows on university computer lab machines.
@@EpicWolverine Yeah I studied mixed comp sci and cyber security and grabbed a old think pad to do most of my university work on because it was just less hassle than using my Mac
I did fine with a MacBook Pro with Parallels Desktop. All the programs that I needed worked just fine. I would ask advice from your seniors before making a decision.
The nice thing about being told by an Eng unit to use Windows software last updated in 2000 is that it works well with Wine on Linux :). Less so with the large, proprietary software since then like Autodesk and Solidworks, but things like Matlab have a version for Mac and Linux (but so does Python and numpy :) ).
Compatibility issue wise, Windows is still universal in the world of engineering (other than computer science, programming). Some softwares only avail. through Windows (SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, Recurdyn, Abaqus CAE etc.), and even though some generally available to MacOS, most engineering softwares still works better in Windows. Now its the issue with Apple going to ARM-64 architecture, so if you run Win on it, you might have compatibility issues with it.
I have a friend who loves Mac, and bought a fully kitted MacBook Pro 16-inch with i9 processor. And he's able to run Windows proprietary softwares using BootCamp, which he had allocated 1TB out of 2TB of total storage. But he said it's quite a hassle to use and at some point he just bought a "cheap" Windows laptop (HP Pavilion) and use it for the engineering softwares.
i love how most of the budget options are more expensive than my main pc lol
ikr. I dig real hard and finally found my budget laptop that fits what I need for $500. Altho I had to make a few compromises but nevertheless are the right ones, like TN display and no backlit keyboard, but I'm happy with it being slim and lightweight, i3 11th gen processor, 8gb ram and 512gb nvme storage. Graphics is integrated graphics tho but the laptop works fast and flawless for my everyday needs.
reality slaps us in the face
Pay cheap, get cheap. You can't blame anyone but yourself when you are buying luxury items that don't exist as reliable products for a budget that only a 9 year old could handle.
@@desmondlau1385 what laptop is it? I'm looking for one in the same price range
@@desmondlau1385 thanks for the response, will look into it!
Gotta love Linus, always thinking about price to performance.
👆Giveaway alert👆
Inbox number above to claim prize.
me: "so how do i buy a laptop?"
LTT: "that's the neat part, you don't"
he only tells u what config to buy, not how to buy
go to the manufacturer's website maybe.
11:31 Yes! 3:2 displays are great! This aspect ratio is one of the big things I really like about my ol' Chromebook Pixel 2015, and is among the various factors that sold me on pre-ordering a Framework laptop.
Even after all these years, I think way over a decade now that I've been following Linus on YT, every video I watch regardless of release date, is still relevant and fun with great presentation.
Tl;dr Linus is a legend.
Finally, an updated video that highlights all the important details on selecting a laptop by yourself.
Such a great video format, I love how multiple hosts were included
g i a n t s k e l e t o n
that’s not the hog rider that’s the giant skeleton
This was such a great video. Having multiple presenters made it less fatiguing to hear one person talk for how long the video is.
Not that I’m tired of hearing Linus now. Just saying..
Lol ok
Now that you said it...
Just say that your tired hearing linus
really man linus did two sponsorship in just 10 seconds. that is why i am giving him the award businessman of 2077
I got the hp envy 15, and it's balling!
Thought I would regret not having a GPU in it, but honestly, AMD's onboard GPU is pretty decent for some light work loads.
And the CPU is fantastic of course!
Heh, I landed on the Asus zenbook line. Pretty laptop with great value and better software
Any integrated gpus are always decent on light work loads 😑
And battery life?
ASS
"light work load" no i want something better than that. Hp envy 15 doesn't sound so good if that's the case
I love when LTT gets beginner friendly
This was a fantastic video! Pulling everyone's specialty to talk about each topic was a great decision.
It’s kind of a crap laptop
I was hoping this would be a 3 second clip of Linus saying “Don’t”
I was expecting him to say to just buy the steamdeck, lol
y
I just got a gaming laptop for school. I got the MAINGEAR Element 2-EL2 17.3 for $749 open box from micro center. It was a former display unit but still had all the plastic on it from production. 2060 max p with a 10750h and 32 gigs of ram. It was a freaking steal!
Good deal
Noice
w-wow
The production quality have been going stonks for some time now. Great job LTT for continuously improving
‘Generally, they have the best cooling’
*shows an alienware laptop*
@Shane Sahil for showing an example of excellent cooling they should've gone with an asus rog strix/zephyrus lol
Precisely 🤣
X17 is actually pretty for this year. However the m15 r5/r6 is a different story.
I will say having worked with them for years as a technician they are better designed then most competitors. The main reason they run hot is because Dell does not reduce clock speeds to show lower temperatures. They aim hard and fast for the highest scores possible. Their motherboards are also extremely well built with high end caps, chips, and components. There will be no bargain basement components to cut costs/corners. For example to perform motherboard repair, you can't use the same machine like most motherboards, it must run at double the heat to desolder.
@@turboivtec that's just not true. Their laptops are fine-ish. But their desktops are awful, look at the GN reviews and you'll know enough.
The video structure was really good, especially bringing so many people in talking about the stuff they know a lot about.
Can agree with some points on my HP Envy x360 I bought last year. Screen is cool (including the touch capability), keyboard and trackpad are amazing, battery is okay and since my main PC is at my desk and I mainly need the laptop for work or traveling, the perfomance is enough.
Only thing I made a mistake on is the soldered 8GB or RAM. Looked at the wrong model number and bought the 8GB model to save money for now. Perfomance is still good for now but I will regret this.
This reminds me of the kind of talk sales reps would give me back in the days when I wasn't so tech savvy except back then I knew I had to be weary of their recommendations. Giving advice to an unknowledgeable person in a way they understand without sounding like a douche and in a timely fashion is quite difficult. Awesome work
Sales rep: What do you need the laptop for?
Customer: Office, Internet Browsing emails...
Sales Rep: "Can I suggest this $1000 laptop"
Salesman is always a salesman, I remember exactly two years ago when I decided to buy a Samsung phones and a young salesman came to me and offering me another phones that'd be good for gaming and selfies, but I never really interested because I'm a Uber driver and he quickly switch the topic from gaming to how the phone he offered to me could increase my Uber rate and orders and I could only smile and cringing while he keeps bullshitting around, in the end I bought the Samsung that I want anyway and he's a bit pissed off.
You never EVER trust what the salesman says especially in the third world country. Take a grain of salt.
@@justinbussell7637 tbf if you look rich enough there'll be reason why you would choose a 1000$ laptop for office work, i.e battery life and weight
I'm really pleasantly surprised how mainstream emulation has become these days. The vast majority of pc gaming related videos you'll see anymore mention emulation at some point, and it's beautiful
Ikr, high end emulations are one of the only reasons i am trying to get a laptop with really good performance.
@@abhinavg3348 emulation for ps games? what games do you emulate
@@theblitz1687 I emulated BOTW, wind waker and Ocarina of Time on CEMU
@@Yodalemos Another Cemu user! BOTW is awesome on it. I have a GTX 1050 Ti and i3 6100 along with 8GB 2133 DDR4 RAM. I play the game at 40-50FPS QHD setting. That's impressive
@@anmolagrawal5358 I have a GTX 1080 ti and ran it at 4K 60 FPS (limited by my screen). I wish Nintendo would just greenlight emulation because there is no way in hell I'm dishing out 300+ euro's for a phone with less features.
I got the lowest ASUS Zephyrus G14 and an extra 8gb of memory module that i installed right away. Great laptop - needed something small frame for portability, decent power for casual gaming and good build quality. Not disappointed so far.
Love mine as well! With the 3060. You added more RAM, notice any difference
Yup. I really don't really play many AAA titles anyway so it's perfect.
@@josh4realz211 i added it right away so i can't compare
@@MahiMusick not sure. I normally have it connected to the charger.
Have you tried playing AAA games on it and other heavy ones ? I know you'll probably reply it's too soon but if you have any AAA games or anything that uses as much RAM and power then i'd appreciate the testing and feedback!
I got a Lenovo legion with a i5 10300H and a RTX 2060 6GB for 15,000 MXN or about 750 USD 2 weeks ago, a great deal considering tha the retail price in my country is the double.
Upgraded from 8 to 32GB of RAM and added a 2TB NVeM and I have been running my ANSYS heat simulations in less than a tenth of the time that it took my old EliteBook with a I5 gen 3 and Intel 4600 integrated graphics.
Also for gaming, oh God, managed to get vermitide and darktide to run at 60 fps, yes I had to make some compromises with the graphics settings but I got to play some of the most demanding games in the market for little less than 1000 USD, after upgrades and some other things that I added for confort.
Wow thats decent
@@madbull4666 I mean, it was the best deal possible at the moment, everything else in the same price range either had a GTX 1060 or 1660, not even Ti versions paired with I3.
And I can't go for a full desktop because my job demands me to move constantly and I need the computer for working besides gaming.
16gb was enough
@@Kamletue it was only 400 Mexican pesos or 20 USD more expensive to jump from 16 to 32 GB and I need those extra GB for mathematical simulation in ANSYS and other programs.
@@carlosdgutierrez6570 Yeah okay
"Looking at you Witcher 3 players"
Was that a shoutout to a 6 year old game? Just shows how well it has held up.
Amazing what a game with actual time and effort put into it can do
GTA players: First time?
@@daanishgupta I would love to play GTA but online kinda sucks whenever I play it (I never understand the missions) and the updates recently made it unplayable on my laptop. It never goes beyond 20 fps and online crashes. (940mx and i5-7200u if anyone cares and would like to give me suggestions on how to make it playable)
@@vizdrom Just pump all the graphics settings to the lowest. Make the resolution the native res of your PC. That's all. It actually runs pretty well and with a 940MX, medium to high usually runs well but run it on low for now to see if it's functioning. Gives you 60 fps comfortably.
Lol
this would have helped me a lot afew years ago when i bought a laptop knowing nothing about computers and then later finding out its trash, but now im finally switching to a desktop
Ahh yes, a classic way to get sucked into computers is doing a big dumb and then overcompensating. Have been there -Alex
Same thing happened to me I built my pc now
@@LinusTechTips so true been There
I built my 3rd pc 7 years ago, and just bought my first mac 15 days ago :P
@Hamza_S_Meah Yikes, won't be smooth in a year though. Macs are not built for reliability and performance.
I would be careful about advertising the HP envy to people this is also a warning to anyone reading this there is a current manufacturing problem where the mounts that hold your screen to the keyboard can snap for no reason it is just because of a bad design. This has happened to me with the envy I got about 2 months ago and forced me to go through hp to get the manufacture warranty(A month-long process to have them admit I did not break it and it was a manufacturing problem) then to be told they can not fix it and just gave me my money back to buy another laptop. For anyone that is still reading these props, you are probably the only one still here, but overall I would recommend just buying another product besides the hp envy due to poor design and less than the good customer support team that left me without my laptop that I needed to use for school at the start of the school year.
That sucks. Have HP admitted in public that there is a manufacturing issue? My cousin got an Envy about a year ago and so far hasn't had a problem with it but it would be good to know if the issue affects her model.
HP also forgot to mention that if you had turned on HP Coolsense and try to use high performance while using demanding DGPU activities such as gaming. It will cause the CPU to clock over the thermal limits.
I dont understand why people can,t just save there old pcs and still use them, I am using a HP Elitebook 6930p from 2007 running windows 11 with no problems. the newer pcs are trash
@@WolfMan8930 Have you seen that "Just buy a new laptop" sketch? That's why lol.
@@aspzx yah if it dose happen to it what I did to get them to refund me was just call a lot and complain that I did not break it bc they will try and say you did something too it
Im a former student and now a reviewee. As a gamer since childhood, my Nitro 5 is the best option for me. I have a plan to game on it or use it for office use after my examination. Value for money.
One aspect I'd whish had been included is repairability, especially with Apple and Dell on their more expensive machines.
Should have mentioned the framework laptop.
@@joshcook8586 they did, during the memory section.
The issue with repairability is outside of Apple’s products, every model of laptop will be a different experience to upgrade. Some Dell laptops (especially their work/professional lineups) are very easy to repair and their manual will explain exactly how to do so, whereas some of their other models may not be as easy to repair. Hell, the best example for this is the 2019 Razer Blade. Their early model made it way too annoying to replace the RAM since the heat pipes literally blocked one of the slots. The second version that came out around June of that year fixed this issue, making it possible to upgrade your RAM sticks without taking off the entire cooling assembly.
Your best bet to figure out repairability and upgradability is to check for laptop teardowns and see how to get into the laptop and whether or not you’d be comfortable enough to do it.
Apple: "Fuck you, should've paid for Applecare. Ain't nobody allowed to repair it but US."
IMO nowadays laptops can go for a long time as long you take care of them so i dont find it really important
That was hilarious when the guy declined a date just because he spent all his money on a 3080, he wasn’t even gaming or he wouldn’t have responded immediately.
I just got an HP envy x360 13 with an i7 and 8gb of ram. I’m a bit sad that the ram is soldered but I absolutely love the size, screen and keyboard of this laptop. It also looks great
updates?
Problem with buying laptops is that it's near impossible to know what you are buying. Manufactures deliberately leave out information such as ram timings, SSD read/write speed, actual performance of CPU etc...
Trying to compare laptops is also impossible since manufactures deliberately change model numbers frequently so you have no clue of the one you are buying and the one being reviewed.
Lastly cooling, most laptops just list specs but never actually perform at the stated specs because it throttles like hell.
Bumping, this is very true
@Joe yep, my whole history was just reviews when I was buying a new laptop, ended up going with a TUF A15 with a 2060 and a 4900H
This is true.
I don't think this will ever get resolved though since the people who actually understand the number's you're asking for is far and few between. Marketing is for the majority of people. And in my experience, the majority of people don't care about a basic difference such as "i5 vs i7". They just want faster.
Also the software that surrounds cooling. And not to forget to mention how much it cost for the specs.
Such as an old Alienware that has GTX 1080 6th gen i7 intel CPU all for over 2k. Especially refurbished.
11:27 yes, thank you for mentioning the ratio.
A 16:9 laptop (especially < 14 in) feels very cramped.
Personally I'd never look at a
Yes, absolutely. I have a 13” laptop, because it’s large enough for me and durable, without being too chonky. The only gripe I have with it is that it has a very wide aspect ratio, which makes some things uncomfortable to view. Trying to read a document opened in a browser window is terrible because the taskbar and address bar take up precious screen real estate, forcing you to either continuously scroll down to read (since so few lines of text can fit on what’s left of the screen), or zoom out to fit a good amount of the text on screen, but being unable to read it because it’s too small.
Thank you for the whole of LTT approach with multiple hosts giving various types of advice. It almost feels like an older brother busting out good tech tips to his younger sibling who is heading to college. I really liked this video! Despite already buying a 2020 macbook pro last year for school.
One of the lame things Dell has introduced is restricting how small of customizations you can make to their laptops when configuring.
For example, if you try to bump up to 512GB hard drive on the xps 13, you HAVE to upgrade processor, ram, etc, making the cost jumps huge. I’m guessing this is so you can’t skimp on ram/ssd to save cost with a manual upgrade. Which is a little slimy in my opinion.
I’ve noticed this too. :/
that is true, it's annoying. especially when I want to choose a smaller storage to save money, but other performance specs get downgraded
I bought a Asus Tuf f15 recently as my sole home computer after watching so muchhh ltt and shortcircuit to really understand what specs i was looking for and what i really needed. This video pretty much affirms my decision and I feel like i havent overlooked anything. Thanks LMG , your videos helped a BUNCH.
I really feel weird for getting all this amazing content for, well, basically free! Incredible content from you guys and from the whole techtuber community!
I felt like a proud parent each time the Acer Nitro 5 was shown.
Lol same
I was so happy they didn't throw it in the trash can. My 8300H is all I need.
are any of you my mum cause she said the same thing lol
My filipino friend had their parents bought her one, it was the 1650 ddr6 version, ryzen 5 5600h version, its a fucking beast but i would still surpass her pretty soon since im a pc owner
My nitro 5 with 1050ti has to run for at least for 2 years. But it’s goin strong for like over 3 years.
Really hope LTT gets around to making one of these again but for a 2023 roundup. I'm really excited for the new 40 series mobile GPUs.
“If I say the HP Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes” goated Linus lol 😂
10:05 caption is incorrect.
Caption: "...lower is generally better."
Actual: "...more is generally better."
most of LTT's captions are wrong because they probably commission them from external people, see the "iGP use" rather than "iGPUs" or "with your three" instead of "Witcher III" in this video, but there are more examples of this in other videos
I’m really glad the M1 MacBooks got a few shoutouts in this video. I know they don’t work for a lot of people do to software but if it does work for the battery life and software updates are hard to beat and the fit and finish is super good. Great job on the video LTT!!
i disagree, my mid 2005 dell lattitude can run windows 10 but my mid 2012 macbook pro with an i5 cant run the past like 5 years of mac os, i think you're applying iphone update logic to mac os (i own m1)
@@breakcoregirlxd 'my mid 2005 dell lattitude can run windows 10 but my mid 2012 macbook pro with an i5 cant run the past like 5 years of mac os.' He was talking about the M1 laptops
@@breakcoregirlxd He's talking about the m1 macbook's
Except for, you know, repairability, price, privacy, and user freedom.
@@breakcoregirlxd I'm on a mid 2012 Macbook pro right now running Catalina. All 2012 MBP's can run Catalina. "Like 5 years" is hyperbolic or severly misinformed. At this time the only OS it doesn't support is Big Sur and Monterrey will follow in the fall.
if you're getting a laptop for school consider getting one with a pen, I didn't realize until I got a surface in my 3rd year of college how nice having all of your hw and notes on one device is.
have to shoutout the framework, typing from one right now and it really is top notch for everyday laptops.
i wish i could get one sadly i don't live is 'mercia lol
@@someonehere4380 they do plan on shipping to more countries soon, I think they are shipping to Canada now
I want one to replace my clapped out Thinkpad, and once they release one with a better GPU, I can replace my Gigabyte Aero 14 gaming laptop.
As an IT tech and RtR advocate, I’m super on-board with what Framework is doing, and want lots of people to get their laptops.
@@Ebalosus not sure if this works for your situation but it's pretty easy to get an egpu dock setup, I found you can even pass things through on a per port basis as far as vfio goes
I can personally recommend the Dell G15. I have the Intel version, (although I'm sure the AMD version is also great) and so far it's been great for gaming, great for media, and it's great to have an upgrade over my old laptop which took a minute and a half just to open the settings app.
I'm honestly really happy with my Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, its just an amazing powerhouse of a laptop when you get it with a Ryzen 7 & RTX3070
Do you mean a legion 5 pro? I'm debating between getting that and the legion 7. They look great for the price
@@nunpho Yes!
Got it mixed up with the old Lenovo Y15
They're honestly awesome for the price, no RGB keyboard (in Belgium at least) but it does have a high refreshrate 1440p panel
Battery life is a bit worse than expected, only 2-3 hours with the dedicated GPU fully disabled
@@Sfekke I think Legion 7 is the best choice where I am from. Hands down the best price/performance ratio. Granted, they range greatly in price depending on components, but on the lower end, it's great (€1400-1600). Outside my budget though :/
Ordered one myself, same GPU/CPU with the 32GB RAM option (to replace the seven year old works laptop that won't be replaced by my employers, the tight sods). The screen size/aspect ratio alongside two RAM slots was the major draw (3D modelling in 3DS Max on a 1080 screen is just painful).
Only slight fly in the ointment being the 31st December estimated shipping date... :) an arse covering exercise I assume (hope).
@@am1d yeah I think I might go for 7 depending on the availability, I'm in the UK. It's still expensive but for what you get it's a great price, comparable laptops seem to be an extra £1000 more. I've been saving up for a long time and don't have anything to game on (since the Wii 😆). Time to treat myself.
Gotta love the fact that Linus has the power to make a store sell out of tech
I know this is unrelated but has LTT ever make the music production computer that they talked about having a video in the works for months ago? I was really interested in that one.
Ye,I'm waiting for that one as well
I was wondering about this myself.
I don't think its really the computer that you need to look for, but the hardware all arround. Like sampling is not done by the pc its done in the hardware you use. The pc processes this. But every pc will process this the same way.
Also you could buy the best mic and record some sounds. If the room is bad or your headphones are of low quality the good mic investment wont be that usefull then. Look arround for a shop where they sell for example the hardware they will know what the best combination of hardware is for your budget and look a pc that at least supports the software you wanna use to do music production with.
@@gabrieldhondt6432 As much as I agree, it was mentioned on LTT that they were designing a music production oriented build (I believe it was specifically in a rack mounted Mac Pro) that sounded super interesting.
@@thetalesofdaneandco Exactly. It would be completely different from their normal gaming rig PCs. They have done some other PCs like productivity, heavy work load, graphic design, video editing, and even programming but I want to see the music production.
Im waiting for framework to come out in Europe. Easy cleaning of the cpu fan and general upgradeability is perfect for a laptop. It won't do gaming but that's OK for me.
Framework coming to Europe is one of the things that might convince me that it's time to get another one, after a decade without one! ^^.
isn't linux even bigger in europe than in the us? i'm not sure but many companies like redhat, suse (the biggest enterprise linux companies) are both based in europe.
and i think this is a bigger issue for people who run linux than windows, imo linux users are way more die hard on right to repair than windows user but that could be my opinion
framework seems just glitzy shit to me, just get a thinkpad, my opinion...
"Your display is really important"
Me a colorblind: Just give me the cheapest
High refresh is still good with greyscale!
All grey window colors!
@@FaultyStreams yeah and contrast, and btw being colorblind doesn't mean you only see grey, it simply means that you don't see the real colors. For example between looks red to you
@@CaptainChrom thats right, im red-green colorblind, so Blue and purple looks the same to me, Also yellow and green look the same and pink and grey are really Hard to identify
@@FaultyStreams i can see colors, Just not all of them xD
IF your cash poor ... Buy an "A" Grade Dell 5580 or later refurb or whatever the seller wants to call cleaned and resold, they are coming out of Service Tag support and the market gets flooded with them bringing down the cost, has USB-C supports both NMVE and SSD at the same time (with a small hack on the SSD and cheap as for what you get.
Financing options aside I wouldn’t touch a dell laptop with a ten foot pole. My work laptop is a dell and I’m on to device number five in two years. Mostly power and battery issues.
Man idk how but my dad has a Dell Inspiron from 2007 and it still works fine, although the battery lasts about 10 seconds on full charge and the hard drive (180GB) crashed 3-4 years ago.
This is really so helpful.
Also I wanna mention a laptop I have been using for work (web design, UI design) and media consumption since 2020.
It is a Dell Inspiron 5408 (Intel i5 1035G1, 8GB RAM, 99% sRGB sick 14'' screen, super light and well built in and out) coming at around USD 950 (conv from INR).
Not promoting or anything, just wanted to share a thought...
I agree with Linus regarding putting more storage and RAM on old laptops. My i3-5005U (2016) laptop that originally came with 2GB RAM (upgraded to 4GB at bought) and a 500GB HDD felt very sluggish, until I upgraded it to 16GB RAM and a 240GB SSD.
Soldered components should be made illegal.
You should yank your laptop out , using mobile i3-5005us in 2022, is awful and a hate crime against humanity.
i got my acer nitro 5 with a gtx 1650 in october for my first gaming laptop. im happy with it so far ! i got a LG 29" FHD 75Hz 5ms GTG IPS LED FreeSync Gaming Monitor , g502 hero gamin mouse, Razer cynosa Light rgb keyboard, and a modal laptop cooling pad. Thronmax mic., Lg usb 1080 p webcam, 2tb external drive to store all my games on and a nice Gaming Desk and Chair. crimson red xbox controller, razer mouse pad, and just your basic average speakers with sub for sound. i bought it all with my first pay check as a janitor. still waitin on my Q3 steam deck reservation so im using this in the mean time! i watch ltt daily also!!
Thank you for putting this out! I'm one of the few people in my office who enjoys tech stuff, as a result, I've been saddled with picking out laptops for my boss/coworkers the last 4 years. Not my favorite activity lol Maybe sending this along will help folks feel more empowered to pick their own stuff out???? (one can hope lol)
To make it easier for them to pick, you can make a list of a few laptops. Include pictures, good and bad things about them, price. Things like if it has a webcam, are the speakers good, ports, screen brightness, weight.
@@MiguelY22 that's way too much Fing work for a probono
Just get all of them macbook air M1, no one will complain, just retardeds
i've literally waited to buy a laptop in hopes for this video to come. Thank you LTT
👆Giveaway alert👆
Inbox number above to claim prize.
Everyone: Yey now i know what im gonna buy
Me: cries in no money
i feel you 😔
Get them on credit. You can pay it off within a year
used ones are not that bad also if you find a right deal you can get previous gen gaming laptop at low price
Or you would be crying over overpriced refurbished gaming laptops and or laptops in general.
@@jeetm9603 Avoid refurbished Alienware gaming laptops. They cost over 2k in Newegg.
I'm surprised the Dell G5 wasn't mentioned. I study game development and honestly it's been perfect. It's affordable and has great specs. Granted, the screen didn't get the best reviews but I'd say it's good, especially on the 2021 version (my uni provides monitors for us at school so it's not really an issue for me personally). So unless you want an RTX I think this is one of the greatest laptops out there.
The deepest I’ve ever heard Linus’ voice 0:24
"the more confidence your fingers have, the better." - Alex 2021
🤔
That's what she said... 😶🙄
yeeeeaaa boi
I just want all laptops to come with backlit keys as standard :(. I'd love one of those super cheap low spec 14-15 inch laptops with backlit keys. Just 1 colour with a brightness adjuster or something would snap it up so fast and i know others would also. Most people with a laptop i know (other than gamers and business folk) use them in bed to browse the internet so its a very useful feature.
That’s weird nobody I know does this. :D
A smartphone or a tablet are way more comfortable lying around I think.
But a backlit keyboard is never a bad think. Even though I can’t remember if I actually ever used mine..
Just learn how to touch type.
@@horstgunther9521 Oh, I use my laptop in bed all the time.
I’d be lying if I said the backlit keyboard on my 2010 MacBook Pro wasn’t one of the main reasons I wanted it back then 😂
Toughbook power!!!
I like the fact that multiple people are presenting the video. It makes it even more interesting
of course Alex has to be in a "How To Buy a Laptop" video
because Alex has Strong Laptop Opinions 😊
In regards to M1 Macbook , Mini Mac etc you can run Windows 10 on Parallels Desktop 17 and use all the Windows applications in coherence with no issues
Keep in mind that we are running on Rosetta 2, which only retain 80% of performance but this still beats a lot of thing
I really would appreciate more coverage of 15inch laptops with number keys or at least test the larger version of some of them that include number pads. For example the hp envy. I prefer a larger screen and a number pad. The larger one i got of the envy does not have the crazy battery life mentioned in the video.
Almost two years later and finally got the laptop that is right for me.
Have to also add, as a G14 owner, with the R9 and 3060, holy shit. I finished Far Cry 5 on in with details cranked to high, and the fans were never really an issue ( I also have mild hearing loss) and it was a gorgeous experience. I can absolutely recommend it, specifically if your local Best Buy has one in the open box category, or they run it at 1400 bucks again (when I got it, though the open box, but new one was tempting at 1339)
"See if you like the same kind of things£
Thanks Linus Tech Tips, I'm dating my keyboard now
"anything that shows this logo on bootup"
_laughs in Linux_
Yeah once the elevenpocalypse drops, I’m switching back to Linux. I would say MacOS, but because of their on-device CSAM scanner backdoor, I’m not too fond of them either at the moment.
i use Arch btw.
Did you have to type out a bunch of command lines just to _"LaUgH iN LiNuX?"_
@@xenonram Linux has a desktop environment . You can live without the command line even in linux
@@Dalamr I see this meme is still alive.
Good performance: gaming laptop or GTX 1650/ RTX 3050( school and work)
Intergrated GPU
CPU:AMD(Ryzen
4000/5000) Intel(i5-….H/i7…H
I love LTT, have been a regular viewer since quite sometime, but mostly all tech channels don't understand what an average students spending limit is, anything with a graphic card is not intended purely for just school work. Very few tech channels understand that.
They specifically mentioned APUs and integrated graphics at the beginning. And even though not every student needs a graphic card, many engineering students need one because some intense number crushing is required. I my self know some students who use GPU acceleration all the time. Then again, i agree that the average student only need a light weight affordable laptop
@@unfall5521 i totally agree with you, many students do need a powerful machine, but bts guides should be centered around cheap and best buck to performance laptops. Whereas most tech channels do 1-2 cheap ones then go straight to the one's with gpu, while it should be the opposite, atleast 4-5 cheap ones, with 2-3 powerful ones aimed at the students who need that type of power. Choices to choose from are honestly what i once needed back when i was a student. I always ended up getting more info about cheap laptops from really small channels rather than big ones. However as i said big fan of ltt and other giants, but just feel that this should be resolved and then again with your opinion 100%>
This is a big reason why we decided to make the video "How to Buy a Laptop" instead of "10 laptops to buy". Recommending a good budget is nearly impossible to do since the correct answer is almost always "buy the one that is on sale". With any luck after this people will be able to tell if the on sale laptop is any good or not. -AC
@@sharjeelali7546 While I do admit that you bring up good points, I don't think that LTT was necessarily in the wrong here. This is a tech channel that's dedicated itself to doing things like gaming benchmarks, PC builds, and other neat tech stuff. So the focus on only cheap laptops would have felt strange and somewhat out of place. There are other tech channels for that as well as research you can do personally.
But LTT never only said that you should buy a laptop with a dedicated GPU, but that if you're a gamer these are the things you should look for. Additionally, I think spending an extra couple hundred dollars for a gaming laptop could be beneficial in the long run. Should you ever need the extra horsepower, you already have it on tap. If you want to dip your foot into gaming, you don't have to then purchase a console or desktop. But, most importantly, they are better engineered with more effective cooling,(usually) are able to be upgraded fairly easily, and are more durable. My cheap HP and ASUS both killed themselves randomly even though I treated them well.
I'm upset because you literally and I mean literally, to the actual definition of the word, CANNOT find a review of the new Dell XPS 13 with the i5. Every tech tuber only ever reviews the most expensive model and benchmarks the expensive models. I don't care about the i7 Dell XPS. I'm trying to find reviews for the i5 8gb model. But I can't. No one wants to do them. It's very frustrating.
Great timing as I'm planning to buy a laptop in September.
This video really made me consider to just purchase any 1650 to 3050 gpu variant as I don't bother with ultra settings in games and I usually only play singleplayer games. As long as the fps doesn't drop below 30 then I'm good.
This video really made me regret not doing my research back in 2018 when I purchased my 1st laptop. I purchased an mx150 laptop for gaming. I have to upgrade the memory and change to ssd just so I can play more recent games. GTA V was unplayable before the upgrade.
I just want to point that the low-end GPU MX450 has 40% more performance than the previous MX350 and approximately 2x the performance of an integrated GPU. Weaker low-end GPU's are definitely not worth it, so I agree with you on that, but I think this one (MX450) is super worth it for people that just want a tiny boost in graphical performance over an iGPU.
I don't think it is. Spending that gpu money on getting a better cpu with a better igpu is what I would go for.
@@NilakshMalpotra But the thing is there wasn't a better CPU with a better iGPU available 8 months ago, I was comparing the MX450 with the top iGPUs from Intel's i7 and AMD's R7. The MX450 was better than all the iGPUs on the market at the time I wrote that comment, it still is better than all the iGPUs Intel provides, I think the only iGPU better is the new one from AMD, with the new RDNA2 architecture
@@ItsNicolauI see! Rdna ftw
I bought a laptop a month ago, really wished this video was out then. I made a mistake in buying a Ryzen 3000 series, but it's still decent for my workload and it can run my PSP emulation games no problem. I got the upgrade-able RAM & SSD part right, plus the integrated GPU part. Thank you for the video, LTT!
I've been using ACER's Nitro 5 series laptop for nearly 2 years now, and to me, it's more than enough.
I've been thinking about buying that one, any recommendations? I really want every penny worth for that.
@@ViroRads I bought three of those for some friends. They are really good machines, they wanted them for gaming and graphic design, autocad and that stuff. The one with the i5 9300H and a 1650 works great. If you want more power you can get the one with the i5 10300 H and a 1650 ti. A monster of gaming laptop for the price
@@LordHollyAngelus Gracias por responder! Generalmente en donde vivo ganar dinero es difícil, pero comprar laptops parece ser un poco más económico que construirse una PC (además de que no se cómo se hace, y es muy grande para mi espacio de trabajo/juego)
Por cierto, respondí en español por tu nombre, ya que yo también soy hispanohablante jajaj
@@ViroRads No hay problema. Pero si salen buenas, en realidad son muy bien aprovechadas, en el canal especícamente hay reseña de la acer nitro donde se recomienda incluso la de 15 pulgadas en lugar de la de 17. El tamaño está bien aprovechado y en casi todas las páginas tienen excelentes reseñas, incluso usadas en ebay andan por los 700 $, en mi país también son carísimas. el modelo de 800 $ dólares lo venden a 30000 lps (1300 $)
Love how each ltt member does a dedicated section.
4:13 a small addition: be carefull, intel is very bad at naming, and i7 11370h has 4 cores while i7 11800h has 8 cores. Very small naming difference yet very big performance difference.
8:11 I still have somewhere my X230 I was using on my university back then
vouch for the Dave2D recommendation, his videos are so high quality, short to the point and informative