I got a second hand FrameWork 13 AMD 7640, and 32GB ram for 900$, and it has been wonderful to have an extremely powerful, forward thinking and modular laptop. For those on a tighter budget, FrameWork offers Factory Seconds of 11th gen Intel laptops, for nearly $600. This doesn't include an SSD or Ram though, but you can get whatever 2 sticks of ram and 1 ssd that suits you, and upgrade later. The reason why the extra price makes sense, to me, is because they will continue selling upgraded motherboards every year for their 13" and 16" chassis. Currently the 7640 MoBo is $420, and a new Intel Core series is about to be released. Imagine trying to find a new laptop for that amount!! You can even turn the old motherboard into a desktop with their 3dprintable case, so there's no waste at all. I love how it all comes together, and if you're looking for a long term laptop that you can upgrade as you need, I don't see any other laptop manufacturer doing what Framework is doing.
1 year ago i watched one of your videos, it convinced me to go to the apple store and buy the device you recommended. In that store i met a wonderful person and in a few months we are going to get married, if it wasn't for your video, we wouldn't have met. Thank you.
Hey, I just got a new ASUS laptop. I’m trying to figure out how to use the Office programs, but I can’t find the product keys. Does anyone know what to do?
Hi guys! it's just like Henry says. You have to buy it, I got a product key from a website called BHN Software and it worked perfectly! I hope it helps.
I recently got a really good deal via HP. I was able to snag an HP Pavilion Plus 14, OLED/120HZ screen, Ryzen 7 8845HS, and 32GB of RAM for $950. I think overall, I saved ~35% total.
I got the same model but with 7840u and 16gb ram for about 750usd. Hopefully I don’t regret getting one that’s without a touchscreen display since I’m enrolling into college end of this month!
@@bunnny1, mine just showed up and I’m currently setting it up. I have no regrets about not getting a touchscreen. I don’t really have a need for it. The OLED/high refresh rate is amazing though.
@@porkypine602, it certainly felt like it. I needed a Windows based system for school instead of sticking with Apple. To replace my current MacBook Pro would have been over $2,000.
I am happy you guys are responsible enough to not recommend the SD laptops, It is insane to me that many reviewers are recommending them so broadly without knowing what specialized applications students may need that are not ARM-compatible
What outstanding choices of channels with whom to collab!! I watch all these channels - each video they put out, regardless of topic. I also love how you put Notebookcheck Reviews, whose channel is quite small but produces A+ content (same with Just Josh, though his is a little bigger). Of course, JT and Moooniizzz are heavy hitters, so everyone knows them, and obviously we all are watching them as well (if you're not, you really need to be; if you want to buy any laptop and JT made a video about that laptop, it is a cardinal sin not to watch his review before buying). Anyway, just thought it was cool of a channel this size to showcase some smaller or medium size channels. Thanks for another great video, HC.
Still rocking my 13" MBP M1 and it's been awesome for all day battery at school, using intensive software and even at work during the summers! Perfect for all, if not most students who don't mind going into the Apple ecosystem.
For a school device I picked up a cheap refurbished Thinkpad t480s on ebay with an i5-8265u, 16gb ram, and a 512gb SSD. I'd highly recommend looking for good refurbished devices on eBay and Amazon for around $100-$400 as they can often still have modern specifications or some even having a dedicated GPU if you work with blender, photoshop, or using Adobe software. Great video!
My company refreshed lenovos. So I got a bunch of them, one in particular is an e420 running 24x7 as a "proof of concept that will be replaced with a proper server" for almost 10 years. It has three external USB drives connected to it and runs Windows 10. It gets Rebooted every Wednesday. Ironically when I started to migrate to my new server the new server only lasted 6 months so I never fully got off of the Lenovo.
@@caffeinesippingman Good grab! I've always had good experiences with lenovo laptops. The T480s I mentioned I had used as a server for a while until I upgraded it, so now its just a device I use for programming and for all my school software. They work really well as servers since you can connect a pretty fast dock to them through that thunderbolt 3 interface on 2017-2019 models and for your e420 it looks like its still got good upgrade options :D. My only gripes are the fn key on the left and the display colors with the model I had
Wow, it’s a collaboration this time. Very impressive video. Thank you for your thoughts, hosts! I’ve bought Lenovo Legion Slim 14 couple of months ago on Jared’s recommendation and very happy with it. I just wish Lenovo updated BIOS to make fans quieter. They really are too aggressive in gaming
I find this videos so funny right now. Ive been looking for a laptop for over a year now and finally fot myself and m3 pro macbook pro 14. Its just so releving not having to worry anymore about all the details, still love the vid❤
got a g14 for 750. It's the perfect laptop for the price, it literally is a mini PC but inside a laptop and it's soo slim. The build also is impeccable.
I recently picked up a like-new secondhand EliteBook 845 for ~$380 and upgraded it with a 1TB SSD (planning on bumping the RAM up from 16 to 32GB as well) No other person in my vicinity has such fancy all-metal laptop. I honestly don't get why people buy new budget laptops - they are just a crappy plastic version of the good ones which can be had dirt cheap second hand :)
Basic computing needs for students that study law, business, or psychology… hmmm…. As someone that’s studying psych and regularly engages in large cluster analyses, data mining, and physiological data research which uses specialized heavy software… I’d not say psychology has basic computing needs. I started out in easy A classes… but by my senior year, I already knew R and Python. Today as a doctoral student in psychology, I am extremely fluent in R, Python, and MATLAB I love math and statistics, so I am very happy with my research. But you have no idea how many undergrads try to make a career in psychology thinking they’d never have to do a single math operation in their lives and then are faced with learning R and hate their lives
still recommend the macbook air m1 to everyone who asks me. 4 years later, it's still as fast as when i got it. apple giving up on the wedge design for the air series is one of their worst recent moves.
Recently got a Dell Inspiron 16 (AMD Ryzen 5 8540U) for a sweet deal and it has been phenomenal. The number pad has been excellent for all mechatronic related activities!
If you are in Canada and need a laptop for cheap, hit up Canada computers, they have refurbs under the desk for as low as $300 bucks. Most of what these guys mentioned are wayyyy overkill for what you'll need in post secondary. (I did it with no laptop)
I'm surprised no one is talkin about the Intel Nuc X15, coming with an Intel i7-12700H, Intel Arc A550M Graphics, 16Gb of ram and 1tb of storage for under 600 dollars. Kind of a hidden gem when it comes to a work laptop with capabilities for light and mid range gaming.
had a 4gb laptop for like 2 years. Ran Ubuntu on it through WSL and did all my programming. 16 gb is good but you dont actually need that much unless ur system actually demands it.
Yeah 8gb is fine ,but only today , trust me, almost nobody use laptop for short period of time aside rich people. So if you pick laptop with 8gb of ram make sure it have atlteast one sodimm slot
I'm smiling at all the various channel hosts. Seems no brained to go with a macbook air with 16 GB ram as longterm investment to get you into university. That's a Lenovo guys recommendation.
The zen 2 chip on the 7520U I found on a laptop micro center was selling for 399.99 USD with 1tb storage and lpddr5 ram (the other versions are just a waste of money), however, for heavier loads it could struggle for more resource hungry tasks. I'd personally go for the zenbook s16 with the new ryzen ai chip & integrated graphics if I was in comp sci classes as it's not a terrible deal with student discount and will get most stuff done fine.
Recently got the asus zenbook 14 oled. The portability is just insane. Before that, i always leave my laptop in the office since my old laptop was heavy and 15.6 in. But this zenbook is just so much lighter and smaller at 14in, but still has a respectable build and beautiful design. But honestly, if i didnt need a new laptop urgently? I would be waiting for a zenbook laptop with the zen 5.
Agreed, I have a 14X OLED with the i7 13700H and its wonderful for the price. I got it for $699 at Best Buy and for that price, it's insane what you get. All around great machine.
@@verninaellana It comfortably lasts all day. I unplugged it around 1am at 93% and it was at 55% at 9:30 pm while being on the best performance setting.
For the XMG option - that's an ODM device. They can be obtained from CyberPower and Eluktronics in North America and PC Specialist in the UK - under their own branding and product names.
I recommend anyone who want to save some money to buy the refurbished hp elitebook laptops, even a gen 5 will get you through the college and if you buy gen 6,7 to onward you can absolutely, totaly rely on it for programming major, elitebook series has the best keyboard in business, and they are business laptops and built so good and pleasing to everyday use, lightweight and premium, there metal gets cold in winter and I love that.
With a good sale on memory and storage + Linux for your OS, a Framework 13 with the 7840U squeaks just under $1200. By many objective measures, it's worse than the listed laptops, but the subjective quality of upgradability and repairability is still potentially important enough to make the laptop worthy a mention. Matt's absolutely correct about looking for deals, though, which Framework doesn't really do. For example, in July this year, the 4060 G14 dropped to $1099 while it's normally $1299.
I recently got the MSI Modern 14 C12m with a core i5 1235u, its only got 8gb RAM but for web browsing and simple word processing, even light gaming it does the job, its usually very cheaply available and has lovely extras for the price, like backlit keyboard, usb c charging and nice screen, battery isn't the best, but enough for a day with light usage, and fine for school. goodluck fellow students!!!
The laptop market sucks I like tech but the only reason I’d review laptops would be to just help people out instead of genuinely being excited about it… With that said, I appreciate you guys making videos on them
I picked myself a framework laptop 13 for this year and I'll see where it'll get me. I liked the fact that I could buy the memory myself and the storage as well. Made me save a few bucks but also I got to choose which drive/memory I buy to get the speed I want. For now it works pretty well, the only ick is that the battery isn't the best. I last around 10 hours taking notes and opening a few tabs and a video, it's good for me but some people might want more than this so I just say it.
tbh the 500-800 price range is not great unless there is good discounts. below 350 is not great and above 800 id reccomend s16 but the zenbook has heat issues so id wait till there is a laptop that alleviates those issues otherwise id recommend that
I was frantically searching for the zenbook 14 oled amd and they were so overpriced. I came to the description to see if there was a link for the laptop, there was but only for the intel version. For the amd version, he wrote good luck 😭😭.
What about the student that would like to game or has heavy homework workloads? Do you recommend they buy 2 laptops? What if they have graphic design, audio or video NLEs or 3D engineering needs? Business in the streets, freak in the sheets? Laptop in the backpack, Desktop in the bed/dorm room?
Amd's Strix Halo will do that for you. I dont think it is out until early next year. Maybe paper launch this year. But it isn't going to be cheap. 40 compute units is a lot of silicon
that's the thing about heavy computer tasks, college, etc. Many people cannot afford every last thing to improve their quality of life and that's okay. realistically rent is crazy rn and not everyone can afford to go into certain fields etc. do what you can yk.
These mid range laptops are not good options if you have heavy workout, graphics designing or some engineering stuffs you need the expensive options atleast 32gb ram a powerful GPU and if you're a buisness or most humanities students you don't need 8cores 16threada CPU and 8gb ram is enough.
If a MacBook 8gb of ram is plenty unless your doing hardcore video editing or 3d modeling etc. not worth the Apple price to increase to 16gb IMO especially just for a back to school laptop. Even the m1 air is great still for school I feel! Great video though and I luv ur channel.
Would be nice to see some 2 in 1 recommendations for studying and a tablet experience anything else but with windows of course... don't want to deal with a typical tablet os or chrome books
Aliexpress sells cheap power barel connectors to USB C for different voltages. They work great. I can use my USB power adapters to power older 19 Volt HP barel connector laptops. Up to 100 W without a problem. And I buy my laptops (Yes I own 4 of them) with a small SSD and replace it with a fast (Samsung 990 Pro for example) 2 TB SSD. The performance of the standard included SSDs is often not great.
So guys i still confuse to choose in 2024, asus vivobook s14 ryzen 5 7535hs vs ideapad slim 5 ultra core 5 125h for office and some medium games, please give me comment 😢
The surface with x elite is rly speaking to me. Hope they'l be able do iron down and bring a better app support to arm in 2 years(maybe even bring the price down a bit(my optimal configuration was 2k💀) or at least improove the gpu so i'l be worth the money). I still have 2 years of highschool left and my alr 4yo tuff f15 with i5 10300h and gtx1650ti m is still decent but rly beaten up. Like REALY BEATEN UP.
A 2-in-1 is way superior to a laptop, and beats having to lug around a tablet. I just picked up Lenovo Yoga 7i with a Ryzen 7 8840H, and OLED screen for $1150 direct from Lenovo.
No mention of the Lenovo Thinkpad? If on a budget, a used version of that laptop is a great deal. New models in the E series could be a good option too, considering you can personalize it to your liking.
Honestly the best "back to school" laptops can be found in your local FB marketplace/Craigslist. There's always someone who buys a new laptop, barely uses it, and wants to get rid of it for much cheaper. This way you also contribute to reducing ewaste.
If they are entering college students they should work for it, go for the laptop rental in the meantime.. Then they will be more careful with it once they buy it. Hopefully laptop rental isn't Intel 2nd gen still...
Where is the thinkpad ? The T14 especially, still has upgradable RAM and SSD which makes it cheaper than say getting 1tb ssd and 32GB ram when configuring
The only good back to school laptop would have to be the 16 inch Macbook Pro with the M3 max chip, with 48GB unified memory. If you're starting college though, I'd recommend at LEAST 96, and only for extremely basic tasks. Mine arrives in 7 days, hopefully 48GB is enough... i mean i dont usually use more than 1440p on RUclips but we'll have to see...
I have a Acer aspire A6 and bought it for youtube watching and emails....recently had to do 5 x8hr zoom meetings with no other windows open and it kept saying low resources and watching tutor videos, sound was fine but picture was frame stuttering like at 2fps,unwatchable and irritating....i also just with youtube at 480p the cpu is running in 90-100% range,i cannot watch 720p with 48meg connection via wifi with excellent signal....will a dell inspiron 16 5635 improve my all round life here?
I got a second hand FrameWork 13 AMD 7640, and 32GB ram for 900$, and it has been wonderful to have an extremely powerful, forward thinking and modular laptop. For those on a tighter budget, FrameWork offers Factory Seconds of 11th gen Intel laptops, for nearly $600. This doesn't include an SSD or Ram though, but you can get whatever 2 sticks of ram and 1 ssd that suits you, and upgrade later.
The reason why the extra price makes sense, to me, is because they will continue selling upgraded motherboards every year for their 13" and 16" chassis. Currently the 7640 MoBo is $420, and a new Intel Core series is about to be released. Imagine trying to find a new laptop for that amount!! You can even turn the old motherboard into a desktop with their 3dprintable case, so there's no waste at all. I love how it all comes together, and if you're looking for a long term laptop that you can upgrade as you need, I don't see any other laptop manufacturer doing what Framework is doing.
damn u got it quite cheap
We are not just a viewers from your channels, we are a community, i love all your reviews guys !
No we're customers hence why they have 90% of their videos are sponsored
@@Harris.azj.97 Try and find 5 sponsored videos of ours. I bet you can't!
1 year ago i watched one of your videos, it convinced me to go to the apple store and buy the device you recommended. In that store i met a wonderful person and in a few months we are going to get married, if it wasn't for your video, we wouldn't have met. Thank you.
Holy sh$t man, Congrats! when is the wedding i’ll be there 😂.
This was an awesome collaboration; thanks for having us! So many great recommendations all around!
Thank you Alex!
Wow, such a super cool collab with very different picks!
Me who skipped the video wondering which channel am on 😂😂😂😂
but you took the time to write ts
Lmao
@@toasti2699wow, he took 10 seconds to write a comment.
Hey, I just got a new ASUS laptop. I’m trying to figure out how to use the Office programs, but I can’t find the product keys. Does anyone know what to do?
I’m having the same issue. I can’t figure out how to use the Office programs on my new laptop. Does anyone have a solution?
Hi guys! I found on this website called BHN Software a product key for Office. They worked great for me, so you might want to check it out.
it isnt free software you have to purchace it
Hi guys! it's just like Henry says. You have to buy it, I got a product key from a website called BHN Software and it worked perfectly! I hope it helps.
@@keithM7 hi!! I had to purchase an Office product key to be able to use the programs.
I recently got a really good deal via HP. I was able to snag an HP Pavilion Plus 14, OLED/120HZ screen, Ryzen 7 8845HS, and 32GB of RAM for $950. I think overall, I saved ~35% total.
I got the same model but with 7840u and 16gb ram for about 750usd. Hopefully I don’t regret getting one that’s without a touchscreen display since I’m enrolling into college end of this month!
@@bunnny1 I wish you all the luck in your course, bro.
thats a steal
@@bunnny1, mine just showed up and I’m currently setting it up. I have no regrets about not getting a touchscreen. I don’t really have a need for it. The OLED/high refresh rate is amazing though.
@@porkypine602, it certainly felt like it. I needed a Windows based system for school instead of sticking with Apple. To replace my current MacBook Pro would have been over $2,000.
I am happy you guys are responsible enough to not recommend the SD laptops, It is insane to me that many reviewers are recommending them so broadly without knowing what specialized applications students may need that are not ARM-compatible
Yeah it is soo difficult to recommend unless the ONLY thing you use on laptop is ms office, video call software and browser
What outstanding choices of channels with whom to collab!! I watch all these channels - each video they put out, regardless of topic. I also love how you put Notebookcheck Reviews, whose channel is quite small but produces A+ content (same with Just Josh, though his is a little bigger). Of course, JT and Moooniizzz are heavy hitters, so everyone knows them, and obviously we all are watching them as well (if you're not, you really need to be; if you want to buy any laptop and JT made a video about that laptop, it is a cardinal sin not to watch his review before buying). Anyway, just thought it was cool of a channel this size to showcase some smaller or medium size channels. Thanks for another great video, HC.
Still rocking my 13" MBP M1 and it's been awesome for all day battery at school, using intensive software and even at work during the summers! Perfect for all, if not most students who don't mind going into the Apple ecosystem.
Matt is so chill 😆
Tech dad
Idk where y'all go to school, but Macs always had issues with compatibility
I agree brother.
Real
Depends on what school and what major however if you steer clear of engineering you will probably be fine
For a school device I picked up a cheap refurbished Thinkpad t480s on ebay with an i5-8265u, 16gb ram, and a 512gb SSD. I'd highly recommend looking for good refurbished devices on eBay and Amazon for around $100-$400 as they can often still have modern specifications or some even having a dedicated GPU if you work with blender, photoshop, or using Adobe software. Great video!
My company refreshed lenovos. So I got a bunch of them, one in particular is an e420 running 24x7 as a "proof of concept that will be replaced with a proper server" for almost 10 years. It has three external USB drives connected to it and runs Windows 10. It gets Rebooted every Wednesday. Ironically when I started to migrate to my new server the new server only lasted 6 months so I never fully got off of the Lenovo.
@@caffeinesippingman Good grab! I've always had good experiences with lenovo laptops. The T480s I mentioned I had used as a server for a while until I upgraded it, so now its just a device I use for programming and for all my school software. They work really well as servers since you can connect a pretty fast dock to them through that thunderbolt 3 interface on 2017-2019 models and for your e420 it looks like its still got good upgrade options :D. My only gripes are the fn key on the left and the display colors with the model I had
Wow, it’s a collaboration this time. Very impressive video. Thank you for your thoughts, hosts! I’ve bought Lenovo Legion Slim 14 couple of months ago on Jared’s recommendation and very happy with it. I just wish Lenovo updated BIOS to make fans quieter. They really are too aggressive in gaming
On zephyrus or legion ,( I may be wrong) , to reduce the fans noise , u can install some app and reduce it😅
How cheap do people in the US get the Zenbook 14 OLED. I'm in Finland and it costs 1299 bucks💀💀 I thought it would be about 999 bucks.
You're also paying for healthcare, public transportation etc. at the end of the day they are probably paying more
I find this videos so funny right now.
Ive been looking for a laptop for over a year now and finally fot myself and m3 pro macbook pro 14.
Its just so releving not having to worry anymore about all the details, still love the vid❤
Lol ..I'm where you were
got a g14 for 750. It's the perfect laptop for the price, it literally is a mini PC but inside a laptop and it's soo slim. The build also is impeccable.
G14 what?
Great to see my favorite youtubers collaborating on such an important decision for studnets everywhere - one of my fave tech vids of the year!
As a German, this entire "back to school" thing is so strange and weird
Capitalist marketing
Right? Just keep using what you were using last semester/year?
@@ulamss5 it's more catered for new college students, that's who majority of customers buying these are
@@NinoNak nah, it's a huge yearly thing mostly towards young school kids. Walmart, target, etc makes a huge deal with it
@@BluMush so corny lol
Among all, only Matt got into the "Back to school" theme strongly :)
Thanks for making these! As a prof, who likes his tech, it helps with recommendations. 👍
Super cool collab, especially great seeing Just Josh here, big fan of his work and channel.
All my favorite laptop reviewers in one place and the couple I don't like not here... 😂🎉
This video is a gem, thank you Hardware Canucks!!!
I recently picked up a like-new secondhand EliteBook 845 for ~$380 and upgraded it with a 1TB SSD (planning on bumping the RAM up from 16 to 32GB as well)
No other person in my vicinity has such fancy all-metal laptop. I honestly don't get why people buy new budget laptops - they are just a crappy plastic version of the good ones which can be had dirt cheap second hand :)
Bro did the tech review multiverse
Basic computing needs for students that study law, business, or psychology… hmmm…. As someone that’s studying psych and regularly engages in large cluster analyses, data mining, and physiological data research which uses specialized heavy software… I’d not say psychology has basic computing needs. I started out in easy A classes… but by my senior year, I already knew R and Python. Today as a doctoral student in psychology, I am extremely fluent in R, Python, and MATLAB
I love math and statistics, so I am very happy with my research. But you have no idea how many undergrads try to make a career in psychology thinking they’d never have to do a single math operation in their lives and then are faced with learning R and hate their lives
Watching this right after I bought a used Lenovo Thinkpad T14s for $850.
Computer RUclipsrs!
Good timing too I’m going into my first year of university right now.
I'm impressed the way the sponsor ad was done lol instant like and sub XD
still recommend the macbook air m1 to everyone who asks me. 4 years later, it's still as fast as when i got it. apple giving up on the wedge design for the air series is one of their worst recent moves.
apple def up there to consider but may not support some software.
Recently got a Dell Inspiron 16 (AMD Ryzen 5 8540U) for a sweet deal and it has been phenomenal. The number pad has been excellent for all mechatronic related activities!
thanks for this amazing video 🙂
the collab we never knew we needed
If you are in Canada and need a laptop for cheap, hit up Canada computers, they have refurbs under the desk for as low as $300 bucks. Most of what these guys mentioned are wayyyy overkill for what you'll need in post secondary. (I did it with no laptop)
I'm surprised no one is talkin about the Intel Nuc X15, coming with an Intel i7-12700H, Intel Arc A550M Graphics, 16Gb of ram and 1tb of storage for under 600 dollars. Kind of a hidden gem when it comes to a work laptop with capabilities for light and mid range gaming.
had a 4gb laptop for like 2 years. Ran Ubuntu on it through WSL and did all my programming. 16 gb is good but you dont actually need that much unless ur system actually demands it.
Yes, especially for most humanities and business students you'd never use 16gb, heck some get away with chromebooks and tablets.
Yeah 8gb is fine ,but only today , trust me, almost nobody use laptop for short period of time aside rich people. So if you pick laptop with 8gb of ram make sure it have atlteast one sodimm slot
Nah the moment you need to set up a VM or work with a DB Manager you start to wish you had more RAM
I'm smiling at all the various channel hosts. Seems no brained to go with a macbook air with 16 GB ram as longterm investment to get you into university. That's a Lenovo guys recommendation.
The zen 2 chip on the 7520U I found on a laptop micro center was selling for 399.99 USD with 1tb storage and lpddr5 ram (the other versions are just a waste of money), however, for heavier loads it could struggle for more resource hungry tasks. I'd personally go for the zenbook s16 with the new ryzen ai chip & integrated graphics if I was in comp sci classes as it's not a terrible deal with student discount and will get most stuff done fine.
Its not too bad if it have 16gb of ram for that price
jarrod my goat 🐐
Recently got the asus zenbook 14 oled. The portability is just insane. Before that, i always leave my laptop in the office since my old laptop was heavy and 15.6 in. But this zenbook is just so much lighter and smaller at 14in, but still has a respectable build and beautiful design.
But honestly, if i didnt need a new laptop urgently? I would be waiting for a zenbook laptop with the zen 5.
Agreed, I have a 14X OLED with the i7 13700H and its wonderful for the price. I got it for $699 at Best Buy and for that price, it's insane what you get. All around great machine.
should I wait when does it come out?
The HP Pavilion Plus & Aero are also good deals, especially very light!!
Guys, is the Asus Proart with AMD Ryzen AI 9HX, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB storage, and RTX 4070 good enough to run notepad?
Absolutely
I bought the AMD Asus Zenbook 14 and it is worth every penny
hows the battery life for you so far? Im down to my last two options of this and an M3 macbook
@@verninaellana It comfortably lasts all day. I unplugged it around 1am at 93% and it was at 55% at 9:30 pm while being on the best performance setting.
For the XMG option - that's an ODM device. They can be obtained from CyberPower and Eluktronics in North America and PC Specialist in the UK - under their own branding and product names.
I went with a Swift Go 14 w/ 155H and 16GB of memory for $650 I think I can live with the compromises.
Please make more detail review on XMG Evo 15, really interested in this one.
I recommend anyone who want to save some money to buy the refurbished hp elitebook laptops, even a gen 5 will get you through the college and if you buy gen 6,7 to onward you can absolutely, totaly rely on it for programming major, elitebook series has the best keyboard in business, and they are business laptops and built so good and pleasing to everyday use, lightweight and premium, there metal gets cold in winter and I love that.
With a good sale on memory and storage + Linux for your OS, a Framework 13 with the 7840U squeaks just under $1200. By many objective measures, it's worse than the listed laptops, but the subjective quality of upgradability and repairability is still potentially important enough to make the laptop worthy a mention.
Matt's absolutely correct about looking for deals, though, which Framework doesn't really do. For example, in July this year, the 4060 G14 dropped to $1099 while it's normally $1299.
I recently got the MSI Modern 14 C12m with a core i5 1235u, its only got 8gb RAM but for web browsing and simple word processing, even light gaming it does the job, its usually very cheaply available and has lovely extras for the price, like backlit keyboard, usb c charging and nice screen, battery isn't the best, but enough for a day with light usage, and fine for school. goodluck fellow students!!!
If the ram is soldered you might forced to use linux or tiny 11 due of insufficient ram someday
The laptop market sucks
I like tech but the only reason I’d review laptops would be to just help people out instead of genuinely being excited about it…
With that said, I appreciate you guys making videos on them
Very informative video 👏
I picked myself a framework laptop 13 for this year and I'll see where it'll get me. I liked the fact that I could buy the memory myself and the storage as well. Made me save a few bucks but also I got to choose which drive/memory I buy to get the speed I want. For now it works pretty well, the only ick is that the battery isn't the best. I last around 10 hours taking notes and opening a few tabs and a video, it's good for me but some people might want more than this so I just say it.
tbh the 500-800 price range is not great unless there is good discounts. below 350 is not great and above 800 id reccomend s16 but the zenbook has heat issues so id wait till there is a laptop that alleviates those issues otherwise id recommend that
I'll be starting poly this month and I recently just got the 2024 ROG Strix G16 with RTX 4070 🤪
Is it normal for people to get a new laptop every year ?
I kept mine for four years now
The greatest crossover doesn't exi-
I was frantically searching for the zenbook 14 oled amd and they were so overpriced. I came to the description to see if there was a link for the laptop, there was but only for the intel version. For the amd version, he wrote good luck 😭😭.
Didn't know about XMG Evo, looks nice.
Thanks for the vid it helps fr
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What about the student that would like to game or has heavy homework workloads? Do you recommend they buy 2 laptops?
What if they have graphic design, audio or video NLEs or 3D engineering needs?
Business in the streets, freak in the sheets? Laptop in the backpack, Desktop in the bed/dorm room?
Amd's Strix Halo will do that for you. I dont think it is out until early next year. Maybe paper launch this year. But it isn't going to be cheap. 40 compute units is a lot of silicon
Lenovo Legion 7 of 9 series, Asus Zephyrus (2024) or MSI AI Stealth series. All a lot more expensive than 1200 tho
that's the thing about heavy computer tasks, college, etc. Many people cannot afford every last thing to improve their quality of life and that's okay. realistically rent is crazy rn and not everyone can afford to go into certain fields etc. do what you can yk.
These mid range laptops are not good options if you have heavy workout, graphics designing or some engineering stuffs you need the expensive options atleast 32gb ram a powerful GPU and if you're a buisness or most humanities students you don't need 8cores 16threada CPU and 8gb ram is enough.
But imo get a decent laptop, use the college labs computers (if you can) or else just get the most expensive you can afford
"Yes dad its for school"
If a MacBook 8gb of ram is plenty unless your doing hardcore video editing or 3d modeling etc. not worth the Apple price to increase to 16gb IMO especially just for a back to school laptop. Even the m1 air is great still for school I feel! Great video though and I luv ur channel.
Would be nice to see some 2 in 1 recommendations for studying and a tablet experience anything else but with windows of course... don't want to deal with a typical tablet os or chrome books
Please match the timestamps to the laptop rather than who's saying it...
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Aliexpress sells cheap power barel connectors to USB C for different voltages. They work great. I can use my USB power adapters to power older 19 Volt HP barel connector laptops. Up to 100 W without a problem.
And I buy my laptops (Yes I own 4 of them) with a small SSD and replace it with a fast (Samsung 990 Pro for example) 2 TB SSD. The performance of the standard included SSDs is often not great.
So guys i still confuse to choose in 2024, asus vivobook s14 ryzen 5 7535hs vs ideapad slim 5 ultra core 5 125h for office and some medium games, please give me comment 😢
The surface with x elite is rly speaking to me. Hope they'l be able do iron down and bring a better app support to arm in 2 years(maybe even bring the price down a bit(my optimal configuration was 2k💀) or at least improove the gpu so i'l be worth the money). I still have 2 years of highschool left and my alr 4yo tuff f15 with i5 10300h and gtx1650ti m is still decent but rly beaten up. Like REALY BEATEN UP.
A 2-in-1 is way superior to a laptop, and beats having to lug around a tablet. I just picked up Lenovo Yoga 7i with a Ryzen 7 8840H, and OLED screen for $1150 direct from Lenovo.
i think that for school you can easily use 8 gigs of ram and less than 256 gigs storage for general needs and classes
Our schools supply the kids with their own laptops if they need it which is ideal
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No mention of the Lenovo Thinkpad? If on a budget, a used version of that laptop is a great deal. New models in the E series could be a good option too, considering you can personalize it to your liking.
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Laptop reviewers really know how to make their fans happy huh!
Next fan roundup when!?
Thanks for this. But, Are you sure you're not related to Jason Mantzoukas? 😅
OLEDs are cool but I wish I could buy these laptops with good ips displays.
I wanna buy a laptop that comes with a digital pen. Do you have any suggest for me ?
Nice combo
Many many people who have more than child in school (or even just one) cannot afford to drop $500 on a kids laptop. Sad 😢
Buy used hardware then. It’s a way to get more for your money. New $500 laptop would suck
Honestly the best "back to school" laptops can be found in your local FB marketplace/Craigslist. There's always someone who buys a new laptop, barely uses it, and wants to get rid of it for much cheaper. This way you also contribute to reducing ewaste.
If they are entering college students they should work for it, go for the laptop rental in the meantime.. Then they will be more careful with it once they buy it. Hopefully laptop rental isn't Intel 2nd gen still...
Honestly if you have less than 500$ get used laptop preferably thinkpad.
Get a used MacBook m1 air. Or if you need a windows laptop, find a few year old high end laptop used like an xps 13/15.
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Where is the thinkpad ? The T14 especially, still has upgradable RAM and SSD which makes it cheaper than say getting 1tb ssd and 32GB ram when configuring
The only good back to school laptop would have to be the 16 inch Macbook Pro with the M3 max chip, with 48GB unified memory. If you're starting college though, I'd recommend at LEAST 96, and only for extremely basic tasks. Mine arrives in 7 days, hopefully 48GB is enough... i mean i dont usually use more than 1440p on RUclips but we'll have to see...
I have a Acer aspire A6 and bought it for youtube watching and emails....recently had to do 5 x8hr zoom meetings with no other windows open and it kept saying low resources and watching tutor videos, sound was fine but picture was frame stuttering like at 2fps,unwatchable and irritating....i also just with youtube at 480p the cpu is running in 90-100% range,i cannot watch 720p with 48meg connection via wifi with excellent signal....will a dell inspiron 16 5635 improve my all round life here?
Hp spectre x360 ultra 7 155H 1TB SSD 16GB RAM or MacBook Air M3 13 inch...
Kindly suggest a best laptop for university student
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Which laptop would you reccomend for running an EGPU
i have seen these same laptops in almost every list
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Is Hardware Canucks assuming that we’re all children? I’d cuss at him if I wouldn’t lose my iPad time!
would we see any huawei laptops on the channel soon ?
why is no one talking about Lenovo LOQ?
any recongation for engineers who may or may not need to run CAD programs??
Why does the zenbook have 2 designs? One has ASUS while one has the A design. What’s the difference?
One with the ASUS lettering is the intel edition and the other one with a different design and small lettering is the AMD edition
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Just buy lenovo thinkpad t480 or newer for fraction of the price