Laptop Recommendations

Loper

Loper

Animal Poor!
It's been a few years since I purchased any new computers. Does anyone have a favorite brand or good reviews on Laptops? I don't want a tablet, touchscreen, 2 in 1 or cloud device. I would use it for run of the mill stuff, maybe some gaming, photography etc.. It doesn't have to be the fastest out of the box but I would like it to be upgradable if needed. Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Sneakers

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
I've been partial to Lenovo and HP, but found (in the past...) that HP loads up a ton of crapware software. Takes forever to get rid of most of it.

Big recommendation: a big plus is the laptop having an NVMe port. For less than $100, you insert an NVMe circuit board which totally replaces your hard drive, and is far faster than an SSD (electrical, non-mechanical) disk drive. I went from a cold boot time of nearly 4 minutes to about 10 seconds when I replaced my HDD. From sleep to desktop is about 3 seconds.
 
Loper

Loper

Animal Poor!
Sneakers said:
I've been partial to Lenovo and HP, but found (in the past...) that HP loads up a ton of crapware software. Takes forever to get rid of most of it.

Big recommendation: a big plus is the laptop having an NVMe port. For less than $100, you insert an NVMe circuit board which totally replaces your hard drive, and is far faster than an SSD (electrical, non-mechanical) disk drive. I went from a cold boot time of nearly 4 minutes to about 10 seconds when I replaced my HDD. From sleep to desktop is about 3 seconds.
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Thanks, is that like having an external HD? I'll have to look it up.
 
Sneakers

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
Loper said:
Thanks, is that like having an external HD? I'll have to look it up.
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Not really. It replaces the existing HDD but in a different slot, and is internal. Install it, do a disk-to-disk image backup/transfer, remove the HDD and put it away for safe keeping.
 
Sneakers

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
Just thinking... it might violate the warranty to replace the HDD/SSD. Check, or see if the techs where you buy it can do that with violating.

Or wait for the warranty to run out, then swap it.
 
GURPS

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
Sneakers said:
Just thinking... it might violate the warranty to replace the HDD/SSD. Check, or see if the techs where you buy it can do that with violating.
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No. but to get service you will have to put the original HD back in
 
Loper

Loper

Animal Poor!
Sneakers said:
I've been partial to Lenovo and HP, but found (in the past...) that HP loads up a ton of crapware software. Takes forever to get rid of most of it.

Big recommendation: a big plus is the laptop having an NVMe port. For less than $100, you insert an NVMe circuit board which totally replaces your hard drive, and is far faster than an SSD (electrical, non-mechanical) disk drive. I went from a cold boot time of nearly 4 minutes to about 10 seconds when I replaced my HDD. From sleep to desktop is about 3 seconds.
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I think I've narrowed it down to Lenovo Legion series, now just comparing the different options and such.
 
PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

Well-Known Member
Ive3 had good luck with the best buy $500 specials, if they die I just throw them out and get a new one. I've had the last two last for over 10 years each.

If you want a powerful machine I can recomend a dell precision workstation.
 
Loper

Loper

Animal Poor!
PeoplesElbow said:
Ive3 had good luck with the best buy $500 specials, if they die I just throw them out and get a new one. I've had the last two last for over 10 years each.

If you want a powerful machine I can recomend a dell precision workstation.
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I'm not big on the whole "throw away" culture. I want to squeeze out every dollar something is worth. I still have tubs of old computer parts from 20 years ago, 72 pin RAM, 8 MB HDs, old mother boards and such. :roflmao:I tried to find a place to take it a couple years ago but they were never open when I went by.
 
PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

Well-Known Member
Loper said:
I'm not big on the whole "throw away" culture. I want to squeeze out every dollar something is worth. I still have tubs of old computer parts from 20 years ago, 72 pin RAM, 8 MB HDs, old mother boards and such. :roflmao:I tried to find a place to take it a couple years ago but they were never open when I went by.
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I was that way, but a new cheap ass computer is better than an expensive one that is 5 years old. That said my desktop is a 3rd gen I7

I still have SCSI cards btw.
 
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